Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJTX process priorities on Windows

2019-10-06 Thread Black Michael via wsjt-devel
I note that the audio thread is set to priority 4 in the code. m_audioThreadPriority = static_cast (m_settings->value ("Audio/ThreadPriority", QThread::HighPriority).toInt () % 8); I have periodic times when decoding stops for a couple of cycles (appears to be due to disk activity on the SSD) a

Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJTX process priorities on Windows

2019-10-06 Thread Bill Somerville
On 06/10/2019 12:57, runninge...@gmail.com wrote: decoding halts after an unpredictable number of hours with the Decode button turning blue and the waterfall still showing an incoming audio stream. Hi Erik, can you clarify this statement please. Does the "Decode" button turn cyan permanently

[wsjt-devel] WSJTX process priorities on Windows

2019-10-06 Thread runningerik
I would like to share an interesting observation on WSJTX process priorities, although I am not sure if this is known or not, nor if it is helpful. When running 4 WSJTX instances on an Intel i5 - 2400 CPU, the FT8 (as well as WSPR) decoding halts after an unpredictable number of hours with the Dec