[PD] audio I/O stuck immediately after running .37t6 in WinXP

[David NG McCallum]

Enrike,

I've had this problem off and on before. The difference this time is 
that it happens *all* the time when I run Pd, not just occasionally.

I am currently trying to migrate my setup to Linux, but it's taking 
quite a while to get everything working properly.

David

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enrike wrote:
> bad luck. As far as I understand this problem its caused by your 
> soundcard and there is no way to get rid of it totally. Its the same in 
> my laptop (a Compaq Presario 920 EA) and i have never managed to solve 
> it. However there are some things that should help a bit like:
> format your HD as Fat32
> Increase the -audiobuffer that PD uses
> Defragment your HD
> 
> I noticed better performance after doing all this in my machine but I am 
> not sure why i just tested few things.
> Also I have the feeling that doing a custom installation of windows 
> would be better than installing the Windows provided with the laptop. I 
> mean that for example my laptop came with a copy of windows and also 
> with an OS restore disk that contains a copy of windows + all the 
> customizations by the seller. My experience is that the machine will 
> works better if you install yourself windows. The first time I 
> reinstalled windows (and formated the HD to fat32) the machine worked 
> better than the first day when i bought it.
> 
> Another solution is to install linux and use PD under linux, this is the 
> best solution. Latency is much lower and it performs better.
> 
> best
>