Jake
Fri Oct 31 09:46:28 CST 2003
Doesn't have to be that rapid, you can do it at quite a leisurely pace.
Looks like it could be specific to me and one or two others then. My
solution: don't do it!
Jake
"PapaJohn" <PapaJohn@CharterMi.net> wrote in message
news:vq2mejd03opi17@corp.supernews.com...
> I tried rapidly changing from one clip to another, in the same collection
or
> mixed ones. Mostly clicking on video clips but I threw in a couple still
> pix. Did 50 clips in a row and didn't experience the issue.
>
> Maybe my 'rapid' mouse clicking isn't as rapid as yours. But it's as fast
as
> I can go.
> --
> PapaJohn
>
>
> www.papajohn.org
> "Jake" <jake@your mind.jake.org.uk> wrote in message
> news:OJ3P3amnDHA.3024@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > I tried previewing several clips in a row in this manner. The first
time
> > MM2 exited after the fifth clip, next time it exited after about the
10th.
> > It didn't exit at all when double clicking the same clip many times in
> > succession. It's caused by an access violation (0xc0000005) - error
> report
> > duly sent to MS via their built-in reporting tool. Who reads these??!!
> >
> > I don't know much about how the software works, but my guess is that
it's
> > some issue with the rapid change in file pointer position when switching
> > clips, which would explain why it doesn't exit when double clicking the
> same
> > clip (pausing/unpausing) as the file pointer wouldn't change at all in
> this
> > situation. Or maybe I'm talking complete claptrap, I don't know - I'm
not
> a
> > programmer!
> >
> > Jake
> >
> >
> > "Jake" <jake@~nospam`.jake.org.uk> wrote in message
> > news:OP9CdvWnDHA.2312@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > Hi there
> > >
> > > I don't think I get the problem by starting/pausing the same clip
> several
> > > times in a row. Not that I've noticed anyway.
> > >
> > > Try previewing one clip then jumping to another by double clicking its
> > icon
> > > in the collection. Then jump to another clip while that one's
playing -
> > and
> > > so on. That's when it happens to me.
> > >
> > > Jake
> > >
> > >
> > > "PapaJohn" <PapaJohn@CharterMi.net> wrote in message
> > > news:vpt3l78nv6cgba@corp.supernews.com...
> > > > Hi Jake,
> > > >
> > > > I just tried it using WMV and AVI source files and cycled each 20
> times
> > > > through starting and pausing in a row and didn't experience what you
> do.
> > > So
> > > > it might be computer-specific.
> > > > --
> > > > PapaJohn
> > > > www.papajohn.org
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Jake" <jake@~nospam`.jake.org.uk> wrote in message
> > > > news:O5OY5fTnDHA.2652@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > > > One method I use to preview clips is to double click the clip
icon -
> > one
> > > > > double click will start it, another will pause it, another will
> > restart
> > > it
> > > > > and so on.
> > > > >
> > > > > If I'm playing one clip I can immediately jump to another clip
> preview
> > > by
> > > > > double clicking that clip's icon. If I do this several times in a
> row
> > > MM2
> > > > > exits! There's no knowing exactly when it will exit, that bit
seems
> > to
> > > be
> > > > > quite random.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've checked the Problem Solving -> Acceleration and Codecs page
of
> > > > > www.papajohn.org but I don't believe that the solution's there. I
> > don't
> > > > > encounter the shutting-down problems that other people seem to get
> > when
> > > > > adding transitions, etc.
> > > > >
> > > > > My guess is that it's just a plain old bug in MM2!
> > > > >
> > > > > Clip source file is DV-AVI captured by MM2 on a defragmented
> > non-system
> > > > NTFS
> > > > > partition on 7,200rpm drive. System is P4 2.8GHz HT with 512MB
> RAM -
> > no
> > > > > performance issues.
> > > > >
> > > > > TIA
> > > > >
> > > > > Jake
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
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