Can we try "gc.collect()" from garbage collection module at the end of the "def process_file_list(file_list, c)"??? So, it would release the unused memory (I used it for streaming mode of Vimba_python). The code can be modified as:

import gc
def process_file_list(file_list, c):
for ...:
try:
....
gc.collect()

Can we try "gc.collect()" from garbage collection module at the end of the "def process_file_list(file_list, c)"??? So, it would release the unused memory (I used it for streaming mode of Vimba_python). The code can be modified as:

import gc def process_file_list(file_list, c): for ...: try: .... gc.collect()

Could you try this out and report back if you saw a decrease in memory use for long running processes? If so, please open a pull request with your changes.