Improve ANSCV

modules/ANSCV/ANSSRT.cpp

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "ANSMatRegistry.h"
 #include "ANSGpuFrameOps.h"
 #include "ANSCVVendorGate.h"  // anscv_vendor_gate::IsNvidiaGpuAvailable()
+#include "ANSLicense.h"       // ANS_DBG macro
 #include <memory>
 #include "media_codec.h"
 #include <cstdint>
@@ -253,6 +254,23 @@ namespace ANSCENTER {
             return _pLastFrame;  // Shallow copy (fast)
         }
 
+        // Early stale-out: if the decoder hasn't produced a frame in 5s the
+        // source is dead. Skip _playerClient->getImage() entirely and return
+        // the cached frame with unchanged _pts so LabVIEW sees STALE PTS one
+        // poll earlier and triggers reconnect.
+        if (!_pLastFrame.empty()) {
+            double ageMs = _playerClient->getLastFrameAgeMs();
+            if (ageMs >= 5000.0) {
+                ANS_DBG("SRT_GetImage",
+                        "EARLY STALE: ageMs=%.1f pts=%lld url=%s — skipping getImage()",
+                        ageMs, (long long)_pts, _url.c_str());
+                width = _imageWidth;
+                height = _imageHeight;
+                pts = _pts;
+                return _pLastFrame;
+            }
+        }
+
         int imageW = 0, imageH = 0;
         int64_t currentPts = 0;