Can't cancel bounce

[mlemos]

i've been using tune-up utilities for it's turbo mode feature with my PT computers. when you enable turbo mode it disables all non essential win7 services including aero. works great and you can even enable/disable while PT is running.

regards,
marco

[DontLetMeDrown]

Originally Posted by daeron80

Aero is much more than desktop composition. That's only one element of it. It also includes all the peek/shake/snap/jumplist stuff. It's a real shame that we have to gut our fancy new 64-bit OS's most helpful features to make it compatible with PT. PT is a demanding task master.

Tried to find more information but I'm having trouble. Do you happen to have any links? Also, I tried to disable visual themes (which looks terrible) and I STILL was unable to cancel the bounce.

[daeron80]

Hmm. I just followed Avid's official page on what all to disable. You're right, it makes it look like you've reverted to XP. Pretty sad.

[Bob Nagy]

I have a hunch that this is a bug in Pro Tools on Windows that dates back to version 7.0. I also noticed it recently in 8.1. And of course in many other versions.

My best guess/understanding of this bug is as follows.

If the PT app loses foreground focus, it sort of "goes into suspense", and never regains foreground focus until whatever work is being done (in your case, bounce to disk) completes. This is also noticable, for example, when opening a session. It can result in being unable to cancel the open.

I reported this bug years ago. The bug was, most likely, deferred due to it being (at that time) not as important as other issues. I doubt this bug has ever been fixed.

I don't think going back to 9.0 will help you. I think this bug is in every version of PT starting from 7.0 forward.

[philip888]

I have Areo enabled.

But when I run Pro Tools I have set up to disable desktop composition.

Small session I can cancel bounces with no problems. 3 to 5 minutes.

But if I am bouncing an hour long session and try to cancel it. Then Pro Tools
becomes unresponsive and I have to kill it in the task manager.

So this is what I am experiencing here.

[The Weed]

For long bounces I'd recommend recording to a stereo track rather than bouncing out ie RTD rather than BTD. Then you can resume the recording wherever you like, rather than at the beginning every time you stop, and then export the file at the end.

Cheers,

[philip888]

Originally Posted by The Weed

For long bounces I'd recommend recording to a stereo track rather than bouncing out ie RTD rather than BTD. Then you can resume the recording wherever you like, rather than at the beginning every time you stop, and then export the file at the end.

Cheers,

Thanks.

Yes this is what I do.

I was just mentioning test results.

I should have made that more clear.

[cwsand]

Originally Posted by Bob Nagy

I have a hunch that this is a bug in Pro Tools on Windows that dates back to version 7.0. I also noticed it recently in 8.1.

Same here - though when I researched this issue it's not just Pro Tools users that are experiencing it. So I don't know if it's something Avid needs to tackle or Microsoft. I'm not expecting a fix anytime soon though - Windows 7 SP1 is out and that apparently didn't fix it, and the PT 9.0.2 update didn't either.

I just don't use BTD anymore.

[Russell Smith]

Yeah , there is kind of a list of ten or so of these non-showstopping bugs that I would like to see fixed. Of course not before they work on RTAS and a 64 bit version.

btw Some have suggested that 64bit would 'fix' the RTAS issue , I disagree. There is more to that problem then just RAM issues , personally I think it is all CPU efficiency related. Anyway , carry on :)

[DontLetMeDrown]

Well... thanks to you guys, I'm sold on bounce to track. I can see this saving me many hours of my life. This bug was a blessing in disguise.

Take care,