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#1 2013-08-04 21:34:54
- wucherpfennig
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xbmc memory leak
I discovered that after the latest xbmc updates I run into memory problems with my xbmc installation. Without starting xbmc my system uses about 500MB of Ram. After starting xbmc it takes about 5 minutes until all my memory ~8 GB is used. Has anybody else similar problems?
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#2 2013-08-06 19:51:39
- phollox
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Re: xbmc memory leak
I never had issues with xbmc.
Are you using the official version of xbmc or the nightly build on AUR?
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#3 2013-08-07 08:30:54
- DexterLB
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Re: xbmc memory leak
I'm having the same problem.. Since the last upgrade XBMC has a massive memory leak.
What's weird is that the allocated memory isn't shown by top/ps etc, and is not detected by valgrind.. So far I have no luck finding the source of the leak
The best solution to a problem is usually the easiest one.
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#4 2013-08-10 20:38:26
- causa-prima
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Re: xbmc memory leak
Same problem here. Also I cannot completely kill xbmc, the xbmc.bin process (a child of xbmc) will stay "alive" as a zombie process.
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#5 2013-08-10 22:46:23
- ChemBro
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Re: xbmc memory leak
Do you use the Catalyst driver (13.8b)? Because I think I read this is the source of the memory leak.
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#6 2013-08-11 10:28:41
- causa-prima
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Re: xbmc memory leak
Yes, I do. Is there anything I could do to get it working again (exept downgrading)?
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#7 2013-08-11 16:15:05
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Re: xbmc memory leak
Yes, I do. Is there anything I could do to get it working again (exept downgrading)?
Only downgrading, afaik.
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#8 2013-08-12 10:44:06
- DexterLB
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Re: xbmc memory leak
I've always disliked xbmc's bloat, and this memory leak finally convinced me to ditch it. I'm now writing some scripts to make my own simplistic mplayer-based solution 
The best solution to a problem is usually the easiest one.
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#9 2013-08-13 11:55:40
- causa-prima
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Re: xbmc memory leak
It's most likely not xbmcs fault, but the 13.8 radeon drivers: http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=866
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#10 2013-08-13 16:12:19
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Re: xbmc memory leak
I've always disliked xbmc's bloat, and this memory leak finally convinced me to ditch it. I'm now writing some scripts to make my own simplistic mplayer-based solution
How is XBMC bloat, if it runs on the Raspberry Pi?
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