[mythtv] Memory requirements of current f/e

Simon Kenyon simon at koala.ie
Thu Apr 13 09:00:27 UTC 2006


Colin Guthrie wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Is the frontend using a lot more memory than it used to?
>
>Just build latest SVN and it wont even run on my EPIA with 256Mb RAM
>anymore. SVN from about 3wks ago is fine as have all builds previoulsy....
>
>Do I need to buy more ram or is this just a temporary thing?
>
>Myth consumes about 20% RAM while it regenerates the themecache then
>once the progress bars disappear (and I presume the main window is about
>to appear), memory usage jumps up >30% and eventually is killed by the
>kernel.... :(
>
>Cheers
>
>Col
>
>  
>
i used to use 256M, but had to up it to 512 last summer. it just got too 
painful. this is on an epia-m9000
--
simon


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