DR Studio 17.1.1 Holding GPU Memory until quit
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 3:19 pmHi,
I have come up against what I consider to be a bug that has been present for a while at least since the release of DR 17 until now (17.1.1).
If I do something GPU and NVRAM intensive such as using some fusion compositions/tools in a DRS edit the NVRAM usage builds up over time but never seems to release or purge if I close the project and open another without quitting DR entirely.
If I quit DR entirely the NVRAM flushes out if I do not it will remain full.
For example, I was doing some 360 reframing using the Karta VR Reframe360 Ultra fusion composition of some 8K360 video and my 11GB of NVRAM (Nvidia 1080Ti) would fill up pretty quickly during the work on a single clip. So when finished with one clip I had to render that out before moving on to work on the next clip otherwise I would get "GPU RAM full" errors. if I rendered the clip and then deleted the edit in the hope of flushing the GPU RAM it would not clear the RAM usage, nor would it if I closed the project and re-opened, the only way to flush the memory out was to close DR entirely and relaunch again.
I know I'm not the only one seeing this as it was confirmed by another use in the DR Facebook user group and its not the Karta VR Fusion composition as it does the same with the DRS stock effects too.
It happens with any material whether MP4 H264/H265, Avid DNX HR HQ, Apple ProRes 422 and any resolution but I mainly work in 1080p, 4K and 8K 360.
Hopefully, this can be looked at by the DEV team as it's really annoying, I'll be happy to provide any further information requested.
I have come up against what I consider to be a bug that has been present for a while at least since the release of DR 17 until now (17.1.1).
If I do something GPU and NVRAM intensive such as using some fusion compositions/tools in a DRS edit the NVRAM usage builds up over time but never seems to release or purge if I close the project and open another without quitting DR entirely.
If I quit DR entirely the NVRAM flushes out if I do not it will remain full.
For example, I was doing some 360 reframing using the Karta VR Reframe360 Ultra fusion composition of some 8K360 video and my 11GB of NVRAM (Nvidia 1080Ti) would fill up pretty quickly during the work on a single clip. So when finished with one clip I had to render that out before moving on to work on the next clip otherwise I would get "GPU RAM full" errors. if I rendered the clip and then deleted the edit in the hope of flushing the GPU RAM it would not clear the RAM usage, nor would it if I closed the project and re-opened, the only way to flush the memory out was to close DR entirely and relaunch again.
I know I'm not the only one seeing this as it was confirmed by another use in the DR Facebook user group and its not the Karta VR Fusion composition as it does the same with the DRS stock effects too.
It happens with any material whether MP4 H264/H265, Avid DNX HR HQ, Apple ProRes 422 and any resolution but I mainly work in 1080p, 4K and 8K 360.
Hopefully, this can be looked at by the DEV team as it's really annoying, I'll be happy to provide any further information requested.
