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Subject:Sluggish or slow response Posted by: Walt_43 Date:11/1/2009 12:56:00 PM Hi all, I'm trying to get used to SF 10, but compared to previous versions, I'm finding it quite sluggish or slow. For instance, sometime I click to place the play bar somewhere and immediately press 'M' for a marker, but more often than not, the marker doesn't appear and I have to press 'M' again. I never had this issue in previous versions of SF and it's frustrating my editing sessions. Is it just that it's not reading inputs quickly enough? I also find the same thing with other functions, not just pressing 'M'. For instance, I place the cursor somewhere and press SPACEBAR to play the section, but play is not initiated. I press the SPACEBAR again and then it works. Any help you can give would be appreciated. Thanks, Walt
Subject:RE: Sluggish or slow response Reply by: ForumAdmin Date:11/9/2009 12:10:11 PM Please fill in your system specs in your forum profile. Regardless, it's more likely that the mouse button is still down at the time you hit a key, at least for the marker thing. If you are certain that is not the case, it would be helpful if you could elaborate just a little more on your workflow and the behavior you expect. J. Message last edited on11/10/2009 6:58:43 AM byForumAdmin.
Subject:RE: Sluggish or slow response Reply by: Walt_43 Date:12/13/2009 1:59:49 PM Hi J, I've been off the forum for a few weeks, but have filled in my system specs now. Please let me know if they're displaying. Not sure about this sluggishness. I have years of experience using SF 4.5, 5.0, 7.0 and 8.0 and have never come across this. In those versions, if I clicked to place the cursor and immediately pressed M, a marker would appear every time. In this version (10a), it sometimes ignores the M command. Pressing M again does the trick, but I never had to do this in previous versions of SF. Maybe it's something to do with another issue I raised, regarding markers intermittently not appearing where the playback cursor is, but rather where the cursor was last placed. This latter issue sounds like a bug so perhaps they're related? By the way, the nature of the work I'm doing is editing dialogue. I need to locate key sentences, mark them up, and drag them out into a file of their own. The sluggishness of the markers happens in the master file, when I'm trying to mark up a chunk of audio for further editing. Thanks, Walt
Subject:RE: Sluggish or slow response Reply by: wheat667 Date:12/13/2009 7:54:45 PM I'm having a similar problem. These are fairly large files (60+ minutes). When I do a Paste-Mix or a File Save, SF 10a ends up in a Not Responding state or it just freezes up in an "hourglass" state. In the hourglass state, the mouse is still functional, but if I try to Cancel the File-Save, it says a "process is underway. Do you want to cancel" (something like that). If I say yes I get "an error occurred" message and then everything is frozen and the display corrupted. On the same computer, SF6 did not act this way. thanks for any help.

Subject:Sluggish or slow response

Posted by: Walt_43

Date:11/1/2009 12:56:00 PM

Hi all,

I'm trying to get used to SF 10, but compared to previous versions, I'm finding it quite sluggish or slow. For instance, sometime I click to place the play bar somewhere and immediately press 'M' for a marker, but more often than not, the marker doesn't appear and I have to press 'M' again. I never had this issue in previous versions of SF and it's frustrating my editing sessions.

Is it just that it's not reading inputs quickly enough?

I also find the same thing with other functions, not just pressing 'M'. For instance, I place the cursor somewhere and press SPACEBAR to play the section, but play is not initiated. I press the SPACEBAR again and then it works.

Any help you can give would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Walt

Subject:RE: Sluggish or slow response

Reply by: ForumAdmin

Date:11/9/2009 12:10:11 PM

Please fill in your system specs in your forum profile.

Regardless, it's more likely that the mouse button is still down at the time you hit a key, at least for the marker thing.

If you are certain that is not the case, it would be helpful if you could elaborate just a little more on your workflow and the behavior you expect.

J.

Message last edited on11/10/2009 6:58:43 AM byForumAdmin.

Subject:RE: Sluggish or slow response

Reply by: Walt_43

Date:12/13/2009 1:59:49 PM

Hi J, I've been off the forum for a few weeks, but have filled in my system specs now. Please let me know if they're displaying.

Not sure about this sluggishness. I have years of experience using SF 4.5, 5.0, 7.0 and 8.0 and have never come across this. In those versions, if I clicked to place the cursor and immediately pressed M, a marker would appear every time. In this version (10a), it sometimes ignores the M command. Pressing M again does the trick, but I never had to do this in previous versions of SF.

Maybe it's something to do with another issue I raised, regarding markers intermittently not appearing where the playback cursor is, but rather where the cursor was last placed. This latter issue sounds like a bug so perhaps they're related?

By the way, the nature of the work I'm doing is editing dialogue. I need to locate key sentences, mark them up, and drag them out into a file of their own. The sluggishness of the markers happens in the master file, when I'm trying to mark up a chunk of audio for further editing.

Thanks,
Walt

Subject:RE: Sluggish or slow response

Reply by: wheat667

Date:12/13/2009 7:54:45 PM

I'm having a similar problem.

These are fairly large files (60+ minutes). When I do a Paste-Mix or a File Save, SF 10a ends up in a Not Responding state or it just freezes up in an "hourglass" state.

In the hourglass state, the mouse is still functional, but if I try to Cancel the File-Save, it says a "process is underway. Do you want to cancel" (something like that). If I say yes I get "an error occurred" message and then everything is frozen and the display corrupted.

On the same computer, SF6 did not act this way.

thanks for any help.