Skinning Question

[kayleigh]

I've been working through my GB-PVR skin, but I'm finding that I run out of memory after 2-3 days. I don't have any errors listed in the logfile until the PendingRecording panel tries to refresh, then it throws an "Out of Memory" error. The recording service is still running, but the GUI freezes and GB-PVR memory usage is around 149,000k.

The reason I suspect that the skin is causing this issue is (1) no one else has reported this issue with the latest release and (2) it's only been in the last two weeks since I'd tweaked the skin a bit more.

So, after the long preamble, the question I have is: Is it more memory-efficient to use button graphics and the DrawImage method (the skin refers to six different button.png files), or is it better to use the DrawRoundedRect method for button graphics?

[sub]

So, after the long preamble, the question I have is: Is it more memory-efficient to use button graphics and the DrawImage method (the skin refers to six different button.png files), or is it better to use the DrawRoundedRect method for button graphics?

To be honest, I think there would be very little difference. DrawRoundedRect would use slightly less memory, but nothing significant.

[kayleigh]

Thanks for the fast reply. I was just checking the Support Forum about this issue here. I'll monitor that going forward.

[sub]

I'd be surprised if people were running out of memory because of that memory usage in the Recording Service. It is all freed after the EPG update, but the system will only reclaim it if it starts to run low elsewhere.

Its more like you've got a plugin that isnt managing resources correctly, and is dynamically creating bitmaps (or something similar) every time it draws the screen or something similar.

I have lots of other things running on my PC with GB-PVR, and I dont have any memory issues (even after leaving it run for days), but then I also dont have any plugins installed.

[psycik]

I've seen posts about memory coming up a bit more frequently. Is there any easy ways of figuring out a plugin causing a memory leak. or would the only real way be to uninstall them and put each one on.

Or any way of figuring out the number of bitmaps being used by gbpvr?

[sub]

But which plugins do you use? You never say? Don't you test all the plugins with your program or just the default ones. I know what you mean with certain plugins leaking memory

I literally dont use or test any other plugins. I only use whats in the default GB-PVR installation.

[sub]

Or any way of figuring out the number of bitmaps being used by gbpvr?

There are probably some memory profiler tools that would tell you this, but I dont have any first hand experience with these.

[kayleigh]

I'd be surprised if people were running out of memory because of that memory usage in the Recording Service.

There are two threads that kinda merged into one; I should've posted to the "Memory Leak in GBPVR.exe" thread - that's the issue I've got. The Recording Service memory usage is not a problem for me.

Its more like you've got a plugin that isnt managing resources correctly, and is dynamically creating bitmaps (or something similar) every time it draws the screen or something similar.

That's why I had a question about skinning. I was trying to eliminate possibilities. I'd originally thought about the Weather plugin, because it downloads radar bitmaps (about 3-4, I think), but the issue still surfaced after I'd disabled it for a few days. I'd even tried uninstalling it, but no change. (In case i haven't updated my signature, I've been using the latest version for a few weeks now.)