Openshot-qt: Severe memory leak

[andreyskrypnik]

• System Details:

• Operating System / Distro: Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon
  uname -a:
  Linux promus-big 4.13.0-37-generic #42~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 7 16:03:28 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
  CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6400 CPU @ 2.70GHz
  RAM: 8 Gb
  SWAP: 14 GB

• OpenShot Version: OpenShot-v2.4.1-x86_64.AppImage or from a PPA

• _Please attach log files if crash_

When you start and work with a small project, memory consumption is constantly growing (about 100 megabytes in 15-20 seconds). The program fills all the RAM, and then the entire SWAP. This situation arises both with AppImages and with the program from the PPA.

I do not know where the AppImage applications store logs

[DylanC]

@andreyskrypnik - Thanks for the report. The logs exists inside HOME/.openshot_qt

[peanutbutterandcrackers]

This guide might be of some help, too. :)

[andreyskrypnik]

openshot-qt.log
libopenshot.log

[andreyskrypnik]

These are logs from Linux Mint. A similar problem arose on Arch Linux. There is a constant memory leak with overflow of RAM and SWAP in a short period of time

[peanutbutterandcrackers]

Perhaps attach those too, good sir? I'll try to notify the devs regarding this.

[andreyskrypnik]

libopenshot.log
openshot-qt.log

This is LOG with Arch Linux. I try to do the same on it. The last work went well with a small file (just swap and RAM did not have time to fill up to the end). And before the last work the same situation as in Linux Mint.

[peanutbutterandcrackers]

Thank you! I have notified a developer regarding this. Hope he can sort this out, too. Soon. :)