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    StreamFab for Windows 6.1.8.4 Eating RAM

    Did a clean uninstall and install of 6.1.8.4 (offline, hashes matched). As it was downloading the RAM spiked to 91%. Checked perfmon and nothing unusual there. I cleared the standby ram (ram temporarily set aside) and the RAM usage dropped drastically. Left SF going and within about 5 minutes the RAM shot up to 89%. Cleared the standby and things went back to normal. Reverted to 6.1.8.3 and ran as expected, no RAMstipation. Switched back to 6.1.8.4 and the same happened again. Cleared the standby and within minutes it was back up again. It can't be seen in perfmon as a process. It's part of the system, a little like a cache and AFAIK you can't turn it off.

    You may have never noticed it. Next time you do a clean boot make note of your RAM usage. Fire up a bunch of programs and use them. Then exit all. RAM usage will be higher than it was before you started but entries expire over time so it will shrink back.

    Anyone else seeing this? I can try to get logs but today is shot and tomorrow I go fishing so maybe Saturday.

    I use an old utility that you can't find any more from a member of SysInternals, wj32, called EmptyStandbyList that specifically clears the standby RAM usually when I plan to fire up my DAW. It is command line but I run it in a batch file with a shortcut in my start menu. They also have a newer more robust utility called RAMMap but the command line EXE is quick and easy. Bam, done.

    RAMMap - Sysinternals
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/rammap
    An advanced physical memory usage analysis utility that presents usage information in different ways on its several different tabs.
    Win11 Pro 22H2, no bloatware, no spyware, no crapware, no TPM, no Secure Boot, no MS account. And yes, you can dual boot 7 and 11.
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    I haven't installed 6.1.8.4 yet. With 6.1.8.3 on Win 10 64-bit, Task Manager shows StreamFab using between 285 and 330 MB, both while idle and while downloading.

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      #3
      Task manager won't show you RAM used by Standby however it will show you total RAM usage. Perfmon on Win7 is a bit of a joke. I use Rainmeter on my desktop to display total RAM usage at a glance. That sounds about right for SF in available RAM.
      Win11 Pro 22H2, no bloatware, no spyware, no crapware, no TPM, no Secure Boot, no MS account. And yes, you can dual boot 7 and 11.

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        I, unfortunately, have not seen this today. I just downloaded 8 very long programs from Peacock and ram use maybe went up at best 2 gig from 10g to 12g.
        Some were as long as 4 hours run time.

        It could be many things, maybe the provider's or amount of stuff or specific content.
        It is suspicious that if you go back from 84 to 83 you don't see it, so I don't know.

        I hope to test again Netflix and Amazon soon.
        What a waste of time, streamfab's so-called support.
        As far as logs, send them via SF itself, send feedback, or via (https://www.dvdfab.cn/member.htm?a=get_support). Sending feedback via SF is also viewable on the member site.

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          SF is currently running on Win7. If you're running anything else the problem may not present itself. Once I know the virtual machine is stable over time I'll move SF over to that. I only have one license for each module as I rarely use it on two computers at once so to switch I have to de-authorize and re-authorize.

          This happened downloading from Amazon and P+. Didn't try D+. So far I haven't needed any of the fixes in 6.1.8.4.
          Win11 Pro 22H2, no bloatware, no spyware, no crapware, no TPM, no Secure Boot, no MS account. And yes, you can dual boot 7 and 11.

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