Importing disrupting my music

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by Garry A. Leslie

Hey All,
First time I've ever noticed this happening.
Have recently been importing some new discs into Hoster.
When I work on the computer I usually have a digital radio station, www.thejazz.com playing on the computer, suddenly noticed when writing kma files the process disrupts the music playing, doesn't happen during the importing track process.
It's not a problem just irritating.
Wondered if anyone else has had this happen?
Regards from across the pond.
Garry

Garry,
Streaming data (video or audio) uses DMA (Direct Memory Access) which is also the way your computer reads/writes to CD/DVD drives and hard drives. Your problem may be the number of DMA channels available with your processor and motherboard. It is probably that the audio stream and the write function are trying to use the same channel.

[Garry A. Leslie]

Hey Dale,
Don't doubt you are right about the DMA problem, not sufficiently versed in this area of computing. I have an AMD 3400 cpu 64.

George,
Didn't think you could get that channel in the States but of course it is digital,
but what do I know I was brought up using a Cat's Whisker.
Regards from across the pond.
Garry

[George]

Originally Posted by Garry A. Leslie

.....but what do I know I was brought up using a Cat's Whisker. Garry

Cat's whisker searching on a crystal, wearing earphones

talk about "surfing"

[gd123]

Post #1 Original Problem

suddenly noticed when writing kma files the process disrupts the music playing

Logical understanding of the above follows that one can't do anything else in a multitasking eviornment when Hoster is in the "write KMA process."

Not "read" not "play"...nothing other than "write KMA."

Post #5

Hoster is and always has been a processor/memory hog.

When I import, I just walk away from the computer until the import process is finished.

The 1st word is "Processor." And in the CONTEXT of the paragraph immediately following, one should clearly read as with repect to IMPORTING.

And, the reason I walk away, is because nothing can be done on the Computer when the "write KMA," which is a part of Hoster's IMPORT Process, is taking place.

Which, Post #6 agrees:

And like the man said, walk away.

Something I really don't understand is the 1st sentence in Post#8:

I was taken back how someone could say Hoster is a memory hog. We used to be, but we did an extensive checkup and rework and, as you say, we're now in the 2% - 4% range.

Are you saying that "MEMORY" is at "the 2% - 4% range?" How did you measure this Memory usage? Memory seems to still be the subject as I don't see the subject change to Processor in the second sentence when the 2% - 4% range is mentioned.

And, if the Processor was meant to point to the 2% - 4% range, as referenced by "as you say," possibly referencing Post #7:

During play the CPU usage flatlined out at about 2% usage with an occassional brief spike up to about 4%

then, it was nice to have this info pointed out, and re-referenced, but I fail to see how this info has anything to do with the IMPORT process, which I perceive as the theme in this thread and what I based my helpful comment of "walk away," as nothing can be done.