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Re: intelligent??? harmony crashes and causes 100% of i7 quad core cpu usage Simon - PG Music #661836 06/25/21 06:56 AM PowerTracks Pro Audio
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OP MicWells Enthusiast M Joined: May 2021 Posts: 23	I've included the entire log file which i also emailed to pgmusic support - here's a clue - when i run task manager, and i have to to end the program, there is another process - biab32.exe which seems to get spawned when the harmonizer is run. but 2 questions, what if i didn't have biab? would it still work? and why not the 64bit version executable. here's the log: Exception log with detailed tech info. Generated on 6/25/2021 1:47:47 PM. You may send it to the application vendor, helping them to understand what had happened. Application title: Band-in-a-Box® - NONAME.SG1 Application file: C:\pt\DATA\bbw2_32.exe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Exception class: EInOutError Exception message: I/O error 103. Exception address: 00C4E534 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Main thread ID = 15788 Exception thread ID = 15788 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Exception stack Stack list, generated 6/25/2021 1:47:44 PM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Call stack for main thread Stack list, generated 6/25/2021 1:47:47 PM [773838FC]{ntdll.dll } ZwGetContextThread ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ System : Home Edition, Version: 10.0, Build: 4A62, "" Processor: Intel, Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz, 2800 MHz MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE41 SSE42 64 bits DEP Memory: 32652; free 25074 Display : 1920x1080 pixels, 32 bpp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ List of loaded modules: [00400000] C:\pt\DATA\bbw2_32.exe 2020.0.0.734 - 2020.0.0.734 Unit versioning information: JCL\source\common $URL$ $Revision$ $Date$ [1A560000] C:\pt\DATA\PGMusicAudioConverter.dll <10000000> (no module version info) [1A9B0000] C:\pt\DATA\GP5.DLL <00400000> (no module version info) [1AAF0000] C:\pt\DATA\BBWDLL25.DLL <00400000> (no module version info) [1ADF0000] C:\pt\Data\lib\lic07.dll <00400000> 1.0.0.0 - 1.0.0.0 [1D500000] C:\pt\DATA\BBWRES2.DLL <00400000> (no module version info) [21280000] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DivXa32.acm <1C200000> 4.1.0.3920 - 4.1.00.3920 DivX;-) Audio Codec [21AB0000] C:\Program Files (x86)\Coyote\CoyoteWT\CoyoteWT.dll <10000000> 1.0.0.1 - 1, 0, 0, 1 CoyoteWT DLL [46480000] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\security.dll 10.0.19041.1 - 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Security Support Provider Interface [558E0000] C:\Windows\System32\l3codeca.acm 1.9.0.401 - 1, 9, 0, 0401 MPEG Layer-3 Audio Codec for MSACM [55900000] C:\pt\DATA\Data\lib\libmediatoolsXP.dll (no module version info) [55930000] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WMASF.DLL 12.0.19041.1 - 12.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Windows Media ASF DLL [57230000] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\msgsm32.acm 10.0.19041.1 - 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Microsoft GSM 6.10 Audio CODEC for MSACM [57810000] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ksuser.dll 10.0.19041.1 - 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) User CSA Library [579A0000] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\msg711.acm 10.0.19041.1 - 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Microsoft CCITT G.711 (A-Law and u-Law) CODEC for MSACM [57C30000] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MFReadWrite.dll 10.0.19041.746 - 10.0.19041.746 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Media Foundation ReadWrite DLL [62540000] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AVRT.dll 10.0.19041.546 - 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Multimedia Realtime Runtime [62560000] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\winmmbase.dll 10.0.19041.1 - 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Base Multimedia Extension API DLL [62580000] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\msacm32.dll 10.0.19041.1 - 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Microsoft ACM Audio Filter [65980000] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\mfperfhelper.dll 10.0.19041.1 - 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) MFPerf DLL [65CD0000] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\RTWorkQ.DLL 10.0.19041.546 - 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Realtime WorkQueue DLL [65D00000] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MFPlat.DLL 10.0.19041.746 - 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Media Foundation Platform DLL [668C0000] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\textinputframework.dll 10.0.19041.964 - 10.0.19041.964 (WinBuild.160101.0800) "TextInputFramework.DYNLINK" [669E0000] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\wdmaud.drv 10.0.19041.1 - 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Winmm audio system driver [67590000] C:\WINDOWS\System32\CoreUIComponents.dll 10.0.19041.546 - 10.0.19041.546 Microsoft Core UI Components Dll [683A0000] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\wintypes.dll 10.0.19041.1052 - 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Windows Base Types DLL [684A0000] C:\WINDOWS\System32\CoreMessaging.dll 10.0.19041.867 - 10.0.19041.867 Microsoft CoreMessaging Dll [694A0000] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\msadp32.acm 10.0.19041.1 - 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Microsoft ADPCM CODEC for MSACM [694C0000] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\midimap.dll 10.0.19041.488 - 10.0.19041.488 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Microsoft MIDI Mapper [6E820000] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\wsock32.dll 10.0.19041.1 - 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Windows Socket 32-Bit DLL [6E850000] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SECUR32.DLL 10.0.19041.546 - 10.0.19041.546 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Security Support Provider Interface [6F140000] C:\pt\DATA\Data\lib\libsndfile-1.DLL (no module version info) [6F350000] C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\msdmo.dll 10.0.19041.1 - 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) DMO Runtime [6F360000] C:\Windows\System32\devenum.dll 10.0.19041.746 - 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Device enumeration. 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intelligent??? harmony crashes and causes 100% of i7 quad core cpu usage	MicWells	05/26/21 02:34 PM
Re: intelligent??? harmony crashes and causes 100% of i7 quad core cpu usage	Simon - PG Music	05/26/21 05:48 PM
Re: intelligent??? harmony crashes and causes 100% of i7 quad core cpu usage	MicWells	06/03/21 05:04 PM
Re: intelligent??? harmony crashes and causes 100% of i7 quad core cpu usage	justanoldmuso	06/03/21 06:16 PM
Re: intelligent??? harmony crashes and causes 100% of i7 quad core cpu usage	MicWells	06/05/21 03:05 PM
Re: intelligent??? harmony crashes and causes 100% of i7 quad core cpu usage	justanoldmuso	06/05/21 04:36 PM
Re: intelligent??? harmony crashes and causes 100% of i7 quad core cpu usage	MicWells	06/07/21 08:31 PM
Re: intelligent??? harmony crashes and causes 100% of i7 quad core cpu usage	justanoldmuso	06/07/21 10:06 PM
Re: intelligent??? harmony crashes and causes 100% of i7 quad core cpu usage	Simon - PG Music	06/08/21 02:05 PM
Re: intelligent??? harmony crashes and causes 100% of i7 quad core cpu usage	MicWells	06/15/21 04:56 PM
Re: intelligent??? harmony crashes and causes 100% of i7 quad core cpu usage	Simon - PG Music	06/15/21 05:46 PM
Re: intelligent??? harmony crashes and causes 100% of i7 quad core cpu usage	MicWells	06/25/21 02:56 PM
Re: intelligent??? harmony crashes and causes 100% of i7 quad core cpu usage	rharv	06/25/21 06:53 PM

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