Remember I was using 0.4-1?
I'll tinker with A-B buttons. No problem with loading an album 2 or 3 times (once I sort out the errors - more tracks = more erorrs).

Well my goal was to get "normal" playback rock solid first (like it was with 09-4.1 on W7), but it seems it was the wrong move. Back onto the drawing board.

So I did two things:
1) Activated windows and then shut off internet again. No update was installed. I suspect this was creating some background activity. Created a restore point.
2) Used minimized OS. Can live with it as long as CTL+ALT+DEL still works
NB: I'm still using mixed contiguous.

I'm testing today without RDC and I will report any error I may encounter.
The OS disk has plenty of space, it's a 128GB SSD.
But... the library disk is a 5400rpm spinning disc suspended with rubber bands. This one could be a little full, I have to check.
No, and this rings a big bell!

My next move is to replace the library disk with a 2TB MLC SSD (Crucial still makes one that is reliable). I dont feel it sluggish, but I can hear when it is accessed and/or the software writes on it -3m from the PC.

Another thing I can do is to put the old 32GB SSD which hosted W7 as a XXE drive.
As alternative I could make a 2-3GB ramdrive.
What do you think would be best (for smooth playback, SQ comes next)?

I really like to listen over and over to one track or one album so I’d like both of these features added. I hoped they would be in v2 already but it seems nobody asked for.

Yes, I believe it’s acting strangely. With 11% used memory I shouldn’t be getting this, and there are a few more errors, i list later.

Today, 3 albums loaded in playlist. At the middle of the first I got “engine3 didn’t start in time” and sound stopped. This happened 3 times, even without RDC.

W10 14393.0
Dac is 24 bit/384. At >16 bit requires 24bit
I use software attenuation from 20 to 40db, depending on album.
AP 4x. I play either redbook upsampled 24/176 or highres 24/96 upped at 24/192. The type of track seems to not matter, nor its format (flac or mp3).
Core appointment 1-2 (got only 2, new cpu will take 1 month to arrive from Japan).
I’m keeping log active, in case you want to see it.

Other bug: i finish one album, alone in playlist. I wanna play again one track, i select it, hit play and no sound. Have to close xxhe and re-launch it. It happens all the times with RDC.

Oom errors seem confined to RDC playback. No: also without rdc. Just got two at track 4/20 of a flac album.

Not error free unfortunately,  but i can generally play a full album without one.
Idk why memory management is so bad that 8gb dont cover all. Looks like the previously written blocks aren't freed.

Got the ram, plugged it and it works.
No errors while playing at desktop. Trying RDC now.

Ordered Intel Q9550S, which was one of the 3 best options: 4c/8t 12MB cache with 65W TDP only. Not sure how long will take the delivery from Japan (lol found it only there).
Motherboard will need the last bios (will put it ASAP), but it's compatible and it will be downclocked.

Then there is only the wait for a whole new system

Yes, same, although not as pronounced as in your system. It is an indicator of less distortion IME.

4 more gigs incoming in a day or two.
Let's see if this will fix the OOMs.

You are still a freshman then!

Wow, just wow. SFS 5,19 is a big improvement.

I finally understand what did you mean here!
My OOM errors are quite random (and harmless most of the times): the sfs doesn’t matter almost at all.
I could be using 20,19 if i wished. When I did xxhe process was using 120MB.

The real problem is that I cannot use straight contiguous
Hopefully that will be fixed going to 8gb.
Then v2.10 and the new gold standard of 5,19 will be for me too

Nevermind, i got it.
Will upgrade to 2.10 tomorrow

I reverted to 2,19 because with 20,19 i was getting too many ooms. Today was a bad day.
In my setup, no differences between 0,19 - 2,00 and 2,19. The theory of the decimal 19 is a sound one so I went for it.

Indeed there are certain albums that triggers it more often, besides the use of RDC (too handy, I cant really get up to load a new track or pause to answer phone).
Most times I just close the popup and the playback continues without issues til the end of the album. Other times audio stops and I restart the player.

I'll check Q settings tomorrow comparing to your signature (both configs).
I wish I had the right ram to upgrade sigh. Hopefully soon, but gotta rely on 2nd hand market.

Unfortunally the ram kit i had found was ddr3 while my mainboard still uses ddr2. The maximum i can get will be 16gb with 4x4gb modules.

I went ahead to experiment with various sfs, since i get oom errors anyway (without logic looking at actual memory used, but i know that windows is dumb so I'm not pointing the finger to xxhe).

I cannot use straight contiguous, not even 0,19mb (silly!)
All tests have been done with mixed contiguous. I tested
0,19
2,00
2,19
10,19
20,19

And i prefer the latter. 10,19 in particular sounded a little harsh with more pronounced sibilants. No clear difference between the 3 lowest settings.

My hope is to be able to use straight contiguous with 16gb of total ram.
Tbe ramdisk tests will also must wait.