On Sun, 21 Aug 2016 14:12:46 +0100 Al Poole <nets...@gmail.com> said:
> Hello, > > Maybe a limit on the number of processes??? there is a limit: int maxnum = (eina_cpu_count() / 2) + 1; that's the limit. however many cpu cores libc reports divided by 2.. plus 1. > https://www.enlightenment.org/ss/display.php?image=e-57b9a7baf33cd3.64891532.jpg > > Am finding here, OpenBSD, that I'm not having thumbnails generate > anything...regardless of the above just have black windows when moving > through the video rather than preview. i am not sure why. generic loader not working? something else? no info here to go by. > On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 2:05 PM, Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com> > wrote: > > > On Sun, 21 Aug 2016 14:22:33 +0200 Massimo Maiurana <maiur...@gmail.com> > > said: > > > > > Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) ha scritto il 21/08/2016 alle 14:03: > > > > On Sun, 21 Aug 2016 10:42:47 +0200 Massimo Maiurana < > > maiur...@gmail.com> > > > > said: > > > > > > > >> Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) ha scritto il 21/08/2016 alle 01:42: > > > >>> On Sat, 20 Aug 2016 19:04:44 +0200 Massimo Maiurana < > > maiur...@gmail.com> > > > >>> said: > > > >>> > > > >>>> Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) ha scritto il 20/08/2016 alle > > 14:17: > > > >>>>> On Sat, 20 Aug 2016 09:41:00 +0200 Massimo Maiurana < > > maiur...@gmail.com> > > > >>>>> said: > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>>> There is an annoying issue that I found in rage from some months > > ago > > > >>>>>> but I've always forgot to report it here, sorry :( > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> There are cases where rage_thumb just go crazy, spawns several > > > >>>>>> processes, eats up the cpu and reamins active even if I close > > rage, so > > > >>>>>> I have to "killal -9 rage_thumb". Tipically it happens if I > > navigate > > > >>>>>> the movie clicking with the mouse in the progress bar, so in > > order to > > > >>>>>> avoid it I use to navigate via arrow keys. > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> well - it's generating thumbanils for the whole movie (every 10 > > seconds > > > >>>>> or so it snapshots). it literally sits and loads the movie relying > > on > > > >>>>> the gst generic evas loader to load a specific frame # from the > > video > > > >>>>> file. it loads, scales down, and saves to a big eet archive with > > all > > > >>>>> the thumbs in it for the video... > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> why is it spinning? some bakctrace, some trace/debug as to what > > it's > > > >>>>> spinning on etc.... would be useful. :) > > > >>>> > > > >>>> I would like to help but need also help on how to generate > > backtraces :) > > > >>> > > > >>> gdb /usr/local/lib/rage/utils/rage_thumb `pidof rage_thumb` > > > >>> > > > >>> ... > > > >>> > > > >>> bt > > > >>> > > > >>> :) > > > >>> > > > >>> also getting the file it is choking on would be nice. the file will > > be on > > > >>> the cmdline passed to rage_thumb.. > > > >> > > > >> Ok, I did this: I opened a movie, clicked on some points in the > > progress > > > >> bar to go forward and the cpu went 100% (both cores). At this point I > > > >> had six instances of rage_thumb running. This is the command line: > > > >> rage /home/max/Video/Il.Volo.Del.Falco.2014.iTALiAN.BDRiP.XviD- > > HDi.avi > > > >> > > > >> Then I closed rage but all rage_thumb processes still was alive and > > > >> kicking... too kicking :) > > > >> Htop reported small cpu usage for rage_thumb, every process was eating > > > >> just around 1/1.5% of it. Top made me see that there were many > > > >> evas_image_load processes that instead was eating much more cpu, 10% > > and > > > >> occasionally 20% each process. I generated a backtrace from one of the > > > >> rage_thumb processes, I don't know how it is useful but it is > > attached. > > > >> In the meantime all processes quitted, so it is just a matter of time > > > >> waiting they do their job, but the problem is that this jog is cpu and > > > >> time consuming :) > > > >> > > > >> Should I run gdb on evas_image_load and generate a backtrace? > > > > > > > > doesn't sound hung to me. it sounds like its actually working. it may > > take > > > > several minutes to thumbnail the video depending on how long it is... > > > > > > It doesn't hang but it makes my pc unresponsive for a long time, even > > > > no - i meant that rage_thumb isn't hung - it sounds by your description, > > like > > it's doing it's job. it's trying to generate thumbnails... > > > > i wonder if the issue is that the stream cannot be seeked and thus it's > > simply > > repeatedly generating frame 0 because a seek to a point fails... > > > > if you do: > > > > strace -f -o ~/log -p `pidof rage_thumb` > > > > then grep through the file for "exec" - you should find the exec lines > > that run > > the generic loader... what are the aerguments? there should be the file > > plus a > > number. the number should be large - eg going up by 1000 per second being > > snapped. it will try and get an image for every 10 seconds from memory so > > number should be going up by 10k each run). maybe check the strace log and > > see > > what the child processes are exiting with (0 for success? something else?). > > > > > after I close rage. FWIU there should be a limit in how much cpu the > > > thumbnailing processes can take, or a limit in the number of > > > > it sets the priority of the video thumb to 10 - the higher the priority > > value > > the less likely the system will be to assign cpu to it - or that's how it > > should work. this should be inherited by child processes too. this is the > > nice > > value fyi (it uses setpriority() - see manual page): > > > > "The default nice value is {NZERO}; lower nice values shall cause more > > favorable scheduling." > > > > > thumbnailing processes which can be run at the same time, or at the very > > > least an option to turn off thumbnailing. I understand that my PC is > > > quite old (6 years), but I would like to keep using it as much as > > > possible :) > > > > i'm not going to make it an option. thumbnailing of videos is central ro > > rage > > and being able to know what on earth you are dealing with. you haven't > > seen the > > browser mode yet then where it'll be plainly obvious that no thumbnail > > makes the > > ui pretty poor. it's central tot he ui design. > > > > > >>>> If it would segvs i would do it via a "bt" command in gdb, but it > > > >>>> doesn't crash and also rage_thumb keeps running in multiple > > processes > > > >>>> when I stop rage, so how should I trace its activities? > > > >>> > > > >>> ^^^^^ you can attach to an existing process any time. when you > > attach the > > > >>> process will be paused. you can grab a bt then. you can let it > > continue > > > >>> running with "c" (continue) cmd any time. you can pause it again > > with ctrl > > > >>> +c in gdb an get another backtrace. switch stack frame with "fr N" > > where N > > > >>> matches the backtrace number. list the code where you are at with > > "l". > > > >>> list a specific line number in that file in context with "l 1234". > > print a > > > >>> variable you see with "p varname" dereference a pointer (like c/c++ > > does > > > >>> all the time) with "p *varname" or if its a struct geta member with > > "p > > > >>> varname->member". gdb will even be able to tab complete these like a > > shell > > > >>> does with files. :) > > > >>> > > > >>> learning gdb is a very powerful thing. you can find out so much > > useful > > > >>> info about a process... :) > > > >>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>>> Thanks > > > >>>>>> Massimo > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) ha scritto il 20/08/2016 alle > > 05:45: > > > >>>>>>> So here is a new release of Rage. > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> It is a simple video and audio player intended to be slick yet > > > >>>>>>> simplistic, much like Mplayer. You can provide 1 or more files > > to play > > > >>>>>>> on the command-line or just DND files onto the rage window to > > insert > > > >>>>>>> them into the playlist. You can get a visual representation of > > > >>>>>>> everything on the playlist by hitting the / key, or just > > hovering your > > > >>>>>>> mouse over the right side of the window. Mouse back over the > > left side > > > >>>>>>> of the window to dismiss it or press the key again. It has a full > > > >>>>>>> complement of key controls if you see the README for the full > > list. It > > > >>>>>>> will automatically search for album art for music files, if not > > > >>>>>>> already cached, and display that. It even generates thumbnails > > for > > > >>>>>>> the timeline of a video and allows you to preview the position on > > > >>>>>>> mouseover of the position bar at the bottom of the window. > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> If you run it without any files as arguments, it will go into > > > >>>>>>> "browser" mode where it will index $HOME/Videos and basically > > become > > > >>>>>>> a simple media center. > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> A feature list at this point: > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> * Play video and audio files > > > >>>>>>> * Support a playlist via command-line > > > >>>>>>> * Insert to playlist via DND > > > >>>>>>> * Controls hide on mouse idle, and appear on mouse movement > > > >>>>>>> * Fullscreen mode support with automatic "no blank" support > > > >>>>>>> * Playlist visual previews and controls > > > >>>>>>> * Subtitle file support > > > >>>>>>> * Supports Gstreamer 0.10, Gstreamer 1.x, Xine and VLC as media > > > >>>>>>> engines via Emotion modules > > > >>>>>>> * Selection of media back-end via command-line > > > >>>>>>> * Album art fetch and caching > > > >>>>>>> * Video thumbnail timeline generation and caching > > > >>>>>>> * Works with any Evas engine (OpenGL acceleration, pure > > software > > > >>>>>>> etc.) > > > >>>>>>> * Works in X11, Wayland and Framebuffer direct support > > > >>>>>>> * Accelerated seek on keyboard fowrard/reverse > > > >>>>>>> * Drag gestures for seeking > > > >>>>>>> * Special different UI modes for pure audio and video > > > >>>>>>> * Media center browser/indexer mode > > > >>>>>>> * Simeline thumbails of videos get generated and displayed > > when over > > > >>>>>>> seek bar > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> If you want to see more go to the about page at > > > >>>>>>> https://www.enlightenment.org/p.php?p=about/rage > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> http://download.enlightenment.org/rel/apps/rage/rage-0.2.0. > > tar.gz > > > >>>>>>> http://git.enlightenment.org/apps/rage.git > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> -- > > > >>>>>> Massimo Maiurana > > > >>>>>> Ragusa (RG) > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------ > > > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > > > >>>>>> enlightenment-devel mailing list > > > >>>>>> enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > > >>>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> -- > > > >>>> Massimo Maiurana > > > >>>> Ragusa (RG) > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> Massimo Maiurana > > > >> Ragusa (RG) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Massimo Maiurana > > > Ragusa (RG) > > > > > > > > > -- > > ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- > > The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > > enlightenment-devel mailing list > > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
