waitKey(1) freezes display output, is there a fix?

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I'm using opencv(4.1.2) with ubuntu(18.04), as I understand my build uses GTK, so it uses that libraries function for reading the keypresses?

My problem now is that when you hold a key down, the frames no longer get drawn on screen. I suspect this has to do with waitkey not getting enough time to do the drawing, but how do you go about solving this?

The reason I want this is to control parameters using key inputs but having a freeze happen when sending many inputs is not preferable.

The code is as follows:

//basic needed classes
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

#include <opencv2/core.hpp>
#include <opencv2/highgui.hpp>
#include <opencv2/imgproc.hpp>
#include <opencv2/videoio.hpp>
#include <opencv2/opencv.hpp>
#include "opencv2/imgcodecs.hpp"


using namespace cv;

Mat currentFrame; 

int main(){
    //create gstreamer rtspsrc pipe
    std::string pipe =  "rtspsrc location=rtsp://192.168.1.113:554/user=admin_password=_channel=1_OSD_stream=1.sdp latency=0 ! decodebin ! videoconvert ! appsink "; 
    VideoCapture cap = cv::VideoCapture(pipe, cv::CAP_GSTREAMER);

    while(true){
        cap.grab();
        cap.retrieve(currentFrame);
        cv::imshow("out", currentFrame);
        waitKeyEx(1);
    }
    return 0;
}