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Subject:    Re: [PyQt] PyQt Phonon video player memory leak
From:       Judd Simantov <juddsim () gmail ! com>
Date:       2012-05-08 19:16:15
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Hey,

Sorry about the reply to you... I thought if I hit reply it just
automatically replied to the list. I didn't look at the actual "To" field.

I'll try what you said with stop, but from the tests I've done it allocates
the 40mb on this call:

player = Phonon.VideoPlayer(Phonon.VideoCategory,self)

and it just keeps adding it up. I haven't even called play or loaded a file
yet. It seems like it might have something to do with the version I'm using
as well.

My PyQt version is 4.4.4 and Qt is 4.4.3. It's a limitation I can't change
right now either.

Thanks again!


On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 8:15 AM, Andreas Pakulat <apaku@gmx.de> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> please keep the discussion on the list.
>
> On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 11:29 AM, <juddsim@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Each instance created allocates 40mb (I'm just looking at the task
>> manager) and eventually the app gets to like 2 gigs and crashes.
>>
>
> The task-manager is not necessarily a good leak-detector. Can you provide
> a small self-contained example which demonstrates this? I've
> just tried here with a small video thats replayed and each 5 seconds the
> player instance is stopped, removed from the layout and del'ed and
> the memory consumption doesn't even reach 20M - thats minus the shared
> memory already. The important bit seems to be to stop the playing
> url, otherwise the player-object seems to not be garbage collected.
>
>
>> I'm not familiar with a valgrind log file.
>>
>
> Valgrind is a multi-purpose tool, among others it can help you detect
> memory leaks in applications. Its Linux-Only though, but there are similar
> tools for other platforms afaik. A task-manager's memory-column is not
> always a good measurement for detecting actual memory leaks.
>
> Andreas
>
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Hey, <br><br>Sorry about the reply to you... I thought if I hit reply it just \
automatically replied to the list. I didn&#39;t look at the actual &quot;To&quot; \
field. <br><br>I&#39;ll try what you said with stop, but from the tests I&#39;ve done \
it allocates the 40mb on this call:<br> <br>player = \
Phonon.VideoPlayer(Phonon.VideoCategory,self)<br><br>and it just keeps adding it up. \
I haven&#39;t even called play or loaded a file yet. It seems like it might have \
something to do with the version I&#39;m using as well. <br> <br>My PyQt version is \
4.4.4 and Qt is 4.4.3. It&#39;s a limitation I can&#39;t change right now either. \
<br><br>Thanks again!<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 8:15 \
AM, Andreas Pakulat <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:apaku@gmx.de" \
target="_blank">apaku@gmx.de</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br> <blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<div><br></div><div>please keep the discussion on the \
list.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 11:29 \
AM,  <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:juddsim@gmail.com" \
target="_blank">juddsim@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex">Each instance created allocates 40mb (I&#39;m just looking at \
the task manager) and eventually the app gets to like 2 gigs and crashes.<br>

</blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>The task-manager is not necessarily a good \
leak-detector. Can you provide a small self-contained example which demonstrates \
this? I&#39;ve </div><div>just tried here with a small video thats replayed and each \
5 seconds the player instance is stopped, removed from the layout and del&#39;ed \
and</div>

<div>the memory consumption doesn&#39;t even reach 20M - thats minus the shared \
memory already. The important bit seems to be to stop the playing</div><div>url, \
otherwise the player-object seems to not be garbage collected.</div> <div class="im">
<div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px \
#ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> I&#39;m not familiar with a valgrind log \
file.<br></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>Valgrind is a multi-purpose tool, \
among others it can help you detect memory leaks in applications. Its Linux-Only \
though, but there are similar tools for other platforms afaik. A task-manager&#39;s \
memory-column is not always a good measurement for detecting actual memory \
leaks.</div> <span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
<div><br></div><div>Andreas </div></font></span></div></div>
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