diff --git a/services/discord-gateway/src/goLive/Demuxer.ts b/services/discord-gateway/src/goLive/Demuxer.ts
index 6e94dd9..22f76fd 100644
--- a/services/discord-gateway/src/goLive/Demuxer.ts
+++ b/services/discord-gateway/src/goLive/Demuxer.ts
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ export async function demux(
   const proc = spawn(FFMPEG, args, {
     stdio: isStream ? ["pipe", "pipe", "pipe"] : ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],
   });
+  console.log(
+    `[goLive:Demuxer] spawn ffmpeg pid=${proc.pid} input=${isStream ? "stream" : input} args=${args.join(" ")}`,
+  );
 
   // Pipe live input straight into ffmpeg stdin — never await stream end.
   if (isStream && proc.stdin) {
@@ -199,7 +202,14 @@ export async function demux(
   let stderrBuf = "";
   if (proc.stderr) {
     proc.stderr.on("data", (d: Buffer) => {
-      stderrBuf = (stderrBuf + d.toString()).slice(-16384);
+      const text = d.toString();
+      stderrBuf = (stderrBuf + text).slice(-16384);
+      // Surface actionable lines: ffmpeg errors + stream init lines
+      if (/error|invalid|no such|failed|cannot|not found|unable/i.test(text)) {
+        console.log(
+          `[goLive:Demuxer] ffmpeg stderr: ${text.trim().split("\n").slice(0, 4).join(" | ")}`,
+        );
+      }
       if (parsedMeta) return;
       const streamRe = /Stream #0:(\d+): (Video|Audio): ([^,]+)/g;
       let m: RegExpExecArray | null;
@@ -284,6 +294,11 @@ export async function demux(
       free: () => {},
     });
     frameCount++;
+    if (frameCount === 1 || frameCount % 30 === 0) {
+      console.log(
+        `[goLive:Demuxer] frames=${frameCount} last=${nal.length}B key=${isKeyFrame}`,
+      );
+    }
   };
 
   if (proc.stdout) {
diff --git a/services/discord-gateway/src/goLive/WebRtcWrapper.ts b/services/discord-gateway/src/goLive/WebRtcWrapper.ts
index 012346d..aa49540 100644
--- a/services/discord-gateway/src/goLive/WebRtcWrapper.ts
+++ b/services/discord-gateway/src/goLive/WebRtcWrapper.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ export class WebRtcConnWrapper {
   private _audioTrack: NativeTrack | null = null;
   private _videoTrack: NativeTrack | null = null;
   private _videoCodec: WebRtcVideoCodec | null = null;
+  private _videoFrameLog = 0;
   /** Assigned by BaseMediaConnection to send the gathered SDP to Discord. */
   onLocalDescription: ((sdp: string) => void) | null = null;
 
@@ -114,7 +115,15 @@ export class WebRtcConnWrapper {
   }
 
   sendVideoFrame(frame: Buffer, frametime: number): void {
-    if (!this.ready || !this._videoTrack) return;
+    if (!this.ready || !this._videoTrack) {
+      if (this._videoFrameLog === 0) {
+        console.log(
+          `[goLive:WebRtc] sendVideoFrame DROPPED ready=${this.ready} track=${this._videoTrack !== null}`,
+        );
+        this._videoFrameLog++;
+      }
+      return;
+    }
     const clockRate = CodecPayloadType[this._videoCodec ?? "H264"].clockRate;
     if (this._videoCodec === "H264") {
       let spsRewritten = false;
@@ -157,6 +166,12 @@ export class WebRtcConnWrapper {
     }
     this._videoTrack.sendFrame(frame);
     this._videoTrack.addTimestamp(Math.round((frametime * clockRate) / 1000));
+    this._videoFrameLog++;
+    if (this._videoFrameLog === 1 || this._videoFrameLog % 30 === 0) {
+      console.log(
+        `[goLive:WebRtc] sendVideoFrame #${this._videoFrameLog} bytes=${frame.length} ready=${this.ready}`,
+      );
+    }
   }
 
   setPacketizer(videoCodec: string): void {
diff --git a/services/discord-gateway/src/goLive/prepareStream.ts b/services/discord-gateway/src/goLive/prepareStream.ts
index 41a50ee..e32e790 100644
--- a/services/discord-gateway/src/goLive/prepareStream.ts
+++ b/services/discord-gateway/src/goLive/prepareStream.ts
@@ -262,15 +262,22 @@ export async function playStream(
   options: PlayStreamOptions = {},
 ): Promise<void> {
   const conn = await streamer.createStream();
+  console.log("[goLive:playStream] createStream resolved");
 
   const { video, close: demuxClose } = await demux(prepared.output, {
     format: options.format ?? "nut",
   });
+  console.log(
+    `[goLive:playStream] demux done codec=${video?.codecName ?? "?"} ${video?.width ?? 0}x${video?.height ?? 0} fps=${video ? video.framerate_num / video.framerate_den || 30 : 30}`,
+  );
 
   if (!video) throw new Error("No video stream in media");
 
   conn.setPacketizer(video.codecName);
   conn.mediaConnection.setSpeaking(true);
+  console.log(
+    `[goLive:playStream] setPacketizer(${video.codecName}) + setSpeaking done`,
+  );
 
   const w =
     typeof options.width === "function"