[MPlayer-users] v4l record memory usage.

[Jindrich Makovicka]

softlib wrote:

>[Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
>Hi,
>
>  I use mencoder to record TV from a bttv card ( ATI TVWonder).
>  command line like this:
>  mencoder -tv on:driver=v4l:width=320:height=240:amode=0:adevice=/dev/dsp \
>           -o tv.avi -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=56:mode=3 \
>           -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vhq:vbitrate=900
>
>  I run it on my machine with P4 2.0G, Mem=512MB
>  MPlayer version is 0.90rc1
>  
>  The problem is :
>      After start to run above command line, it use more and more
>      memory and increase very fast until reached about 256MB.
>      (I use 'top' to monitor the mem usage). It sames stoped memory
>      requirment.
>      
>  If I use earlier snapshot version, it will still increase the
>  memory useage, but slower, finally, begin memory swap...
>  system hangs. Is it a memory-leak problem?
>
>  
>
The v4l buffering was changed recently in CVS, try the CVS instead. (or 
there was a corresponding patch to test a few days ago in this list)

Regards,

-- 
Jindrich Makovicka