As suspected, this seems to be an issue with a driver. ** Package changed: vlc (Ubuntu) => mesa (Ubuntu)
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to mesa in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1888558 Title: VLC is using up to 2 GB of RAM just to play a regular 720px HD video Status in mesa package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: On my computer running Ubuntu 20.04 and XFCE desktop, The VLC GUI player is using an increasing amount of memory as time progressed. The video is a typical H.264 movie (MP4 file format). I have let the application sit for a few days, and here is the usage of RAM as the days went by: Date Time(EDT) VSIZE RSS 2020-07-19 20:19:16 2848984 455148 2020-07-20 13:09:06 3307736 926156 2020-07-22 13:18:05 4487464 2059848 The process itself was started on: Sat Jul 18 21:41:24 2020 I was playing the video only for about ~5 minutes when the program started, then let the program sit idle for a few days. Today I found that it consumed 2GB RSS as shown above! I am reporting this issue to see if something in my system is messing up VLC memory usage. In an older laptop, trying to play the same file (with VLC version 2.0.3) has its memory consumption starting at just under 190M. Wirawan ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: vlc 3.0.9.2-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-40.44-generic 5.4.44 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-40-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.4 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Wed Jul 22 13:19:21 2020 SourcePackage: vlc UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mesa/+bug/1888558/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
