diff --git a/services/discord-gateway/src/goLive/Demuxer.ts b/services/discord-gateway/src/goLive/Demuxer.ts
index 22f76fd..a2b5c9d 100644
--- a/services/discord-gateway/src/goLive/Demuxer.ts
+++ b/services/discord-gateway/src/goLive/Demuxer.ts
@@ -161,6 +161,11 @@ export async function demux(
     // stderr and are parsed for dimensions/fps.
     "-loglevel",
     "info",
+    // Input format hint: prepareStream always emits raw AnnexB H264 on
+    // pipe:0. Raw H264 has NO magic header, so ffmpeg's auto-detection
+    // fails with "Invalid data found when processing input" whenever the
+    // first bytes arrive late/buffered. Pin the demuxer input format.
+    ...(isStream ? ["-f", "h264"] : []),
     "-i",
     isStream ? "pipe:0" : input,
     "-c:v",
diff --git a/services/discord-gateway/src/goLive/Streamer.ts b/services/discord-gateway/src/goLive/Streamer.ts
index 844642e..d6779cb 100644
--- a/services/discord-gateway/src/goLive/Streamer.ts
+++ b/services/discord-gateway/src/goLive/Streamer.ts
@@ -302,16 +302,15 @@ export class Streamer {
       channelId: channel_id,
       botId: user_id,
     } = this.voiceConnection;
-    // Mimic the real Discord client when starting Go Live: flip the voice
-    // state to video-enabled (and un-deafen) BEFORE requesting the stream.
-    // Discord's gateway silently ignores STREAM_CREATE while the user's
-    // voice state still has self_video: false.
+    // Un-deafen before requesting the stream (mimic real client). Do NOT
+    // set self_video: true — that flips on the bot's camera in Discord
+    // (visible to everyone); screen share should not enable the camera.
     this.sendOpcode(GatewayOpCodes.VOICE_STATE_UPDATE, {
       guild_id,
       channel_id,
       self_mute: false,
       self_deaf: false,
-      self_video: true,
+      self_video: false,
     });
     this.sendOpcode(GatewayOpCodes.STREAM_CREATE, {
       type,
diff --git a/services/discord-gateway/src/modules/voice-recording/screenShareController.ts b/services/discord-gateway/src/modules/voice-recording/screenShareController.ts
index 2916aad..62bbada 100644
--- a/services/discord-gateway/src/modules/voice-recording/screenShareController.ts
+++ b/services/discord-gateway/src/modules/voice-recording/screenShareController.ts
@@ -105,7 +105,11 @@ export class ScreenShareController {
         frameRate: 30,
         bitrateVideo: 2500,
         bitrateVideoMax: 4000,
-        includeAudio: true,
+        // Video-only GoLive: the -f h264 output muxer cannot carry audio
+        // ("h264 muxer does not support any stream of type audio" → header
+        // write fails → empty stdout → demux 'Invalid data' → black tile).
+        // Audio is not delivered by the GoLive demux path anyway.
+        includeAudio: false,
         videoCodec: normalizeVideoCodec("H264"),
       });
       const { command } = prepared;