• Pinnacle Studio and WinDV freeze up after long idle period, can't

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    From: Doc <docsavage20@yahoo.com>
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    Subject: Pinnacle Studio and WinDV freeze up after long idle period, can't
    even end with Task Manager
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    Have run into an odd problem I've never encountered before. Under an
    install of XP Pro SP3, I find that if Pinnacle Studio 9 sits idle for
    a long period ("long" being undetermined at this point) I find it
    freezes up and can neither use it or close it down, even with Task
    Manager. Have to hit the reset button and reboot. Have never
    encountered this before. As it so happens this is the only machine
    running XP pro I've had it on, had it on XP Home and Media Center
    before this. When it's working initially it works fine. Will capture,
    edit, make a DVD.

    I thought it might be an issue with Pinnacle so I loaded WinDV but am
    finding the same issue, so it seems it's related to whatever
    commonality there is between them.

    The other thing I notice is the machine falls into a state where it
    shows 50% use of the processor on a Core2 Duo system.

    Anyone else encountered this and found a way around it?

    Thanks.
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    From: Brian <bclark@es.co.nz>
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    Subject: Re: Pinnacle Studio and WinDV freeze up after long idle period, can't even end with Task Manager
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    Doc <docsavage20@yahoo.com> wrote:

    Have run into an odd problem I've never encountered before. Under an
    install of XP Pro SP3, I find that if Pinnacle Studio 9 sits idle for
    a long period ("long" being undetermined at this point) I find it
    freezes up and can neither use it or close it down, even with Task
    Manager. Have to hit the reset button and reboot. Have never
    encountered this before. As it so happens this is the only machine
    running XP pro I've had it on, had it on XP Home and Media Center
    before this. When it's working initially it works fine. Will capture,
    edit, make a DVD.

    I thought it might be an issue with Pinnacle so I loaded WinDV but am
    finding the same issue, so it seems it's related to whatever
    commonality there is between them.

    The other thing I notice is the machine falls into a state where it
    shows 50% use of the processor on a Core2 Duo system.

    Anyone else encountered this and found a way around it?

    Thanks.

    It sounds like your computer is going into sleep mode. You may have to
    check the BIOS settings on your computer. It could be that the hard
    drives are powering down into standby mode and are failing to wake up,
    it's also a energy saving mode, especially if you have Green Western
    Digital hard drives on your computer. Most of this can be fixed by
    finding the standby (or power saver) settings in your bios and
    changing them so the computer does not go into standby mode.

    I'd also suggest closing down programs running in the background that
    you don't need. If a program in the background pop's up a window
    wanting the user to click on a button in the window then this can
    cause the computer to appear to lock up. The pop-up window can be
    hidden by the screen of Pinnacle Studio.

    Most video editors use space on the hard drive when writing temporary
    files such as partly rendering a video. Make sure you have enough hard
    disc space and enough computer memory. Check the minimum requirements
    for Pinnacle Studio. Also check for Pinnacle Studio updates.

    Regards Brian
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