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[edwardfox]

i'm using mc 21 in evaluation status, but will probably pay for license in due course. but a few days ago, mc 21 started crashing after playing for about twenty minutes. my music is on an external hard disk drive (usb). here is a link to the log. i would be grateful for advice.

[JimH]

Is the drive a USB 3.0 drive?  If so, is it plugged into a USB 3.0 port?

[edwardfox]

thanks for quick reply. no, it's usb 2.0. (mac mini 2009). is that considered an antique?

[blgentry]

It looks like auto import might be having a problem, but it's hard to say.  I definitely see LOTS of "skipped bad file" messages in the log.  Like this:

0260735: 3825664: Import: AddFile: Skipping bad file: /Volumes/FreeAgent GoFlex Drive/Macintosh HD Backup/Users/edwardfox/Library/Application Support/CrossOver/Bottles/Internet Explorer 7.0/dosdevices/y:/Library/Application Support/NCH Software/Express/test.wav

You might turn off auto import for a while and see if the problem happens again.  If it doesn't, you can have some assurance that auto import is what's causing it.

Is that drive referenced above a backup drive?  If so, I wouldn't think you'd want to import files from it.  Or at least that directory that may contain backups.

Brian.

[edwardfox]

many thanks.

1 - i do have auto import running. i'll turn it off & see what happens.

2 - the drive used isn't a backup drive.

many thanks

[JimH]

You can set auto import options in MC to tell MC what folders and drives to watch.

[Matt]

You can set auto import options in MC to tell MC what folders and drives to watch.

It's probably best to just turn it off for testing:
Options > Library & Folders > Run auto-import in background

[JimH]

It's probably checking a drive that isn't there.