[PD] Stupid mistake

[Matthew Nish-Lapidus]

How big is the movie file?  i've used files larger that 1gb with no
problems.

matt.
www.ekran.org



----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael McGonagle" <fndsnd at rcnchicago.com>
To: <pd-list at iem.kug.ac.at>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 5:38 PM
Subject: [PD] Stupid mistake


> Hello everyone,
>
> I made the mistake of opening a very large movie file with PD, for the
> next 5 minutes, all I could do was watch as PD displayed error messages.
>
> Short of having to be responsible for my own actions, is there a was to
> get PD to abort the opening of a file up the first error it encounters?
> Or after a certain limit of errors? Does PD make any attempt at trying
> to recognize file (data) types?
>
> I only ask this because it seemed to lock up my whole system, and short
> of rebooting, patience did finally pay off...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>
>
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