Re: Excessive slowness for some users

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*Bug 2777* <https://bugzilla.audacityteam.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2777> - Windows:
Excessive slowness for some Windows users

Peter.

On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 8:27 AM Peter Sampson <
[email protected]> wrote:

> 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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