[mythtv-users] `Mythbackend leaks memory` continued

Udo van den Heuvel udovdh at xs4all.nl
Wed Jul 23 14:49:07 UTC 2008


Nick Morrott wrote:
>> Over here the system is running quasi all the time (just three channels
>> from one multiplex) so stuff never stops recording.
>> That could explain the figures on my box?
> 
> Maybe. Even when my 2.6.16 backend is recording 3 programmes at once
> (different multiplexes) memory usage does not continue to rise anymore
> - so it would seem with my current system configuration (no multirec
> yet) it is the number of concurrent recordings that influences backend
> memory usage, not how many recordings are made during the day.

Can anybody confirm Nick's theory?
In combination with my way of recording that could explain the figures I
see here.

On the other hand Andrew's numbers are from a different usage pattern,
so maybe a different leak?

Did anybody yet look into the ticket at
http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/5545 ?

Kind regards,
Udo


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