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Sound Glitches
BabyFace:
Jim
I found this
--- Quote ---So, that was it. Some sort of weird and only-on-my-laptop conflict with Microsoft Security Essentials. Luckily, the Microsoft Security Essentials UI isn't dumb, and provides quite nice "exceptions" capabilities. I simply went into its settings "tab" and then to Excluded Processes. Then, I added exceptions for:
C:\Program Files (x86)\J River\Media Center 14\JRService.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\J River\Media Center 14\JRWorker.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\J River\Media Center 14\Media Center 14.exe
And the problem was completely solved. MsMpEng.exe is now acting completely normally again and back to not using any system resources. Even better, MC is now working PERFECTLY.
--- End quote ---
and have tried it on my desktop pc.... I also found a new set of audio drivers from gigabyte with yesterdays date and installed.
I was looking at JRService.exe, but searching the forums seems to indicate it's okay and not a problem. I do have UAC as off as I can get it...
I run mc14 locally on one machine, no network involved.
Now to test it, I need to not use MC for many hours....
Something is "noticing" that mc14 has not been running for a number of hours when started and causes the audio muting for 1-2 seconds shortly after pgm start. I could stop/start mc14 20 times in a row, and the problem would never show up. But let it be not running for many hours, and it shows up on start once...
When I figure this out, it will be a new one for the "weird issues" thread.
BabyFace:
Turns out I was mistaken about the symptom. The sound does not mute for a few seconds 1-5 minutes after starting MC after a long period of no use, it actually stops, freezes for those few seconds.
My PC runs 24/7, I have turned off all virus checkers, and MC freezes, it's like something is being started or loaded by MC after a long idle period which stops it...
Any ideas?
Nothing else freezes on my pc when this occurs, just MC.
JimH:
Does the view you're in matter? Try other views to test.
BabyFace:
Jim, do you mean like seeing if it happens in PlayingNow or the Audio view? I'll try switching out of PlayingNow after the next long idle time right after MC start.
Normally, I start MC from a remote somewhere in my house when I wake up or get home. The start script starts MC, which is set to automatically start playing the PlayingNow playlist, and then MC is immediately minimized in the PlayingNow view.
This morning, I maximized MC right after the start and watched it for a few minutes in PlayingNow, with the spectrum analyzer showing, and that's when I realized MC freezes instead of the audio simply muting for those few seconds.
BabyFace:
After MC was not running for many hours, I started it and immediately changed the view from PlayingNow to Audio.
After a few minutes, MC froze for 2 seconds and then resumed playback. I know it froze, since the little spectrum analyzers stopped moving during the 2 seconds.
This freeze happens 99% of the time when MC has been started after being shutdown for many hours.
The freeze does NOT happen if MC is started immediately after a reboot. I don't know if it happens the first time MC is used after a reboot, if many hours pass between the reboot and starting MC.
What could MC be doing for those 2 seconds that freezes the entire program, and why only after being shutdown for many hours?
Are there any logs I could turn on that may show what MC is trying to do when the freeze occurs?
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