Methods, systems, and devices for video frame rendering are described. A device, such as a user equipment (UE) may receive a set of video packets over a video connection (e.g., a video telephone service) and generate a set of video frames based on the set of video packets. The device may determine to render a video frame of the set of video frames based on a frame type of the video frame or a rendering criteria including a video quality of the video frame, or both. In some examples, the frame type may include a perfect frame or a corrupted frame. The device may render the video frame of the set of video frames based on the frame type of the video frame or the video frame satisfying the rendering criteria, or both, and output the rendered video frame for display.