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  • April 29, 2008 at 9:34 am #56
    Anonymous
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    Friends

    I am running the latest Breakaway 1.0.1 on a IBM Thinkpad T61P, with Vista Ultimate SP1, and experience the following:

    If I put my computer in Sleep mode, and then start using it again (lift the lid and press the on button), I get an error message at the Vista login page. The error message is something about Breakaway and memory location. Sorry, I cannot tell you the exact message right now. I would need to write it down. If it is essential, then I can write it down, unless it can also be found somewhere on the computer. Not sure where to look though.

    Then I click ok to get past that message, and give my pw to log in to the Vista. Then if I start my WinAmp then no sound is heard. The next thing that happens is that the Breakaway icon in the right corner disappears, and still not sound. Ok, then I go to the Start menu and find Breakaway, and start it from there, and then things work fine again.

    Anything I can do to not get this? Besides every time shut down Breakaway when putting my laptop to sleep, or just not using the Sleep mode?

    Thanks
    Calle2008

    April 30, 2008 at 8:40 am #4164
    Leif
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    Hi Calle!

    This is a known bug which seems to affect certain systems. I’m working on a solution, but in the meantime, here’s a workaround:

    Go into the Breakaway Settings (right-click the Main Window and choose Settings) and uncheck "Audio Realtime Priority".

    This will keep breakaway as a single process instead of two, and is much less likely to cause problems on sleep / hibernate.

    Please let me know if this workaround works for you 🙂.

    ///Leif

    April 30, 2008 at 8:57 am #4165
    Anonymous
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    Hi Leif

    Thanks for your good reply. Unfortunately I had that setting already unchecked. 🙁
    I checked it and will let you know if that makes any difference, although you are saying that having it checked might actually cause this error. 😕

    Here is the full error message:
    BreakawayUtilityWindow_0xBA31337:Breakaway.exe – Application Error

    The instruction at 0x00ffffff referred memory at 0x00fffffff. The memory could not be read. Click Ok to terminate…

    Let me know when there is a solution, unless now of course this me checking that "Audio Realtime Priority" will solve the issue. 😆

    Calle

    May 1, 2008 at 6:01 am #4166
    Anonymous
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    Hi again, Leif

    I think that ACTIVATING the "Audio Realtime Priority" solved the problem. At least now a moment ago, when I started my laptop from the sleep mode, the Breakaway worked just fine.

    Funny, is it not? 😯

    I had the WinAmp open with a paused video file loaded when I put the computer in sleep mode, if that makes any difference for you trying to figure out the reason for this.
    I also have the Adaptive SRC checked.

    Have a good Labour Day. 🙂

    Calle

    May 1, 2008 at 5:36 pm #4167
    Leif
    Keymaster

    Hi Calle!

    It’s basically random.

    I specifically wrote support for Sleep / Hibernation into Breakaway, and it works by does this by shutting down the audio engine before hibernating, and re-starting it after hibernating.

    The problem is (as far as I understand it), I severely underestimated how long it may take for an average system to resume from Hibernation and become responsive again. Thus, a part of Breakaway’s audio engine times out, and things go downhill from there. I’m working on a robust solution.

    ///Leif

    May 2, 2008 at 7:44 am #4168
    Anonymous
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    Thanks a lot, Leif, for the good description.

    I wish you success when fixing that problem. 😀

    I assume that you will send out information whenever there is a new version.

    Calle

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