BETA 1.5.8.27 : pause increased CPU load (fully maxes out one core)

[xondk]

So yeah, found something that is rather odd.

Loop seems to be having some issues, load seems fine if there is no pause in it, but the moment you add a pause element, (2 seconds here) the CPU load jumps significantly?

Reproduce step.

Create loop, insert a text to speech element in it saying something (I have wait until finished talking enabled), doesn't matter what, trigger the loop, watch CPU load.

Insert pause beneath tts (mine was 2 seconds), watch cpu load spike, when it hits the pause?

Important Additional notes:

leaving what I wrote above, but I've tested and found that it is pause, even without loop that causes this.
Simply have a pause, say 10 seconds, watch CPU load spike while paused.

So seems entirely to be pause?

[Gary]

I am able to see a spike when the pause starts (running 16 pauses @ 30 seconds each as a subcommand) but the spike subsides.  Does this only happen in v1.5.8.27?

[Pfeil]

Does this only happen in v1.5.8.27?

Happens with v1.5.8.29 as well, though I suppose checking the stable release would be most useful.

CPU usage jumps up to 25%+ overall(on my i5-4670K) when it hits a pause, whereas it's mostly at 0% while the TTS is running.


EDIT: It is in fact much less CPU intensive, though not nearly as convenient, to use this instead of a Pause action:

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Set date [TargetTime] to [TargetTime] plus 10 seconds
Start Loop While [TargetTime] Is Greater Than Or Equals Current Date/Time
End Loop
Set date [TargetTime] value to [Not Set]


[Gary]

Egad... yes, there was a change in there to try to be able to break out during a pause.  If I put the code back to what it was, there is *no* spike (not even a brief one).  I'll find a better way.

Great catch!



I will upload a build into, 'unofficial' in a bit (I'll let you know).

[xondk]

I am able to see a spike when the pause starts (running 16 pauses @ 30 seconds each as a subcommand) but the spike subsides.  Does this only happen in v1.5.8.27?

Tough to say, but the spike shouldn't be there in my experience, at all, and I don't recall seeing it on release, though I will admit, i didn't really use pauses that much there, but now with a loop feature, yeah I noticed it.

Happens with v1.5.8.29 as well, though I suppose checking the stable release would be most useful.

CPU usage jumps up to 25%+ overall(on my i5-4670K) when it hits a pause, whereas it's mostly at 0% while the TTS is running.


EDIT: It is in fact much less CPU intensive, though not nearly as convenient, to use this instead of a Pause action:

Code: [Select]

Set date [TargetTime] to [TargetTime] plus 10 seconds
Start Loop While [TargetTime] Is Greater Than Or Equals Current Date/Time
End Loop
Set date [TargetTime] value to [Not Set]


Yeah, that is a quite nice workaround but yeah it is a bit weird that it spikes like that, especially with a pause.

[xondk]

Egad... yes, there was a change in there to try to be able to break out during a pause.  If I put the code back to what it was, there is *no* spike (not even a brief one).  I'll find a better way.

Great catch!



I will upload a build into, 'unofficial' in a bit (I'll let you know).

cool thanks

[Gary]

I put a new build out in http://www.voiceattack.com/unofficial

It's just the .exe (and not the entire install).  Put it in place of your current VoiceAttack.exe and you should be good to go.

[Pfeil]

That build seems to work fine. No CPU spike, and executing commands during pauses seems to work still.