Metal rendering causes stuttering (11.2.6)

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Metal rendering causes stuttering (11.2.6)

Post by polygenic » Wed Dec 07, 2022 11:08 am

Has anyone else been having stuttering issues with the GUI with metal rendering enabled? As soon as I pass the flag "-DisableGraphicsHardwareAcceleration" in Options.txt, it stops straight away. This issue has persisted between two Macs now, each with separate fresh installs, and different versions of Live 11.

They're not as bad as they used to be, but it appears in the form of micro-stutters when playing or navigating tracks.

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Re: Metal rendering causes stuttering (11.2.6)

Post by [jur] » Wed Dec 07, 2022 12:55 pm

Are you on High Sierra?
The option is disabled by default as of L11.2.10b1 as you can see here.
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Re: Metal rendering causes stuttering (11.2.6)

Post by polygenic » Thu Dec 08, 2022 3:46 am

[jur] wrote:
Wed Dec 07, 2022 12:55 pm
Are you on High Sierra?
The option is disabled by default as of L11.2.10b1 as you can see here.
Oops, sorry I should have posted my specs.

macOS 12.6.1 (21G217)
MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021)
Memory: 16GB

That's the weird thing. Didn't know High Sierra was having issues with Metal rendering too. Seems that it also translates to macOS Monterey too. Ableton is running natively too if that helps, not under Rosetta.

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Re: Metal rendering causes stuttering (11.2.6)

Post by [jur] » Tue Jan 03, 2023 1:22 am

Sorry I didn't see your answer.
If you're on Monterey then I have no clue, you're better off reaching out to Support
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