[vlc] Re: VLC Out of Memory

[Gildas Bazin]

On Sunday 14 March 2004 08:29, Kausik Sinnaswamy wrote:
> All,
>     In connection to the "Out of Memory" issue, I built a vlc binary
> from vlc-0.7.0 source for Xscale processor. When I run the Vlc with Loop
> mode on an AVI file(DivX Video + MP3 Audio). The Vlc process(and its
> threads) get killed after about 30-45 minutes quoting "Out of Memory".
> The AVI file is about 1minute 30 second duration. 
>     Even without Loop mode after playing the same file over and over
> again for about 30-45 minutes, the same "out of memory" problem occurs.
>     Further, I also used meminfo/memtrace tools and I have the feeling
> that there might be some memory which VLC does not free. 
>     Has anyone else noticed this problem ? Has any issue along the lines
> of "Memory Leaks" been fixed in 0.7.1 ?
> 

Yes, quite a few memory leaks were fixed in 0.7.1.
If you are using http streaming you'll have to switch to the development 
versoin though as there is a nasty bug in http daemon in the 0.7.1 version.

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Gildas

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