Re: "Checkpointing long" on exit

On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 at 14:22, Leland <[email protected]> wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Steve Fiddle <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 8:25 AM
> > To: Audacity-Devel list <[email protected]>
> > Subject: [Audacity-devel] "Checkpointing long" on exit
> >
> > Why is this happening?
> >
> > 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?
> >
>
> Checkpointing is done in a separate thread and when a database is closed,
> all checkpoints must complete before Audacity can continue.  In both of
> your cases, the checkpointing should be started while the file is still
> being imported.  But, in your first case, the checkpoints take longer to
> complete so there's more left to do when the database is closed at Audacity
> shutdown.  In your SSD test, the checkpoints seem to be finishing during
> the import and not delayed to database close.
>
> Well, that's my first guess anyway.  A quick review of the code does seem
> to prove the theory, but reality may vary slightly.  😊
>

That's pretty much what I guessed, but it doesn't explain why importing
from a fast SSD is much slower to display the waveform than when importing
from a much slower hdd (as both Peter and I have observed and measured).

@ Peter, which drive is your Audacity temp folder on?

@ devel, could it be anything to do with the file being read and the
project being written to being on the same drive?

Steve


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