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Choppy Album View
k.e.:
Hello,
I am currently testing MC23 on Mac. I have tried it on two systems, MacBook Pro (upgraded to i7, 16 GB ram) and a new iMac 4K 2017 (4GB VRAM, upgraded to full SSD and 16 GB ram).
When browsing my small collection of music (4.000 files, all perfectly tagged), it stutters and lags. There are no issues with playback. Audio plays fine (even with DSP corrections like convolution and crossfeed). But there is absolutely no reason why scrolling in the window wouldn't be the most fluid experience ever. It just feels extremely poorly optimized.
I have seen my friend use MC22 on his dated Windows machine and scrolling through the artwork was as smooth as my experience with iTunes.
Is this a known problem or is this just the case how it's used to be on Mac? Currently I only want to use the Panes view because browsing artworks is too choppy.
blgentry:
There are two potential issues here:
1. Before thumbnails are built, they will "pop" into place as MC renders the thumbnails. If I remember correctly, this also slows down scrolling, particularly if you are scrolling "fast".
2. The overall smoothness of scrolling on MC for Mac is not as good as it is on MC for Windows. On a small screen you don't notice it as much. On a larger screen it's more obvious. I'm not sure why this is. It kind of "jerks" into place every few degrees of rotation on the mouse scroll wheel. It would be nice if it more more "fluid". I'm not sure if the developers want to work on this or not. It's been brought up several times in the past few years.
For #1 above, you can force MC to rebuild all remaining thumbnails. This might take a while depending upon how many files you have: Tools > Options > Tree & View > Thumbnails > rebuild missing thumbnails.
Brian.
k.e.:
Thank you for the reply.
My issue is concerning option 2. It's just something that immensely bothers me as an (audiophile) photographer and designer. If this has been an issue for years, I doubt JRiver will actually fix it. I already have a strong feeling the Mac port is half-hearted. Back when I tried MC22 on my old Mac, the option for convolution just didn't want to work.
I guess I will consider alternative software.
Thanks!
blgentry:
Sorry to hear you might be going elsewhere. MC is super duper powerful. I wouldn't use any other software on the Mac that I've personally tried. MC is the best compromise for me.
I wish you luck which ever way you go.
Brian.
RoderickGI:
Before making your final judgement you really should check under Help > System Info... to check if all thumbnails have been built, and if any background processes are still running, since this is a new installation.
Also, Hendrik is working on an OpenGL version of Windows, to replace Direct3D, for Theatre View. OpenGL isn't quite as good as Direct3D yet, but it is getting better, and the improvements found will no doubt pass over to the Mac/OSX versions of MC which have always used OpenGL I understand. Of course that won't change how well Standard View scrolls, but maybe Theatre View is good enough. At least there is recognition of the need for visual improvement.
Also, even in Windows scrolling through audio thumbnails isn't that great as it seems to display one row of thumbnails at a time, which gives it a jerky feel. It would be better if the display flowed smoothly instead.
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