[mythtv-users] Mythtv stuttering - help debugging - memory leak?

mythtv at corwyn.net mythtv at corwyn.net
Fri Mar 20 03:51:51 UTC 2009


At 06:24 PM 3/18/2009, Rick Steeves wrote:

>Environment:
>I'm currently running mythtv-0.21-198.el5 on CentOS kernel 
>2.6.18-92.1.18.el5 with a Happtpauge pvr-350
>
>I have a server that is frontend and backend, but I normally watch 
>myth using mvpmc on the Haupptpauge MediaMVP.  The problem I see is 
>that after running for a while the video starts stuttering. the 
>buffer indicator on the mvpmc shows that the buffer isn't staying full.


OK, I believe the problem is a memory leak somewhere directly tied to 
the mypmc/myth.

At the point it starts stuttering, free reports:
[root at glutton /]# free
              total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       1800232    1789988      10244          0      15268    1230248
-/+ buffers/cache:     544472    1255760
Swap:      2024180        128    2024052


Note only 10 mb free, where the system has ~ 800 MB free when the 
show starts. When nothing is playing, no problems. When I reboot the 
system no problems until I run out of memory. Any suggestions?

Rick



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