[PD] mouse movement in PD causes audio dropout
Hans-Christoph Steiner
hans at eds.org
Fri Dec 29 01:35:12 CET 2006
Sounds like the Windows GUI-core bottleneck that was discussed a
while back. I haven't seen this before. Which version of Pd are you
using?
.hc
On Dec 28, 2006, at 2:38 PM, jeff bechtel wrote:
> Hi list,
> So, I'm running a new Pentium D dual core 2.66 ghz Dell. Win XP Pro.
>
> While in PD ( no other sound apps) mouse movement causes the audio
> to drop out altogether. The sound resumes to normal when I stop
> moving the mouse.
> A look at the task manager performance monitor reveals the cpu
> activity spikes way way up during mouse movement- like 89-90% (whew!).
> This happens with both asio port audio, and the onboard audio
>
> My Dell laptop ( XP pro ) performs great in PD , both ASIO and
> standard audio.
> The same spike in cpu activity doesnt do a thing to the audio
> playback etc
>
> They are running exactly the same screen resolution 1024*768 32bit
>
> I found the method on the PD archives for setting the prioity for
> PD to HIGH, and put it into the batch that starts all of my
> externals. PD runs normally, loading all libraries as expected, but
> the problem persists
> I adjusted the windows gui to run for optimized performance as well
>
> is it even remotely possible that it needs to be compiled for this
> type of processor?
>
> Thanks so much,
> PD RULES!!!!!!!!!!
>
> JEff
>
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