[gst-devel] [gst-embedded] Gstreamer + memory usage

[Prajnashi S]

check if you link libxml2. If yes, use binary registry

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 1:17 AM, Daniel James Laird
<daniel.j.laird at nxp.com>wrote:

> All,
>
> I am new to Gstreamer but have been impressed at the ease with which I got
> it running on my embedded platform.  I now have A/V decode running on my
> embedded decoders and using GStreamers input-selectors/queues and
> demux+filesrc etc to make this happen.
>
> However, the system I am developing on has < 64 mb RAM.  Once the system
> starts up and runs I am left with 20MB odd for applications.
> Once I start up Gstreamer it really seems to eat memory with it using
> nearly all the 18-20MB to run.
>
> Some of this is due to my A/V queue lengths.
> But a lot of it seems to be untraceable.
>
> My questions are:
> 1. Any hints on tracking where memory has gone.
> 2. Does Gstreamer have a memory manager where I could limit what it can use
> (much like Java allows) so that I could say heres 10MB no more
> 3. Is anyone else running on embedded systems finding similar issues?
>
> I suspect I am missing some options, my design choices might be floored or
> many other reasons so I really would appreciate any hints or tips for this.
> In the mean time calling free and checking calls to malloc (g_malloc) seems
> the only way forward
>
> Many thanks
> Daniel Laird
>
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