[MPlayer-users] Inactive RAM problem in OS X 10.5

[Joshua Lippai]

My bad, it seems recent versions of VLC don't have the inactive RAM
problem. In any case, I think I'll look into the dev side of things a
little more this weekend to see if there's anything obvious that could
point me in the right direction.

Josh

On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 6:28 PM, Joshua Lippai <discerptor at gmail.com> wrote:
> That is not the case. Most applications don't do this, and among video
> players, while MPlayer and VLC both display the problem, Quicktime
> with the Perian plugin does not, despite using the same codecs as the
> first two to play most videos.
>
> Josh
>
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Guillaume POIRIER <poirierg at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Joshua Lippai <discerptor at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Yes. Inactive RAM steadily builds as the file plays (as verified with
>>> Activity monitor). I've now verified another feature of the inactive
>>> RAM building, though: it actually stops building so long as I pause a
>>> video file. As soon as I unpause, it starts building up the inactive
>>> RAM again though.
>>
>> The same "symptom" appears with every app that I run here. Look at
>> Activity Monintor when you build smth, and you'll see that it follows
>> the same pattern.
>>
>>
>> Guillaume
>> --
>> One should not give up hope on imbeciles. With a little training, you
>> can make them into soldiers.
>>  -- Pierre Desproges
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