gpvr.exe - endlessly growing memory usage

[JohnInSJ]

My gpvr.exe process seems to grow in memory size (running the latest version) - this in itself is not a horrible problem, I just need to exit and restart it every now and then.

Its oftern 250-500mb when I notice the box swapping while navigating recorded/pending shows - this after no more then a day of normal use (some browsing of recordings, scheduling, watching several shows - all flawlessly working other then the swapping when it runs out of real ram)

First, I suppose this means there is a memory leak somewhere?
Second, could gbpvr.exe just kill itself and restart in the middle of the night (or at some preset time?) so at least I can clean it up that way without needing to manually restart?

Edit: Nothing of note in the logs - process is idle when it should be idle, box has 1 gig of real ram (thank goodness) and 2 gigs swap.

[sub]

It does use a lot of memory, but I'm not aware of any memory leaks which cause it to continuously consume more and more memory. I run it on my main "production" box 24x7 for several weeks at a time and dont see this.

Maybe a plugin you've installed is causing problems?

[wtg]

I've found My Videos can be a real memory killer if you have a lot of movies, and some skins can eat up memory too. Do some testing with the default Blue skin first and see if you see the same problem.

[pens18aj]

this might help.
http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...memory+epg

[JohnInSJ]

Yep, just read that other topic - and I am running the default skin - use XRecord and do have a lot of archived videos... looks like a nightly shutdown/restart of the app may be a good plan.

[Old Dog]

Yep, just read that other topic - and I am running the default skin - use XRecord and do have a lot of archived videos... looks like a nightly shutdown/restart of the app may be a good plan.

If you are not using MVPs you can try the attached files. RestartGBPVR calls KillProcess to stop GBPVR.exe, then it starts it up again. You could schedule RestartGBPVR to run at night.

BTW, I pulled these files from memory, which is failing...

[JohnInSJ]

If you are not using MVPs you can try the attached files. RestartGBPVR calls KillProcess to stop GBPVR.exe, then it starts it up again. You could schedule RestartGBPVR to run at night.

BTW, I pulled these files from memory, which is failing...

Thanks! I will have do to something - dunno why but after a day or so, the gbpvr process is using 200-400meg of ram, every day. Exit and restart fixes it, until the next day. It get sluggish when it is that big

[sub]

What plugins are you running? You shouldnt have to restart it ever.

[Old Dog]

What plugins are you running? You shouldnt have to restart it ever.

I ment to express this sentiment in my post but forgot. You really should identify and fix the root problem. My post is really intended as a temporary work around till then.

-David

[JohnInSJ]

The only thing I am running is the XRecord suite and MusicLibrary2. Using the standard Blue skin.

In actual usage, we watch about 50/50 Ready and Video, and the poor box is recording about 50% of the time so we Archive stuff daily to a 300gig linux server box/samba share. Every now and then we'll listen to some mp3s that are shared off the linux box as well. I don't use the Guide or Live TV at all. I do use the web interface as well, but that runs out of the recording service does it not?

We've got all our priority recordings set up (40+ of them) and they are working like champs...

So a typical day is browse the new recordings, watch some of em, archive some of em, delete some - browse pendings and 'seen it' on a few of em, and watch some of the Video archives. After a restart the gbpvr.exe process is under 60meg, at the start of the next day it's at 200-400MB - recording service is nice and small - 60mb or so - and the database balloons up to 60mb after I compress it manually once the EPG updates nightly.

Beats me what I am doing wrong.