Windows 10: extremely high ram usage from dvr and broadcast user service

the only thing i have on my pc that is currently open is google, yet gamedvr and broadcast user service has around 3 gb of memory being used up for no reason. ive disabled "remember this is a game" setting on the game bar and ive also disabled record in the background when playing a game. other than that i have record what happened off in the capture settings. please help me fix this.

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Xbox DVR high ram usage

Hi,

After performing a clean boot, the RAM issues still persisted. Broadcast DVR still used very high, increasing amounts of RAM when using the secondary display while the game was still running.

 

Xbox DVR high ram usage

I've been playing Hearthstone and using the Xbox DVR to record in the background for those awesome moments. My main pc has no issues as it has 16 gb RAM, but I recently got a 4 gb RAM surface and started noticing some issues. RAM usage by Broadcast DVR server
skyrockets from the normal 500ish MB to 1000+ from time to time. I was wondering if it was just a lack of memory and after some investigating, I think I've narrowed it down to this:

On my surface whenever I alt-tab out of my game while the DVR server is running, everything becomes sluggish. When checking the RAM usage in Task Manager, it turns out memory usage is 97%+ due to the issue from above. Eventually the DVR server closes itself
(I suppose due to too much RAM usage).

So I tried it out on my laptop, RAM usage by the DVR server sits at 600ish MB. I have a dual monitor setup.
Whenever my mouse hovers outside of my monitor that is being used to play my full screen game/ any activity outside the game display, RAM usage starts climbing.
I saw it climb up to 4000+ MB! If I go back to the game or move the other window back to the main screen and use it on top of the full screen game, RAM eventually drops back down to 600ish MB.

My question is, why does this happen? And is there a fix so that I could do stuff on my second display without super high ram usage?

 

Broadcast DVR server and no XBOX

Hi Alicja,

We would like to know more about the issue you are experiencing. Please provided us the following information:

• Can you confirm the make and model of your device?
• What is the current CPU usage on your device when Broadcast DVR is running in the background?
• How did you manage to uninstall Xbox app on your Windows 10 device?

Regards.