nextpvr process consumes all ram

[mar1]

if I reset the pc on the next boot nextpvr consumes all ram when I watch a channel. it saturates all ramm till stucking the pc

[mvallevand]

Without logs there are no problems. https://github.com/sub3/NextPVR/wiki/get-help

Martin

[mar1]

I attached the log file of kodi, but this problem is present also if I use the browser (watching channels in localhost)

[mvallevand]

If you had followed the link I gave you, you would know the proper way to send NextPVR and Kodi logs.

This is not a normal issue,  NextPVR on Linux doesn't need a lot of memory watching TV. but I wouldn't use a RPi Zero.  I run a very simple x64 AMD A9-9430 RADEON R5 dual core for NexPVR and I specifically don't run a high end machine and the memory doesn't change much during streaming. That 0.2 for DeviceHostLinux is the actually recording process. I will have to try on a 2GB machine, since I am pretty sure that memory is being grabbed by netcore garbage collectionand it will be less if there is less available.

Martin

[mar1]

sorry I mistaked to send the  log, But if you see in the photo you attached, nextpvrserver.dll eats more than 2gb of ram, 56% of that available. This thing doesn't happen in windows, where it is limited to 200mb. Sometimes that process has a peak of 1gb and then goes down, sometimes it saturates all ram.

[mvallevand]

You aren't understanding garbage collection the memory usage does go down and don't look at numbers and try and find an example where it is a problem

Martin

[mar1]

I don't understand what I have to do, look what happens to nextpvr service... ram usage for this process isn't limited to ram capacity... I stopped kodi at 78% but it goes higher. restarting nextpvr service the process returns to use less ram

[mvallevand]

I don't know how garbage collection works but that isn't real memory AFAIK which is why I was I asked if you noticed any issues because of it.

Martin

[mar1]

I have a problem with that process. When the memory is almost full, the channel stream stops and I can't move the mouse neither use the keyboard, pratically all system is blocked. When it reaches high memory consumption as I posted, I restart the service to free the memory from ram and then the stream is ok for a few minutes, until little by little I see in htop the numbers under 'res' column and memory percentage going up till a critic level.

[mvallevand]

OK sub will need to look into it then, I haven't seen this myself. He will need your zipped logs. Are you a tuner or IPTV users?

Martin