LMMS/lmms

Feature Request: Background Rendering

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#4,162 opened on Feb 9, 2018

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Description

It would be optimal to allow LMMS to render in the background and free up CPU for other programs, it can get rather annoying when LMMS is rendering something and I'm trying to type a message and my letters fall into the text box in chunks rather than one-by-one!

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Research direction
Investigate the current rendering process and modify it to run in a background thread, ensuring UI remains responsive.
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Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
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3
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Half day
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Active
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Clear
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65