PT 2020.12 Occasionally stopping playing - Windows update service?

[tvon]

looks the mods will not approve any reports i post. so heres an image of it::

[guitardom]

It shows you ran it for 43 seconds. I would say let it run 10 minutes minimum.

[tvon]

Originally Posted by guitardom

It shows you ran it for 43 seconds. I would say let it run 10 minutes minimum.

Should i run it before theres an issue or when there is?

[The Weed]

Close any programs and run LatencyMon for 10 to 20 minutes. It doesn't depend on an issue with Pro Tools, but rather will highlight any issue with real-time audio.

[tvon]

done! (sorry about the images, board blocks posts that have the full text in it)

[The Weed]

Looks like it's your video card's driver. Always get the updated driver from the manufacturer's website, not the third party's website. For example, I have an ASUS NVidia card, but get my drivers from NVidia's website, not ASUS', manually searching for the correct driver. And I only install the graphics driver and physx, nothing else.

Once you install the latest diver, or update/upgrade anything remotely connected with Pro Tools, do the Trasher Dance: Close PT, backup your Preferences, delete Preferences, Databases and Plug-in Databases, empty the Recycle Bin, reboot, Restore Preferences, start Pro Tools.

Whenever anything goes awry with PT, the first suggestion is always to delete Preferences.

[tvon]

Thanks for the help. I reloaded the driver from the nvidia site and not dell. Also trashed my prefs and restarted. I was using it today and it did freeze up again. Only once though, which is a first. Its usually every 15 minutes. Im going to run LatencyMon again and i'll post the results.

[The Weed]

Look at the "Help Us Help You" link at the top of the forum and post a Sandra report. Also look at this Thread for more optimizations and this Thread for Processor Affinity.