Sam Broadcaster Pro High CPU Usage?
I'm running a machine with 8GB RAM and SAM Broadcaster Pro is taking up most of the Memory and the CPU is up at 70%-80% making the PC sluggish
Users shouldn't be having those sort of issues on newer machines with that amount of RAM.
Ever since the early days SAM Broadcaster Pro has always required huge amounts of the CPU and Memory.
SAM Broadcaster locked up in the middle of a radio show it would always max out my CPU when I least wanted it or needed it too
Fact: SAM Broadcaster Pro requires a restart after it locks up and freezes. I often had to use task manager to exit the software
Fact: SAM Broadcaster Pro is a very system intensive piece of software. It requires a lot of the systems time and resources
Fact: SAM Broadcaster Pro has been known to slam the CPU up to 100% which then makes the rest of the computer sluggish
Fact: SAM Broadcaster Pro ISN'T a program you could use to run a Professional Internet radio station with
Its quite clearly a program aimed at the HOBBY end of the market
Someone once called SAM the Fisher Price of radio automation
We're sure Spacial Audio are well aware of SAM Broadcaster Pro and the amount of resources it hogs.
When SAM Broadcaster crashes it can be because the program is hogging so many of the PC's CPU processes.
This isn't a problem that we seem to have with RadioDJ free radio automation software.
RadioDJ doesn't crash or freeze like SAM Broadcaster Pro does so often for so many users.
RadioDJ can be ran on systems with as little as 1000 MHz CPU and 1GB RAM & Windows 7/8/10/11
RadioDJ doesn't use huge amounts of CPU or Memory.
Radio DJ is quite light on resources it uses around 40-50% of the CPU on track change then goes back down to 5-10%.
Its another reason as to why RadioDJ is far superior to SAM Broadcaster Pro
Reasons to Use RadioDJ:
- Once installed it's stable and works for days/weeks without needing to keep an eye on it
- Great Music library support add as many categories & subcategories you require
- RadioDJ doesn't require online activations or registration keys
- RadioDJ sounds Professional with the BASS sound engine
- RadioDJ is 100% FREE and has ZERO restrictions on what YOU use it for
- The Database is really stable. Plus RadioDJ comes with a Database Backup Tool
- Easy to manage Playlists, Rotations & Events for all your automation needs
- Great Technical Support should something go wrong with your installation via the Forums
- Customisable Interface with the Color Editor
Badly written PAL scripts can cause the computer to crash due to the amount of MEMORY leaks PAL scripts cause.
Everytime Spacial release a new version of SAM Broadcaster it's the same old story we hear of users having crashing issues.
Versions 2/3/4 all hogged resources/crashed & it seems the newer versions do exactly the same.
Why do people still buy (LEASE) software from Spacial Audio Solutions?They're only paying them to make even worse software solutions
Thats right you only Lease SAM you never actually own SAM Broadcaster Pro outright.
Maybe one day Spacial Audio will give people a program that doesn't use huge amounts of CPU & Memory.
If people stopped paying Spacial Audio for software then they would get the message that SAM Broadcaster isn't wanted.
PAL = Playlist Automation Language (Based on Delphi)