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MC doesn't behave nicely doing resource intensive tasks
Fitzcaraldo215:
--- Quote from: Elvis133 on January 29, 2018, 08:52:48 am ---I wasn't trying to be mysterious or elusive, in fact in my very first post i present a very concrete specific case where the problem occurs, and what happens.
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OK. There seem to be different issues described in this thread. Yours was about changing JR libraries. I used to do that, and it was a pain. I now use a single main library with appropriate tagging and selective displays - Classical, Mch Classical, - By Artist, - By Composer, By Genre, Stereo Classical, Non-Classical, etc., etc.
Others seem to be describing issues during actual playback.
flac.rules:
It does seem like it is a pretty normal problem then.
I don't know if it is of any help, but when i first start the program, loading the library is fine, it puts a progress bar, and it works well.
tzr916:
I don't change libraries and I have not seen your symptoms, but I can make MC go into "not responding" just by telling it to create a log file (Help>Logging>Report a Problem). The computer is still usable but MC is not, until after it finishes creating the log. Also, I have to limit the size of the MC log because anything greater than 3GB will end up being a corrupt zip file that has to be repaired by a third party program.
steff:
I just identified another case:
Load Full Album into memory enabled
Album stored on a NAS
I am playing a FLAC without problem, then, while playing, without waiting the end of the file, I switch to another file.
What happens?
While still playing the "old" file, MC23 starts to load into memory the new one and you can see the network usage to grow.
When the new file is finally fully loaded into memory, then MC23 stops to play the old one and switch to the new one.
So... when MC23 is in the middle, while still playing the old one but loading the new one, then MC23 GUI expands to the maximum, overlapping the Windows taskbar and becoming blurry.
Everything is restored when MC23 stop with the old file and switch to the new one.
If the above scenario is applied during the "Theatre View", in the theatre view appears the Windows taskbar and it disappear when MC23 start playing the new file.
I really need MC23 to be modified: if memory playback is enabled, I do it because I do not want any disk or network activities during playback
If I switch track in the middle while playing, I pretend that MC23 stops playing the old file immediately, loads the new file and start playing it just when fully loaded.
It is quite a nonsense the bahaviour we have now. At least put a switch in the Audio Options...
Spike1000:
--- Quote from: tzr916 on January 29, 2018, 04:33:59 pm ---I can make MC go into "not responding" just by telling it to create a log file (Help>Logging>Report a Problem). The computer is still usable but MC is not, until after it finishes creating the log.
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--- Quote from: steff on January 29, 2018, 05:38:00 pm ---I just identified another case:
I am playing a FLAC without problem, then, while playing, without waiting the end of the file, I switch to another file.
What happens?
While still playing the "old" file, MC23 starts to load into memory the new one and you can see the network usage to grow.
When the new file is finally fully loaded into memory, then MC23 stops to play the old one and switch to the new one.
So... when MC23 is in the middle, while still playing the old one but loading the new one, then MC23 GUI expands to the maximum, overlapping the Windows taskbar and
becoming blurry.
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If these (or at least one of them) turn out to be repeatable scenarios then hopefully the MC developers will look into it and be able to understand the root cause and mitigate/fix the underlying issue as it's causing a pretty 'ugly' UI glitch at the moment that's not great advertising for MC.
Spike
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