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3232-bit vs 64-bit modeI am interested in the differences between running 32-bit vs 64-bit modes using Quartz Composer. Outside of Quartz I have read up on what this really means, how you couldn't access more than 4gb of ram on some machines using this architecture (I have also heard that the mac circumvented some of these 32-bit limitations, notably the RAM issue), the larger address space, etc. I am curious though if running everything in 64-bit mode will result in faster performance or is that just the jump-to assumption? I am dealing with lots of video processing, networking, cameras, mics, and so I am thinking these would benefit from the larger architecture but I wanted to hear if anyone has solid reasoning or experience why or why not. Can anyone attest to the performance of 32-bit vs 64-bit inside of Quartz? Thanks for any tips or advice http://kineme.net/wiki/QuartzComposer32bitor64bit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64-bit_computing#32-bit_vs_64-bit
Quartz crash corrupts related compositionsI have this problem with a file, more than once. I am making a Vj mixing program by the name of Senses. It loads files from a directory, applies effects, then outputs etc. I have this problem. I get it working and then I save, quit, come back to it in a few minutes and Quartz crashes loading it. It will open a blank composition, create and save a new one no problem. But, if I load the last save of Senses, or any previous rendition (v 1.0, 2.0, 2.2, etc) it will crash. Interestingly enough, I loaded this on a 2nd machine which is also running 32-bit QC 4.0 with 10.6.8 and a mirror of the plugins it loaded but with the below error report. It changed some of the routing of patches to get it to run when I hit okay after seeing the report. I read the crash report and I get the report below. I tried clearing the p.list, but that changed nothing. I tried uninstalling through the terminal, then reinstalling Quartz and no changes in condition. Removing certain plugins. The first time this occurred I tried scrubbing and reinstalling everything and that was the only time I was able to reload the last saved version with no grief (composition saved onto zip drive). But now, after three days since reinstalling and much work done I have encountered this problem again. I am sure one can imagine that this is unfortunate, and adds some insecurity to using Quartz Composer not knowing the cause just yet. But I know this is fixable and must be preventable. I have come up with a few ideas
Has anyone experienced anything like this? What I don't understand is how previous versions of the file would not work after a crash that happened many saves and version later? It even happens to versions of Senses loaded from quarantined computers as well. I aim for this project to be running smooth and open one day. I would really appreciate if anyone might be able to load this up and see if there were any apparent problems in the coding that kept it from running. Any feedback would be much appreciated,
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