Too much memory for MP.

feanorknd · 2007-11-09, 00:48

TV-Server Version: ?
MediaPortal Version: MediaPortal 0.2.3.0 RC3 released! (not svn)
MediaPortal Skin: x-face
Windows Version: XP SP2
CPU Type: AMD 3200+ (socket 939 one core)
HDD: 250 Seagate 7200 sata
Memory: 1Gb DDR400
Motherboard: Asrock 939NF6G-VSTA
Motherboard Chipset: nforce430
Motherboard Bios: last
Video Card: onboard nvidia 6150SE
Video Card Driver: last MHQL forceware
Sound Card: onboard realtek ALC888
Sound Card AC3: ?
Sound Card Driver: last from developer
1. TV Card: hauppauge HVR1110
1. TV Card Type: hybrid
1. TV Card Driver: last for that one...

Hello.......... today, I´ve encountered a windows message in front of mediaportal in my mediacenter exclusively machine connected to TV... message told about windows necesity to enlarge virtual memory especified...

well, I have 1Gb of RAM, and 2Gb fixed pagefile in other partition...

I´ve seen through taskmgr my mediaportal.exe wasting 52mb aprox., but windows was needing 2.23Gb of paged memory (transactions load).......... "oh my god".... ok, just turned off mediaportal, and this 2.23Gb became 415Mb in 5 seconds.......... mmmm

This is not the first time I am having this problems since I am using mediaportal 2.3 rc3... sometimes my windows hangs at all, and I must reset from power... completely dead, and I am beginning to think is just mediaportal resources problem...

I just use mediaportal to:
- see my "about" 1800 video files from 4 or 5 folders configured (not all of them are movies, hehe)
- listen to my "about" 12000 mp3 files stored.
- see my 160000 photo files stored...
- not seeing TV, although is configured..... recently configured scheduled grabber from EPG-grab.. once a day.

I know numbers are great, but these are the number of files stored at machine, and I thought it is great if I could access my archieved files everytime I wished..

I do not know if MP is catching or scanning files archieved, so finally it will hang on with entire resources or something similar...

Can you offer me a clue of what could it be, please?

have just seen "scan music folders" at "music database"... and my music folders are checked, but if I try to uncheck them and save (exit), if I come backup I will find again the folders checked.... seems imposible to deselect folders at "scan music folders", and I wonder if that scan would be the resources-monster considering the high number of mp3 available... it seems not to be the problem, since for movies is just the same, and think it is only to scan during configuration session, not to keep scanning automatically when mediaportal is executed..

any idea? thanks so much.

catch22 · 2007-12-17, 12:56

I too am seeing this problem occur when I pause live tv or pause video. The machine becomes very unresponsive MP memory usage spikes enormously and becomes very hard to kill off. If I run filemon to see what files ae bing accessed it is the pagefile on the windows partition which seems to indicate that MP has grabbed a huge chunk of memory for some task and is being swapped out continually.

Are there any other tests I could carry out to try and track them down.

Cheers

2007-11-09, 00:48	#1 (permalink)
feanorknd Portal Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: málaga Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	Too much memory for MP. TV-Server Version: ? MediaPortal Version: MediaPortal 0.2.3.0 RC3 released! (not svn) MediaPortal Skin: x-face Windows Version: XP SP2 CPU Type: AMD 3200+ (socket 939 one core) HDD: 250 Seagate 7200 sata Memory: 1Gb DDR400 Motherboard: Asrock 939NF6G-VSTA Motherboard Chipset: nforce430 Motherboard Bios: last Video Card: onboard nvidia 6150SE Video Card Driver: last MHQL forceware Sound Card: onboard realtek ALC888 Sound Card AC3: ? Sound Card Driver: last from developer 1. TV Card: hauppauge HVR1110 1. TV Card Type: hybrid 1. TV Card Driver: last for that one... Hello.......... today, I´ve encountered a windows message in front of mediaportal in my mediacenter exclusively machine connected to TV... message told about windows necesity to enlarge virtual memory especified... well, I have 1Gb of RAM, and 2Gb fixed pagefile in other partition... I´ve seen through taskmgr my mediaportal.exe wasting 52mb aprox., but windows was needing 2.23Gb of paged memory (transactions load).......... "oh my god".... ok, just turned off mediaportal, and this 2.23Gb became 415Mb in 5 seconds.......... mmmm This is not the first time I am having this problems since I am using mediaportal 2.3 rc3... sometimes my windows hangs at all, and I must reset from power... completely dead, and I am beginning to think is just mediaportal resources problem... I just use mediaportal to: - see my "about" 1800 video files from 4 or 5 folders configured (not all of them are movies, hehe) - listen to my "about" 12000 mp3 files stored. - see my 160000 photo files stored... - not seeing TV, although is configured..... recently configured scheduled grabber from EPG-grab.. once a day. I know numbers are great, but these are the number of files stored at machine, and I thought it is great if I could access my archieved files everytime I wished.. I do not know if MP is catching or scanning files archieved, so finally it will hang on with entire resources or something similar... Can you offer me a clue of what could it be, please? have just seen "scan music folders" at "music database"... and my music folders are checked, but if I try to uncheck them and save (exit), if I come backup I will find again the folders checked.... seems imposible to deselect folders at "scan music folders", and I wonder if that scan would be the resources-monster considering the high number of mp3 available... it seems not to be the problem, since for movies is just the same, and think it is only to scan during configuration session, not to keep scanning automatically when mediaportal is executed.. any idea? thanks so much. Last edited by feanorknd; 2007-11-09 at 01:01. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

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2007-12-17, 12:56	#2 (permalink)
catch22 Portal Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 25 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I too am seeing this problem occur when I pause live tv or pause video. The machine becomes very unresponsive MP memory usage spikes enormously and becomes very hard to kill off. If I run filemon to see what files ae bing accessed it is the pagefile on the windows partition which seems to indicate that MP has grabbed a huge chunk of memory for some task and is being swapped out continually. Are there any other tests I could carry out to try and track them down. Cheers