diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_macos/macos/Classes/FLTVideoPlayerPlugin.m b/packages/video_player/video_player_macos/macos/Classes/FLTVideoPlayerPlugin.m
index 58eca3777760..147fcbceadad 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_macos/macos/Classes/FLTVideoPlayerPlugin.m
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_macos/macos/Classes/FLTVideoPlayerPlugin.m
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ @interface FLTVideoPlayer : NSObject <FlutterTexture, FlutterStreamHandler>
 @property(readonly, nonatomic) AVPlayerItemVideoOutput* videoOutput;
 @property(readonly, nonatomic) CVDisplayLinkRef displayLink;
 @property(readonly, nonatomic) FLTFrameUpdater* frameUpdater;
-@property(readonly, nonatomic) CVPixelBufferRef _Nullable frame;
+@property(readonly, nonatomic) CVPixelBufferRef _Nullable lastValidFrame;
 @property(nonatomic) FlutterEventChannel* eventChannel;
 @property(nonatomic) FlutterEventSink eventSink;
 @property(nonatomic) CGAffineTransform preferredTransform;
@@ -170,10 +170,10 @@ - (void)notifyIfFrameAvailable {
   if (!_playerItem || _playerItem.status != AVPlayerItemStatusReadyToPlay || ![_videoOutput hasNewPixelBufferForItemTime:outputItemTime]) {
     return;
   } else {
-    CVBufferRelease(_frame);
-    _frame = [_videoOutput copyPixelBufferForItemTime:outputItemTime itemTimeForDisplay:NULL];
-    if (_frame == NULL) {
-      NSLog(@"copyPixelBufferForItemTime returned NULL");
+    CVPixelBufferRef pixelBuffer = [_videoOutput copyPixelBufferForItemTime:outputItemTime itemTimeForDisplay:NULL];
+    if (pixelBuffer != NULL) {
+      CVBufferRelease(_lastValidFrame);
+      _lastValidFrame = pixelBuffer;
     }
     [_frameUpdater notifyFrameAvailable];
   }
@@ -441,11 +441,32 @@ - (void)setPlaybackSpeed:(double)speed {
 }
 
 - (CVPixelBufferRef)copyPixelBuffer {
-  if (_frame == NULL) {
-    NSLog(@"Returning NULL from copyPixelBuffer");
-  }
-  CVBufferRetain(_frame);
-  return _frame;
+  // Creates a memcpy of the last valid frame.
+  //
+  // Unlike on iOS, the macOS embedder does show the last frame when
+  // we return NULL from `copyPixelBuffer`.
+  CVPixelBufferLockBaseAddress(_lastValidFrame, 0);
+  int bufferWidth = (int)CVPixelBufferGetWidth(_lastValidFrame);
+  int bufferHeight = (int)CVPixelBufferGetHeight(_lastValidFrame);
+  size_t bytesPerRow = CVPixelBufferGetBytesPerRow(_lastValidFrame);
+  uint8_t *baseAddress = CVPixelBufferGetBaseAddress(_lastValidFrame);
+  NSDictionary* pixBuffAttributes = @{
+    (id)kCVPixelBufferPixelFormatTypeKey : @(kCVPixelFormatType_32BGRA),
+    (id)kCVPixelBufferIOSurfacePropertiesKey : @{},
+    (id)kCVPixelBufferOpenGLCompatibilityKey : @YES,
+    (id)kCVPixelBufferMetalCompatibilityKey : @YES,
+  };
+
+  CVPixelBufferRef pixelBufferCopy = NULL;
+  CVPixelBufferCreate(kCFAllocatorDefault, bufferWidth, bufferHeight,kCVPixelFormatType_32BGRA,
+                      CFBridgingRetain(pixBuffAttributes), &pixelBufferCopy);
+  CVPixelBufferLockBaseAddress(pixelBufferCopy, 0);
+  uint8_t *copyBaseAddress = CVPixelBufferGetBaseAddress(pixelBufferCopy);
+  memcpy(copyBaseAddress, baseAddress, bufferHeight * bytesPerRow);
+
+  CVPixelBufferUnlockBaseAddress(_lastValidFrame, 0);
+  CVPixelBufferUnlockBaseAddress(pixelBufferCopy, 0);
+  return pixelBufferCopy;
 }
 
 - (void)onTextureUnregistered:(NSObject<FlutterTexture>*)texture {
@@ -476,7 +497,7 @@ - (FlutterError* _Nullable)onListenWithArguments:(id _Nullable)arguments
 /// so the channel is going to die or is already dead.
 - (void)disposeSansEventChannel {
   _disposed = true;
-  CVBufferRelease(_frame);
+  CVBufferRelease(_lastValidFrame);
   [self stopDisplayLink];
   [[_player currentItem] removeObserver:self forKeyPath:@"status" context:statusContext];
   [[_player currentItem] removeObserver:self