diff --git a/modules/highgui/include/opencv2/highgui/cap_ios.h b/modules/highgui/include/opencv2/highgui/cap_ios.h
index db3928f13..4c931d400 100644
--- a/modules/highgui/include/opencv2/highgui/cap_ios.h
+++ b/modules/highgui/include/opencv2/highgui/cap_ios.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 @property (nonatomic, readonly) BOOL captureSessionLoaded;
 
 @property (nonatomic, assign) int defaultFPS;
+@property (nonatomic, readonly) AVCaptureVideoPreviewLayer *captureVideoPreviewLayer;
 @property (nonatomic, assign) AVCaptureDevicePosition defaultAVCaptureDevicePosition;
 @property (nonatomic, assign) AVCaptureVideoOrientation defaultAVCaptureVideoOrientation;
 @property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL useAVCaptureVideoPreviewLayer;
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@
 - (void)layoutPreviewLayer;
 - (void)saveVideo;
 - (NSURL *)videoFileURL;
+- (NSString *)videoFileString;
 
 
 @end
diff --git a/modules/highgui/src/cap_ios_video_camera.mm b/modules/highgui/src/cap_ios_video_camera.mm
index 45db2b60a..25b652b40 100644
--- a/modules/highgui/src/cap_ios_video_camera.mm
+++ b/modules/highgui/src/cap_ios_video_camera.mm
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ static CGFloat DegreesToRadians(CGFloat degrees) {return degrees * M_PI / 180;};
 
 
 
-@interface CvVideoCamera ()
+@interface CvVideoCamera () {
+    int recordingCountDown;
+}
 
 - (void)createVideoDataOutput;
 - (void)createVideoFileOutput;
@@ -98,6 +100,7 @@ static CGFloat DegreesToRadians(CGFloat degrees) {return degrees * M_PI / 180;};
 
 - (void)start;
 {
+    recordingCountDown = 10;
     [super start];
 
     if (self.recordVideo == YES) {
@@ -537,7 +540,8 @@ static CGFloat DegreesToRadians(CGFloat degrees) {return degrees * M_PI / 180;};
         });
 
 
-        if (self.recordVideo == YES) {
+        recordingCountDown--;
+        if (self.recordVideo == YES && recordingCountDown < 0) {
             lastSampleTime = CMSampleBufferGetPresentationTimeStamp(sampleBuffer);
 //			CMTimeShow(lastSampleTime);
             if (self.recordAssetWriter.status != AVAssetWriterStatusWriting) {
@@ -557,6 +561,8 @@ static CGFloat DegreesToRadians(CGFloat degrees) {return degrees * M_PI / 180;};
                                                   withPresentationTime:lastSampleTime] ) {
                     NSLog(@"Video Writing Error");
                 }
+                if (pixelBuffer != nullptr)
+                    CVPixelBufferRelease(pixelBuffer);
             }
 
         }