Re: [micro-manager-general] Memory leak during time lapse?

[Nico S. <ni...@cm...>]

Hi Hernan,

> I’m having a little memory leak when I run movies. I haven’t gotten  
> this error in a long time, so I assume it has something to do with  
> the new version. I’m attaching the acquisition protocol (made with  
> demo equipment). I used the attached position list (10 positions).  
> The problem is there whether you use autofocus or not. Using  
> “display in live window” or the standard mode also doesn’t make a  
> difference. In all cases you can watch the memory assigned to java  
> increase in the task manager. Any ideas?

Thanks for pointing this bug out so nicely!  We have been aware of  
this problem for a while (see the ticket: https://valelab.ucsf.edu/trac/micromanager/ticket/214 
  ), however, it is hard to track down.  As a workaround, Oleksiy  
added the checkbox 'Display in Live Window' in the Multi-Dimensional  
acquisition Window.  When checked, the last image taken by the camera  
will be displayed, but nothing else.  When checked, we have not seen  
memory leaks anymore.

We should probably replace the two checkboxes ('Display only last  
frame' and 'Display in Live Window') with a dropdown or something  
similar, since 'Display in Live WIndow' overrides 'Display only last  
frame'.

Best,

Nico