Hey,

Since today I have strange crashes on Windows 7 64bit.

Either pd.exe or pd.com crashes when executed.

I had Pd-extended 0.43.4 installed and it worked for days without problem. Today I've tried to load a .pd which I worked on at another computer (same version): pd.com crashed. I've tried to start Pd normal: pd.exe crashed.

I tried an uninstall and re-install, it's installing without problems, but doesn't create shortcuts.

I've tried running it as administrator, rebooted computer.

What's wrong here?!

"Problem details" by Windows:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: pd.exe
Application Version: 0.43.0.0
Application Timestamp: 5100f299
Fault Module Name: pd.dll
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 5100f298
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0005300a
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1031
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

@Hightower On windows it is most likely an audio settings problem...
Try this first....... Pd Fix (Windows).zip
It will just reset the audio-settings dialog. If it does not start Pd then it will change nothing.
When you say crash...... does the terminal (main Pd window) window start and hang, start and crash, or not even start?
David.

Seems to work

The terminal didn't even start. I managed it later yesterday night to run the .exe as administrator.

But overall Pd run more stable on my netbook than on my main machine.

Will report later, if it gets better now.

I've got new problems :-/

A simple movie player (pix_film with a small .avi), which worked 2 days ago, fails now.

First it plays in Gem, then it hangs for few seconds, plays again, after a while it stops and I get the message "filmDS: Setpositions failed".

Maybe it has to do something with my sound setting?

I'm using an Edirol UA25 interface and have Asio4All installed.

When I have started your batch and .pd I have several choices of inputs and outputs:

If I choose Asio:

Input:

• (0) Microsoft Sound Mapper - Input
• (1) IN (UA25)
• (2) Asio4All v2
• (3) UA-25

Output:

• (0) Microsoft Sound Mapper - Output
• (1) OUT (UA25)
• (2) Asio4All v2
• (3) UA-25

If I choose standard (MMIO):

Input: IN (UA-25)
Output: OUT (UA-25)

The results differ from getting the "filmDS" message instantly to getting it after 20 seconds.

Something seems to be cursed here. :-/

@Hightower Hello again.
Yes, you will need to have the correct audio settings for your machine, and it's more difficult sometimes than it seems. Otherwise Pd will struggle with everything...... or crash.
If it is now loading then you don't need to run my fix again, but sometimes it is easier so as to have a functioning Pd before you start playing with the settings.

You should set Asio (which I see you have done).....
and then chose Asio4All v2 for both inputs and outputs, and nothing else!

Now you need to make Pd communicate well with Asio4All. Asio4All will take care of all of the possible inputs and outputs including the computer's built in hardware.

You need to set how many ins and outs, but if you have too few (less than the soundcards) or too many it doesn't matter. Too many will be thrown away by Pd, and too few is just less than you could use.

The sample rate should match the rate for your Edirol, although Asio4All can resample.
Set the buffer high to start with (30 or more) and reduce it slowly if you need to. 2 (ms) is often possible, but not necessary unless you are doing an in-ear mix for a violinist.. Usually you can set the block size to 64 and match that in Asio4All (called Asio Buffer Size in Asio4All... very confusing).
Setting callbacks ON will help, and don't forget to tick the boxes for inputs and outputs.

If the window does not want to close fairly quickly and cleanly then your settings are not good.
If your settings are good then the taskbar icon for Asio4All should be green (not red) and you can set up the Asio4All panel to choose the ins and outs you actually want to use. In Pd they will be numbered [dac~1] and [adc~ 1] in the same order as those that are "active" (blue) in Asio4All..

Good luck....... David.

Heya,

That helped a lot. That and trying other movie formats... It seems Pd (or my machine) has trouble to handle .avi files at the moment. I converted them into .wmv, did some audio settings and it's working pretty good now.

Yesterday night I built a video controller and mixer and Pd ran like 6 hours without a crash or hang.

Great software, looks like I will have much fun with it.

@Hightower That's great news...... Happy patching!
David.