[ubuntu-mono] [Bug 711843] [NEW] Banshee uses far too much RAM

[Chow Loong Jin]

On Wednesday 02,February,2011 09:16 PM, Thoralf Backhaus wrote:
> Public bug reported:
> 
> Binary package hint: banshee
> 
> I have a large collection of music ( > 60.000 Files). If I use Banshee, my
> RAM (about 550 MB of 4 GB used normally) boosts up until it is completely
> filled, then it tries to fill all my swap space and my system begins to hang
> and is not usable any more. I have to kill it then. Think about: Banshee uses
> more than 3 GB of RAM here! This is just a music player and not an operating
> system! This problem exists in all versions of Banshee (since the very first
> version) and did not change yet. I like Banshee a lot, but I can not use it
> with my music collection. (I wonder for what purpose this program is intended
> if not for managing and playing large collections...?) You really should find
> a way how to handle large collections without overloading RAM - especially
> when using it as a default player in Ubuntu. Rhythmbox does have a similar
> problem, but system is still usable with it and a bit of RAM is still
> available.

There's probably something weird going on here, because Banshee's memory usage
isn't supposed to be affected (much) by collection size. Could you post the
output of "banshee --debug" when you launch it? Also, post the output of "ps -C
banshee-1 -o rsz=,command=", please.

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Kind regards,
Loong Jin

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Title:
  Banshee uses far too much RAM

Status in “banshee” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: banshee

  I have a large collection of music ( > 60.000 Files). If I use Banshee, my RAM (about 550 MB of 4 GB used normally) boosts up until it is completely filled, then it tries to fill all my swap space and my system begins to hang and is not usable any more. I have to kill it then. Think about: Banshee uses more than 3 GB of RAM here! This is just a music player and not an operating system!
  This problem exists in all versions of Banshee (since the very first version) and did not change yet. I like Banshee a lot, but I can not use it with my music collection. (I wonder for what purpose this program is intended if not for managing and playing large collections...?) You really should find a way how to handle large collections without overloading RAM - especially when using it as a default player in Ubuntu. Rhythmbox does have a similar problem, but system is still usable with it and a bit of RAM is still available.