void duster_libvpx_scrub(vpx_codec_ctx_t *ctx) { vpx_codec_err_t res; // Force full reset of rate control model res = vpx_codec_control(ctx, VP8E_RESET_ON_KEYFRAME, 1); // Clear frame buffer pool res = vpx_codec_control(ctx, VP9E_SET_FRAME_PARALLEL_DECODING, 0); // Reinitialize entropy pointers to NULL memset(ctx->priv, 0, sizeof(ctx->priv)); } Within 24 hours, memory usage normalized, ghosting vanished, and node uptime extended from 3 days to 90+ days.
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A real-world example: In 2022, a European OTT (Over-The-Top) streaming service noticed that after 72 hours of uptime, their transcoding nodes were using 4x the normal memory. Worse, the first frame of every new live stream showed ghosting artifacts—faint remnants of the previous channel’s logo. duster libvpx