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== General ==
{{see also|Presentation}}
This page documents some bugs we encountered in Presentation. Users should go to the [[Presentation]] page.


== Course ==
== Screen synchronization issue on 120 Hz screens ==
There is a serious synchronization issue where the picture.present() method returns one frame too early. It can be detected by measuring the time between two consecutive present() calls returning:


== Tutorial ==
<pre>
wait_interval(220);
picture1.present();
int t0 = clock.time();
picture2.present();
int t1 = clock.time();
int dt = t1-t0;
</pre>


== Templates ==
One would expect ''picture1'' to be shown for 1 frame (1/120 s) and time ''dt'' to show this. Sometimes this is not the case. The image will be shown for one frame (1/120 s), but ''dt'' will be 2/120 s:


== Designing Principles ==
[[File:Timeline.svg|400px|none|synchronization bug timeline]]


== Code Layout and formatting ==
The fact that ''picture1'' is shown for only 1/120 s was confirmed with a light sensor connected to an oscilloscope.
 
The chance of this issue occurring is highly dependent on the waiting time prior to the first ''present()'' call:
 
[[File:Occurrence.png|400px|none|synchronization bug occurrence]]
 
Neurobs people seem to [http://www.neurobs.com/menu_support/menu_forums/view_thread?id=9463&expand_all=1 think] it has something to do with triple buffering, but the graph above was created without triple buffering enabled.
[[File:Failsync2.png|none|Difference of arrival times of two consecutive markers (no red bars are hidden)]]
 
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