waveform problem in Subtitle Edit

[whitelighter72]

The past few times I've tried to create a waveform using Subtitle Edit 3.3.11 it has been really slow. It used to create the waveform in a matter of minutes, but lately it's been going at such a slow speed that it would take several hours. I should mention that I'm using a laptop, so I don't know if it's a memory issue, but I have 130 gb of free space on my hard drive. Does anyone have any ideas what might be causing this? I know that 3.4.11 is an old version, but it has features that the newer versions do not. I've tried using but VLC and FFmpeg to create the waveform.

[Subtitles]

Try uninstalling Subtitle Edit, shutdown laptop, start again and reinstall the latest version. If the waveforms load as normal then you can reinstall your current version.
What is your O/S?

[whitelighter72]

Ok I tried that and I can form the waveform with the latest version of Subtitle Edit, but I prefer Subtitle Edit 3.4.11 because it has some features that I like better than the newer versions. The problem persists with 3.4.11.

I have Windows 11 64-bit on my laptop.

On my desktop pc I can get 3.4.11 to form the waveform, but I travel a lot and am not at my desktop pc much. My laptop is an HP EliteBook 820 G3.

[VoodooFX]

3.4.11 is an old version, but it has features that the newer versions do not

What are those features?