Skip to main content ↑ ↓

Notice

Please note that most of the software linked on this forum is likely to be safe to use. If you are unsure, feel free to ask in the relevant topics, or send a private message to an administrator or moderator. To help curb the problems of false positives, or in the event that you do find actual malware, you can contribute through the article linked here.
Topic: Audiotester 1.6 freezing (Read 4784 times) previous topic - next topic
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Audiotester 1.6 freezing

I use Audiotester 1.6 (as found here) to periodically test the integrity of my FLAC file collection.  I ran into a problem and just wanted to get some input on it.

I just recently upgraded to Windows 7 Professional 64-bit edition.  However, I still have Windows XP Pro 32-bit installed on the same computer for compatibility with an old scanner and printer.  When I try to test my FLAC files in Windows 7, the system completely freezes after 100-200 file checks.  This is a hard freeze, where the computer does not respond at all so I have to powercycle.  If I reboot into Windows XP I can use Audiotester and it scans my complete collection without any trouble at all.

I know that Audiotester 1.6 is a few years old.  Before I start digging deeply into this problem I just wanted to check if anyone else runs Windows 7 64-bit and Audiotester 1.6 works fine for them.  I just don't want to pull my hair out trying to figure this out and have it turn out to be a 64-bit vs. 32-bit issue.  Remember, on the same computer in Windows XP 32-bit I have no trouble at all with Audiotester 1.6 (I have the program installed separately for both OSes).

Audiotester 1.6 freezing

Reply #1 –
I have audiotester running in different OS and even under wine in Ubuntu. Never had any freeze. Sounds like a hardware problem to me. As audiotester stresses the system with all cores used it may find instabilities.
An overclocked CPU that seems to run fine with XP32 can crash with Win764.
Is troll-adiposity coming from feederism?
With 24bit music you can listen to silence much louder!

Audiotester 1.6 freezing

Reply #2 –
Quote from: Wombat on
I have audiotester running in different OS and even under wine in Ubuntu. Never had any freeze. Sounds like a hardware problem to me. As audiotester stresses the system with all cores used it may find instabilities.
An overclocked CPU that seems to run fine with XP32 can crash with Win764.


Have you used it specifically in Windows 7-64?  Ultimately, that was the question I was asking.

Obviously, if I was overclocking, I would have checked that first.  I'm not a rookie.  I'm running all hardware at their defaults.  I did run Memtest 4.1 for two full passes and there were no memory errors.  I also uninstalled recently installed programs.

I do concur that the fact that it's a hard lockup does seem to indicate a hardware problem.  I have run hwmonitor while Audiotester was running to confirm all system hardware was within standard operating temperatures/voltages.

I'll try running Handbrake tonight to see if it locks up in that app.  That definitely stresses the system more then Audiotester....

Audiotester 1.6 freezing

Reply #3 –
I don´t use it under Win764 to be honest but i find it a bit strange it crashes only after a while. Good luck!
Is troll-adiposity coming from feederism?
With 24bit music you can listen to silence much louder!

Audiotester 1.6 freezing

Reply #4 –
no problems here on my win 7 x64 system.

Quote
1042 files scanned in 460.20 seconds
---
0 files failed
---
1042 files passed



Audiotester 1.6 freezing

Reply #5 –
Quote from: marc2003 on
no problems here on my win 7 x64 system.

Quote
1042 files scanned in 460.20 seconds
---
0 files failed
---
1042 files passed



Thanks for confirming.

Looking at it from the hardware side, I didn't have any trouble running Handbrake.  I encoded files that took 20-40 minutes to process, or 19-39 minutes longer then it took for the crash to occur in Audiotester.

I had already run two complete passes of Memtest 4.1 without any trouble, along with Microsoft's memory test tool. However, I decided to go ahead and just try slowing my DDR3 memory down a bin (from default 1333 to 1066).  Doing this seems to have solved my problem.  I know Windows 7 uses memory more effectively (to speed up caching, etc) which possibly explains why it was only crashing in Windows 7 and not Windows XP.

Now I need to trudge over to the OCZ forums and start investigating what I can do to get my memory running at the proper spec.
 

Audiotester 1.6 freezing

Reply #6 –
I know it is an old thread but it fits. I once in a while check all my flacs with this nice tool and the first time i have found a problem, maybe a limitation. I use Win7 x64 now and use a Quad Core.
The crash does not come from any overclocking. It is repeatable only with some huge 24/96 files in the size of 400-500MB in a row. Testing 4 files of these that crash alone without others before make no prob.
Since i see the w32 process getting as big as 1,4GB and growing when it crashes i can imagine it is some limitation of the code. Sine i don't know much about this stuff i ask here now.
There are other ways to check but this neat little tool is so simple to use i got used to it. Any ideas welcome.
Is troll-adiposity coming from feederism?
With 24bit music you can listen to silence much louder!