memset(h->slice_table, -1, (s->mb_height*s->mb_stride-1) * sizeof(uint8_t));
// s->decode= (s->flags&CODEC_FLAG_PSNR) || !s->encoding || s->current_picture.reference /*|| h->contains_intra*/ || 1;
- s->current_picture_ptr->reference= 0;
+
+ // We mark the current picture as non reference after allocating it, so
+ // that if we break out due to an error it can be released automatically
+ // in the next MPV_frame_start().
+ // SVQ3 as well as most other codecs have only last/next/current and thus
+ // get released even with set reference, besides SVQ3 and others do not
+ // mark frames as reference later "naturally".
+ if(s->codec_id != CODEC_ID_SVQ3)
+ s->current_picture_ptr->reference= 0;
return 0;
}