diff --git a/src/demo.c b/src/demo.c
index d503aa7f..ad1cc6e0 100644
--- a/src/demo.c
+++ b/src/demo.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ static float demo_thresh = 0;
 static int demo_ext_output = 0;
 static long long int frame_id = 0;
 static int demo_json_port = -1;
+static bool demo_skip_frame = false;
 
 
 static int avg_frames;
@@ -59,6 +60,8 @@ void *fetch_in_thread(void *ptr)
     while (!custom_atomic_load_int(&flag_exit)) {
         while (!custom_atomic_load_int(&run_fetch_in_thread)) {
             if (custom_atomic_load_int(&flag_exit)) return 0;
+            if (demo_skip_frame)
+                consume_frame(cap);
             this_thread_yield();
         }
         int dont_close_stream = 0;    // set 1 if your IP-camera periodically turns off and turns on video-stream
@@ -168,9 +171,11 @@ void demo(char *cfgfile, char *weightfile, float thresh, float hier_thresh, int
     if(filename){
         printf("video file: %s\n", filename);
         cap = get_capture_video_stream(filename);
+        demo_skip_frame = is_live_stream(filename);
     }else{
         printf("Webcam index: %d\n", cam_index);
         cap = get_capture_webcam(cam_index);
+        demo_skip_frame = true;
     }
 
     if (!cap) {
diff --git a/src/image_opencv.cpp b/src/image_opencv.cpp
index add27c96..f9615cb0 100644
--- a/src/image_opencv.cpp
+++ b/src/image_opencv.cpp
@@ -834,6 +834,15 @@ extern "C" image get_image_from_stream_letterbox(cap_cv *cap, int w, int h, int
 }
 // ----------------------------------------
 
+extern "C" void consume_frame(cap_cv *cap){
+    cv::Mat *src = NULL;
+    src = (cv::Mat *)get_capture_frame_cv(cap);
+    if (src)
+        delete src;
+}
+// ----------------------------------------
+
+
 // ====================================================================
 // Image Saving
 // ====================================================================
diff --git a/src/image_opencv.h b/src/image_opencv.h
index 6fa6cb5c..3aeb4478 100644
--- a/src/image_opencv.h
+++ b/src/image_opencv.h
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ int set_capture_position_frame_cv(cap_cv *cap, int index);
 image get_image_from_stream_cpp(cap_cv *cap);
 image get_image_from_stream_resize(cap_cv *cap, int w, int h, int c, mat_cv** in_img, int dont_close);
 image get_image_from_stream_letterbox(cap_cv *cap, int w, int h, int c, mat_cv** in_img, int dont_close);
-
+void consume_frame(cap_cv *cap);
 
 // Image Saving
 void save_cv_png(mat_cv *img, const char *name);
diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index fe5c2062..e4a2298e 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -1047,3 +1047,8 @@ unsigned long custom_hash(char *str)
 
     return hash;
 }
+
+bool is_live_stream(const char * path){
+    const char *url_schema = "://";
+    return (NULL != strstr(path, url_schema));
+}
diff --git a/src/utils.h b/src/utils.h
index 9a154ea6..a217b425 100644
--- a/src/utils.h
+++ b/src/utils.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <time.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
 
 #ifndef M_PI
 #define M_PI       3.14159265358979323846   // pi
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ int max_int_index(int *a, int n);
 boxabs box_to_boxabs(const box* b, const int img_w, const int img_h, const int bounds_check);
 int make_directory(char *path, int mode);
 unsigned long custom_hash(char *str);
+bool is_live_stream(const char * path);
 
 #define max_val_cmp(a,b) (((a) > (b)) ? (a) : (b))
 #define min_val_cmp(a,b) (((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b))