diff --git a/pyrdp/player/Mp4EventHandler.py b/pyrdp/player/Mp4EventHandler.py
index 1302e077e..a0d8dfce9 100644
--- a/pyrdp/player/Mp4EventHandler.py
+++ b/pyrdp/player/Mp4EventHandler.py
@@ -132,8 +132,7 @@ def onFinishRender(self):
     def _writeFrame(self, surface: QImage):
         w = self.stream.width
         h = self.stream.height
-        surface = surface.scaled(w, h) if self.scale else surface
-        frame = av.VideoFrame.from_image(ImageQt.fromqimage(surface))
+        surface = surface.scaled(w, h) if self.scale else surface.copy()
 
         # Draw the mouse pointer. Render mouse clicks?
         p = QPainter(surface)