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October 20, 2018
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Big stutter when selecting CH window since update?

  • October 20, 2018
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I've had a strange issue I can't seem to fix since the new update. Whenever I select and deselect the CH window I get a 1 - 2 second freeze on the program. Because I use it with OBS live this is not ideal. I use other programs/games and have to click on the window whenever I want triggers to work, causing a big freeze on the character which is very apparent. I assume there is something going on with CPU priorities, or things changing when the windows is in and out of focus. But really have no clue. Any help would be really appreciated!

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    Correct answer alank99101739

    I don’t know about the stutter, but one approach is to use a midi keyboard for triggers. Then you can leave CH minimized. I was eyeing off some foot pedals, but have not justified the expense yet.

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    Legend
    October 20, 2018

    I don’t know about the stutter, but one approach is to use a midi keyboard for triggers. Then you can leave CH minimized. I was eyeing off some foot pedals, but have not justified the expense yet.

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    LewisheadAuthor
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    October 20, 2018

    Oh really? I didn't know midi functioned that way. So if I were to click off CH and open a game, I could use a midi controller and it would allow me to use triggers where a keyboard wouldn't? I'm just trying to be thorough about clarification here haha. That is amazing. I was actually thinking I would buy a laptop if I couldn't find a solution and use a keypad/midi device with that, and then use NDI to transmit to PC. But I suppose if midi works it would be easy enough to share the load on a 2nd streaming computer alongside OBS.

    Is it possible to get midi controllers/devices that don't look like keyboards and don't take up huge amounts of space? More like a keypad that just uses midi? I think I will have to get something I can use for now but have no idea where to begin. All I know is I want as many buttons as reasonably compact as possible.

    It would be nice to fix the stutter but this would pretty much solve the issue given that I'd never have to interact with the program when live, outside of calibrating the view and tracking. Really appreciate the help.

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    alank99101739
    Legend
    October 20, 2018

    There are all sorts of MIDI controllers around. There is "Hot Hands" I came across in someone else's video - its a ring for a DJ so they can wave their hand around and control effect levels. OkSamauri in a tips and tricks video showed some sliders and buttons that clicked together in different ways (but I cannot find it now). They were small. There are lots of different devices available (not just piano keyboards). I saw these foot pedals that looked interesting. So there are lots of physical devices from the music industry.

    The foot pedals interested me with the new "replay" feature in CH. You just use your feet to play different sequences, keeping hands free for the game. I think it is supposed to work even when CH is minimized. (I still have to try it out myself.)


    Regarding CPU power, not much experience there. Last night I tried OBS with Audition for sound filtering with Photoshop to do a stream. My my normal laptop I managed to get one frame per second out of CH - REAL sluggish. Then I borrowed my son's newer beefly laptop, and it was streaming at 7fps without problem. More CPUs (6?), GTX 1060 graphics card built in, etc. Fan going full bore, but it kept up for what I was doing. So it does seem to depend on the hardware you have whether you need a second laptop.

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