C9.0.1 - Video Service hangs on project close / quit STILL!

Hello darkness, my old friend…

This issue has persisted from 8.5 through to 9.0.1. I realize there is a video engine rehaul in the works (Steinberg staff have said it is tentatively due spring 2017). But I feel I need to reiterate this issue here now with version 9.

Same elusive causes - it’s almost impossible to nail down a way to reproduce the bug but it definitely happens a lot - daily, even.

Most notably, this hang happens after I’ve had a very large project open, or if I’ve left Cubase open for a long time (many hours or overnight).
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