Hi,<br><br>First off, I don't have more answers about this topic, sorry; I just wanted to add some more questions :). <br><br>I also read the article some time ago and it surely helped me understanding what overdrive is and how to use it, but still it also leaves me a bit hazy on the topic.
<br>What still can't completely grasp is the multithreading issue. The article gave me the idea that whithout overdrive, Max is running 1 thread and with overdrive enabled 2 threads being the queue and scheduler. But then, when i'm using multiple metro/qmetro objects to bang scheduler priority processing paths, are these both in the same thread (=scheduler thread)? or are they able to run in parallel?... like this i could go on for 10 pages enumerating all the cases i came across where i questioned myself about this threading/priority issue, so i'll try to summarize my 'haze' in some 'to the point' questions:
<br><br>- how do i identify a single processing thread?<br>- what is the general practice when u come across a bottleneck like frame dropping or too low frame rate? <br>- Is it possible that 1 issue that takes too much processing time slows down the entire patch?
<br>- what about the combination of GPU and CPU processing? can the performance of one influence the other negatively?<br>- ...<br><br>I hope it is clear to someone where my understanding problem lies, so that Rick and I and probably a whole lot more Maxers can be helped.
<br><br>thanks for your time!<br><br>d<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/2/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Rick Burnett</b> <<a href="mailto:grimepoch@mac.com">grimepoch@mac.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>Thank you, this information was very useful. Yes, it left me with a little bit more haze in my brain about the topic, but at the same time, now I understand about the priority levels.<br><br>I wonder, is it possible to get the video stuff into a higher priority to keep it from dropping out at times? (like when changing the rate of a different movie, all of them seem to glitch).
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