Solved: Kodi using almost all the RAM.
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22nd Aug, 2019, 08:31 AM
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Kodi using almost all the RAM.
Hi,
So i got a new "problem" that repeats itself every 3 weeks or so on a non stop Pi being on (btw i never shutdown my Pi 3B+ like i never did for my old Pi 1B for several years, unless its needed of course): It starts using up RAM and goes up to 78%.... sometimes it reduces the usage back to 60% in hidle but even when i'm not using it the amount of RAM is somewhat too much (?). Also stats show the average CPU usage is less than 8% even if i'm watching something so i think it's not "processing" anything extra. When i was writing this: Terminal top - 23:19:03 up 18 days, 21:46, 1 user, load average: 0.21, 0.14, 0.10 Tasks: 135 total, 1 running, 67 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie %Cpu(s): 1.3 us, 0.8 sy, 0.2 ni, 97.7 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, 0.0 st KiB Mem : 763424 total, 55136 free, 584660 used, 123628 buff/cache KiB Swap: 381432 total, 302072 free, 79360 used. 82676 avail Mem PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 2683 xbian 20 0 1035424 523064 21840 S 7.3 68.5 2029:06 kodi.bin 72 root 1 -19 0 0 0 S 0.7 0.0 130:48.26 vchiq-slot/0 25658 root 20 0 7240 2952 2416 R 0.7 0.4 0:01.94 top 3110 ntp 20 0 6928 2076 1812 S 0.3 0.3 23:40.38 ntpd 25575 root 20 0 9868 4840 4136 S 0.3 0.6 0:00.23 sshd 1 root 20 0 5684 2432 1748 S 0.0 0.3 0:22.71 init As you can see, at idle is using 68% of the available RAM... Then i stop/start Kodi and: Terminal top - 23:24:04 up 18 days, 21:52, 1 user, load average: 0.56, 0.23, 0.13 Tasks: 144 total, 1 running, 69 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie %Cpu(s): 1.0 us, 0.8 sy, 0.1 ni, 98.1 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, 0.0 st KiB Mem : 763424 total, 504632 free, 105268 used, 153524 buff/cache KiB Swap: 381432 total, 371192 free, 10240 used. 560892 avail Mem PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 28113 xbian 20 0 488248 99628 43980 S 6.3 13.1 0:22.50 kodi.bin 72 root 1 -19 0 0 0 S 0.3 0.0 130:49.64 vchiq-slot/0 28805 root 20 0 7248 2788 2248 R 0.3 0.4 0:00.11 top 1 root 20 0 5684 2468 1748 S 0.0 0.3 0:23.34 init 2 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:01.24 kthreadd Now its just using about 13%. I only have a few plugins installed and since the CPU usage is so low (plus they were the same on the Pi 1 and never gave any problems) i don't suspect any of them... Is this a normal thing now or is this a problem? So far the system as not crashed, but i restart Kodi every 2 to 3 weeks to "reset" memory usage. Thanks. :) :) |
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22nd Aug, 2019, 11:28 PM
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RE: Kodi using almost all the RAM.
Don't worry about that. It's the way how Kodi works.
Btw, there ist no difference to Pi1. After booting, I do have more then 200MB of free ram. After some days of usage, free ram goes down to 130MB. I noticed this behavior for many years. |
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23rd Aug, 2019, 02:39 AM
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RE: Kodi using almost all the RAM.
(22nd Aug, 2019 11:28 PM)Nachteule Wrote: Don't worry about that. It's the way how Kodi works. Yes i had the same behavior on my Pi 1, but that unit only had 512 MiB or RAM where 90 of them allocated to the GPU... This one has 1 GiB of RAM with 256 allocated to the GPU. So Kodi "hogs" memory if its available? Marked as Solved. :) :) |
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23rd Aug, 2019, 06:26 AM
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RE: Kodi using almost all the RAM.
(23rd Aug, 2019 02:39 AM)Exnor Wrote:(22nd Aug, 2019 11:28 PM)Nachteule Wrote: Don't worry about that. It's the way how Kodi works. Yes, that's how linux kernel works in general and Kodi in particular |
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24th Aug, 2019, 03:20 AM
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RE: Kodi using almost all the RAM.
(22nd Aug, 2019 11:28 PM)Nachteule Wrote: Yes, that's how linux kernel works in general and Kodi in particular Ok thanks for the info :) :) |
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15th Nov, 2019, 12:05 PM
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RE: Kodi using almost all the RAM.
(24th Aug, 2019 03:20 AM)Exnor Wrote:(22nd Aug, 2019 11:28 PM)Nachteule Wrote: Yes, that's how linux kernel works in general and Kodi in particular So a swap file is a good idea in general? First post here...looking to build one of these over the weekend/next week. thank you all |
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16th Nov, 2019, 04:35 AM
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RE: Kodi using almost all the RAM.
(15th Nov, 2019 12:05 PM)gkusiak Wrote:(24th Aug, 2019 03:20 AM)Exnor Wrote:(22nd Aug, 2019 11:28 PM)Nachteule Wrote: Yes, that's how linux kernel works in general and Kodi in particular I really don't know.... By default it appears a swap partition is in use and i never bothered to disable it to see if had any impact on the performance ( since its on a flash memory unit it will consume write cycles and in theory reduce the lifespan... But my last SDCard was on 24/7 for 5years i think and it's still working so...). :) :) |
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16th Nov, 2019, 04:42 AM
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RE: Kodi using almost all the RAM.
There are only 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't |
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16th Nov, 2019, 05:17 AM
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Kodi using almost all the RAM.
That’s a good link. Thank you.
But to the concern of burning read/write cycles on a flash card, can the swap be made on another “drive” that’s more robust and less likely to fail? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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16th Nov, 2019, 05:25 AM
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RE: Kodi using almost all the RAM.
I wouldn't be concerned about that.
All the SD cards I purchased for the many SBC's I owned or gave away are still alive except one. And this one cheap SD card that broke was of unknown brand and source. There are only 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't |
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17th Nov, 2019, 08:38 AM
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17th Nov, 2019, 09:24 AM
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RE: Kodi using almost all the RAM.
(17th Nov, 2019 08:38 AM)Nachteule Wrote:(16th Nov, 2019 05:25 AM)deHakkelaar Wrote: I wouldn't be concerned about that. My Sandisk is still alive and working after 5+ years :) :) |
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18th Nov, 2019, 07:38 AM
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RE: Kodi using almost all the RAM.
(17th Nov, 2019 08:38 AM)Nachteule Wrote: Most of my Samsung sd-cards have died meanwhile Good to know not to buy Samsung The cards are cheap enough to not do all the effort of having swap somewhere else or setup ramdisks etc and complicating your setup: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle If one should break, replace and restore backup is my credo. There are only 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't |
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19th Nov, 2019, 01:09 AM
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Kodi using almost all the RAM.
One must have a good backup to restore from. I have never been particularly diligent about that, but habits can change.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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19th Nov, 2019, 10:00 AM
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RE: Kodi using almost all the RAM.
You'll learn eventually how valuable a good backup can be.
I learned the hard way many times There are only 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't |
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