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I know there are some guys here what are good with compooters, so I was wondering if you could help me out.
Recently, Windows Media Player 11 has been eating up my virtual memory, to the point where I get "virtual memory too low" warnings from Windows. I've never had this before with any program. I only have 512MB memory, and WMP11 will use up to a gig of virtual memory once it's been running for a little while, after maybe 30 minutes or so.
I can't think of anything that has changed in the past few weeks on my computer, apart from I used PowerISO to add a virtual CD drive. Would that have an effect?
Anyone got any ideas? I'd really appreciate any input!
Edit: I'm using Windows XP.
Edit 2: Just to clarify, I have had the same programs running and used my computer for the same things for the past few years, and this problem has only started very recently. So surely there will be a simple solution and WMP11 isn't broken?
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Hong Kong4685 Posts
You don't have enough RAM. 512MB RAM isn't enough in 2010. You should have 3GB. Because you only have 512MB RAM, I'm willing to bet that your computer is really old. In that case, you'll need to get a new computer.
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On June 01 2010 04:29 T.O.P. wrote:
You don't have enough RAM. 512MB RAM isn't enough in 2010. You should have 3GB. Because you only have 512MB RAM, I'm willing to bet that your computer is really old. In that case, you'll need to get a new computer.
You're making me feel sad.
My computer is awesome, don't lie.
;____;
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Sounds like a possibly memory leak, but I don't know if WMP11 is prone to that or not. You could try allocating more virtual memory, are you on Vista?
Small article on it
I've read that you can allocate anywhere from 2-3 times the amount of RAM you have as virtual memory.
Maybe R1CH will be in this thread to give a more technical perspective on the subject and probably more reliable information than I can give.
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Virtual memory is essentially when Windows decides that 'something' that has been stored on your RAM isn't being accessed a lot, and it is sent to the hard drive which means you will get slower reads/writes and access times. Usually it only happens when you have too many programs open.
What are you running besides WMP11?
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You could uninstall it and use a better video player? One that won't rape your memory? Gom Player, VLC, Winamp, I'm sure there are many others.
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What OS are you running? 512 should be fine for xp. I think I might have had this problem too, along with another friend. I dont remember how we fixed it though, could have been fixed after a format, sorry.
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On June 01 2010 04:30 DeathByMonkeys wrote:Sounds like a possibly memory leak, but I don't know if WMP11 is prone to that or not. You could try allocating more virtual memory, are you on Vista? Small article on itI've read that you can allocate anywhere from 2-3 times the amount of RAM you have as virtual memory. Maybe R1CH will be in this thread to give a more technical perspective on the subject and probably more reliable information than I can give.
Sorry I'm on XP, should have said. I also should have said that the problem completely rapes my computer until it's almost unusable and I have to close WMP. I googled about WMP11 memory leaks before but I couldn't find anything.
On June 01 2010 04:32 FragKrag wrote:
Virtual memory is essentially when Windows decides that 'something' that has been stored on your RAM isn't being accessed a lot, and it is sent to the hard drive which means you will get slower reads/writes and access times. Usually it only happens when you have too many programs open.
What are you running besides WMP11?
Only firefox normally. The thing is I've had the same setup for years and years, and it's never done this to me.
On June 01 2010 04:32 seppolevne wrote:
You could uninstall it and use a better video player? One that won't rape your memory? Gom Player, VLC, Winamp, I'm sure there are many others.
Better for me is WMP11. I've tried plenty over the years, I love WMP.
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Actually, Firefox can develop memory leaks when it is open for too long. What is Firefox sucking up?
Uh TOP that is just stupid advice
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United States3824 Posts
That sounds like a memory leak. Yeah might be better to transition to a more lightweight media player, particularly if you want to do other things while you view your media.
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On June 01 2010 04:37 FragKrag wrote:
Actually, Firefox can develop memory leaks when it is open for too long. What is Firefox sucking up?
Barely anything, about 50MB RAM, 50MB virtual. Then WMP11 is on about 80MB RAM, 900MB virtual, haha.
It's just annoying that this started happening seemingly out of the blue.
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On June 01 2010 04:37 cgrinker wrote:
That sounds like a memory leak. Yeah might be better to transition to a more lightweight media player, particularly if you want to do other things while you view your media.
But I've been using WMP11 since it was released. Why would it start leaking memory now, any idea?
Thanks for all the input btw guys.
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There's a couple ways you can go about doing this.
1. Increase your virtual memory.
http://www.delete-computer-history.com/increase-virtual-memory.html
2. Use a different media player (wmp is terrible anyway). Some suggestions for music are foobar2000 (recommended), winamp, mediamonkey. For video, Media Player Classic, or VLC.
3. Buy a new computer / more ram. This will actually cost you money and ram is really expensive now so you probably aren't looking for this.
You probably want to do 2, and if the problem persists, use 1.
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Going to agree that you should run a more lightweight program like foobar2000 :<
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Check this out for Firefox (Firefox could also be creating a memory leak).
Memory Fox
This add-on also has a feature to reduce iTunes/Songbird memory when you're not directly using it if you were so inclined to change to either of these as a media player.
Also RAM is very cheap now a days if you simply wanted to buy more of that.
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On June 01 2010 04:43 xmShake wrote:There's a couple ways you can go about doing this. 1. Increase your virtual memory. http://www.delete-computer-history.com/increase-virtual-memory.html2. Use a different media player (wmp is terrible anyway). Some suggestions for music are foobar2000 (recommended), winamp, mediamonkey. For video, Media Player Classic, or VLC. 3. Buy a new computer / more ram. This will actually cost you money and ram is really expensive now so you probably aren't looking for this. You probably want to do 2, and if the problem persists, use 1.
Thanks for the help!
On June 01 2010 05:00 FragKrag wrote:
Going to agree that you should run a more lightweight program like foobar2000 :<
Fair enough. I just don't see why it would suddenly start leaking memory for apparently no reason when I've had it work great for me for years.
On June 01 2010 05:02 DeathByMonkeys wrote:Check this out for Firefox (Firefox could also be creating a memory leak). Memory FoxThis add-on also has a feature to reduce iTunes/Songbird memory when you're not directly using it if you were so inclined to change to either of these as a media player. Also RAM is very cheap now a days if you simply wanted to buy more of that.
Hehe, I actually got some new RAM for Christmas but it ended up being bad RAM, and I had to remove it. I'll check out that add on though, thanks.
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