[FFmpeg-user] Suspect memory leak in NUT muxer

[Massimo Battistel]

2013/10/18 Paul B Mahol <onemda at gmail.com>

> On 10/18/13, Massimo Battistel <battistel at gmail.com> wrote:
> > hello,
> > with the following command line:
> >
> > ffmpeg -i any.mpg -vcodec rawvideo -acodec pcm_s16le -f nut - 2> NUL |
> > ffplay -
> >
> > for any video file, you can experience a substantial memory leak. Same
> > problem using directshow capture source (decklink). In about 12 hours
> > ffmpeg passed from 40mb to 550mb and ffplay from 25mb to 380mb.
> >
> > I suspect the problem is the nut muxer.
> > Using ASF (-f asf) as muxer everything is fine and no mem leak is
> detected.
> > I have not tested other muxers.
> >
> > ffmpeg/ffplay version used for these tests:
> > "N-55020-g768e40b" 64bit on Windows 7 64bit.
> > "N-54960-gf3f4e13" 32bit on Windows XP 32 bit.
> >
> > thanks,
> > MB
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> nut allocates memory for sync points, so more frames more memory is needed.
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Do you mean that there is no mem leak and what i've experienced is the
normal behaviour?
Ok, not a good container for 24/7 streaming :-)

So what is the advantage of using nut over other containers?

thanks