[PD] IntelMacs & PD/GEM

[derek holzer]

chris clepper wrote:
> On 1/17/06, derek holzer <derek at x-i.net> wrote:
> 
>>Although I have
>>seen situations using a firewire camera where a GEM patch suddenly eats
>>2-300% of the CPU it used every other time you ran it, which I suspect
>>has something to do with the drivers used.
> 
> 
> Which firewire camera do you see that with?  I have used many (iSight,
> iBot, ImagingSource, etc) and not had that problem.  Can you reliably
> reproduce it?  If so then post a patch to the list and I can look into
> it.

Sony TRV 900 and other camcorder types. Can't reliably reproduce, that's 
what makes it so special...and frustrating. I've tried to track down the 
source of this a few times, but without luck. Nothing has been changed 
from the last time the patch was run, but the CPU use increases. Usually 
a reboot is the only thing which fixes it. I'll take better notes next 
time, so long as it isn't happening 10 minutes before a performance.

d.


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