[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: [Bug report] memory leak with gmplayer -ao alsa9

[Thomas Lindroth]

This bug have existed for some time now and is still there in latest cvs.
I have tried to post it in user but without response so I try devel
instead. I you need additional information, I'll be glad to give it.


> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Hello
> 
> I have searched this mailing list for any similar case since july 2002, but I haven't found any, so I do this report.
> 
> There seems to be a memory leak in gmplayer used in conjunction with alsa9 audio output (gmplayer -ao alsa9) :
> with the "top" util I can see gmplayer memory consumption increase in time (about 2.5 Mo per minute) until it saturates the memory  and get terminated by the kernel.
> 
> The funny thing is that it doesn't appear when I use mplayer -ao alsa9 (without the gui) or gmplayer -ao sdl:alsa9 (with the gui).
> 
> This seems to be independant of what audio or video codec or video output is used. The point is only with "gmplayer -ao alsa9".
> 
> I made some tests and it is reproductible with different distributions and mplayer versions. I tested :
> 
> mplayer 0.90 final, rc4, rc3 each compiled with gcc 2.95.3 on Slackware 8.1 (kernel 2.4.20, glibc 2.2.5) Atlon XP 1800+
> mplayer 0.90 final, rc4, rc3 each compiled with gcc 3.2.2  Slackware 9 (kernel 2.4.20 with preempt an low latency patches, glibc 2.3.1) Atlon XP 1700+
> The version 0.90 final packaged by PLF for Mandrake on a Mandrake 9.1  (kernel 2.4.20)  Pentium IV 1.8GHz
> mplayer 0.90 final compiled with gcc 3.2.2 on a LFS (kernel 2.4.20, glibc 2.3.1) Duron 1,2GHz
> 
> someone detects it also on Mandrake 9.0 ( http://forum.hardware.fr/forum2.php3?post=23406&cat=11&config=&interface=&cache=cache&sondage=&owntopic=&p=1&trash=&subcat= beware this forum is in French)
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> if you want to add your contribution to this little list ...
> 
> So what's wrong with the gui and alsa9 ?
> 
> regards
> 
> FlamM