Re: "Checkpointing long" on exit
Peter Sampson <[email protected]>
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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. > Steve > _______________________________________________ > audacity-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/audacity-devel > _______________________________________________ audacity-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/audacity-devel