Just for the record:
If I leave my DS on for more than 8 hours or so without doing anything, when
I start the DS sw up again it can't find the BOB, requiring me to not just
re-power the BOB but a full restart of the CPU.
-Todd
Union
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> From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of
> tony(at)hdheaven.co.uk
> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 23:32
> To: DS(at)Softimage.COM
> Subject: Re: UMMDs.exe questions
>
> Hi Kean,
>
> This has been covered many many times on this list - the last time was two
> days ago.
>
> You MUST wait for the media indexer (UMMDS.exe) to finish indexing before
> launching DS. When CPU usage from UMMDS drops to zero it has finished
> indexing. This can easily take 20 minutes or more on a busy DS with many
> projects and a large amount of media.
>
> Assuming you follow best practice and leave the DS workstation powered
> 24/7 then this should rarely become an issue, but it is important that you
> are aware of it.
>
> If UMMDS CPU activity never stops then it is possible that you have a
> corrupted file (either a media file or the UMMDS database). In that
> instance you should consider opening an issue with Support.
>
> Regards,
> Tony
>
> > Hi Richard,
> >
> > I have waited for more than 20 min for it. Do you think something
> > wrong with it. Also I took a long time to have the sequence sync with
> > the media.
> > For example, when I load a sequence with heavy layering and
> > compositing effects tree that i have been working on for the past
> > couple days, it took more than 5 min to be able see the media and to
> > able to play back. The little green "S" icon on the right bottom
> > screen was not lit till the media when back online. It cause a
> > nuisance especially in clients driven environment.
> >
> > Do you think it got to do with the large amount of projects I have in
> > my projects roots? I have about 15 projects under \\dsnitris
> > \ds_projects.
> >
> > BTW, the UMMDS.exe still hovers around 50 % IN CPU when DS is launch.
> > Is this normal.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Kean
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> > On 20 Jan 2006, at 10:55 AM, Rich Torpey wrote:
> >
> >> Assuming it's a dual CPU machine, it's actually taking 100% of a
> >> cpu during startup. After indexing is finished the load should drop
> >> to zero. You really want to wait until it finishes before launching
> >> DS.
> >>
> >> Richard Torpey
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> >> kean au wrote:
> >>> hi all,
> >>>
> >>> I have been monitoring cpu processes recently and found out that
> >>> unmds.exe has taken 50% of the cpu. Even before DS was launch.
> >>> Is this normal or I am just being paranoid.
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Kean
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