> > makes sense, since when i'm on windows i always put PD as a standalone > version (the .zip package, without installer) on a seperate partition and > thus don't know about "space in names" issues ;-) >
Good to know, I can possibly suggest this as a strategy for other interested Windows users. i also have a SSD in my laptop and i'm coming to believe that this is a > crucial aspect considering Gem's and PD's performance. > so far i didn't have to use [pd~) to smoothly run audio AND video in the > same instance of PD on my laptop (sometimes two HD movies and 3 soundfiles > read from disk simultaneously !). i did however encounter those problems on > computers using conventional harddisks. just my personal observation ... > Thank you for the informations. I will soon install an SSD on my laptop as well. Bruno 2018-05-10 15:49 GMT-03:00 oliver <[email protected]>: > Bruno Rohde wrote: > > The reason for the Light version not to play audio is that audio and video >> playback needs to be performed on 2 instances of the Pd so as not to >> generate audio clicks as it does in the full version. At the time of >> development, the object [pd~], used to manage the two instances and their >> communication, presented a serious problem in Windows, because it was not >> possible to run a patch located in a path with spaces in the name, and this >> is standard in Windows (ex: C:/Program Files/). If I am not mistaken, in >> version 0.48.1 of Pd this issue of [pd~] has been solved, but I have not >> tested it yet. >> > > makes sense, since when i'm on windows i always put PD as a standalone > version (the .zip package, without installer) on a seperate partition and > thus don't know about "space in names" issues ;-) > > >> As soon as I have time, I'll run new tests on Windows. I'm excited about >> your account of having managed to run the full version on Windows. By the >> way, what version of Windows and Pd are you using? >> > > Win 7 / 64bit > PD 0.48.0 > Gem 0.93.3 > > i also have a SSD in my laptop and i'm coming to believe that this is a > crucial aspect considering Gem's and PD's performance. > > so far i didn't have to use [pd~) to smoothly run audio AND video in the > same instance of PD on my laptop (sometimes two HD movies and 3 soundfiles > read from disk simultaneously !). i did however encounter those problems on > computers using conventional harddisks. just my personal observation ... > > so, running audio and video in seperate threads is definitely the safer > way to go > > > best > > oliver > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> https://lists.puredata.info/li > stinfo/pd-list > -- Bruno Faria Rohde
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