The app often run out of memory when preview a big file
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Description
Describe the bug
As the title, when previewing a big files (not including images or videos), the program will use tons of memory much larger than the file, and even I close the preview window, it also occupy the memory.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
1.Preview a big file (Image bigger than 3 MB, video bigger than 200MB)
2.Open the taskmgr
3.You can see the yellow line highlighted by taskmgr.
Expected behavior
When user close the window, the memory will be released in a time(5s for etc.).
Desktop (please complete the following information):
- OS Version: Windows 10 21H2
- QuickLook Version: 3.7.1 from github
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue by previewing a large non-image or non-video file on Windows 10 and monitoring memory in Task Manager. Check whether memory remains occupied after closing the preview window; done means memory usage is released within a reasonable period without regressing large-file previews.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- desktop, performance
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100