alternatives to ATI apps ?

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ATI apps are leaking memory in my PC. I have done considerable
troubleshooting and testing, I installed new drivers for the AIW 9600 Pro,
the Audigy sound card, the VIA AGP driver. I flashed the BIOS, I removed
unnecessary hardware and/or disabled drivers, etc. But I still have the
memory leak (which is eventually fatal). It has been suggested that I use
other software apps besides ATI. Well, I don't know much about how that
would work or where to get something that would work. I don't know much
about multimedia. Because all my time so far has been spent tinkering
endlessly trying to get my ATI stuff working. I have spent hundreds of
hours in the last year trying to get this stuff to work right. I could try
my hardware and software on a different PC, or I could try some different
apps on this PC.

If there is alternative software apps, I am very willing to try them out. I
would appreciate your suggestions.

Bill S.
 
mr.athlon said:
ATI apps are leaking memory in my PC. I have done considerable
troubleshooting and testing, I installed new drivers for the AIW 9600 Pro,
the Audigy sound card, the VIA AGP driver. I flashed the BIOS, I removed
unnecessary hardware and/or disabled drivers, etc. But I still have the
memory leak (which is eventually fatal). It has been suggested that I use
other software apps besides ATI. Well, I don't know much about how that
would work or where to get something that would work. I don't know much
about multimedia. Because all my time so far has been spent tinkering
endlessly trying to get my ATI stuff working. I have spent hundreds of
hours in the last year trying to get this stuff to work right. I could try
my hardware and software on a different PC, or I could try some different
apps on this PC.

If there is alternative software apps, I am very willing to try them out. I
would appreciate your suggestions.

Bill S.
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The memory leak is not a known issue with ATI software, which could mean
that whatever you switch to you are going to have a problem. I am not
being unkind, just suggesting that the problem facing you might be
related uniquely to your system. Have you run your machine for a test
in a standard VGA driver with no ATI stuff running at all, just for long
enough to monitor memory? I must admit, when you say "apps", I am
unclear if you mean alternatives to Catalyst device drivers or some
multi-media programs. You could look out some Omega drivers and there
are numerous programs to provide multi-media or capture services with
either ATI or alternate drivers, depending on what you want to do. Let
us know?


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This is with AIW video recording, right?

Does the memory drain happen at the same rate as the video file size
increase on your hard drive?

Do you have a constant swapfile size?

Tried older/newer versions of the ATi multimedia software?
 
OK. I did some work. I may have had multiple problems. I got newer ATI
drivers and other ATI files. Also there is an issue with the older Sound
Blaster Audigy driver I had, so I got a newer one of those too. I Flashed
my BIOS to a newer version. I got a newer version of the VIA AGP driver for
my MOBO (ASUS A7v266). I did other stuff too. Things are working much
better, however there are still some puzzling things. Now that the glitches
are fixed I realize what I thought was a memory leak isn't causing the
problems. Here are the mysterious things:

1) When I record (cable TV, VCR, etc.), Windows System Monitor shows the
unused physical memory (initially over 300 MB) constantly decreasing right
down to nothing - none left at all - but now I see that isn't hurting
anything. In fact I can start and run other programs at that point, though
SysMon says there is no memory left. I never did monitor virtual memory at
the same time. I don't know why it would be using virtual memory. Also,my
virtual memory isn't fixed size. I don't understand why SysMon would show
my unused physical memory dwindling away. I can see how the recording
process might use some, but not a continually increasing amount.

2) The Launch Pad program appears not to work very good. I realize I don't
need really need it, but it's goofy operation was adding to my belief that I
had some fundamental system problem. The DVD app and the FilePlayer app
often hang during start up when I start them with LP. After I kill the
aborted program via Ctrl+Alt+Del Launch Pad won't launch any video program
again though LP itself doesn't appear to be hung. I was so focused on LP I
didn't realize I could start the apps simply by clicking the files (of
course). I discovered I can also start the apps by clicking their .RSC
files - though I have no idea what those files are for.

Anyhow, thanks for your response to my post. Any additional comments will
be appreciated.
 
OK. I did some work. I may have had multiple problems. I got newer ATI
drivers and other ATI files. Also there is an issue with the older Sound
Blaster Audigy driver I had, so I got a newer one of those too. I Flashed
my BIOS to a newer version. I got a newer version of the VIA AGP driver for
my MOBO (ASUS A7v266). I did other stuff too. Things are working much
better, however there are still some puzzling things. Now that the glitches
are fixed I realize what I thought was a memory leak isn't causing the
problems. Here are the mysterious things:

1) When I record (cable TV, VCR, etc.), Windows System Monitor shows the
unused physical memory (initially over 300 MB) constantly decreasing right
down to nothing - none left at all - but now I see that isn't hurting
anything. In fact I can start and run other programs at that point, though
SysMon says there is no memory left. I never did monitor virtual memory at
the same time. I don't know why it would be using virtual memory. Also,my
virtual memory isn't fixed size. I don't understand why SysMon would show
my unused physical memory dwindling away. I can see how the recording
process might use some, but not a continually increasing amount.

2) The Launch Pad program appears not to work very good. I realize I don't
need really need it, but it's goofy operation was adding to my belief that I
had some fundamental system problem. The DVD app and the FilePlayer app
often hang during start up when I start them with LP. After I kill the
aborted program via Ctrl+Alt+Del Launch Pad won't launch any video program
again though LP itself doesn't appear to be hung. I was so focused on LP I
didn't realize I could start the apps simply by clicking the files (of
course). I discovered I can also start the apps by clicking their .RSC
files - though I have no idea what those files are for.



Anyhow, thanks for your response to my post. Any additional comments will
be appreciated.
 
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