Re: [Qmidiarp-devel] Some feedback on QMidiArp 0.4.1

[Brendan J. <bre...@gm...>]

On 06/02/2011 10:45 PM, Louigi Verona wrote:
> Hey everybody!
>
> Just got my hands on QMidiArp 0.4.1, using it on Ubuntu 10.04.
> This is a fantastic piece of software, however, lack of stability and a
> "random stop" bug make it virtually unusable in its current state. I
> would like to report both problems.
>
> 1. Random crashes.
> QMidiArp crashes often, in my experience always as a reaction to an
> action, not by itself. Actions, however, are different - it may be
> moving a slider or creating a new module. Crashes happen fairly often,
> rarely have I closed QMidiArp myself, usually it just crashes within 3-5
> minutes of work.
>
> 2. Random stops.
> QMidiArp, after playing for 15-30 seconds would suddenly stop. The play
> button is pressed, so in order to restart you have to click on Play to
> change it to stopped state and then press play again. After 15-30
> seconds QMidiArp stops again. In case this info could be useful, the
> first time I started QMidiArp, it did not stop and I actually played
> with it for several minutes until it crashed due to me moving a slider
> in one of the modules, but all subsequent uses of the program featured
> random stopping.
>
>

Hi guys, great program - thanks again.

I can confirm on Fedora 15, JAck 1.9.7.

As Lougi mentioned it does seem to be to do with interaction with the 
GUI. I was able to play without stoppage when using the sequencer and a 
midi controller (not touching the GUI).

regards,

Brendan