Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] "Cannot allocate memory" error

2019-08-22 Thread SpiderJon
bpa wrote: > I'm not sure of the details but I think LMS memory often expands and > then plateau. A lot of LMS caches (artwork, database, web page > templates) have an upper limit so if you say have a lot of artwork and > database - the caches would fill faster than my setup which is just >

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] "Cannot allocate memory" error

2019-08-21 Thread bpa
SpiderJon wrote: > and it stays at c.42% whether or not it's playing anything. Is that > expected behaviour? > > Fwiw, even if I initiate a media library rescan it stays at c.42% memory > usage (although the CPU usage obviously increases hugely). I'm not sure of the details but I think LMS

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] "Cannot allocate memory" error

2019-08-21 Thread SpiderJon
bpa wrote: > THis is my pi3b+ with basic Raspbian. Nothing runs on it except LMS > mnainly for internet services such as BBCiPlayer. > > > > Your total amount of RAM is 765604 compare to mine 949448. So something > is taken a huge chunk away from the OS - perhaps vncserver. > > What is

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] "Cannot allocate memory" error

2019-08-21 Thread bpa
THis is my pi3b+ with basic Raspbian. Nothing runs on it except LMS mnainly for internet services such as BBCiPlayer. Code: top - 18:34:48 up 63 days, 18:13, 2 users, load average: 0.01, 0.02, 0.00 Tasks: 97 total, 1 running, 54 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] "Cannot allocate memory" error

2019-08-21 Thread mrw
SpiderJon wrote: > When trying to play some types of radio stream (specifically, those from > the BBC iPlayer plugin), I get the error > > Slim::Control::Request::execute (1888) Error: While trying to run > function coderef [Slim::Control::Commands::playlistJumpCommand]: [open2: > fork failed:

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] "Cannot allocate memory" error

2019-08-21 Thread SpiderJon
bpa wrote: > OK - so any trasncoding causes the problem. > > If it is really a memory/resources error - could the system have too > many processes ? > What does "free" or "top" say about free memory/resources. Nothing else really runs on the server. top results below. I've snipped the list

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] "Cannot allocate memory" error

2019-08-21 Thread bpa
SpiderJon wrote: > I use two types of player: Duet receiver and SqueezePlay. They both > result in the same error. > > > And no SomaFM streams don't play either: same error in log: > > 19-08-21 17:18:21.2154] Slim::Networking::Async::DNS::resolve (44) Using > cached DNS response

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] "Cannot allocate memory" error

2019-08-21 Thread SpiderJon
bpa wrote: > > What is the player ? > > Can it play other AAC stream which needs transcoding such as > http://somafm.com/illstreet64.pls I use two types of player: Duet receiver and SqueezePlay. They both result in the same error. And no SomaFM streams don't play either: same error in

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] "Cannot allocate memory" error

2019-08-21 Thread bpa
For completeness the "open2" is usually used by LMS when starting a transcoding usually because player doesn't support AAC. What is the player ? Can it play other AAC stream which needs transcoding such as http://somafm.com/illstreet64.pls