The blinking stop button problem

[Benji575]

Hi,

As many other have experienced, I'm dealing with the blinking stop button problem. When I hit the play button, both the play and stop button blink and I got no playback. But there's more. It only happen when my buffer size is at 1024. But when I go to a lower buffer size, I got tons of click and pops cause I'm using Komplete and it seems my cpu is having a hard time keeping up. So the solution would be to go to a higher buffer size, but there it is. The stop button problem. And yes it does that on all my sessions. A week earlier, everything was fine. Pretty damn annoying. Would appreciate your help!

Thanks!

Ben

[Benji575]

Lenovo Thinkpad T510
Win 7
i5
4g ram
Pro Tools 9
Macke Onyx Blackjack 2x2

[cwsand]

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[Benji575]

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ID
Host Name : Poste-PC
Workgroup : WORKGROUP

Computer
Model : Lenovo 4313CTO ThinkPad T510
Serial Number : R9B7EX3
Chassis : Lenovo Notebook
Mainboard : Lenovo 4313CTO
Package : FC PGA988
Serial Number : 1ZJGE11W2F8
BIOS : Lenovo 6MET81WW (1.41 ) 10/26/2010
TPM - Trusted Platform Module : 1.02, STM
Total Memory : 3.8GB DDR3 SO-DIMM

Processors
Processor : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 560 @ 2.67GHz (2C 4T 2.8GHz/3.19GHz, 2GHz IMC, 2x 256kB L2, 3MB L3)

Chipset
Memory Controller : Lenovo Core (Arrandale) Mobile DRAM Controller 133MHz, 2x 2GB DDR3 SO-DIMM 1GHz 128-bit, Integrated Graphics

Memory Module(s)
Memory Module : Ramaxel RMT3020EF48E8W1333 2GB DDR3 SO-DIMM PC3-10700S DDR3-1334 (9-9-9-25 4-34-10-5)
Memory Module : Ramaxel RMT3020EF48E8W1333 2GB DDR3 SO-DIMM PC3-10700S DDR3-1334 (9-9-9-25 4-34-10-5)

Video System
Video Adapter : Intel(R) HD Graphics (12 SM4.0 767MHz Turbo, 66MB DDR3 1GHz 128-bit, Integrated Graphics)
Video Adapter : Intel(R) HD Graphics (12 SM4.0 767MHz Turbo, 66MB DDR3 1GHz 128-bit, Integrated Graphics)

Graphics Processor

Storage Devices
WDC WD5000BPKT-00PK4T0 (500.1GB, SATA300, 2.5", 7200rpm, 16MB Cache) : 466GB (C:) (D:)
Seagate ST1000LM010-9YH146 (1TB, USB2/SATA300, 3.5", 5400rpm, 16MB Cache) : 932GB (F:)
Lexar USB Flash Drive (8GB, USB2) : 7GB (G:)
Optiarc DVD RW AD-7700H (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache) : N/A (E:)

Logical Storage Devices
SYSTEM_DRV : 3GB (NTFS)
Disque Mou (F:) : 932GB (NTFS) @ Seagate ST1000LM010-9YH146 (1TB, USB2/SATA300, 3.5", 5400rpm, 16MB Cache)
Removable Drive (G:) : 7GB (NTFS) @ Lexar USB Flash Drive (8GB, USB2)
Hard Disk (C:) : 453GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD5000BPKT-00PK4T0 (500.1GB, SATA300, 2.5", 7200rpm, 16MB Cache)
Recov (D:) : 10GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD5000BPKT-00PK4T0 (500.1GB, SATA300, 2.5", 7200rpm, 16MB Cache)
Optical Drive (E:) : N/A @ Optiarc DVD RW AD-7700H (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache)

Peripherals
LPC Hub Controller 1 : Lenovo QM57 LPC Interface Controller
Audio Device : Lenovo P55/PM55/3400 High Definition Audio
Audio Codec : Conexant 5069h
Serial Port(s) : 1
Disk Controller : Lenovo P55/PM55/3400 6 port SATA AHCI Controller
Disk Controller : Lenovo PCIe SD/MMC Host Controller
USB Controller 1 : Lenovo P55/PM55/3400 USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
USB Controller 2 : Lenovo P55/PM55/3400 USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
FireWire/1394 Controller 1 : Lenovo FireWire Host Controller
SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : Intel ICH SMBus

Printers and Faxes
Printer : Microsoft XPS Document Writer (600x600, Colour)
Fax : Microsoft Shared Fax Driver (200x200)

Peripherals
Media Player : Lexar USB Flash Drive (7.47GB)

Network Services
Network Adapter : Intel(R) 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection (Ethernet)
Wireless Adapter : Intel(R) WiFi Link 1000 BGN (802.11g (ERP), 130Mbps)

Power Management
Battery No 1 : Panasonic 42T4801 90.98Wh/7.46Ah

Operating System
Windows System : Microsoft Windows 7 Home 6.01.7601 (Service Pack 1)
Platform Compliance : x64

Windows Experience Index
Current System : 4.6

[cwsand]

Not sure exactly what's causing it, but it could be a plugin issue. What other plugins do you have running in the session? Does it happen if you deactivate Komplete or any of the other plugins? Try trashing preferences. You could also try adjusting the other buffer settings in the playback buffer screen. Have you performed all of the Windows 7 optimizations?

[albee1952]

Did you accidentally hit the Wait for Midi note button? Its the little clock face at the left of the transport buttons. Beyond that, the Lenovo has a few issues to consider. Integrated graphics are often a show stopper for PT. Wifi should be disabled when running Pro Tools. One way to help rule out a plugin is to hold the SHIFT key while opening a session. That will make all plugins inactive so they SHOULD have no affect on Pro Tools at all. If things play fine that way, then its trial and error to find the offending plugin.

[Benji575]

Ok so I tried pretty much everything you said :

Trashing preferences : Didn't worked
Wait for midi note : Not activated
Deactivating all plugin (holding shift) : Didn't worked
Tried all the buffer setting in the playback engine menu : Neither
I did not performed all of the Windows 7 optimizations but everything was
working fine before and I never did those so I guess it's not
the problem. Thanks though.

Any other advice?

[albee1952]

Are you recording to the Seagate drive? Its 5400 rpm and too slow for recording.

[Benji575]

No I'm not. And I'm not sure this is related to my problem. I have a playback issue, not a performance issue.

[JMS40]

Playback issues are often performance issues...