2012-11-04, 16:23
Quote:Most skins don't check for low memory.@ned Scott, and not too many skins require script.xbmc.debug.log either. Design decision on my part for both of these things. I really DON'T like how my iPod Touch just drops back to the icons screen when an app crashes, leaving me to wonder what the hell happened. So I provide a warning where I can on a situation that could possibly be a problem and make it easy for the user to provide meaningful data for me (or a dev) to diagnose the problem.
Quote:Most modern operating systems will allow processes to consume mem. they will free it when required so don't worry about trying to keep N-MBs free. The OS will take care of itself. The low mem warning is an XBox-isum.@davilla, yep modern OS do look after low memory situations, so unlike the XBox the low memory situation is not a sign of impending doom. But in most cases it is a sign of impending hard disk thrashing (and resulting slow down of the system).
Quote:But is it a false warning?@FriendlyG, really depends on your point of view. It's a warning only. On an XBox it a sign of a crash about to happen, on a Mac with Mountain Lion its probably not a big deal. For most other platforms it probably somewhere between these two points (but probably closer to Mountain Lion side than XBox). Point for you to remember. If you see a problem in a number of different skins, its probably a XBMC problem, if it only occurs in one skin, its probably a skin problem. Keep this in mind when you are deciding where to post your questions.
As such despite it being a "XBox-isum" I think I will keep this in the skin and include a hidden setting to turn off the warning (that way I can keep this in the skin and the user set flag will survive between skin versions). Will be part of v1.2.2 of skin.
Wyrm (xTV-SAF)