Public bug reported:
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)
** Affects: vlc (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal
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VLC is using up to 2 GB of RAM just to play a regular 720px HD video
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