VideoPlayer - Memory Leak #169208
Description
Steps to reproduce
flutter: "3.29.3"
video_player: 2.9.5
- OpenFlutter project containing the looping video widget (using video_player and VideoPlayerController.asset).
- Ensure the app’s main screen displays the VideoWidget, initialized with a short asset video set to loop indefinitely.
- Connect a real Android device (or launch an emulator) and run the app in profile or release mode:
- Leave the app running on the video-playing screen continuously for an extended period (e.g. 72+ hours).
- Periodically check memory usage via: adb shell dumpsys meminfo {{PACKAGE_NAME}} | grep TOTAL or via Dev Tools
- Observe that the reported RAM usage climbs steadily (eventually reaching ~2 GB), rather than stabilizing.
Expected results
The video player should run indefinitely (e.g. for months or even a year) without any unbounded increase in RAM usage.
Memory consumption should stabilize shortly after startup (e.g. remain under ~200 MB on Android profile mode) and never grow continuously.
Actual results
When looping a short video via the official video_player plugin, RAM usage climbs steadily.
After ~72 hours of continuous playback, the process consumes up to ~2 GB of memory, eventually leading to out-of-memory crashes.
Code sample
Code sample
class VideoWidget extends StatefulWidget {
const VideoWidget({
super.key,
required this.videoAsset,
this.controller,
});
final String videoAsset;
final VideoPlayerController? controller;
@override
State<VideoWidget> createState() => _VideoWidgetState();
}
class _VideoWidgetState extends State<VideoWidget> with RouteVisibilityMixin {
late VideoPlayerController _controller;
@override
void initState() {
super.initState();
_controller = widget.controller ?? VideoPlayerController.asset(widget.videoAsset);
_controller.setLooping(true);
_controller.initialize().then((_) => setState(() {}));
_controller.play();
}
@override
Future<void> dispose() async {
super.dispose();
await _controller.dispose();
}
@override
void onRouteVisibilityChanged(bool isRouteVisible) {
if (isRouteVisible && !_controller.value.isPlaying) {
_controller.play();
} else if (!isRouteVisible && _controller.value.isPlaying) {
_controller.pause();
}
}
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return FittedBox(
fit: BoxFit.cover,
child: SizedBox(
width: _controller.value.size.width,
height: _controller.value.size.height,
child: VideoPlayer(_controller),
),
);
}
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