diff --git a/examples/main.rs b/examples/main.rs
index a81b472..f11cb43 100644
--- a/examples/main.rs
+++ b/examples/main.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ use ffmpeg_sys_the_third::AVHWDeviceType::{
     AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_CUDA, AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_D3D12VA, AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_MEDIACODEC,
     AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_OPENCL, AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_VDPAU, AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_VULKAN,
 };
-use ffmpeg_sys_the_third::AVPixelFormat::AV_PIX_FMT_BGR24;
 use ffmpeg_sys_the_third::{av_frame_free, av_packet_free, AVMediaType};
 use log::{error, info};
 use std::env::args;
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 0802428..1451747 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 use anyhow::Error;
-use ffmpeg_sys_the_third::{
-    av_dict_set, av_make_error_string, av_opt_next, av_opt_set, AVDictionary, AVOption,
-    AV_OPT_SEARCH_CHILDREN,
-};
+use ffmpeg_sys_the_third::{av_dict_set, av_frame_alloc, av_frame_free, av_hwframe_transfer_data, av_make_error_string, av_opt_next, av_opt_set, AVDictionary, AVFrame, AVOption, AV_OPT_SEARCH_CHILDREN};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ffi::CStr;
 use std::ptr;
@@ -117,6 +114,19 @@ fn set_opts(ctx: *mut libc::c_void, options: HashMap<String, String>) -> Result<
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// Get the frame as CPU frame
+pub unsafe fn get_frame_from_hw(mut frame: *mut AVFrame) -> Result<*mut AVFrame, Error> {
+    if (*frame).hw_frames_ctx.is_null() {
+        Ok(frame)
+    } else {
+        let new_frame = av_frame_alloc();
+        let ret = av_hwframe_transfer_data(new_frame, frame, 0);
+        return_ffmpeg_error!(ret);
+        av_frame_free(&mut frame);
+        Ok(new_frame)
+    }
+}
+
 pub use decode::*;
 pub use demux::*;
 pub use ffmpeg_sys_the_third;
diff --git a/src/resample.rs b/src/resample.rs
index 47181cd..21be9f8 100644
--- a/src/resample.rs
+++ b/src/resample.rs
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ impl Resample {
     }
 
     pub unsafe fn process_frame(&mut self, frame: *mut AVFrame) -> Result<*mut AVFrame, Error> {
+        if !(*frame).hw_frames_ctx.is_null() {
+            anyhow::bail!("Hardware frames are not supported in this software re-sampler");
+        }
         self.setup_swr(frame)?;
 
         let mut out_frame = av_frame_alloc();
diff --git a/src/scale.rs b/src/scale.rs
index 8e3defe..4f3231d 100644
--- a/src/scale.rs
+++ b/src/scale.rs
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ impl Scaler {
         width: u16,
         height: u16,
     ) -> Result<*mut AVFrame, Error> {
+        if !(*frame).hw_frames_ctx.is_null() {
+            anyhow::bail!("Hardware frames are not supported in this software scalar");
+        }
+
         self.setup_scaler(frame, width, height)?;
 
         let dst_frame = av_frame_alloc();