Re: "Checkpointing long" on exit

Peter Sampson <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.audio.audacity.devel
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On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 1:26 PM Steve Fiddle <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Why is this happening?
>
> Xubuntu 20.04
> Audacity 3.0.0 2c47dc5
> <https://github.com/audacity/audacity/commit/2c47dc5ba1a91c87a457ffba6caf8b1baf706279>
> PC laptop has system installed on SSD
> Additional data storage on internal hdd.
> Audacity temp folder is on SSD.
>
> Importing large WAV from hdd:
> 1. Launch Audacity
> 2. Drag and drop large WAV file (2.4 GB) from hdd into Audacity.
> Import takes about 45 seconds.
> 3. Exit Audacity
> 3.1. "Save project before closing?" -> No
> 3.2 "Checkpointing long" dialog opens and may take 30 seconds before
> Audacity closes.
>
> Why is Audacity doing "checkpointing"?  What is it actually doing?
>
> If I wait a couple of minutes after the file has fully imported before
> exit, Audacity closes immediately. Does this mean that Audacity is actually
> doing part of the import process in the background after the waveform has
> appeared?
>
> Importing from SSD:
> 1. Launch Audacity
> 2. Drag and drop large WAV file (2.4 GB) from SSD into Audacity.
> Import is MUCH slower (around 1 minute 30) ???
> 3. Exit Audacity
> 3.1. "Save project before closing?" -> No
> 3.2 Audacity closes immediately.
>
> Why does import from SSD take twice as long as from a much slower hdd?
>
> Peter has also reported slower import from his SSD on Windows, though I
> don't know the exact details.
>

Mt test results come from responding to a user who wants ODL resrored

My test results can be seen here:
https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=116572&p=419670&hilit=demand#p419670

The oddity is that the import of a 4GB audio file is slower from my SSD
than from my onboard HD.

Peter.



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