Full Version: Component memory usage
I started to notice the other day that my foobar occupies quite a bit of my RAM. So I wondered who the culprit was. Unfortunately foobar doesn't have a particularly easy-to-use way (other than simply deleting) of selectively disabling components to perform a comfortable binary search, and I won't bother you with posting a list of them all, so I humbly ask what popular resource-hungry plugins do you know?
Without advanced technical knowledge, strict test-environment, and something else than task-manager, you cannot get any useful measurements of how much ram various plugins use. Simple example (of many): just bump up the output-buffer, and you already get a significant change in memory usage, without changing any plugins.
From my experience these are the components that have a significant hit on memory/startup time:
* foo_browser
* foo_albumlist
* track info panels (especially if it's set to update too frequently)
PanelUI/SCPL configs usually use more ram than their uglier Column UI/Default UI counterparts.
* foo_browser
* foo_albumlist
* track info panels (especially if it's set to update too frequently)
PanelUI/SCPL configs usually use more ram than their uglier Column UI/Default UI counterparts.
I think this only works if people give examples.
I use (as in: they actually DO anything besides sit in my Foobar folder) the following plugins (so these run constantly when I run Foobar):
Core (2007-04-20 21:36:34)
foobar2000 core 0.9.4.3
foo_audioscrobbler.dll (2007-05-13 14:23:40)
Audioscrobbler 1.3.6
foo_browser.dll (2007-03-23 16:53:12)
Music Browser 1.2.3b [Mar 23 2007 - 16:52:56]
foo_cwb_hooks.dll (2007-05-04 12:45:42)
cwbowron's title format hooks 1.1.1 [May 4 2007 - 12:39:47]
foo_dsp_crossfader.dll (2007-06-13 00:02:08)
Gapless Crossfader 0.3.2.2 (Intel SSE)
foo_dsp_crossfeed.dll (2006-03-21 16:32:54)
Crossfeed 0.92
foo_dsp_std.dll (2007-01-20 01:36:56)
Standard DSP array 1.0
foo_playcount.dll (2006-09-16 17:55:54)
Playback Statistics 1.3.2
foo_ui_panels.dll (2007-05-23 02:07:40)
Panels UI 0.13.3 beta [May 23 2007 - 02:07:20]
foo_uie_peakmeter.dll (2007-07-03 12:18:24)
Peakmeter Panel 0.0.3 beta
foo_uie_queuemanager.dll (2006-12-17 03:21:36)
Queue manager panel 0.2.3
foo_uie_quicksearch.dll (2007-05-18 13:31:10)
Quick Search Toolbar 2.8l
foo_uie_tabs.dll (2006-10-17 22:54:32)
Tabbed panel modified 0.2.5
My Foobar uses just under 20mb's of RAM. This is with 3 browser panels, 1 small and 1 fullscreen track info (track info is part of panels_ui nowadays) and a playlist view with 10 columns.
I use (as in: they actually DO anything besides sit in my Foobar folder) the following plugins (so these run constantly when I run Foobar):
Core (2007-04-20 21:36:34)
foobar2000 core 0.9.4.3
foo_audioscrobbler.dll (2007-05-13 14:23:40)
Audioscrobbler 1.3.6
foo_browser.dll (2007-03-23 16:53:12)
Music Browser 1.2.3b [Mar 23 2007 - 16:52:56]
foo_cwb_hooks.dll (2007-05-04 12:45:42)
cwbowron's title format hooks 1.1.1 [May 4 2007 - 12:39:47]
foo_dsp_crossfader.dll (2007-06-13 00:02:08)
Gapless Crossfader 0.3.2.2 (Intel SSE)
foo_dsp_crossfeed.dll (2006-03-21 16:32:54)
Crossfeed 0.92
foo_dsp_std.dll (2007-01-20 01:36:56)
Standard DSP array 1.0
foo_playcount.dll (2006-09-16 17:55:54)
Playback Statistics 1.3.2
foo_ui_panels.dll (2007-05-23 02:07:40)
Panels UI 0.13.3 beta [May 23 2007 - 02:07:20]
foo_uie_peakmeter.dll (2007-07-03 12:18:24)
Peakmeter Panel 0.0.3 beta
foo_uie_queuemanager.dll (2006-12-17 03:21:36)
Queue manager panel 0.2.3
foo_uie_quicksearch.dll (2007-05-18 13:31:10)
Quick Search Toolbar 2.8l
foo_uie_tabs.dll (2006-10-17 22:54:32)
Tabbed panel modified 0.2.5
My Foobar uses just under 20mb's of RAM. This is with 3 browser panels, 1 small and 1 fullscreen track info (track info is part of panels_ui nowadays) and a playlist view with 10 columns.
These are the components i'm using:
Core (2007-04-20 15:36:34)
foobar2000 core 0.9.4.3
foo_audioscrobbler.dll (2007-05-13 14:23:40)
Audioscrobbler 1.3.6
foo_autoplaylist.dll (2006-08-04 21:56:56)
Autoplaylist Manager 1.0
foo_cdda.dll (2007-04-14 13:54:36)
CD Audio Decoder 2.1.1
foo_common.dll (2007-01-22 13:02:18)
Common services 0.1
foo_converter.dll (2007-04-20 15:34:28)
Converter 1.0.1
foo_cwb_hooks.dll (2007-06-12 15:14:24)
cwbowron's title format hooks 1.2.5 [Jun 8 2007 - 08:49:42]
Tagger Panel Window 1.0.5 [Jun 12 2007 - 15:14:00]
foo_cwbowron.dll (2007-07-13 10:18:14)
Album Art Browser 0.0.5 [Jul 13 2007 - 10:15:45]
foo_dbsearch.dll (2007-01-25 21:58:48)
Database Search 1.4
foo_dsp_crossfader.dll (2007-06-13 00:02:08)
Gapless Crossfader 0.3.2.2 (Intel SSE)
foo_dsp_dolbyhp.dll (2006-04-30 14:59:34)
Dolby Headphone Wrapper 1.1
foo_dsp_std.dll (2007-01-19 19:36:56)
Standard DSP array 1.0
foo_freedb2.dll (2006-08-29 14:43:04)
freedb Tagger 0.5.2a
foo_input_alac.dll (2006-08-04 21:57:02)
ALAC Decoder 1.0
foo_input_dts.dll (2006-07-22 16:35:48)
DTS decoder 0.1.7
foo_input_monkey.dll (2007-04-13 18:39:54)
Monkey's Audio decoder 2.1.2
foo_input_shorten.dll (2007-01-22 13:05:40)
Shorten decoder 0.4.2a
foo_input_std.dll (2007-04-20 15:34:22)
FLAC Decoder 1.1.0
Standard Input Array 1.0
WMA Decoder 1.1
foo_input_tak.dll (2007-05-13 18:54:34)
TAK Decoder 0.3.2
foo_input_tta.dll (2006-05-01 12:53:16)
TTA Audio Decoder (unofficial) 2.4.2
foo_lyricsdb.dll (2007-02-26 18:42:02)
foo_lyricsdb 0.0.7 beta 5
foo_masstag.dll (2007-04-20 15:33:44)
Masstagger 1.6
foo_msnalt.dll (2007-07-19 06:56:47)
MSN Now Playing (alt) 2.4
foo_navigator.dll (2007-07-20 17:58:36)
Navigator 0.62
foo_playback_custom.dll (2007-07-20 12:59:58)
Playback Statistics Custom 1.1.1
foo_rgscan.dll (2007-04-20 15:33:22)
ReplayGain Scanner 2.0.2
foo_run.dll (2006-06-15 22:08:10)
Run services 0.3.2
foo_scrobblecharts.dll (2007-03-31 16:36:48)
Last.fm Chart Player 0.2.3
foo_ui_columns.dll (2007-07-15 18:23:12)
Columns UI 0.2.0 alpha 3
foo_uie_albumart.dll (2007-01-15 17:04:44)
Album Art Panel 0.2.6
foo_uie_albumlist.dll (2007-06-11 09:13:53)
Album list panel 0.2.3 beta
foo_unpack.dll (2007-04-20 15:35:14)
RAR reader 1.1
ZIP/GZIP reader 1.0
foo_utils.dll (2007-01-22 13:05:00)
Playlist Tools 0.5.9
foo_verifier.dll (2006-08-29 22:09:16)
File Integrity Verifier 1.0.1
My library at present has 50,006 items and I have about 8 playlists (4 of which are autoplaylists) open at a given time. Taskmanager reports the "Memory (Private Working Set)" as 33 MB. I found out that using foo_uie_explorer instead of foo_uie_albumlist results in a memory savings of about 5-6 mb for me, but it wasn't worth it from a usability perspective.
CODE
Core (2007-04-20 15:36:34)
foobar2000 core 0.9.4.3
foo_audioscrobbler.dll (2007-05-13 14:23:40)
Audioscrobbler 1.3.6
foo_autoplaylist.dll (2006-08-04 21:56:56)
Autoplaylist Manager 1.0
foo_cdda.dll (2007-04-14 13:54:36)
CD Audio Decoder 2.1.1
foo_common.dll (2007-01-22 13:02:18)
Common services 0.1
foo_converter.dll (2007-04-20 15:34:28)
Converter 1.0.1
foo_cwb_hooks.dll (2007-06-12 15:14:24)
cwbowron's title format hooks 1.2.5 [Jun 8 2007 - 08:49:42]
Tagger Panel Window 1.0.5 [Jun 12 2007 - 15:14:00]
foo_cwbowron.dll (2007-07-13 10:18:14)
Album Art Browser 0.0.5 [Jul 13 2007 - 10:15:45]
foo_dbsearch.dll (2007-01-25 21:58:48)
Database Search 1.4
foo_dsp_crossfader.dll (2007-06-13 00:02:08)
Gapless Crossfader 0.3.2.2 (Intel SSE)
foo_dsp_dolbyhp.dll (2006-04-30 14:59:34)
Dolby Headphone Wrapper 1.1
foo_dsp_std.dll (2007-01-19 19:36:56)
Standard DSP array 1.0
foo_freedb2.dll (2006-08-29 14:43:04)
freedb Tagger 0.5.2a
foo_input_alac.dll (2006-08-04 21:57:02)
ALAC Decoder 1.0
foo_input_dts.dll (2006-07-22 16:35:48)
DTS decoder 0.1.7
foo_input_monkey.dll (2007-04-13 18:39:54)
Monkey's Audio decoder 2.1.2
foo_input_shorten.dll (2007-01-22 13:05:40)
Shorten decoder 0.4.2a
foo_input_std.dll (2007-04-20 15:34:22)
FLAC Decoder 1.1.0
Standard Input Array 1.0
WMA Decoder 1.1
foo_input_tak.dll (2007-05-13 18:54:34)
TAK Decoder 0.3.2
foo_input_tta.dll (2006-05-01 12:53:16)
TTA Audio Decoder (unofficial) 2.4.2
foo_lyricsdb.dll (2007-02-26 18:42:02)
foo_lyricsdb 0.0.7 beta 5
foo_masstag.dll (2007-04-20 15:33:44)
Masstagger 1.6
foo_msnalt.dll (2007-07-19 06:56:47)
MSN Now Playing (alt) 2.4
foo_navigator.dll (2007-07-20 17:58:36)
Navigator 0.62
foo_playback_custom.dll (2007-07-20 12:59:58)
Playback Statistics Custom 1.1.1
foo_rgscan.dll (2007-04-20 15:33:22)
ReplayGain Scanner 2.0.2
foo_run.dll (2006-06-15 22:08:10)
Run services 0.3.2
foo_scrobblecharts.dll (2007-03-31 16:36:48)
Last.fm Chart Player 0.2.3
foo_ui_columns.dll (2007-07-15 18:23:12)
Columns UI 0.2.0 alpha 3
foo_uie_albumart.dll (2007-01-15 17:04:44)
Album Art Panel 0.2.6
foo_uie_albumlist.dll (2007-06-11 09:13:53)
Album list panel 0.2.3 beta
foo_unpack.dll (2007-04-20 15:35:14)
RAR reader 1.1
ZIP/GZIP reader 1.0
foo_utils.dll (2007-01-22 13:05:00)
Playlist Tools 0.5.9
foo_verifier.dll (2006-08-29 22:09:16)
File Integrity Verifier 1.0.1
My library at present has 50,006 items and I have about 8 playlists (4 of which are autoplaylists) open at a given time. Taskmanager reports the "Memory (Private Working Set)" as 33 MB. I found out that using foo_uie_explorer instead of foo_uie_albumlist results in a memory savings of about 5-6 mb for me, but it wasn't worth it from a usability perspective.
My foobar uses 980k when minimized and not playing. When the window is active and playing, it uses 13mb. I'm running foo_ui_panels's Track Info and Library Filter panels on columns, plus the Console and Album Art panels.
I've found that a large custominfo database delays foobar startup immensely as well.
I've found that a large custominfo database delays foobar startup immensely as well.
QUOTE(elenhil @ Jul 22 2007, 14:57) 
I started to notice the other day that my foobar occupies quite a bit of my RAM. So I wondered who the culprit was. Unfortunately foobar doesn't have a particularly easy-to-use way (other than simply deleting) of selectively disabling components to perform a comfortable binary search, and I won't bother you with posting a list of them all, so I humbly ask what popular resource-hungry plugins do you know?
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....st&p=392469
I used fofr config for a while but it used 66 meg of RAM 
I find that panels UI can sometimes cause alot of memory usage if I have a big layout with lots of images displayed.
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