scheduler crashing RB?

[carllr]

I have a daily schedule that sets volumes and loads folders of music throughout the day. everything works fine. Last weekend i put a new entry into the schedule. it was to start at 10:10am and every 20 minutes insert a (random selected) song from another folder into the current playlist. today RB stopped working and i had to close it down and restart it. The log shows the last song started at 10:08am. I have to assume the new entry crashed the program. any idea why?

I am running 4.6..919. I updated to the most current but when I looked at the help about it showed the old version. If i looked at the RB.exe it showed the new version. I reloaded the old version until i have time to investigate.

thanks

 

[djsoft]

Make sure RB is closed while installing a new version - otherwise it will be unable to update the files. You can also install it to a different folder, just for testing.

Regarding scheduler entry - can you post a printscreen of an Event window, and how much files are in the folder? When program crashes, are there any error messages?

 

[carllr]

The only error was a popup that said RB has stopped. The log had no entries past the song that started at 10:08am. The main folder that is scheduled to shuffle when loading at 9:50am has about 300 songs in it as a minimum. The folder that has the songs that are scheduled to start at 10:10 and play one song from the folder (random song) every 20 minutes has about 150 songs in it.

I have my normal shuffle that runs every morning for 3 hours and every 20 minutes I add in a random christmas song from another folder. In the afternoon I have another folder loaded and I add in Christmas music in every 20 minutes, from a different folder (both faster tempo). The morning one is the one that crashed. Today it is working so far. RB is so incredibly stable that I was surprised to have it stop on an error.

 

[djsoft]

Was anything changed in the system? Do you have antivirus software installed?
You can also wait for RB 4.8 release (or even try beta: http://www.djsoft.net/smf/index.php/topic,3165.0.html), it has many stability-related fixes compared to 4.6.

Please post a screenshot of an event which crashes - we'll check it.

 

[carllr]

i send in a screen shot if it happens again. the system hasnt changed and the machine is not on the net so i doesnt run any virus software.

thanks