[PD] GEM pix_film crashing on OSX 10.5

[Julio Terra]

Mathieu, thanks for all the tips. I will try these out later this week on
site.

In regards to your question about vline~,  I was currently just using the
line object to turn up and down the clip volume.

All the best, Julio

On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 9:10 AM, Mathieu Bouchard <matju at artengine.ca> wrote:

> On Mon, 5 Jul 2010, Julio Terra wrote:
>
>  The crash often happens all by itself (e.g. no input is being processed by
>> the patch at the time of the crash).
>>
>
> The video you are playing is a kind of input in some manner (though it's
> also useful to know that you're not having any other input than that).
>
> First, check out the Load Meter patch (in the Media menu) and make sure
> that the number doesn't increase over time. (though usually, it wouldn't
> make the sound disappear suddenly)
>
> Then, there's a system programme that allows you to check how much RAM the
> programmes (.app and others) are using. PureData is represented by two
> entries. Make sure that there isn't one that inflates like crazy over time.
> Also make sure the CPU doesn't grow over time (Load Meter only reports one
> of the CPU values and doesn't tell you about the other entry).
>
> Then later, check whether it makes a difference whether the result of
> [pix_film] is used at all : try disconnecting [pix_texture] but keep
> [gemhead] active.
>
> If you still don't find a difference, try the [pix_film] test with a
> reencoding of your video file in a different codec.
>
> Do you use [vline~] at all, in your audio part ?
>
>
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