Fix play once video player

modules/ANSCV/ANSVideoPlayer.cpp

@@ -480,10 +480,17 @@ namespace ANSCENTER {
 		//  HW decode path (CFilePlayer)
 		// =====================================================================
 		if (_hwDecodeActive && _hwPlayer) {
-			// EOF: return black frame (same behavior as cv::VideoCapture path)
+			// EOF: return black frame with monotonically-increasing PTS so the
+			// caller can tell playback is still alive (not hung). Allocate the
+			// black buffer once and reuse it on repeat EOF calls — avoids a
+			// ~6 MB reallocation per GetImage() tick at 1080p.
 			if (_hwEOF) {
 				if (_resHeight <= 0 || _resWidth <= 0) { _resHeight = 1080; _resWidth = 1920; }
-				_previousImage = cv::Mat(_resHeight, _resWidth, CV_8UC3, cv::Scalar(0, 0, 0));
+				if (_previousImage.empty() ||
+					_previousImage.rows != _resHeight || _previousImage.cols != _resWidth ||
+					_previousImage.type() != CV_8UC3) {
+					_previousImage = cv::Mat(_resHeight, _resWidth, CV_8UC3, cv::Scalar(0, 0, 0));
+				}
 				width = _previousImage.cols;
 				height = _previousImage.rows;
 				if (_previousPTS < std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::max()) _previousPTS++;
@@ -620,7 +627,12 @@ namespace ANSCENTER {
 				_resWidth = static_cast<int>(cap.get(cv::CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH));
 			}
 
-			_previousImage = cv::Mat(_resHeight, _resWidth, CV_8UC3, cv::Scalar(0, 0, 0));
+			// Reuse cached black buffer on repeat EOF ticks (~6 MB alloc avoided at 1080p).
+			if (_previousImage.empty() ||
+				_previousImage.rows != _resHeight || _previousImage.cols != _resWidth ||
+				_previousImage.type() != CV_8UC3) {
+				_previousImage = cv::Mat(_resHeight, _resWidth, CV_8UC3, cv::Scalar(0, 0, 0));
+			}
 			width = _previousImage.cols;
 			height = _previousImage.rows;
 

tests/ANSCV-UnitTest/ANSCV-UnitTest.cpp

@@ -1499,6 +1499,7 @@ int VideoPlayerClientTest() {
         auto start = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
         cv::Mat* image = nullptr;  // ✅ Use a pointer to hold the allocated image
         GetVideoPlayerCVImage(&videoClient, width, height, pts,&image);
+        std::cout<<"pts: "<<pts<<std::endl;
         auto end1 = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
         auto elapsed1 = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(end1 - start);
         if (elapsed1.count() > 0)std::cout << "Time to get image:" << elapsed1.count() << "ms" << std::endl;
@@ -1579,9 +1580,11 @@ int FilePlayerClientCVTest() {
         if ((index == 1800) || (index == 2200) || (index == 2500)) { StopFilePlayer(&filePlayerClient); }
         if ((index == 2000) || (index == 2300) || (index == 2700)) { StartFilePlayer(&filePlayerClient); }
         if (index > 20000) break;*/
+        if (index > 2000) break;
         auto start = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
         cv::Mat* image = nullptr;
         GetFilePlayerCVImage(&filePlayerClient, width, height, pts, &image);
+        std::cout<<"pts: "<<pts<<std::endl;
         auto end1 = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
         auto elapsed1 = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(end1 - start);
         if (elapsed1.count() > 0) std::cout << "Time to get image:" << elapsed1.count() << "ms" << std::endl;
@@ -1644,10 +1647,10 @@ int main()
     // resolved inside ANSCV.dll (which is linked against libavcodec etc.),
     // so this works without the unit test having to link FFmpeg itself.
     //ANSCV_PrintFFmpegLicense_S();
-    //FilePlayerClientDoubleDestroy();
+    FilePlayerClientDoubleDestroy();
     FilePlayerClientCVTest();
-   // VideoPlayerClientDoubleDestroy();
+    VideoPlayerClientDoubleDestroy();
-    //VideoPlayerClientTest();
+    VideoPlayerClientTest();
    //OpenCVFunctionTest();
    //GenerateVideo();
    //VideoTestClient();