diff --git a/app/codec/frame.cpp b/app/codec/frame.cpp
index 75b4a9205..cb97725cc 100644
--- a/app/codec/frame.cpp
+++ b/app/codec/frame.cpp
@@ -26,14 +26,22 @@
 #include <QtMath>
 
 #include "common/oiioutils.h"
+#include "render/framemanager.h"
 
 namespace olive {
 
 Frame::Frame() :
+  data_(nullptr),
+  data_size_(0),
   timestamp_(0)
 {
 }
 
+Frame::~Frame()
+{
+  destroy();
+}
+
 FramePtr Frame::Create()
 {
   return std::make_shared<Frame>();
@@ -66,7 +74,7 @@ Color Frame::get_pixel(int x, int y) const
 
   int byte_offset = y * linesize_bytes() + x * video_params().GetBytesPerPixel();
 
-  return Color(data_.data() + byte_offset, video_params().format(), video_params().channel_count());
+  return Color(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(data_ + byte_offset), video_params().format(), video_params().channel_count());
 }
 
 bool Frame::contains_pixel(int x, int y) const
@@ -82,7 +90,7 @@ void Frame::set_pixel(int x, int y, const Color &c)
 
   int byte_offset = y * linesize_bytes() + x * video_params().GetBytesPerPixel();
 
-  c.toData(data_.data() + byte_offset, video_params().format(), video_params().channel_count());
+  c.toData(reinterpret_cast<char*>(data_ + byte_offset), video_params().format(), video_params().channel_count());
 }
 
 bool Frame::allocate()
@@ -93,11 +101,27 @@ bool Frame::allocate()
     return false;
   }
 
-  data_.resize(VideoParams::GetBufferSize(linesize_, height(), params_.format(), params_.channel_count()));
+  if (is_allocated()) {
+    // Already allocated
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  data_size_ = VideoParams::GetBufferSize(linesize_, height(), params_.format(), params_.channel_count());
+  data_ = FrameManager::Allocate(data_size_);
 
   return true;
 }
 
+void Frame::destroy()
+{
+  if (is_allocated()) {
+    FrameManager::Deallocate(data_size_, data_);
+
+    data_size_ = 0;
+    data_ = nullptr;
+  }
+}
+
 FramePtr Frame::convert(VideoParams::Format format) const
 {
   // Create new params with destination format
diff --git a/app/codec/frame.h b/app/codec/frame.h
index df3bef2d8..1859332bc 100644
--- a/app/codec/frame.h
+++ b/app/codec/frame.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <QVector>
 
+#include "common/define.h"
 #include "common/rational.h"
 #include "render/color.h"
 #include "render/videoparams.h"
@@ -41,6 +42,10 @@ class Frame
 public:
   Frame();
 
+  ~Frame();
+
+  DISABLE_COPY_MOVE(Frame)
+
   static FramePtr Create();
 
   const VideoParams& video_params() const;
@@ -102,7 +107,7 @@ public:
    */
   char* data()
   {
-    return data_.data();
+    return data_;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -110,7 +115,7 @@ public:
    */
   const char* const_data() const
   {
-    return data_.constData();
+    return data_;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -127,16 +132,13 @@ public:
    */
   bool is_allocated() const
   {
-    return !data_.isEmpty();
+    return data_;
   }
 
   /**
    * @brief Destroy a memory buffer allocated with allocate()
    */
-  void destroy()
-  {
-    data_.clear();
-  }
+  void destroy();
 
   /**
    * @brief Returns the size of the array returned in data() in bytes
@@ -145,7 +147,7 @@ public:
    */
   int allocated_size() const
   {
-    return data_.size();
+    return data_size_;
   }
 
   FramePtr convert(VideoParams::Format format) const;
@@ -153,7 +155,8 @@ public:
 private:
   VideoParams params_;
 
-  QByteArray data_;
+  char* data_;
+  int data_size_;
 
   rational timestamp_;
 
diff --git a/app/core.cpp b/app/core.cpp
index 2379a2bc0..ad864b41f 100644
--- a/app/core.cpp
+++ b/app/core.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 #include "panel/project/project.h"
 #include "panel/viewer/viewer.h"
 #include "render/diskmanager.h"
+#include "render/framemanager.h"
 #include "render/rendermanager.h"
 #ifdef USE_OTIO
 #include "task/project/loadotio/loadotio.h"
@@ -140,6 +141,9 @@ void Core::Start()
   // Initialize RenderManager
   RenderManager::CreateInstance();
 
+  // Initialize FrameManager
+  FrameManager::CreateInstance();
+
   //
   // Start application
   //
@@ -184,6 +188,8 @@ void Core::Stop()
     }
   }
 
+  FrameManager::DestroyInstance();
+
   RenderManager::DestroyInstance();
 
   MenuShared::DestroyInstance();
diff --git a/app/render/CMakeLists.txt b/app/render/CMakeLists.txt
index 25f89e6d8..4d71d23cf 100644
--- a/app/render/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/app/render/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ set(OLIVE_SOURCES
   render/diskmanager.h
   render/framehashcache.cpp
   render/framehashcache.h
+  render/framemanager.cpp
+  render/framemanager.h
   render/managedcolor.cpp
   render/managedcolor.h
   render/playbackcache.cpp
diff --git a/app/widget/viewer/viewer.cpp b/app/widget/viewer/viewer.cpp
index 8b539f518..8e105ccdd 100644
--- a/app/widget/viewer/viewer.cpp
+++ b/app/widget/viewer/viewer.cpp
@@ -455,7 +455,6 @@ void ViewerWidget::UpdateTextureFromNode()
 
   // Check playback queue for a frame
   if (IsPlaying()) {
-
     // We still run the playback queue even when FrameExistsAtTime returns false because we might be
     // playing backwards and about to start showing frames, so the queue should be prepared for
     // that.
diff --git a/app/widget/viewer/viewerplaybacktimer.cpp b/app/widget/viewer/viewerplaybacktimer.cpp
index f94657592..03452c3b8 100644
--- a/app/widget/viewer/viewerplaybacktimer.cpp
+++ b/app/widget/viewer/viewerplaybacktimer.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "viewerplaybacktimer.h"
 
 #include <QDateTime>
+#include <QtMath>
 
 namespace olive {
 
@@ -29,14 +30,14 @@ void ViewerPlaybackTimer::Start(const int64_t &start_timestamp, const int &playb
   start_msec_ = QDateTime::currentMSecsSinceEpoch();
   start_timestamp_ = start_timestamp;
   playback_speed_ = playback_speed;
-  timebase_ = timebase;
+  timebase_ = timebase * 1000;
 }
 
 int64_t ViewerPlaybackTimer::GetTimestampNow() const
 {
   int64_t real_time = QDateTime::currentMSecsSinceEpoch() - start_msec_;
 
-  int64_t frames_since_start = qRound(static_cast<double>(real_time) / (timebase_ * 1000));
+  int64_t frames_since_start = qFloor(static_cast<double>(real_time) / (timebase_));
 
   return start_timestamp_ + frames_since_start * playback_speed_;
 }