Extremely slow?

[VJLinearRegression]

Howdy all. I just licensed & installed Resolume Avenue 4.1.7 yesterday on a 4GB mid-2009 Macbook Pro. I have been using Isadora for several years on VJ gigs and decided to switch as I've gotten tired of it crashing almost every time I use it. I have several thousand jpg images and several hundred video clips in Isadora processed with a variety of fx.

I created a new Avenue composition, loaded maybe 100 jpg images into a layer to start getting a feel for the workflow and, when I tried to then Open the example comp I got the spinning beach ball of death for several minutes, during which time Activity monitor showed Avenue using 75-100% of the processor. It eventually opened the example comp and things seemed ok. Only other app open at the time was Chrome with 1 gmail window, very little if anything in the background, and I had just restarted the machine. There is obviously something wrong someplace, as I cant imagine this is expected behavior for such widely used software. I need Avenue to be able to handle all my media; anyone have tips for a newbie before I get really depressed about my investment? Thanks.

[joffo]

Hi.i ve got exactly the same problems with the same config !

[cosmowe]

Just a guess:
4GB might be not enough RAM for Resolume with hundred of pictures AND your OS.
Can you check how much RAM is used by your OS without...and what is the usage with Resolume?

Resolume is a 32 Bit application and is able to use 3GB of RAM....but if there is not enough left on your system it might cause such issues.

What you could try to do:
Create 4 Clipdecks with 25-30 pictures each. Just to see if this runs better.

Greetings
cosmowe

[hive8]

Most likely has to do with the openGL card memory being complete full since you using JPG, even on my 3GB video card i get crashes when i load to many images PNG in my case.