Subj : Re: Pinnacle Studio and WinDV freeze up after long idle period, can't
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Subject: Re: Pinnacle Studio and WinDV freeze up after long idle period, can't
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In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] wrote:
>Doc <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Have run into an odd problem I've never encountered before. Under an
>>install of XP Pro SP3, I find that if Pinnacle Studio 9 sits idle for
>>a long period ("long" being undetermined at this point) I find it
>>freezes up and can neither use it or close it down, even with Task
>>Manager. Have to hit the reset button and reboot. Have never
>>encountered this before. As it so happens this is the only machine
>>running XP pro I've had it on, had it on XP Home and Media Center
>>before this. When it's working initially it works fine. Will capture,
>>edit, make a DVD.
>>
>>I thought it might be an issue with Pinnacle so I loaded WinDV but am
>>finding the same issue, so it seems it's related to whatever
>>commonality there is between them.
>>
>>The other thing I notice is the machine falls into a state where it
>>shows 50% use of the processor on a Core2 Duo system.
>>
>>Anyone else encountered this and found a way around it?
>>
>>Thanks.
>
>It sounds like your computer is going into sleep mode. You may have to
>check the BIOS settings on your computer. It could be that the hard
>drives are powering down into standby mode and are failing to wake up,
>it's also a energy saving mode, especially if you have Green Western
>Digital hard drives on your computer. Most of this can be fixed by
>finding the standby (or power saver) settings in your bios and
>changing them so the computer does not go into standby mode.
>
No, the slowdown sounds more like the "Intel Speedstep technology" kicking in

http://www.intel.com/support/processors/sb/cs-028855.htm


The crashing is due to the fact that Pinnacle 9 and just about every other
version of Pinnacle has been buggy as hell.

They are already at 14 with 15 comeing shortly.


>I'd also suggest closing down programs running in the background that
>you don't need. If a program in the background pop's up a window
>wanting the user to click on a button in the window then this can
>cause the computer to appear to lock up. The pop-up window can be
>hidden by the screen of Pinnacle Studio.
>
>Most video editors use space on the hard drive when writing temporary
>files such as partly rendering a video. Make sure you have enough hard
>disc space and enough computer memory. Check the minimum requirements
>for Pinnacle Studio. Also check for Pinnacle Studio updates.
>
>Regards Brian
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