"play from here" stops working after pausing while editing wave file

[Craig Maier]

Hi Again,

As an afterthought -I have heard of sound card drivers causing this sort of problems some time back. I think that it had something to do with re-initialization of the sound card - - - in other words, they should re-initialze themselves after each action, but some did not always do that successfully. There are two things to look at if this is the case:

1. Goto the Edit/preferences/soundcard tab and checkbox the reinitialize on play feature. This allows Diamond Cut software to over-ride the soundcard initialization routine.

2. Check for an updated driver for your soundcard - it could be out of date or not 100% compatibile with your O/s.

Craig

[Craig Maier]

Hi Eric,

Not sure why your system is shutting down. Can you try the alternate sound card driver (MME vs WDM or visa versa). Is it sample rate or bit depth sensitive? Also, you might want to switch to classic edit mode rather than fast edit mode (edit/preferences menu). In that mode, there is a .wav file trail of your work - - - that is the mode that the forensics guys use.

Craig

[kischmir917]

Hi - I have this problem also. The program seems spontaneously to stop allowing me to "Play from here". I shut down the program after saving my work and then restart it. That mostly clears up the problem. Am I glance hitting another key which sets this off? Hope you can help - and also with another problem: program quitting spontaneously in the midst of an editing session. This is more serious as I lose all my work since the last save> A royal PIA that costs me time and aggravation as I have to reconstruct a whole slew of edits, since these are not saved when I relaunch the program. Used to happen in v.8 but now starting up in v.8.5. No fun.

Eric

[Craig Maier]

Pretty sure that I am seeing the bug; we will have to figure out why it is doing that and fix it.

Thanks

Craig

[Lord Theo]

I think that I may see it now - - - I had been using the spacebar instead of the "pause" button. What I see is that after one Play From Here, and then pause it, I can not "Play from Here" at another location in the file. Is that the bug?

Craig

I think so....The space bar is working for me, the bug is occuring when I use the pause button instead of it.

[Craig Maier]

I think that I may see it now - - - I had been using the spacebar instead of the "pause" button. What I see is that after one Play From Here, and then pause it, I can not "Play from Here" at another location in the file. Is that the bug?

Craig

[Lord Theo]

Hi,

Does it display the bug with re-initialize checked? Also, does it show this bug with 16 bit files rather than 24 bit files? Are the files stereo or mono or does it not matter?

Craig

I'll activate re-initialize & try a few 16 bit files... am doing stereo only for now, but certainly can work in mono & see how it goes.

[Craig Maier]

Hi,

Does it display the bug with re-initialize checked? Also, does it show this bug with 16 bit files rather than 24 bit files? Are the files stereo or mono or does it not matter?

Craig

[Lord Theo]

Thanks for helping to narrow it down. I would still like to match your sample rate, bit depth and stereo vs mono. It might also be interesting to know the soundcard driver type you are using (found under the preferences/soundcard menu).

Craig

Hi,
hope this info helps.

Sample Bit = 24/44.1
Direct X(WDM) - 7 Buffers
Juli@ Audio
Re-Initialize not checked

[Craig Maier]

Thanks for helping to narrow it down. I would still like to match your sample rate, bit depth and stereo vs mono. It might also be interesting to know the soundcard driver type you are using (found under the preferences/soundcard menu).

Craig

[Lord Theo]

So far, no problems working in quick mode. "Play From Here" glitch seems to occur in classic mode after impulse cleaning & CNF. My next step is to manually interpolate. After magnifying the affected area, interpolating, then reducing to a former area, the "PFH" problem frequently occurs. I'll be mindful of workflow & provide more detailed info.

[Craig Maier]

Hi,

I have been trying to reproduce this without success. I must be doing something differently. Can you give me an exact step by step procedure that creates the bug? Please include what editing step is done after the pause step of the process. Also, include the sample rate of the file, the bit depth (resolution) and whether it's stereo or mono. Lastly, what driver type is being used (MME or WDM).

Thanks,

Craig

[Lord Theo]

If you switch to fast-edit mode, does it do it there too?

Craig

Hi,

Will try tomorrow & let you know.

[Craig Maier]

If you switch to fast-edit mode, does it do it there too?

Craig

[Lord Theo]

Me Too

Is this in fast edit or classic edit mode(s) or both? I guess pausing means something like hitting the spacebar or via a player icon.

Please advise,

Craig

It happens to me when in classic mode. To keep going, I'll highlight the area to continue from,to the end of the wav & + magnify it.....or close down & reboot. It is a frequent occurence.