GPL and red ...

Hello fellow racers, From time to time I get a red ring/arrow in the replay window. Upper left corner. Anybody??? Knudse. If in doubt ... overtake. .

The cut icon for saving replays.

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>Hello fellow racers, >From time to time I get a red ring/arrow in the replay window. >Upper left corner. >Anybody??? >Knudse. >If in doubt ... overtake. >.

It shows that your memory is full, and for every one second you save just now you are losing one second from the beginning of your replay. Cheers! John

I thought it was there to indicate slow motion?! With the red circle up there, clicking on the play button once will make it disappear and the replay runs at normal speed. Clicking on it again will bring back the circle and, well, put the replay into slow motion mode.

And the winner to this question is........A, B, or C...or none of the above

So what is it then?

> So what is it then? I've only seen the red circle in the replay on my office machine, never on the home machine. I assumed it to mean that the allotted memory for the replay was full and that newer replay was overwriting older portions of the replay. Trips

And why exactly do you have GPL in your office Mr. Trips? 8-)

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>:> >:> So what is it then? >: >:I've only seen the red circle in the replay on my office machine, never >:on the home machine. I assumed it to mean that the allotted memory for >:the replay was full and that newer replay was overwriting older portions >:of the replay. >: >:Trips

G. Patricks

> And why exactly do you have GPL in your office Mr. Trips? > 8-) It's a tough job, but someone has to do it. Trips

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> >I've only seen the red circle in the replay on my office machine, never > >on the home machine. I assumed it to mean that the allotted memory for > >the replay was full and that newer replay was overwriting older portions > >of the replay. > I've never seen a red circle here, 128MB RAM. > glen

I have 128MB on the home rig, which I assume is why I've only seen the red circle on the office box... it only has 64MB RAM and can't save a very long replay without overwriting. Trips

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> > I've never seen a red circle here, 128MB RAM. > > glen > I have 128MB on the home rig, which I assume is why I've only seen the > red circle on the office box... it only has 64MB RAM and can't save a > very long replay without overwriting.

I've got 128MB, too, and I've seen the red circle a couple of times. It might have been after an hour long practice session, but I can't recall for sure. Dave Ewing

That is basically correct. The replay system uses a circular tape. When the tape is full, the record head will erase the beginning of the tape to make room for the new data that is being recorded. If the play head happens to be at the beginning of the tape, the record head will push the play head along. When this occurs, the red circular arrow is displayed so there is a visual indication that this is happening. Randy Tech Lead, GPL

Me and my 32MB have seen it quite a few times.....! -- Graeme Nash You know what to do with "don't_spam_me"... http://www.karisma1.demon.co.uk/ ICQ# 11257824 "I realised something was wrong when his rollbar hit my foot!"

A useful trick ( for the Mb deficient) for viewing tapes that you think you may want make permanent is to hit the pause just after you leave the track. This prevents the recorder from continueing on ( recording your empty pit stall) while you review the laps you just made. No red circle and your shining moments are still available to pass around to all your pals :). Useful in any configuration that lets you pause. David Erb