Wallpaper engine uses 300+ mb of memory normal or nah

[bird smeller]

Is it normal for wallpaper engine to use 300mbs of memory or not.

[Tim]

Which process are you looking at, which wallpaper are you using? It largely depends on the wallpaper. For me, Wallpaper Engine is using 19 MB right now but depending on your wallpaper and settings it could be much more. Though 300 MB should not have any negative impact on a modern computer under most circumstances either way, so generally I would not worry too much about that.

[bird smeller]

Im using this. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2542737668
the same can be said for some other applications like Chrome and steam. They all use like more than 100+ mbs

[Tim]

With that wallpaper I am seeing 60 Megabytes of RAM usage. Could you please share a screenshot of the high usage you are experiencing?

[bird smeller]

Originally posted by Tim:

With that wallpaper I am seeing 60 Megabytes of RAM usage. Could you please share a screenshot of the high usage you are experiencing?

Yes here. https://imgur.com/a/wpvE5GP

[Tim]

It's a bit on the high end, maybe run our analysis tool and share the log file it creates as outlined here while you see 300 MB of usage, I will take a look if I can spot anything:

https://help.wallpaperengine.io/en/debug/scantool.html

[bird smeller]

*** Please share the log from the button 'Save Full Log' ***

Missing Firewall permissions
If you experience issues trying to pair a mobile device, try fixing the firewall permissions with the button 'Fix Firewall' below. Refer to the FAQ if you need more help.
Avast
If you are having crashes or problems with Wallpaper Engine, try configuring Avast to ignore the wallpaper_engine installation directory as it is known to cause various issues.

Click on 'Open FAQ' below if you need any additional help.

Nahimic
It looks like you have Nahimic installed which could inject into Wallpaper Engine and cause the following issues:

- Audio visualizers may not work.
- Wallpaper Engine may crash.

We recommend that you set Nahimic to ignore Wallpaper Engine or try to close or uninstall it. Click on 'Open FAQ' below if you need any additional help.

Unknown audio hook
It looks like a generic audio hook is installed and affects Wallpaper Engine and may cause the following issues:

- Audio visualizers may not work.
- Wallpaper Engine may crash.

Click on 'View more' to see the path of this hook on your computer and click on 'Open FAQ' below if you need any additional help.

Originally posted by Tim:

It's a bit on the high end, maybe run our analysis tool and share the log file it creates as outlined here while you see 300 MB of usage, I will take a look if I can spot anything:

https://help.wallpaperengine.io/en/debug/scantool.html

[Tim]

Please share the log from the button 'Save Full Log', do not share the text, it serves no purpose here. Please read the link above again for exact instructions.

[bird smeller]

https://pastebin.com/VSsjMQ47

Originally posted by Tim:

Please share the log from the button 'Save Full Log', do not share the text, it serves no purpose here. Please read the link above again for exact instructions.

[Tim]

You have a lot of injections by third-party applications that add a lot of memory to the executable. You don't really need to fix this but this is the explanation for the memory usage you are seeing. These apps are injected and will bloat up the RAM usage:

Avast Antivirus - Make sure to exclude the wallpaper_engine directory from your antivirus app, then restart your PC. It's currently injected into Wallpaper Engine permanently according to your log file.

Nahimic (may be rebranded under a different name, it's usually pre-installed bloatware on notebooks and PCs from certain manufacturers and is usually some sort of "audio enhancement" software)

Intel Graphics Card drivers - If they have an option to disable some sort of in-game overlay, consider turning it off to reduce its footprint.

Wallpaper Engine RGB Plugin - If you do not need it, you can turn it off in the "Plugins" tab of the Wallpaper Engine settings.