[QLab] more "Lag after "go" stuff
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Michael Keniger
May 17, 2010, 4:16:00 AM5/17/10
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Hi,
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We have just opened a show on a v2.3/Leopard/mac mini/RMEfireface system.
There are around 30 audio cues (the most complex of which probably has 4 wavs playing at the same time), two video cues (static jpg slides) and around 35 midi cues.
Tech period was fine, first few previews were fine. On Saturdays matinee sound check was fine but while running the show we experienced a lag of around 0.5 seconds on every audio cue after hitting the go button. In a quite moment in the show we Stopped and Reset All on the cue list but the lag was still present. Restarting the computer after the show cured the problem and I don't expect to see it again but wonder what caused it?
Experimentation with firing un-loaded cues caused the same embarrasing lag before audio was heard, but the show is run in sequence and there are no fast follow-ons, so next cues are always loaded. Our matinee show behaved as if the loaded cues were not actually loaded (despite the fact that they were).
I have had a quick search on the tracker/group archive and found a couple of mentions of similar problems but no resolution.
We are not using Guaranteed Sync. All toolboxes (inspector etc) were closed. All power settings set to 'never'.
Thoughts appreciated!!
Thanks,
Mike
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Luka Mustafa
May 17, 2010, 4:31:44 AM5/17/10
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Hi,
it seems to me like a full memory problem, although I am not sure what does QLab in such a case. You could install iStats and monitor your memory(RAM) usage and CPU.
Best regards,
Luka
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Michael Keniger
May 17, 2010, 4:33:30 AM5/17/10
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Hi,
it seems to me like a full memory problem, although I am not sure what does QLab in such a case. You could install iStats and monitor your memory(RAM) usage and CPU.
Best regards,
Luka
John Leonard
May 17, 2010, 4:51:39 AM5/17/10
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Mike,
I take it this is YPM?
Anything else running on the system?
John
On 17 May 2010, at 09:16, Michael Keniger wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We have just opened a show on a v2.3/Leopard/mac mini/RMEfireface system.
>
I take it this is YPM?
Anything else running on the system?
John
On 17 May 2010, at 09:16, Michael Keniger wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We have just opened a show on a v2.3/Leopard/mac mini/RMEfireface system.
>
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May 17, 2010, 5:05:06 AM5/17/10
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Hi John,
Yes it is indeed YPM.
Nothing else running and the machine has only ever been used for QLab v1 (same one you used for Cyrano - a slightly busier show... :-) and now QLab v2.
Heading in to work in about an hour to have another look at the system, perhaps dig in to the console log if I can find it (not had to do this before).
Mike
> From: jo...@johnleonard.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [QLab] more "Lag after "go" stuff
>
> Mike,
>
> I take it this is YPM?
>
> Anything else running on the system?
>
> John
>
> On 17 May 2010, at 09:16, Michael Keniger wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > We have just opened a show on a v2.3/Leopard/mac mini/RMEfireface system.
> >
>
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Christopher Ashworth
May 17, 2010, 6:32:50 AM5/17/10
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On May 17, 2010, at 5:05 AM, Michael Keniger wrote:
>
> Heading in to work in about an hour to have another look at the system, perhaps dig in to the console log if I can find it (not had to do this before).
I'm curious if you see any messages at all from CoreAudio or the device driver (in addition to any messages from QLab).
-C
Hamish & Claire Oliver
May 17, 2010, 7:29:53 AM5/17/10
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Hi - this is likely to be a long shot, but you haven't replaced the Mac Mini internal drive (if this is what you're using) with a Western Digital drive, have you? Or another drive that might be affected by the below situation. It's probably a red herring, as you said that restarting cured the problem, but worth mentioning.
I've just had an interesting experience with this (symptoms were audio dropouts, sluggish Logic performance, frequent brief general unresponsiveness - all fixed now). It's referred to here:
and here:
Michael Keniger
May 17, 2010, 8:02:51 AM5/17/10
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Hi,
Ok an update now that I am back with the machine.
Importantly I made an error before - Guaranteed Sync is actually ON for all cues (except the last cue in the show which was the one I had in mind when typing my email this morning).
Hamish - no the mac is using the original drive, but an interesting link!
Chris - I have attached a log file of events from Saturday (and cue list file). There is preshow audio running from about 13:30 (ie this is about the time we open the house and enter 'show mode' - everything before would be during sound check time etc), the show started at 14:00 and ended around 16:30. 17:09 was our reboot that solved things!
bit more info:
1.83 core2duo
2gb ram
MacOSX version 10.5.8
Quicktime version 7.6.6
I will consider turning off G-Sync to be the first thing to try but first need to consider if it will have any impact on the playback of the show (timing-wise etc)
Thanks,
Mike
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 23:29:53 +1200
Ok an update now that I am back with the machine.
Importantly I made an error before - Guaranteed Sync is actually ON for all cues (except the last cue in the show which was the one I had in mind when typing my email this morning).
Hamish - no the mac is using the original drive, but an interesting link!
Chris - I have attached a log file of events from Saturday (and cue list file). There is preshow audio running from about 13:30 (ie this is about the time we open the house and enter 'show mode' - everything before would be during sound check time etc), the show started at 14:00 and ended around 16:30. 17:09 was our reboot that solved things!
bit more info:
1.83 core2duo
2gb ram
MacOSX version 10.5.8
Quicktime version 7.6.6
I will consider turning off G-Sync to be the first thing to try but first need to consider if it will have any impact on the playback of the show (timing-wise etc)
Thanks,
Mike
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 23:29:53 +1200
Subject: Re: [QLab] more "Lag after "go" stuff
Hi - this is likely to be a long shot, but you haven't replaced the Mac Mini internal drive .... ?
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May 17, 2010, 8:29:33 AM5/17/10
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We had an issue with this on a mac mini and V2.3 last weekend, but we
put it down to our screen sharing set-up, although it had worked
faultlessly on previous versions. System was 'sluggish', although no
crashes and no obvious system overloads etc.
Is it just a Mini issue?? - mind, also had problems getting machine to
update OSX yesterday.
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Michael Keniger
May 21, 2010, 6:02:36 AM5/21/10
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Hi,
> Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 13:29:33 +0100
Just an update to say that having disabled guaranteed sync on all cues the show has now run without issue for five performances without problems (touch wood!). I suppose we still don't know if it was the cause of the problem in the first place but it certainly hasn't had any negative impact.
Just as a general note - QLab is a great programming and design tool but possibly not the operators best friend. The are occasions when sluggish screen updates make it feel as if nothing has happened and you go through a brief "do I hit go again or wait" moment. I realise QLab giving priority to playback.
Thanks,
Mike
> Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 13:29:33 +0100
> Subject: Re: [QLab] more "Lag after "go" stuff
>
> We had an issue with this on a mac mini and V2.3 last weekend, but we
> put it down to our screen sharing set-up, although it had worked
> faultlessly on previous versions. System was 'sluggish', although no
> crashes and no obvious system overloads etc.
>
> Is it just a Mini issue?? - mind, also had problems getting machine to
> update OSX yesterday.
>
> put it down to our screen sharing set-up, although it had worked
> faultlessly on previous versions. System was 'sluggish', although no
> crashes and no obvious system overloads etc.
>
> Is it just a Mini issue?? - mind, also had problems getting machine to
> update OSX yesterday.
>
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