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Starting and Stopping Avid Background Services
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3. Click OK.
The services are either Active, Inactive or Paused depending upon the options selected.
Pause Allows you to explicitly pause the background services for the
specified amount of time. This might be useful if you are
experiencing a slow down due to background services and need
to temporarily stop the services from running.
If the pause time period ends and you are in the middle of a play
operation, the pause time period is extended.
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If you quit Media Composer while the system is paused,
the system will clear out the pause so that background
services can resume.
Always Start Avid
Background Services at
Launch
Select this option if you want the background services to start
when you launch Media Composer.
Always Stop Avid
Background Services upon
Exit
Select this option if you want the background services to stop
once you exit Media Composer.
Enable Pausing of
Background Service
Select this option if you want to enable Pausing of the
background services. Pausing can either be explicit using the
Pause button in this dialog, or it can be automatically performed
during critical UI operations such as playback, capture, and
when using the Artist Surface.
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If you uncheck this option and click OK, the pause state is
cleared out and background services will resume.
Option Description