I've been having issues with VE crashing DP5.13 for several months now. The problems seem to come and go and so just when it starts to get really frustrating (ie continual crashing for several hours) it suddenly dissappears and DP / VE work fine again for another couple of weeks without a hitch....
BTW I use VE as an AU plug in DP just to manage my VI instances, and it is invaluable just for that! I only have 4GB on my G5 and so there is no reason to use it standalone.
I'm now in the middle of another 'bad patch' and any project with VE already saved in it crashes when the project loads this has been happening now without exception for 24 hours!!!! I have projects I needed to finish that I can't open because they have VE saved in them - and this evening I've had to cancel time in another studio because of this! The project starts to load, syncro liscenses are scanned, the VE main GUI appears ..... and then right at the moment when samples would have started loading (when it should be saying 'loading samples, please wait') DP crashes (spinning ball, not responding) ...
.... meanwhile VE itself becomes operational but with none of the saved VI's loaded - instead just the master channel and one empty channel, as if I were loading a new VE standalone project ..??? (but it is loading from inside a DP project!)
So I have to force quit DP .....but after DP ihas dissappeared the empty VE GUI stays open and 'alive' (even though it was opened as part of the DP project I just quit ..!!??).
So I try to then quit VE and I get the 'save project y/n' dialog - I hit 'no' that does cause the VE GUI to dissappear ... but VE still stays active as an app (it is like the Terminator!) and I have to 'exit' the VE service to make it go away which always gives me the message:
'one or more connections are present. Do you want to forcibly close these connections and terminate the server app.? (this may cause host app to crash or freeze).'
All the above has been the behaviour without exception for 24 hours now. I've tried repairing permissions countless times/ rebooting etc
Typically this problem would have gone away after a couple of hours of battling and I would have another week or two of trouble free operation - annoying but bearble ... but now I have already lost an entire day's worth of wrok and I can't access 90% of my projects from the last 6 months or so (as they contain a VE)
In short - HELP!
OK more info...
If I create a fresh new DP project and then try and load a VE the same exact same thing happens every time.
BUT if I open VE as standalone it is fine
(obviously DP is working fine in all ways and is rock solid with numerous other plugs and VI's)
If I open instances of VSL VI (not using VE) in DP they load into the project fine too.
All VSL software is up to date - I just checked my user area.
It seems to me the DP crash always occurs when VE is starting to load samples into RAM ... OR with a new (empty) VE into a new DP project it is the moment when samples would have been loaded.
I cannot go on with this any more!
Any help appreciated!
G5 d1.8
4GB
10.4.11
DP5.13
VI/VE latest as per my user area
Syncro latest 5.2.24.1 - it is plugged into front USB port on G5 (works fine with VI)
Samples are fine - I rescanned my directory and verified the drive itself (a dedicated SATA internal)