diff --git a/nodes/decklink-out/src/decklink_out_node.cpp b/nodes/decklink-out/src/decklink_out_node.cpp
index 4ff620a..2f6ed87 100644
--- a/nodes/decklink-out/src/decklink_out_node.cpp
+++ b/nodes/decklink-out/src/decklink_out_node.cpp
@@ -202,7 +202,9 @@ bool DeckLinkOutNode::open_device() {
 
 void DeckLinkOutNode::close_device() {
     if (output_) {
-        output_->StopScheduledPlayback(0, nullptr, time_scale_);
+        if (playing_) {
+            output_->StopScheduledPlayback(0, nullptr, time_scale_);
+        }
         output_->DisableVideoOutput();
         output_->Release();
         output_ = nullptr;
@@ -213,6 +215,13 @@ void DeckLinkOutNode::close_device() {
     }
     playing_ = false;
     callback_.reset();
+    {
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(frame_pool_mutex_);
+        for (auto* f : frame_pool_) {
+            f->Release();
+        }
+        frame_pool_.clear();
+    }
     spdlog::info("DeckLink-out: device closed");
 }
 
@@ -229,14 +238,15 @@ void DeckLinkOutNode::schedule_frame(void* mxl_payload, long width, long height,
     }
 
     IDeckLinkMutableVideoFrame* frame = nullptr;
-    HRESULT hr = output_->CreateVideoFrame(width, height, out_row_bytes, output_format_,
-                                   bmdFrameFlagDefault, &frame);
-    if (hr != S_OK || !frame) {
-        if (create_fail_count_ < 5) {
-            spdlog::error("DeckLink-out: CreateVideoFrame {}x{} row_bytes={} fmt=0x{:x} hr=0x{:08x}",
-                         width, height, out_row_bytes, static_cast<uint32_t>(output_format_), static_cast<uint32_t>(hr));
-            create_fail_count_++;
+    {
+        std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(frame_pool_mutex_);
+        if (frame_pool_cv_.wait_for(lock, std::chrono::milliseconds(100), [this] { return !frame_pool_.empty(); })) {
+            frame = frame_pool_.back();
+            frame_pool_.pop_back();
         }
+    }
+
+    if (!frame) {
         return;
     }
 
@@ -334,6 +344,12 @@ nlohmann::json DeckLinkOutNode::status() const {
 
 HRESULT DeckLinkOutNode::OutputCallback::ScheduledFrameCompleted(
     IDeckLinkVideoFrame* completedFrame, BMDOutputFrameCompletionResult result) {
+    if (completedFrame) {
+        completedFrame->AddRef();
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(owner_.frame_pool_mutex_);
+        owner_.frame_pool_.push_back(static_cast<IDeckLinkMutableVideoFrame*>(completedFrame));
+        owner_.frame_pool_cv_.notify_one();
+    }
     return S_OK;
 }
 
diff --git a/nodes/decklink-out/src/decklink_out_node.hpp b/nodes/decklink-out/src/decklink_out_node.hpp
index b08b675..31298a0 100644
--- a/nodes/decklink-out/src/decklink_out_node.hpp
+++ b/nodes/decklink-out/src/decklink_out_node.hpp
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@
 #include <DeckLinkAPI.h>
 
 #include <atomic>
+#include <condition_variable>
 #include <mutex>
 #include <optional>
 #include <thread>
+#include <vector>
 
 namespace dmf_node {
 
@@ -81,6 +83,9 @@ private:
     };
 
     std::unique_ptr<OutputCallback> callback_;
+    std::vector<IDeckLinkMutableVideoFrame*> frame_pool_;
+    std::mutex frame_pool_mutex_;
+    std::condition_variable frame_pool_cv_;
     IDeckLinkMutableVideoFrame* scheduled_frame_ = nullptr;
 };