From 5a2ec94a93b47939a01835c748d180456009b144 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Heinemeier Hansson <david@hey.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 16:22:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Trim the first 100ms of the video to avoid the noise problem

---
 bin/omarchy-cmd-screenrecord | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/bin/omarchy-cmd-screenrecord b/bin/omarchy-cmd-screenrecord
index 4b1d5e6d..d9dbdcc7 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-cmd-screenrecord
+++ b/bin/omarchy-cmd-screenrecord
@@ -90,6 +90,18 @@ start_screenrecording() {
   toggle_screenrecording_indicator
 }
 
+trim_first_frame() {
+  local latest=$(ls -t "$OUTPUT_DIR"/screenrecording-*.mp4 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+  if [[ -n $latest ]]; then
+    local trimmed="${latest%.mp4}-trimmed.mp4"
+    if ffmpeg -y -ss 0.1 -i "$latest" -c copy "$trimmed" -loglevel quiet 2>/dev/null; then
+      mv "$trimmed" "$latest"
+    else
+      rm -f "$trimmed"
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
 stop_screenrecording() {
   pkill -SIGINT -f "^gpu-screen-recorder"  # SIGINT required to save video properly
 
@@ -106,6 +118,7 @@ stop_screenrecording() {
     notify-send "Screen recording error" "Recording process had to be force-killed. Video may be corrupted." -u critical -t 5000
   else
     cleanup_webcam
+    trim_first_frame
     notify-send "Screen recording saved to $OUTPUT_DIR" -t 2000
   fi
   toggle_screenrecording_indicator