[QLab] sluggish performance, part 2

[Christopher Ashworth]

Hi Vinnie,

I think the next steps would be as follows:

- Go to /Users/YOUR_USER_NAME/Library/Application Support/QLab/PlugIns
- Drag the Video plugin there to some safe location
- (You can get info on it to find its version, although the main thing  
I was interested in is if it was the most recent.)
- Launch the program and install the current Video Cue
- See if it helps

Then you can drop in the old cue back to that location if you wish to  
revert back to it.

Regarding the stutters, one thing to check is if there are any console  
messages displayed by

/Applications/Utilities/Console.app

Any messages there will help narrow in on what may be happening in  
QLab, or if it might be the driver, etc.

Best,
Chris

On Nov 14, 2007, at 3:18 AM, Vincent Olivieri wrote:
>
> Well, I made some significant changes to my show file, including  
> adding
> dummy cues (not sure how useful they are, given the way QLab cues up  
> lines)
> and video fade-out cues for all of my projections.  They have made a  
> modest
> difference, particularly in the hang department.  Thanks for the  
> advice!
>
> Also, Chris asked about what version of video I'm using.  I'm not  
> sure how
> to find that out.  I can see what the most current available version  
> is, but
> I can't see what my currently-installed version is.
>
> Tonight, none of the problems are solved, but some are mitigated.  I  
> still
> have some lag, but in most cases, it's reduced to a manageable  
> level.  There
> are still three problems that I can't get resolved.
>
> I still have occaional cues that lag 5 seconds or more.  Maybe one  
> or two
> over the whole evening.  I can't see anything in the programming  
> that would
> cause these hangs.  I'm certainly not doing anything challenging at  
> these
> points in the show.
>
> Sometimes still, if I press escape while running a relatively simple
> sequence (5-7 lines firing at once), I get a hang of 30 seconds or  
> more.
> The hang is eternal if I change the prefernces.  I force-quit at 10  
> minutes.
>
> I also have been encountering stutters.  Again, maybe twice all  
> night, and
> not when I'm doing anything challenging.  I was encountering them in  
> past
> days as well, but didn't mention them because there were bigger fish  
> to fry.
> Now, it's time to fry these fish.