Subject:Acid 3 Error unable to mix audio the operation timed out out

Posted by: jbasch

Date:7/14/2001 1:50:32 PM

Prior to upgrading to the ACID 3.0 I used the scaled down version that came with my sound card without difficulty. Since upgrading I get a consistent error "Unable to Mix Audio the operation timed out".

Does anyone have any hints to resolve or should I send the software back? The folks at foundry so far have not been overly helpfull.

Heres my rig
AMD Athalon 700, 256 MB RAM. 2 ATA 66 7200 RPM disks, Yamaha sound card and Windows 2000.
I have tried the hints on the site, well as:
* Upgrading the sound card to a creative labs 5.1
* Adding RAM
* Defraging the Har drives
* Verifying that the sound files and the Windows disk cache are on different drives.
* Deinstalled almost all non-necessary hardware and software.

None of which has worked so far. I am open to hints but am begining to beleiev the problem is in the software and not my rig, since the previous software worked without fail.

Thanks

Subject:RE: Acid 3 Error unable to mix audio the operation timed out out

Reply by: Rockitglider

Date:7/14/2001 2:36:29 PM

HELLO,

Did you uninstall the program that came with your sound card and do a fresh reinstall of Acid 3 because there have been some who have had problems caused from prior versions still installed conflicting with 3.0.

Try that

See ya

Subject:RE: Acid 3 Error unable to mix audio the operation timed out out

Reply by: jbasch

Date:7/15/2001 9:35:07 PM

Tried that. Any other hints?

Subject:RE: Acid 3 Error unable to mix audio the operation timed out out

Reply by: Rockitglider

Date:7/15/2001 11:55:36 PM

Hello, Yes I do. Right click My Computer Select Device Mngr. Leave Computer Highlighted select properties this brings up a window with devices and their IRQs. Your sound card should be sharing with PCI Steering Holder and nothing else! If it is sharing with other things such as USB Controllers or Video cards or Modems you most likely have a conflict, even though it's not showing up the regular way.

See ya

Subject:RE: Acid 3 Error unable to mix audio the operation timed out out

Reply by: jbasch

Date:7/16/2001 4:12:52 PM

You are correct there are several things on IRQ9. I have tried to move things off the IRQ but Windows 2000 will not let me. This is what lead me to remove everything but the USB bus. I could not remove that. Even with everthing removed I still get the problem. If you have any ideas on how to move the sound card or other stuff I am all ears or if you have any other hints. Once again many thanks for the time you have spent so far.
-Jeff

Subject:RE: Acid 3 Error unable to mix audio the operation timed out out

Reply by: Tede

Date:7/16/2001 6:27:27 PM

On Windows 2000 pro, it's normal to have IRQ 9 appear as a shared interrupt. It's the new way of doing things from MS and not changeable even if you wanted to. For example, I have my sound, video, and NIC card and 2 usb ports on IRQ9 with everything running perfectly. Check the MS knowledgebase if you want more info, but your current problem probably lies elsewhere.

Subject:RE: Acid 3 Error unable to mix audio the operation timed out out

Reply by: Rockitglider

Date:7/16/2001 10:10:32 PM

Moving the card to a different PCI slot will assign a different IRQand you still need to select your sound card in Acid after each thing you try

See ya

Subject:RE: Acid 3 Error unable to mix audio the operation timed out out

Reply by: luke milligan

Date:7/18/2001 12:06:52 PM

Jeff
Do you get this error during playback of all projects or just complex projects. Can you try a project with a single audio track. Can you provide a brief description of the project where the error occurs.
Luke

Subject:RE: Acid 3 Error unable to mix audio the operation timed out out

Reply by: jbasch

Date:7/18/2001 4:16:25 PM

I have tried and gotten it with as few as two loops. I have been trying with the 8 packs. I would not consider these complex and get the errors consistently. Any new hints?

Subject:RE: Acid 3 Error unable to mix audio the operation timed out out

Reply by: luke milligan

Date:7/19/2001 9:06:38 AM

No hints yet, but working on it. In the simplest case you load 2 loops and play, eventually you get the "Unable to Mix". No FX have been added? No video? I have seen this msg but only when my system is severely stressed. It does not sound like that is the case on your system. Still looking.

Subject:RE: Acid 3 Error unable to mix audio the operation timed out out

Reply by: jbasch

Date:7/19/2001 9:27:09 PM

Certainly no Video. Not sure on the FX. Take a look at Arbasdance a recent 8 pack from your site. I get errors with this as well as other 8 packs from your site consistently. Please keep me posted.
-Jeff

Subject:RE: Acid 3 Error unable to mix audio the operation timed out out

Reply by: melodywhore

Date:7/30/2001 3:19:15 PM

I also am having this problem... I just loaded Windows 2000 and the file starts to play and it gives the message:

An error occurred while starting playback. Unable to mix audio. The operation timed out.

The project file is complex only because it has a high number of tracks in it... but I never got this error in Windows 98.
In 2000, the file plays a few seconds and then stops with the error. I am using a AMD K6-3 400 with 128MB RAM and a SB Live!Value sound card... using the SB Live! drivers as well. I was able to change the amount of time that it would play by changing the audio preferences, in the advanced option. I tried changing the audio device type between the classic windows driver and the microsoft sound mapper and that didn't seem to make much difference. In the advanced audio preferences, checking the box for 'do not pre-roll buffers before starting playback' seemed to make a little difference... the song rolled for about 30 seconds after that before it timed out... and the other checkbox 'Interpolate position (required for inaccurate devices)' and moving the slider for the 'position bias (-64 to 64)' also seemed to make a difference on how long the song played... but it would still time out. I have not tried changing the drivers for the sound card, but I probably will do that in trying to resolve this... or I might just go back to 98 until all of this can get worked out.

.m

ps: this error also occurs when you try to render the file to any format.

Subject:RE: Acid 3 Error unable to mix audio the operation timed out out

Reply by: darrenlambert

Date:8/12/2001 10:23:06 AM

Hi Guys

I get the same problem.

Spec : AMD K62-500, 384Mb Ram, Windows 2000, SB Live Value.

I have also tried adjusting the ACID settings, dosen't seem to make a difference.

BUT, stopping unecessary Windows Services does make a difference (DHCP, DNS, DB Servers, etc: NOTE: DO NOT STOP THESE IF YOU ARE ON A NETWORK OR DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY DO!).
Still get the error though, no effects or video used.

I thought my machine was under spec, but other people with bigger processors are still having the problem.

Maybe its just SB Live Value cards??

Any help is gratefully received

Darren

Subject:RE: Acid 3 Error unable to mix audio the operation timed out out

Reply by: SonicJG

Date:8/13/2001 2:14:08 PM

Do you have a VIA chipset on that board? I did a bunch of testing on a K6-2 with an SB Live, and had a lot of issues with that configuration.

Also did a little research related to it, and came up with some info you can find here: http://www.sonicfoundry.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?Forum=1&MessageID=71348

HTH,
Joel

Subject:RE: Acid 3 Error unable to mix audio the operation timed out out

Reply by: Duhduh

Date:8/19/2001 2:03:57 AM

I was having the same problem and I fixed it!!

I changed the sample rate from 96k to 44.1k and I changed the bit rate from 24 to 16. Works fine now. No skips, crackles, or pauses.

Subject:RE: Acid 3 Error unable to mix audio the operation timed out out

Reply by: jonah303

Date:8/27/2001 3:56:23 PM

i have this problem also.
could it be because we're using ntfs filesystems (being on win2k and all) ?? and acid 2 loaded sounds into ram, but acid 3 keeps them all on the hard drive. this is what i think the problem is. why can't you load sounds into ram in acid 3?