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  • VEP Server Window Keeps Flashing and Going on Top of my DAW Windows

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    Hi, folks!

    Hope someone can help? Before anything, here are my specs: Mac M1 Mini, OS Big Sur 11.6, Pro Tools Studio (2022.9), the latest Vienna Assistant (7.2.1515).

    My issue is this: VEP Server Window intermittently quickly flashes and then goes either on top of all my Pro Tools windows (covering them all) or at least on top of one of them (usually, the Pro Tools window I have above) thereby covering that particular Pro Tools window.

    I took 2 screen recordings to catch these instances and also was able to take screenshots of the processes that appear in pop-up windows that also just quickly flash. The processes I was able to take snapshots of were "Saving metadata" and "Saving automation". This has has never happened to me before, so I'm not quite sure what I may have possibly erroneously committed along the way.

    I have attached 2 videos and 2 photos for reference. Hopefully, someone can help sort me out.

    Thank you! - Gino

    VEPU00207U0020ServerU0020WindowU0020IssueU0020PARTU00201.mov-1696490781646-5gqpk.movVEPU00207U0020ServerU0020WindowU0020IssueU0020PARTU00202.mov-1696490781646-tsf0z.mov
  • PaulP
    VSL Team
    PaulP

    Hi Gino, 

    Could that be the auto-saving intervals of Pro Tools?

    Best, 
    Paul

    Paul Kopf Head of Product Marketing, Social Media and Support
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    Hi, Paul

    Thank you for your reply! I really have no clue though I have not touched the auto-saving intervals of either Pro Tools or VEP. But the saving that happens does happen on the interface of VEP with the "saving automation" and "saving metadata" with the VEP Server window going on top of Pro Tools when it does so. I really can't tell as this is the first time this has happened. VEP and its instances were already in a session I had been working on since last year, but this issue only started exhibiting today. I read on another VSL thread regarding the Auto-Save interval in VEP, but I haven't also changed that since my session last year. I did check anyway, but it's still the same.

    Might there be additionally something I'm missing? I was considering redoing my whole VEP template but still hoping there might be a workaround or a better solution?

    Hope to hear your thoughts again.

    Thank you, Paul!
  • marnixM
    VSL Team
    marnixM

    Hello Gino,

    Please make sure "Session File Auto Backup" is indeed disabled in the PT Preferences/Operation/

    Also, could it be that some hosted plug-in is auto-saving?

    Best, Marnix
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    Hi, Marnix

    Hello! Thank you for your advice. Ok, yes, I shall try those out. (I'm still hoping, though, that it was just some kind of error that I had made/modified in the old session as I'm cautious about having to turn off PT's session backup which has saved me so many times.)  Fingers crossed! Thank you for all your help.
  • BenB Ben moved this topic from Vienna Instruments Pro on
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    Hello! I just wanted to add to the recommendations already provided by Paul and Marnix. In other posts in VSL, there were also suggestions to temporarily decouple all instances (and that there is a way to automatically do this from one instance as can be discovered in the VEP 7 Manual - https://www.vsl.info/en/manuals/vep7/preserve-decouple-connect-and-disconnect . Just always remember to always disable decouple so that your VEP 7 instances are saved with your DAW session.
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    @spoilthechild said:

    Hello! I just wanted to add to the recommendations already provided by Paul and Marnix. In other posts in VSL, there were also suggestions to temporarily decouple all instances (and that there is a way to automatically do this from one instance as can be discovered in the VEP 7 Manual - https://www.vsl.info/en/manuals/vep7/preserve-decouple-connect-and-disconnect . Just always remember to always disable decouple so that your VEP 7 instances are saved with your DAW session.

    Or remain de-coupled and save a separate metaframe for each VEP project. Your computers will run more stable for a little manual saving effort.