[EtienneLescot]

Refs #510

Cause

Under GPU load, WGC delivered a new frame only every other tick. The capture pool had 2 buffers and the writer held one (currentFrame_) until the next tick; the copy out of it waits behind the game's GPU work, so WGC had no free buffer for the next frame and dropped it. The file stays at ~57 ticks/s, but about half are repeats, which reads as 30 fps.

Change

• Pool of 3 buffers (kFramePoolBuffers).
• tryGetNextFrame drains the queue and keeps only the newest frame.
• New releaseFrame(), called right after CopyResource, hands the buffer back instead of holding it a full tick (what OBS and Chromium do). Still one thread, so the [Bug]: v1.8.0 native Windows recorder still hangs on stop; next attempt says capture is not running #252 safety model is unchanged.
• [pacing] now logs unique_frames= and unique_fps=; frames= counts every tick, repeats included.

Not done: the non-blocking staging ring in mf_encoder.cpp. Worth it only if the measurement below still falls short.

Still to do: R4 measurement (Windows, real GPU load)

1. npm run build:native:win, then findstr /M /C:"unique_fps=" electron\native\bin\win32-x64\wgc-capture.exe (and encoder-selection as the control).
2. Start a game or FurMark running at ≥ 60 fps, full screen 1080p, no webcam.
3. Record 60 s on main, then 60 s on this branch, same scene.
4. In each helper log, read unique_fps in [pacing]. Check against the file: ffmpeg -i rec.mp4 -vf mpdecimate -loglevel debug -f null - 2>&1 | findstr /C:"keep pts" | find /c /v "", divided by 60.
5. Pass: ≥ 55 unique fps on this branch, game fps no lower than with main, and a desktop-only take shows no regression.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved window capture handling by selecting the newest available frame and keeping it valid while it is being copied, helping reduce dropped frames under GPU load.
  • Window capture dimensions are now rounded up to a minimum even size, improving compatibility with capture and video processing.
  • Capture can now release frames after copying, freeing buffer space for subsequent frames.

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Walkthrough

The WGC capture path now retains the newest queued frame until release. The video loop releases each copied WGC frame and reports unique-frame counts and rates separately from paced ticks.

Changes: WGC capture flow

Layer / File(s)	Summary
WGC frame acquisition and release electron/native/wgc-capture/src/wgc_session.h, electron/native/wgc-capture/src/capture_session.h, electron/native/wgc-capture/src/wgc_session.cpp	The frame pool size is three. tryGetNextFrame drains queued frames and retains the newest one. releaseFrame() closes the retained frame; CaptureSession forwards this call for WGC and does nothing for DXGI.
Video-loop frame accounting electron/native/wgc-capture/src/main.cpp	The loop releases a frame after copying it, counts unique frames separately from paced ticks, and logs unique_frames and unique_fps.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant writeVideoFrames
  participant CaptureSession
  participant WgcSession
  writeVideoFrames->>CaptureSession: Request next frame
  CaptureSession->>WgcSession: Get newest queued frame
  WgcSession-->>CaptureSession: Return retained frame
  CaptureSession-->>writeVideoFrames: Return frame
  writeVideoFrames->>writeVideoFrames: Copy frame to retained texture
  writeVideoFrames->>CaptureSession: Release frame
  CaptureSession->>WgcSession: Close and clear retained frame

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Possibly related PRs

• getopenscreen/openscreen#1254: Adds the CaptureSession facade and DXGI backend that this change extends with releaseFrame().

Merge Risk: Low · up to 19869

The capture changes are mergeable with bounded follow-up: legacy recordings report zero unique frames, pauses depress the reported frame rate, and texture-lifetime documentation needs correction. No captured-frame corruption was established.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 37.50% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documenta…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

Passed checks: 4 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly describes the WGC buffer change and its frame-rate goal.
Description check		The description covers the cause, changes, related issue, and planned testing. It should state the type of change and release impact. The Windows GPU-load measurement is still pending.
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @electron/native/wgc-capture/src/main.cpp:
- Around line 1082-1085: Track newly delivered callback frames at the writer
tick when OPENSCREEN_WGC_LEGACY_FRAME_CALLBACK=1, so pacing logs report nonzero
unique_frames and unique_fps for successful recordings. Update the callback-path
frame update and writer-tick accounting around uniqueFrames, while preserving
the existing handling of repeated ticks and non-callback capture paths.
- Around line 1362-1368: Update the pacing calculation near the unique_fps
output to use active recording duration, excluding paused time, as its
denominator. Keep pacingElapsedMs for the elapsed_ms field unchanged, and locate
the existing active-duration mechanism before reusing it for the calculation.

Review comments at @electron/native/wgc-capture/src/wgc_session.h:
- Around line 68-72: Update the tryGetNextFrame() documentation to state that
the returned texture pointer must not be used after releaseFrame(), since the
pool may reuse it; preserve the existing guidance about releasing the frame
promptly.

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R4 measurement (Windows, GPU load, 60 s takes): main vs this branch, unique fps from [pacing] and mpdecimate. Report attached.

Setup: Windows 11, RTX 4070 Ti, 1920×1080 primary, helper built from main and from 19869ae (unique_fps present only in the branch binary, encoder-selection control hits in both). Load = FurMark 2 (GL, 1920×1080 windowed, vsync off). Capture at 60 fps.

Take (60 s)	main: mpdecimate unique fps	branch: [pacing] unique fps	branch: mpdecimate unique fps	FurMark avg fps (main / branch)
FurMark window capture, under load	56.0	55.9	55.9	272 / 286
FurMark alone, no capture				302

• Branch holds ≥ 55 unique fps under load, no loss on the game side. Encoded frames 3571–3572 per 60 s on both sides.
• This machine doesn't reproduce the 30 fps drop on main: main also delivers ~56 unique fps here, so this run shows no regression rather than the fix itself. A weaker GPU or a heavier game is needed to see the before/after.
• Display-capture takes were discarded: the desktop was in use and FurMark was covered by other windows for most of them, so their unique-frame counts measure the user's activity, not the pipeline. One of them (branch) also saw FurMark dip to 171 avg / 43 min; it didn't recur on the two clean branch takes.
• Idle desktop on the branch: 3571 frames encoded, [pacing] unique_fps 55.6, no stall or error.

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