diff --git a/packages/driver/src/cy/video-recorder.ts b/packages/driver/src/cy/video-recorder.ts
index 7074c9da3bae..a5dfe42a73bc 100644
--- a/packages/driver/src/cy/video-recorder.ts
+++ b/packages/driver/src/cy/video-recorder.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,13 @@ export function create (state, Cypress) {
       audio: false,
       video: {
         // mediaSource: browser supported by user pref
+        // @ts-ignore
         mediaSource: 'browser',
+        frameRate: {
+          exact: 30,
+          // ideal: 30,
+          // max: 30,
+        },
       },
     })
     .then((stream) => {
@@ -14,9 +20,10 @@ export function create (state, Cypress) {
         mimeType: 'video/webm',
       }
 
+      // @ts-ignore
       const mediaRecorder = new window.MediaRecorder(stream, options)
 
-      mediaRecorder.start(100)
+      mediaRecorder.start(200)
 
       mediaRecorder.addEventListener('dataavailable', (e) => {
         Cypress.action('recorder:frame', e.data)
diff --git a/packages/server/lib/video_capture.coffee b/packages/server/lib/video_capture.coffee
index 5501619e26a8..cf098dc2a691 100644
--- a/packages/server/lib/video_capture.coffee
+++ b/packages/server/lib/video_capture.coffee
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ module.exports = {
 
       debugFrames("writing video frame")
 
+      # # wStream.write(data)
+      # pt.write(data)
+
+      # return
+
       if wantsWrite
         if not wantsWrite = pt.write(data)
           pt.once "drain", ->
@@ -148,15 +153,15 @@ module.exports = {
         if options.webmInput
           cmd
           .inputFormat('webm')
-          .videoFilters("scale=trunc(iw/2)*2:trunc(ih/2)*2")
+          .withFpsInput(18)
+          # .videoFilters("scale=trunc(iw/2)*2:trunc(ih/2)*2")
           ## same as above
-          # .videoFilters("crop='floor(in_w/2)*2:floor(in_h/2)*2'")
+          .videoFilters("crop='floor(in_w/2)*2:floor(in_h/2)*2'")
 
         else
           cmd
           .inputFormat("image2pipe")
           .inputOptions("-use_wallclock_as_timestamps 1")
-      
         cmd.save(name)
 
     startCapturing()
@@ -181,6 +186,7 @@ module.exports = {
         "-preset fast"
         "-crf #{videoCompression}"
       ])
+      # .videoFilters("crop='floor(in_w/2)*2:floor(in_h/2)*2'")
       .on "start", (command) ->
         debug("compression started %o", { command })