Memory leak extraordinaire!!!!!
Posted: 30 Mar 2013 08:36
Hello everyone.
I tried to find an answer, but all the posts which a google search brought up were many years old. If this is a simple fix with many redundant threads here, sorry. But I couldnt find any.
So, what the hell is going on with VLC? I just did a Windows XP re-install, and everything is fresh and new. One of the first things I did, of course, was install VLC. But something I've never seen before happens now, the memory usage and CPU usage slowly starts creeping upwards, until it's so high the player just shuts down. And when I hit the stop button before it reaches that critical point, the memory usage STILL continues to climb. Then I tried closing VLC altogether. Guess what? It STILL keeps climbing upward.
WTH?
I've installed VLC on the last many system builds, and re-installs. Most all of them with the exact same hardware and configurations. In fact, this time it's a re-install of XP Pro, and not a single thing has changed, either hardware or software. I installed XP, did a few of the normal things, like drivers for LAN, sound card driver install, ect. And the very first thing I did after installing only the most necessary drivers and software was to put VLC into it. And now this never before experienced problem.
Does anyone feel like helping out a long-time VLC user who is baffled by this?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Windows XP Pro
P4 3.2
3gb ram
I tried to find an answer, but all the posts which a google search brought up were many years old. If this is a simple fix with many redundant threads here, sorry. But I couldnt find any.
So, what the hell is going on with VLC? I just did a Windows XP re-install, and everything is fresh and new. One of the first things I did, of course, was install VLC. But something I've never seen before happens now, the memory usage and CPU usage slowly starts creeping upwards, until it's so high the player just shuts down. And when I hit the stop button before it reaches that critical point, the memory usage STILL continues to climb. Then I tried closing VLC altogether. Guess what? It STILL keeps climbing upward.
WTH?
I've installed VLC on the last many system builds, and re-installs. Most all of them with the exact same hardware and configurations. In fact, this time it's a re-install of XP Pro, and not a single thing has changed, either hardware or software. I installed XP, did a few of the normal things, like drivers for LAN, sound card driver install, ect. And the very first thing I did after installing only the most necessary drivers and software was to put VLC into it. And now this never before experienced problem.
Does anyone feel like helping out a long-time VLC user who is baffled by this?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Windows XP Pro
P4 3.2
3gb ram