2024-2-1-64bit vs 2024-6-30-64bit best to prevent freezing/crashing?

[m smith]

I've been using 2024-6-30-64bit but it seems to freeze/stall frequently when browsing users & folders with many files, and when searching with lots of results. Also general browsing around menus it sometimes stalls randomly. Would 2024-2-1-64bit version freeze/crash less often to help with this problem? Do either version perform better than other for anything? Possible new 2025 release soon?

Windows 10 64bit i7-5600U CPU @ 2.60GHz 8gb ram

(I do keep maximum number of search results unchecked so I won't miss rare tracks)

[Nir Arbel]

There's no easy way to make file browsing and getting a lot of search results faster, but the periodic stalling is caused by the garbage collection algorithm. I made a build for a user a few months that has a faster garbage collection algorithm and they said it improved the issue:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h9JmwNYclDwTfXHqCtQ-s17kakof8ynR/view?usp=sharing

Does your current build crash as well as freeze?

[m smith]

Hey Nir, thanks for reply. Most of the time it just freezes for 5-10 seconds, sometimes for 5-30 minutes until it responds like normal again, only a few times it freezes so long it seems permanent so I ctr-alt-delete exit & restart. The more frequent freezing started ever since I started using 'download folder(s)', which I never used much in the past. (Browsing users with lots of shares has always triggered freezing for me.) And thank you for the new 2025 soulseek build. I hope I didn't rush you, if 2025 build needs more time to optimize before its added to official download page I can wait until its ready, or I should install it and I can let you know how well it is working? To install I drag 2025 folder over the 2024 soulseek folder in program files to overwrite the files and it should be good?  

[Nir Arbel]

You can just extract the files to a new folder and run the new build from there. I'm interested to know if the random pauses (not related to file browsing) are any better. I'll see what I can do about speeding up file browsing, but I can't promise anything yet.

Thanks, Nir

[m smith]

Hey Nir , sorry for delay getting back to you. That newer build of soulseek actually helped a lot, and it did very much improve the random lagging & stalling the older build was giving me. Thank you so much for that improved version of soulseek - the most amazing program in the history of the world!! 

[Nir Arbel]

Thank you for letting me know! I've been wanting to post a new windows build but I was nervous about the new garbage collection algorithm. This is really helpful, I appreciate the feedback.

All the best, Nir