On Sunday, January 22, 2023 8:18:48 PM CET, Phyllis Smith wrote:
Just a little feedback too. 1) "does closing the *viewer*, release the memory" -- I could be wrong, but I do not think closing the viewer releases the memory because it thinks you may want to use it again?
That would be a futile attempt, if cache will grow beyond main memory.
2) "backups on /tmp"? -- I am not sure how you are getting backups to go to /tmp. As far as I know they always go to $HOME/.bcast5. If you see files like:
I think I remember the non-gg cinelerra then. There are indeed no files in /tmp.
3) I have found that adding swap is a complete waste of time - it never works for me and just hangs (and that has been true for me since the 1980's!)
It was worth the try, but I would agree with you. I never have it on any production system either.
4) in Valgrind, I always look at these lines at the end of the file: ==128034== LEAK SUMMARY: ==128034== definitely lost: 5,086 bytes in 40 blocks ==128034== indirectly lost: 15,535,063 bytes in 1,143 blocks ==128034== possibly lost: 350,864 bytes in 10 blocks The "definitely lost" line is reasonable BUT "indirectly lost" seems astronomical.
This were only a few small 3gp phone clips. I am happy to investigate further, but there is likely a serious bug that everyone must be hitting at some point. Or people just don't produce as much content as I do for one session ;) -- Stefan