From: Robby Zambito <contact@robbyzambito.me>
To: Ott Joon <ott.joon@tutanota.com>
Cc: Guillaume Le Vaillant <glv@posteo.net>, Help Guix <help-guix@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: OBS Studio memory leak
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 08:41:14 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mt13y140.fsf@robbyzambito.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <NXnloOL--7-9@tutanota.com>
Hey,
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I don't know if its related, but I have a big memory leak issue with
>> vlc. When trying to play a video with it, if the video output module it
>> set to gl or vdpau_display, it consumes all the RAM of the machine in
>> a few seconds (and I have to kill it fast to prevent the machine from
>> hanging). However if I force the video output module to xcb_xv, it works
>> fine.
>>
>> Do you have the same issue with vlc? If yes, it may indicate a bug
>> with video acceleration (VA-API/VDPAU or mesa).
>>
>> PS: My machine's GPU is an AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT.
>>
> Hey
>
> Tried the same thing in VLC and it freezes on GPU accel and starts leaking memory while also becoming hard to kill.
> Maybe this also explains why some mpv GPU accel settings don't work also in the exact same way.
> I have an AMD RX 6900 XT on this machine.
>
> I could probably try this on the laptop with Intel and the unmentionable video devices.
I think we may be on to something here. I have an AMD RX 6650 XT, and
VLC does also start to leak for me.
Guillaume, when you say you forced the video output module to gl,
vdpau_display, or xcb_xv, how did you set that?
Robby
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-06-14 5:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <NXj2j6I--3-9@tutanota.com>
2023-06-12 12:49 ` OBS Studio memory leak Robby Zambito
2023-06-13 7:31 ` Guillaume Le Vaillant
2023-06-13 8:05 ` Ott Joon via
2023-06-13 12:41 ` Guillaume Le Vaillant
2023-06-13 13:04 ` Robby Zambito
2023-06-13 14:03 ` Ott Joon via
2023-07-22 4:58 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2023-06-15 10:26 ` stateful caches (was Re: OBS Studio memory leak) Giovanni Biscuolo
2023-06-15 11:41 ` Guillaume Le Vaillant
2023-06-15 12:59 ` Giovanni Biscuolo
2023-06-13 12:41 ` Robby Zambito [this message]
2023-06-10 0:09 OBS Studio memory leak Robby Zambito
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