I had a good search through the forums, etc and cant find much info on the CAVS hosting software. I currently use Siglos and like it a lot, but am wanting to expand into something that will allow for remote songbooks and requests.

I understand that there are third party solutions for this which would allow me to still use siglos, but with CAVS you can also vote on each singer and run a competition, plus they have apps for ios and android.

CAVS is not in your list of softwware options on the sticky, and I cant find any recent development on the CAVS (since 2012?) and notice that their online forum link and online remote support just links to the operating manual, and their public forums aren't public which usually means they dont want anyone commenting on it because they dont have anyone supporting it...

Siglos hasnt had any development for even longer. Is anyone still working on a decent hosting solution with all the bells and whistles? Is compuhost an option - anyone using their remote requests and songlist - does it work ok?

Not really keen to drop $299 on CAVS until I can find out some more about this. Anyone able to offer further info and suggestions?

and those are reasons, along with the fact that i don't think i have seen any host using it, that it is not there. the hosts here posted to the sticky the software that was made for hosting and CAVS is missing a big part, rotation management. it is more of a home player software or for hosts that wont use rotation management (like you have on Siglos) and only use paper slips on a board, or some other manual management system.

Thanks heaps for the comments. I'm sorry about the slur on Siglos. Thought I had seen version date releases but must have been looking at something else. This is great news because Siglos has been bulletproof for me. If it could do remote playlists and competitions, it would be even better.

I dont actually use the auto rotation during shows either - prefer to have control over it manually.

I do have the CAVS demo working really well now, and it does have auto rotation for anyone that wants it. I am still having some issues with the remote side of CAVS turning itself off and its difficult to test the voting and competition side of things because the demo only allows for half a song to play so you cant really test what happens correctly. It may even part of the demo that it only works for a limited time before disconnecting.

So I am definitely leaning towards using a remote songlist and request third party system. Are there any that include a voting comp type of thing that would allow for sending votes for singers like the CAVS system?

I also use and like Compuhost and all the addons! My singers love the remote requests system, although it's a little quirky with KJ Media Pro (KJMP) songs. KJMP's DigiTrax songs often have sync issues, which is very frustrating for the singer to say the least, so I don't think I'll be buying any more credits from KJMP. Lately, I just download the requested locked song from Tricerasoft on the fly, especially if it's a DigiTrak song. Works great and never had one of their offererings out of sync.

What are you referring to that's "out of sync"? I've unlocked many songs during a performance and never had any issues. Ran very smoothly.

What are you referring to that's "out of sync"? I've unlocked many songs during a performance and never had any issues. Ran very smoothly.

Sorry to jump back in but just wanted to say thanks for the advice. I purchased compuhost and used it for the first time last night. It worked great - had one weird crash but that might have been something I did as I was reading tracks into the database at the time.

Question: On compuhost is there any way to play cdg on cd without having to rip them and read them into the database?