OpenCut-app / OpenCut-app/OpenCut
[BUG] importing clip devours RAM until desktop crash
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Description
Platform
Windows 11
Browser
Firefox 145.0.2 (64-bit)
Current Behavior
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/66cc7a93-bf53-44d5-95e0-4e44018b3b29
When importing ~20 sec clip, OpenCut uses ram until desktop crashes
Expected Behavior
For RAM usage to not skyrocket
Recurrence Probability
Always
Steps To Reproduce
Grab clip
Import clip to media selection
Watch Task Manager in horror
Anything else?
I closed the tab in this clip, but if i let it keep going, Windows would've crashed.
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Research direction
No source file or test is named. Reproduce the import of a roughly 20-second clip on Windows 11 with Firefox while monitoring Task Manager, then trace the media-import path. Done means importing the clip without RAM usage continually escalating toward a desktop crash.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- frontend, performance
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 50/100