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Out of Memory issues


dlaffoon

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Hello,

Brand new user... first night trying out BYE on Win10 x64 system, 8GB RAM, Core i7 laptop.  I'm connecting to a T3i.  I'm having issues with BYE going unresponsive/freezing up, and a quick forum scan pointed me at log files and I see ample amount of Out Of Memory exceptions occurring.

Two scenarios that cause exceptions:

1) Using frame & focus, live view works for a while (~1min), then everything freezes.

2) Setting up a capture, I can get in maybe 4 frames @ 40s exposure, then all freezes up.

Of note, in #1 above, I watched system RAM utilization while doing a live view, and it just climbed steadily up within a minute until BYE was using ~1.4GB, at which point it froze up.  When doing a capture (#2), I can watch RAM usage slowly creep up while capturing.

Seems like a promising piece of software, but isn't running stable on my system.

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You did not say which version of BYE you are using. Please make sure that it is the latest...3.1.16. I do not see the same behavior as you do. BYE 3.1.16 does not become unresponsive for me while running a capture plan. Neither do I see memory usage of my Windows 7 x64 system ramping up while BYE is running in either Frame & Focus or Imaging modes. The left part of the graph was while running a capture plan. The right part was with LiveView active.

 

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Any chance that your anti-virus software is causing your issues?

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Sorry, should have said it's 3.1.16.

I guess antivirus is a possibility, though I don't know offhand why that would cause this behavior (not allow an app to GC?).

I'll post a screenshot of task manager when I can.

I saw another poster talking about high memory usage in frame and focus on a different post, figured this it possibly another data point.

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28 minutes ago, dlaffoon said:

Sorry, should have said it's 3.1.16.

I guess antivirus is a possibility, though I don't know offhand why that would cause this behavior (not allow an app to GC?).

I'll post a screenshot of task manager when I can.

I saw another poster talking about high memory usage in frame and focus on a different post, figured this it possibly another data point.

The issue from that other post you mentioned was fixed several months ago and can not be compared against 3.1.16.

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I sent in an example log file to the support email.  I'm really liking the SW, just can't use it for more than 5 minutes at a time right now without having to restart the app.

Any suggestions of extra data I could gather to help figure out what I have going on?

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9 minutes ago, dlaffoon said:

I sent in an example log file to the support email.  I'm really liking the SW, just can't use it for more than 5 minutes at a time right now without having to restart the app.

Any suggestions of extra data I could gather to help figure out what I have going on?

I didn't get it.

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I've tried another PC (windows 10, desktop i3, 6GB RAM), and it seems happy. RAM usage stays under control, implying the GC is getting to run.  There must be some other interaction on the laptop (original PC) that was conflicting with it.  Maybe AV somehow?  It has McAfee on it.  The desktop's not as portable though :) 

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The .NET Garbage Collector does run, when it thinks that it needs to. Even calling GC.Collect() does not force it to run. The call only suggests that it run.

Which SDK is being used? I used Canon215 when I recorded the memory usage graph.

If the unreleased memory is unmanaged, then GC won't see it. In fact, it could be an SDK issue. If this is so, then I would have thought that the issue would be more pervasive.

Just some random thoughts that I hope are useful.

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