[FIX] Handle NULL bitmap gracefully in OCR instead of crashing (#1010)#1878
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[FIX] Handle NULL bitmap gracefully in OCR instead of crashing (#1010)#1878
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When processing DVB subtitles from live streams or corrupted files, the bitmap clipping operation can fail, resulting in a NULL pix object. Previously, this would cause a fatal crash with "Failed to perform OCR - Failed to get text" because the code continued to call TessBaseAPIGetUTF8Text even when no image was set. Changes: - Handle cpix_gs == NULL by logging a message and returning NULL (skip this bitmap) instead of continuing and crashing - Change the fatal error when TessBaseAPIGetUTF8Text returns NULL to a non-fatal skip, since this can happen with empty/invalid bitmaps - Both cases now properly clean up allocated resources before returning This allows CCExtractor to gracefully skip problematic subtitle frames instead of crashing, which is especially important for live streams where packet loss or discontinuities can occur. Fixes #1010 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Root Cause
The code path was:
pixClipRectanglefails → "box outside rectangle" errorpixConvertRGBToGrayreceives NULL → "pixs not defined" errorcpix_gsis NULL, but code continues to line 415TessBaseAPIGetUTF8Textreturns NULL (no image was set)fatal()is called → crashFix
cpix_gs == NULLby cleaning up and returning NULL (skip bitmap)TessBaseAPIGetUTF8TextNULL case from fatal error to graceful skipTesting
This fix allows CCExtractor to continue processing even when individual subtitle frames are corrupted, which is critical for live streams where packet loss can occur.
Fixes #1010
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