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Can't reproduce this bug on my side, sorry.
I tried a default Karafun setup and Power Ska.kfp preset...
Maybe it's related to a particular preset file?
Please give me further details: soundfont name, kfp filename.
- Michael
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Thanks for your effort, but it's no wonder you can not reproduce it, because Power Ska preset is not a video preset. It has static jpg background. Pls use any preset, listed under the title "Video Karaoke Kfp" (it's free for download from Karafun site). For example, try Jellyfish.kfp. It can even be played once, but on second time it freezes the machine to hard reset. It happens at initial moment, when video background file (its avi) refers to video codec.
I use any sond font file, LAV video codec or FFDshow - no matter. I use 1 core CPU, video background loads it to almost 95-100%, but still no hanging with your version 1.3.1.
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I downloaded Jellyfish.kfp preset and tested it on Win7-x64 (my development machine) with no issues.
So I tested Karafun on an XP virtual machine, but after setting the video preset, it hanged to 100% CPU; I can only hard reset it to get control back.
VirtualMIDISynth 1.4 automatically raises process priority to HIGH to achieve better (and smooth) play. The worst is that a 95%+ CPU process with HIGH priority makes the machine unresponsive.
Now in beta13 the process priority raising is a configurable option (enabled by default, since I had no issues with that, except with Karafun video backgrounds on XP).
On my test XP VM (and process priority raising disabled) Karafun still hangs, but the machine remains responsive, so I was able to terminate Karafun with task manager.
Please try it (disabling the new option) and let me know ASAP.
- Michael
- Anonymous user
Great, now it's fixed! Everything works fine with beta 13.
Actually, it is Karafun who increased CPU load while playing video in their current version. Previous version 1.18 did not utilize CPU that much, but it is incompatible with BASSMidi 2.4...
Thank you, wish you to go on and on with this great software.
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Thanks for your quick feedback, I'm happy it works!
I think that the new "raise process priority" option should stay enabled by default, because it's the best choice for most users.
Only Karafun users must disable it, and only if (1) using XP and (2) using a video preset; only this particular environment make the PC hang to 100% CPU.
Win7 users are safe, even with video preset enabled.
> Actually, it is Karafun who increased CPU load while playing video in their current version.
Why don't you send them a bug report, maybe linking this thread.
> Previous version 1.18 did not utilize CPU that much, but it is incompatible with BASSMidi 2.4...
Version 2.x of VirtualMIDISynth will solve all of these compatibility issues (see previous comments for architectural details), but that's far away from complete...
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