Bug 116525 – High utilization of system resources[especially RAM] while playing HTML 5 video

• Status: RESOLVED
• Resolution: WONTFIX
• Component: Media

[shyju]

Overview:
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High utilization of system resources[especially RAM] while playing HTML 5 video.

Steps to Reproduce:
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[code] 
#include "mainwindow.h"
#include <QApplication>
#include <QWebView>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QApplication a(argc, argv);
    QString Url1  = "http://www.quirksmode.org/html5/videos/big_buck_bunny.mp4";
    QWebView view1;
    view1.show();
    view1.setUrl(QUrl(Url1));
    return a.exec();
}
[\code]
 
Actual Results:
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On running above qt program, qtapp launches and the video playback start . 
Observed system becoming slow. Checked the resource usage using "Activity Monitor" app. The free RAM size continue to decrease as the playback proceeds. After around 30-35 sec of playback free RAM as low as 6 MB. Before starting the QT application the Free RAM was around 2.1 GB.QT app fails to respond to user inputs.

Observation:
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System become responsive once the full  video is buffered which is reflected in the progressbar.

Expected Results:
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Video playback should not consume so much system resources that application fails to respond to user inputs.

Build Date & Platform:
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Tried with QT 5.0.2 and QT 5.0.1 . OS : MAC OSX 10.8.3

Additional Information:
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Didn't observe this issue playing the HTML5 video content with flash plugin in windows.

[Ahmad Saleem]

Qt Framework is not supported anymore.