From 988148a283c10d3b3d55135b8e46b2da8aeca3a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: BlackSpirits <blackspirits@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2026 19:24:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] FFmpeg: replay after VideoToolbox send fallback

---
 src/ui/Logic/VideoPlayers/Ffmpeg/FfmpegPlayer.cs | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/ui/Logic/VideoPlayers/Ffmpeg/FfmpegPlayer.cs b/src/ui/Logic/VideoPlayers/Ffmpeg/FfmpegPlayer.cs
index fa70455f00..3525c03f53 100644
--- a/src/ui/Logic/VideoPlayers/Ffmpeg/FfmpegPlayer.cs
+++ b/src/ui/Logic/VideoPlayers/Ffmpeg/FfmpegPlayer.cs
@@ -848,9 +848,13 @@ private void VideoLoop()
                     {
                         if (hardware)
                         {
-                            // The hardware decoder rejected the stream - retry it in software.
+                            // The hardware decoder rejected the stream. Reopen in software and
+                            // replay from a key frame; continuing from the next demuxed packet can
+                            // leave the fresh software decoder without the reference frames it
+                            // needs to decode the current GOP.
                             codec = FallBackToSoftware(codec, stream, sendResult, ref hardware);
                             serial = -1;
+                            Seek(Position);
                         }
 
                         continue;