Sound Cutting out during show

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   I have to second the MP3 statement by PG. In my learning experiments with Halloween I used MP3 and had that issue.  It went away when I converted to WAV.  I had the issue on multiple machine types.  All gone when I converted. 

Are you using MP3?

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jberner Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 12 Sep 2008 Location: Ruther Glen, VA Online Status: Offline Posts: 85	Quote Reply Topic: Sound Cutting out during show Posted: 23 Dec 2008 at 10:51am
	I have to second the MP3 statement by PG. In my learning experiments with Halloween I used MP3 and had that issue. It went away when I converted to WAV. I had the issue on multiple machine types. All gone when I converted. Are you using MP3?

LightsOnLogan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3187	Quote Reply Posted: 17 Dec 2008 at 11:35am
	Based on your 40% to 50% statement, I assume this is a dual core or dual processor PC? Since with very very limited exceptions (and not for more than a percent or two) Borealis presently will not use more than one core/processor, if you are seeing a spike beyond 50% then something else on the PC is causing the spike which is in turn affecting the operation of Borealis. You mention the sequencer showing up in the task manager... you aren't running the Aurora Sequencer and Borealis Scheduler at the same time are you?


Pony_God Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01 Sep 2008 Location: Naples, FL Online Status: Offline Posts: 551	Quote Reply Posted: 17 Dec 2008 at 11:16am
	That's still the exact same thing that mine did with the MP3s. Does the sequence play correctly in Aurora, or does it cut out in both Aurora and Borealis?
	Fine. You're so smart you rig up the lights. D-Light users Unite!

autotime Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 05 Sep 2008 Location: alaska Online Status: Offline Posts: 39	Quote Reply Posted: 17 Dec 2008 at 11:06am
	im sure its not the transmitter cause i can have it playing thru the computer and it does it, and i can watch it in task manger when it happens and its spiking durning the no sound part.


Pony_God Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01 Sep 2008 Location: Naples, FL Online Status: Offline Posts: 551	Quote Reply Posted: 17 Dec 2008 at 10:55am
	Only time I ever had anything like this is when I used MP3s, but you said that you have it even when the song uses WAVs. Are you sure that the sequence was updated with the WAV and it was re-saved so that it really knows to use the WAV?
	Fine. You're so smart you rig up the lights. D-Light users Unite!

ChrisL1976 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Beta Testers Joined: 01 Sep 2008 Location: Kankakee, Ill Online Status: Offline Posts: 1341	Quote Reply Posted: 17 Dec 2008 at 10:24am
	I have also seem this one time while watching my show when my parents came to visit. Have you checked to make sure your transmitter was working correctly? I thought maybe the transmitter was acting up in my case. I have, knock on wood, not had any issues since. Or at least none that I have noticed.
	Chris www.lightsonsixth.com

autotime Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 05 Sep 2008 Location: alaska Online Status: Offline Posts: 39	Quote Reply Posted: 17 Dec 2008 at 10:01am
	This problem is just starting to happen but it is becoming more and more frequent. When we run the show, the sound seems to cut out, but the lights continue. When the music comes back, it comes back at the point it cut out. It doesn't loose any of the song. When I go to task manager and watch performance, during the time the sound is out, it spikes and stays up there 2-3 seconds. Most of the time the computer performance is running 40-50%. If I watch processes, it will show the sequencer running and when the show stops scheduler will pop up in the processes and then another sequencer will start. Sometimes it will show 2 sequencers running at the same time. The performance is really high during that time. Then slowly one will go down and go away until another song starts. It doesn't seem to matter if it is a wave or MP3 file. I am running vista with aurora v1.032.