*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 743323 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/743323
I'm seeing this randomly as well while listening to streaming radio. All of a sudden VLC will consume as much memory as possible. I have to ssh to the machine and kill -9 the vlc process which is quite slow due to the lack of memory. System: Linux bohemia 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:24 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux 8GB RAM Listening to: http://provisioning.streamtheworld.com/pls/KROQFMDIALUP.pls -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/778155 Title: VLC freezes the whole system eating up the whole RAM -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs