> I have a problem with my stop buttons: whenever I use them they cause > the window they're clicked in to lock up and become mostly > unresponsive! > > Here's what I do: > 1) Start cinelerra (built from git today, and also 5 months ago, both > have same problem) > 2) Load a clip or music file, drag it into the timeline > 3) Press play button > 4) Press stop button (here in some cases the timeline continues to animate > a playback, in others it stops) > 5) Press Rewind-to-start button (or whatever) : no reaction. > > In the timeline I also can't take any mouse action on the timeline > itself, though I can sometimes toggle the "Play Track" on individual > chanells. Other windows remain mostly responsive. > > When I do similar things in the Viewer window, that window locks up in > a similar way, but other windows remain responsive. > > When I do similar things in the Compositor window, that window locks > up in a similar way, and it takes down the Timeline window too. > > My old build didn't used to work this way, but started behaving that > way in the last couple months. Possibly some Debian backports > multimedia lib changed under its feet, but on the other thand the > version built today fares no better. > > Any ideas? > > This is a very good description of a problem that I had about a month ago. The problem turned out to be the ALSA playback audio driver. When I switched back to OSS (I think) the problem vanished altogether. Try changing your playback audio driver and see if that helps.
James Cook
