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Topic: Glitch with TW6 Thumbnail Strip

Message posted by DominiqueGEORGE on April-22-2011 at 6:57am

Belgium
August-19-2009
285 Posts

It is not the size which indicates the CPU consumption, but the executed code !

Try to create a new Tour without that upper left animation ;-)

Dominique

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Nikon D300s - Nikor 10.5 - (PW7 Pro + TW6 Pro) - W7 Ultim - DELL Prceision M6400 (Quad Core - 8GB - 2x160GB-SSD)

Message posted by nerjaace on April-22-2011 at 7:10am

May-10-2008
585 Posts

Thanks Domonique, I guess on that basis it could be an issue for EP. Naturally we now have the abaility to add these media types into a tour but if the executed code is detremental then that surely is a programming issue.

What do you think?

Message posted by smooth on April-22-2011 at 7:21am

Australia
November-23-2002
5401 Posts

Yup, remove the flash logo in the upper left and try again.

Also the wmode, transparent can drive the CPU up on older computers. So you should remove that parameter as well and test.

But the CPU is jumping with the rotation of the flash logo it would appear.

I will say that the tour doesn't really have any adverse effect on my PC. But it is quite powerful. Older computers will suffer under the load.

Regards, Smooth

Message posted by nerjaace on April-22-2011 at 7:35am

May-10-2008
585 Posts

Thanks Smooth, I will do some experimenting.

Message posted by nerjaace on April-22-2011 at 7:55am

May-10-2008
585 Posts

Ok I have tried a few experiments. Not sure if this is a real representaion but if I remove the logo and preview the tour the memory usage reduces from about 83000k to 76000k so no dramatic change.

Am I looking at the correct thing in Task Manager - Processes - Memory: Preview.exe *32

If I look at Domoniques website tour link I have a similar value around 90000k but Domonique has no animations.

Maybe I am comparing the wrong thing.

I should say what is an acceptable level of usage?

Message posted by DominiqueGEORGE on April-22-2011 at 8:56am

Belgium
August-19-2009
285 Posts

In Task Manager, you should look at "CPU Time" or "CPU usage".

If these columns are not displayed, you can add them by :

VIEW -> SELECT COLUMNS

Check "CPU Usage" and "CPU Time"

On my system, while running your page, the IEXPLORE.exe process was taking 50% to 70% of "CPU Usage".

For sure, such nice tours (like the one you create) have a cost to pay for, I mean CPU ...
My fear is that for old PCs, the less CPU we use, the better the solution is.

Btw, it is just a remark ;-)

Dominique

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Nikon D300s - Nikor 10.5 - (PW7 Pro + TW6 Pro) - W7 Ultim - DELL Prceision M6400 (Quad Core - 8GB - 2x160GB-SSD)

Message posted by nerjaace on April-22-2011 at 9:06am

May-10-2008
585 Posts

Thanks Domonique, the more remarks the better or else I never learn so thanks for your comments.

I think the main problem I have is that I am using many swf images within each pano, i.e Lens Flare, animated logo, waves effect etc. I guess a combination of all is probably eating up CPU.

Message posted by willie on April-22-2011 at 9:11am

United Kingdom
June-26-2005
217 Posts

Hi,

I have noticed that I am only able to display up to 10 thumbnails on my tours. I have customers who spotted this and are not too happy. Has anyone got a solution from EasyPano yet? If a number of us are experiencing issues, then we should have a fix asap.

Willie