Niggling Bugs
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:34 am
Firstly guys, I love the software and am a huge fan - it just keeps getting better.
That being said, I haven't found the versions to be stable for many, many releases - I have two recurring issues (but they are more annoying than critical).
1) I think there are still some major memory leaks in MEncoder/MPlayer, which means I need to close and restart UMS or reboot my PC to get it working properly. The memory leak manifests itself as an inability to transcode files that would need MPlayer capability (I prioritise it above FFmpeg as I find FFmpeg causes files to skip randomly). I can always tell if I'm going to have this problem because MPlayer has also stopped generating new icons. If I un-check the "Use MPlayer for video thumbnails" checkbox, the icons can be generated, but the file still throws an error when I try to play it.
2) I still get random pauses in file playback (usually only on movies or content above 720p). Sometimes the pause restarts itself, other times I need to exit and replay the file.
I'm using a brand new dedicated PC with Windows 8 and Quad Xeon processors with 16GB RAM (and found the problem to also exist on Win 7), and end-to-end Gigabit Ethernet streaming to PS3. I've tried to install with double the Java heap size, but when I do so using the modifier in the installer package, I get a "could not create the Java Virtual Machine" fatal exception error. If I double the settings in the UMS.bat, and start the program that way, it seems to not create the exception error, but I'd rather not start the program through UMS.bat if I can help it.
That being said, I haven't found the versions to be stable for many, many releases - I have two recurring issues (but they are more annoying than critical).
1) I think there are still some major memory leaks in MEncoder/MPlayer, which means I need to close and restart UMS or reboot my PC to get it working properly. The memory leak manifests itself as an inability to transcode files that would need MPlayer capability (I prioritise it above FFmpeg as I find FFmpeg causes files to skip randomly). I can always tell if I'm going to have this problem because MPlayer has also stopped generating new icons. If I un-check the "Use MPlayer for video thumbnails" checkbox, the icons can be generated, but the file still throws an error when I try to play it.
2) I still get random pauses in file playback (usually only on movies or content above 720p). Sometimes the pause restarts itself, other times I need to exit and replay the file.
I'm using a brand new dedicated PC with Windows 8 and Quad Xeon processors with 16GB RAM (and found the problem to also exist on Win 7), and end-to-end Gigabit Ethernet streaming to PS3. I've tried to install with double the Java heap size, but when I do so using the modifier in the installer package, I get a "could not create the Java Virtual Machine" fatal exception error. If I double the settings in the UMS.bat, and start the program that way, it seems to not create the exception error, but I'd rather not start the program through UMS.bat if I can help it.