AnsweredSOLVED! "Picture cache" waveforms disappearing in large project

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SOLVED! "Picture cache" waveforms disappearing in large project

I've not seen this before in smaller projects, but I have a large project and it is occurring every time I open this particular project: random tracks show as "flat-lined" for various audio clips.  Not all of them are gone, and they vary on each project opening.
 
I have been recomputing the picture cache, but it is annoying to have to do it every time.  I have plenty of space on the drive where the picture cache resides, so I am wondering if there is some "upper limit" for picture cache.  I thought there was but couldn't find it, but I suspect I am hitting a limit somewhere.

I performed a show recently and we recorded it onto 32 mono tracks that total 100 minutes of 48KHz/24-bit audio (split into six sections).  I've had large project files and not had an issue, though this one is about 50% longer than previous projects.
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    Re: "Picture cache" waveforms disappearing in large project 2016/09/08 13:17:04 (permalink) ☼ Best Answerby VariousArtist 2016/09/08 13:47:01
    The size of the cache is set in AUD.ini variable PicCacheMB. The value may be changed in Preferences > Audio > Configuration File. IIRC, there is an upper limit to the value.
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    Re: "Picture cache" waveforms disappearing in large project 2016/09/08 13:19:22 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby VariousArtist 2016/09/08 13:46:57
    Delete old files in picture cache folder. 
    SONAR does not make any kind of garbage collection there.
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    Re: "Picture cache" waveforms disappearing in large project 2016/09/08 13:29:01 (permalink)
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    The size of the cache is set in AUD.ini variable PicCacheMB. The value may be changed in Preferences > Audio > Configuration File. IIRC, there is an upper limit to the value.





    Found it!  I knew there was a setting -- thanks :-)

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    Re: "Picture cache" waveforms disappearing in large project 2016/09/08 13:30:07 (permalink)
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    Delete old files in picture cache folder. 
    SONAR does not make any kind of garbage collection there.




    That's a good idea and it's been a while since I've done that (or rather, built a new PC and started fresh).  Holy moly, over 25,000 files in that folder!   I feel clean now

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