[Defy Android Development] slimshady76:
Here is my mediaserver info. This time I didn't find it particularly congestioned, but some times it eats memory like Homer Simpson chews donuts...

# uptime
up time: 1 days, 06:31:56, idle time: 04:35:51, sleep time: 1 days, 00:36:22
# procmem $(pidof mediaserver)|grep pvr
0K 0K 0K 0K 0K 0K 0K 0K /system/lib/libpvr2d.so
4K 4K 4K 4K 0K 0K 4K 0K /system/lib/libpvr2d.so
0K 0K 0K 0K 0K 0K 0K 0K /system/lib/libpvr2d.so
4K 4K 4K 4K 0K 0K 4K 0K /system/lib/libpvr2d.so
0K 0K 0K 0K 0K 0K 0K 0K /system/lib/libpvr2d.so
12K 12K 12K 12K 0K 0K 12K 0K /system/lib/libpvr2d.so
# procrank|grep mediaserver
14088 4060K 4060K 3371K 3196K /system/bin/mediaserver
# top -n 1|grep mediaserver
14088 0 0% S 12 25440K 4176K fg media /system/bin/mediaserver
# ls -l /proc/14088/fd
lrwx------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 0 -> /dev/null
lrwx------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 1 -> /dev/null
lrwx------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 10 -> /dev/audio
lr-x------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 11 -> /system/bin/ap_gain.bin
lrwx------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 12 -> socket:[81019]
l-wx------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 13 -> /dev/cpuctl/apps/tasks
l-wx------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 14 -> /dev/cpuctl/apps/bg_non_interactive/tasks
l-wx------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 15 -> /dev/log/main
l-wx------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 16 -> /dev/log/radio
l-wx------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 17 -> /dev/log/events
l-wx------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 18 -> /dev/log/system
lrwx------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 19 -> anon_inode:[eventpoll]
lrwx------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 2 -> /dev/null
lrwx------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 20 -> socket:[81714]
lrwx------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 21 -> socket:[81715]
lr-x------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 22 -> pipe:[81716]
l-wx------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 23 -> pipe:[81716]
l-wx------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 24 -> /dev/log/main
l-wx------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 25 -> /dev/log/radio
l-wx------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 26 -> /dev/log/events
l-wx------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 27 -> /dev/log/system
lrwx------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 28 -> anon_inode:[eventpoll]
lrwx------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 29 -> socket:[81717]
lrwx------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 3 -> /dev/binder
lrwx------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 30 -> socket:[81718]
lr-x------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 31 -> pipe:[81719]
l-wx------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 32 -> pipe:[81719]
lrwx------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 33 -> socket:[81720]
lrwx------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 34 -> /dev/ashmem
lr-x------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 35 -> /dev/xt_qtaguid
l-wx------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 4 -> /dev/log/main
l-wx------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 5 -> /dev/log/radio
l-wx------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 6 -> /dev/log/events
lrwx------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 63 -> /dev/pvrsrvkm
lrwx------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 64 -> /dev/pvrsrvkm
l-wx------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 7 -> /dev/log/system
lr-x------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 8 -> /dev/__properties__ (deleted)
lrwx------ media audio 2013-01-23 16:23 9 -> /dev/snd/mixer
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I'll try to capture one of those "memory hungry" episodes and then come back with the relevant data.