Record sound problem on Windows

[Richard Gaskin]

Richard Miller wrote:
> This is a problem I noticed quite some time ago and ended up working 
> around it by using an alternate sound recording method (MCIsendstring). 
> I see the problem still exists and I'm hoping someone knows how to 
> address it so that the Record Sound File command can be used safely 
> under XP. It only occurs on XP (not OS X).
> 
> Conditions:
> --------------
> Using Record Sound File command.
> Recordformat set to "wave"
> Recordcompression set to any of the standard Quicktime compression types
> 
> Recording a sound file for longer than 45-60 seconds invokes Windows to 
> display a dialog box, "running out of disk space." After 90 seconds or 
> so, the system becomes unstable and often crashes. Anyone else encounter 
> this.... and know a workaround?

The key question is whether the OS is lying or not.

How much disk space remains, and what are your swap space settings?

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