Berntd, there might be a way to creep up on the issue.
Apologies in advance for the detailed reply.

You need to monitor the CPU loading in Task Manager.

- Start everything from scratch, and don't start BiaB.
- Check the CPU loading from Task Manager. The graph chart is a suitable way to monitor. If it is low, proceed. If it is high, then it's something other than BiaB.
- Check the Free Physical memory. It should not be exhausted as in your earlier screen capture.
- Start BiaB and check to see if the CPU has crept up unacceptably. Memory usage might change but with no song loaded or playing, the CPU should remain at the previous level
- Load your Blue Skies song, check CPU again.
- Play the song and watch the CPU. Does it progressively increase as the song plays?
- Replay the song again, and again, does CPU load or memory gradually increase?

I think the underlying problem is a resource issue with the computer. What is using the resources needs to be determined.

In very simple terms, Computers use a 'swap file' which is an area set aside on disk to store additional memory. When more Physical memory (RAM) needs to be made available for another program to use and there is none available, other programs have some of their memory temporarily written to the disk Swap File, freeing up that memory for that other program. When that program no longer needs the memory, the memory is freed (or written to another part of the swap file) and the original memory stored in the swap file is read back to RAM to the original program. It does this by reading it back from disk. This can happen in a very short time-frame (1000ths of a second). However, if this happens too frequently, the computer spends too much time writing and reading the swap file, a term known as 'thrashing'. At that point it's a downward spiral. The computer cannot cope.

Not being critical, but constructively, your system has very little physical memory. I think that whatever else runs on the computer is consuming a lot of memory (remember, the operating system needs a fair chunk also).

I think that more RAM would help, but it's beneficial to try to track down the real cause of the problem.

How old is the computer?
Is it a desktop or laptop?
What other programs do you have running at the same time as BiaB?
Have you installed other programs recently?

Hope this helps in some way.


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