[WT-support] WT freezes randomly with contest recorder on

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

I assume we're all using the Fraunhofer CODEC, which isn't fully supported
by Windows 10 (they hide it), but it can be enabled using this tool.

http://download.win-test.com/utils/fraunhofer_codec_fix.zip

73,
Bob, N6TV

On Thu, Aug 10, 2023, 5:19 AM Christian Janssen DL1MGB <chris at dl1mgb.com>
wrote:

> No ionoprobe or voacap running on any of the three computers.
>
> 73s Chris
>
>
>
> Am 10.08.2023 um 10:34 schrieb Bob Wilson, N6TV:
> > I've also had some trouble with recording lately on Windows 10, but I
> blamed it on also running HamCap (Ionoprobe + VOACAP) continuously at the
> same time (map display), which seems to get stuck in a loop after a few
> hours, messing up the recorder, but not the rest of Win-Test.
> >
> > 73,
> > Bob, N6TV
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 10, 2023, 1:10 AM Christian Janssen <chris at dl1mgb.com
> <mailto:chris at dl1mgb.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hi Laurent,
> >
> >     last year, we had the same issue here at the station when we had
> audio recording running. We then switched off the audio recording and the
> freezing was not anymore.
> >
> >     The audio recording was done in that way that a new file is created
> every 40 Mb (around 1 hour). The freezing happened randomly about 3 to 7
> hours after starting the audio recording.
> >
> >     My feeling is that something in Windows 10 wants to get access to
> the audio resources, doesn't get it and creates trouble. Windows 10 is
> known to be a trouble maker with audio...
> >
> >     73s Chris
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >     Laurent HAAS - F6FVY schrieb am 10.08.2023 09:43 (GMT +02:00):
> >
> >     > Hi Chris
> >     >
> >     > Le 10/08/2023 à 08:07, Christian Janssen DL1MGB a écrit :
> >     >
> >     >> We have a 3 PC setup (Windows 10), 1x IC7610, 1x Flex 6400, 1x
> TS590. All WT
> >     >> 4.47.4. All three are now running for two days, all three with
> contest
> >     >> recorder on. Randomly, WT on any of these three can freeze and
> has to be
> >     >> aborted and restarted.
> >     >
> >     > Are you saying that it's because the recorder is on that Win-Test
> >     > crashes, or is it a coincidence ? To be fair, I personally never
> >     > recorded over 48h or so in a row (the mp3 file size is around 600
> MB in
> >     > that case).
> >     >
> >     > For the record (pun intended), we have several Win-Test running on
> >     > remote stations for days or weeks in a row (with no recording) and
> only
> >     > power outages make them restart ;-) But, there are running on Win7
> >     > machines (for those I know).
> >     >
> >     > 73
> >     >
> >     > Larry - F6FVY
> >     >
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