[Bug 30185] Rhythmbox uses excessive memory/Possible Leak?

[Darryl Clarke]

Public bug reported:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/30185

Affects: rhythmbox (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed

Description:
Dapper Current,
$ apt-cache policy rhythmbox
rhythmbox:
  Installed: 0.9.2cvs20060124-0ubuntu1

I have a very large library:

(right after starting rhythmbox, and library update is completed:)
  PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
25235 dclarke   15   0  333m  91m  15m S    0  9.1   0:36.98 rhythmbox

After pressing 'play', there are now two PIDs:
  PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
25235 dclarke   15   0  345m  92m  16m S    4  9.2   0:41.15 rhythmbox
25299 dclarke   15   0  337m  77m 1348 S    0  7.7   0:00.00 rhythmbox

After 3 songs have played:
  PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
25235 dclarke   15   0  355m  93m  16m S    5  9.3   0:57.35 rhythmbox
25431 dclarke   15   0  346m  77m 1252 S    0  7.8   0:00.00 rhythmbox


The original PIDs memory has jumped.

I understand this is mostly shared memory, however, after being open
(not necessarily playing) for a day the value of "VIRT" for the original
PID will be up over 750MB.

As far as features go:
I have no podcasts configured.
[  ] Watch my library for new files
[x] Share My Music
[x] Enable Audio Scrobbler