Re: Excessive slowness for some users

And this user seems to have got faster again...    :-//

https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=118101&p=425721#p425721

Peter

On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 11:13 PM Steve Fiddle <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, 13 May 2021 at 22:16, James Crook <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> The slow appearance of the problem possibly fits with checkpointing.
>>
>> Planned changes, to use more standard max .wal size (i.e. block-size x
>> checkpoint-block-count-threshold )  may both make the slowdown smaller and
>> more even, if it is the cause.  It may also eliminate it, if it is related
>> to exceeding some in-memory cache size and so thrashing.
>>
>> I would say the fastest way is to get some test builds out that do this,
>> and get feedback from such users.
>> Things that may also help confirm/contradict this are asking about total
>> RAM and about other programs running - especially browsers with many tabs
>> open.  Perhaps closing browsers so freeing up RAM will alleviate??
>>
>> How many are 'worrying numbers'?
>>
>
> This latest one makes 5 separate reports that I've noticed in the last
> couple of weeks.
> There's also a couple of others that may or may not be the same issue.
>
> Actual Audacity bugs make up a small proportion of forum issues, so
> although it's not a big number, it's a significantly large proportion of
> actual bugs.
>
> Steve
>
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 13 May 2021 at 21:23, Cliff <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I have not seen that on Mac Mojave. The only things that at times seem
>>> slow is saving after a lot of editing. Initial project is usually 2+ hours
>>> and the final project is an hour or 1:15 or so. Compressor is normally
>>> quick, but I’m using the old one and not the new one. Basic operations are
>>> all very normal speeds.
>>>
>>> Cliff
>>>
>>> On May 13, 2021, at 13:51, Steve Fiddle <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> We're getting a worrying number of reports of Audacity 3.x being
>>> excessively slow for some users. The common factor being that the projects
>>> are longer than about 30 minutes.
>>>
>>> Most of the reports have been on Windows, but so are most of our users,
>>> so that may not be significant.
>>>
>>> On Linux, when working with project of an hour or more I have also
>>> experienced some long waits, especially when closing the project (though  I
>>> rarely work on projects that are more than a few minutes long).
>>>
>>> A peculiarity is that the slowness may not appear immediately. It seems
>>> to happen after working on the project for a while, and may be related to
>>> using "Undo".
>>>
>>> Below is the latest report that came in a few minutes ago.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>>> From: [redacted]
>>> Date: Thu, 13 May 2021 at 19:26
>>> Subject: Audacity 3.02
>>>
>>>
>>> I appreciate the work you do and you making it available free to the
>>> user. It has helped me for years.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I do not want to complain but I am having some issues that I feel you
>>> should be made aware of.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I am using a Windows 10 Computer. All of my recordings are voice only
>>> and range from 30 to 60 minutes. Over the years I have made many recording
>>> using audacity. I average 2-3 recordings a week and have used audacity
>>> since one of your earliest versions.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A few weeks ago I upgraded to Audacity 3.0. With great expectation, I
>>> loaded it, expecting my “wait” time to be reduced. The reverse happened on
>>> nearly everything I do. It was so bad, I went back to my older version.
>>> Today, I saw 3.02 was out and downloaded it. I recorded a 48 minute audio
>>> without issue. However, When it came to editing, it was a different story.
>>> Below are a few of the “wait times” I experienced.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ·        Sound Finder took a long time but I did not time it.
>>>
>>> ·        Label Audio Split took over 20 minutes
>>>
>>> ·        Compressor took over 40 minutes.
>>>
>>> ·        Truncate Silence took a long time.
>>>
>>> ·        Saving the file also took an extremely long time.
>>>
>>> ·        Closing Audacity took over 21 minutes.
>>>
>>> I hope this information helps resolve some issues. If I can be of help
>>> in evaluating, I would be happy to do so.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> [redacted]
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