[mythtv] Memory leaks in SVN

Ivor Hewitt ivor at ivor.org
Sun Apr 9 12:24:42 UTC 2006


On Sunday 09 April 2006 13:03, Ed W wrote:
> 1) Frontend is leaking memory badly when playing back mpeg2 files from
> DVB recordings (uk).  Memory usage sits fairly constant and then jumps
> up by between 300Kb - 2Mb every so often.  Most of this memory is not
> released by quiting playback and restarting (perhaps 100Mb is
> returned).  It consumes perhaps an extra 400Mb in 30-60 mins of playback
> and eventually the machine runs out of swap and the frontend dies

yup, two days looking into it so far, no major progress yet. 
I'm seeing a similar leak on the backend too actually can you confirm it's 
just the frontend leaking for you.

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Ivor Hewitt.


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