Experiment ended with exit code -11 [pid:16695]

Coding
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Hi everyone !

I am new here :slight_smile:

I have a problem with my experiment, I saw some resembling errors on this forum but nothing worked for me…

I explain, I have in the second part of my experiment a cross and then a gif and a picture (that change every time thanks to the loop and excel) with 8 different gif and 4 different pictures leading to 32 trials. I run the experiment and sometimes, the experiment simply crashes, and sometimes it is working. I tried 10 times again just before writing this message and it crashed 3 times…

I obtain this error on psychopy: Experiment ended with exit code -11 [pid:16695]
My mac specifies that Thread 11 Crashed while sometimes it is Thread 10 Crashed:: com.apple.audio.IOThread.client
The problem is not only that it crashes so I cannot continue the experiment with the participant, but also that I loose all the previous data…

I have an audio (just the sound from the psychopy library) that I use at this end of my baseline (to prevent the participant to open his eyes).

I have a good internet connection but the error always occurs.

I give some information that could maybe help you to figure out the problem and help me:
MacBook Air (13 pouces, début 2015)
Version 10.15.7
Psychopy v2022.2.0 (i also tried in different versions but this is my current version).

I dont know if you could need something else?

Thank you very much if you can help me !

Ben

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I know that there have been some Mac fixes recently so please could you try the latest version, 2022.2.4 and see if that helps?

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Hello, thank you for your reply. However, it is not the solution (I tried until 2022.2.3., I don’t have the .4).

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Wondering if you ever found a solution to this. I am also encountering an exit code -11 error I can’t seem to resolve!

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Hello,
No it was impossible for me to find the solution… unfortunately I chose to cancel my psychopy experiment… I think the problem may be because of the Mac.

Envoyé de mon iPhone

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Re-upping this – I just had the same problem. My experiment (presenting videos) was running fine, then I changed monitors (actually a projector via HDMI), changed some preference settings, and now it crashes after some number of trials.

Gives the same exit code -11 error–what does that mean?

(also, there is a lot of background python code running during the task, if that matters.)

Mac mini running intel chip, os12.2, latest version 2022.2.4 of psychopy.

Any help/ideas please!