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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python

Research direction

Start by running the provided Python reproduction with representative video files and record the Python, OpenCV, and platform details, which the issue does not specify. Trace memory across repeated VideoCapture creation, seeking, reading, release, and garbage collection; done means isolating a reproducible leak and identifying the relevant component or a minimal fix.

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import psutil
import os
import random
import cv2
import gc

def logMem():
    uss = psutil.Process(os.getpid()).memory_full_info().uss / 1024 / 1024
    print(f"Memory usage: {uss} MB")

def Test(path):
    print("-"*100)
    print(path)
    cap = cv2.VideoCapture(path)
    total_frames = int(cap.get(cv2.CAP_PROP_FRAME_COUNT))
    print("init")
    logMem()
    for i in range(20):
        k = random.randint(0, total_frames)
        _ = cap.set(cv2.CAP_PROP_POS_FRAMES, k)
        ret, frame = cap.read()
        del ret, frame
    print("finish")
    logMem()
    cap.release()
    del cap
    gc.collect()
    gc.collect()
    gc.collect()
    print("del")
    logMem()
    print("-"*100)

path = 'PATH_TO_VIDEOS_FOLDER'
videos = os.listdir(path)

for i in range(10):
    Test(path + random.choice(videos))

Memory keep growing after every loop iter.

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