diff --git a/client/src/input/inputs.rs b/client/src/input/inputs.rs
index e333f01..a1adcce 100644
--- a/client/src/input/inputs.rs
+++ b/client/src/input/inputs.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ impl InputAggregator {
                 WriteFlag::NORMAL,                 // <-- write access needed for EVIOCGRAB
             ) {
                 Ok(d) => d,
-                Err(e) => { … }
+                Err(e) => {
+                    warn!("❌ open {path}: {e}");
+                    continue;
+                }
             };
 
             // non-blocking so fetch_events never stalls the whole loop
diff --git a/server/src/main.rs b/server/src/main.rs
index 170f72b..65da0c2 100644
--- a/server/src/main.rs
+++ b/server/src/main.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use tokio_stream::wrappers::ReceiverStream;
 use tonic::{Request, Response, Status};
 use tonic::transport::Server;
 use tonic_reflection::server::{Builder as ReflBuilder};
-use tracing::{info, warn, error, trace};
+use tracing::{info, warn, error, trace, debug};
 use tracing_subscriber::{filter::EnvFilter, fmt, prelude::*};
 use tracing_appender::non_blocking::WorkerGuard;
 
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ impl Relay for Handler {
             1 => "/dev/lesavka_r_eye",
             _ => return Err(Status::invalid_argument("monitor id must be 0 or 1")),
         };
-        info!("🎥 streaming {dev}");
+        debug!("🎥 streaming {dev}");
         let s = video::eye_ball(dev, id, 6_000)
             .await
             .map_err(|e| Status::internal(format!("{e:#}")))?;
diff --git a/server/src/video.rs b/server/src/video.rs
index 8e2591d..ba20c50 100644
--- a/server/src/video.rs
+++ b/server/src/video.rs
@@ -44,24 +44,25 @@ pub async fn eye_ball(
     let eye = EYE_ID[id as usize];
     gst::init().context("gst init")?;
 
+    let desc = format!(
+        "v4l2src device=\"{dev}\" io-mode=mmap ! \
+         queue ! tsdemux name=d ! \
+         d. ! h264parse disable-passthrough=true config-interval=-1 ! \
+         video/x-h264,stream-format=byte-stream,alignment=au ! \
+         appsink name=vsink emit-signals=true max-buffers=32 drop=true"
+    );
     // let desc = format!(
     //     "v4l2src device={dev} io-mode=mmap ! \
-    //      queue max-size-time=0 ! tsdemux name=d ! \
-    //      d. ! h264parse    config-interval=1 ! queue ! appsink name=vsink  emit-signals=true \
-    //      d. ! aacparse ! queue ! appsink name=asink emit-signals=true"
+    //     queue max-size-buffers=0 max-size-bytes=0 max-size-time=0 ! tsdemux name=d ! \
+    //     video/x-h264,stream-format=byte-stream,alignment=au,profile=high ! tsdemux name=d ! \
+    //     d. ! h264parse    config-interval=1 ! queue ! appsink name=vsink  emit-signals=true \
+    //     d. ! aacparse ! queue ! h264parse config-interval=1 ! appsink name=sink \
+    //     emit-signals=true drop=false sync=false"
     // );
-    let desc = format!(
-        "v4l2src device={dev} io-mode=mmap ! \
-        queue max-size-buffers=0 max-size-bytes=0 max-size-time=0 ! tsdemux name=d ! \
-        video/x-h264,stream-format=byte-stream,alignment=au,profile=high ! tsdemux name=d ! \
-        d. ! h264parse    config-interval=1 ! queue ! appsink name=vsink  emit-signals=true \
-        d. ! aacparse ! queue ! h264parse config-interval=1 ! appsink name=sink \
-        emit-signals=true drop=false sync=false"
-    );
 
     let pipeline = gst::parse::launch(&desc)?
         .downcast::<gst::Pipeline>()
-        .expect("pipeline down-cast");
+        .expect("not a pipeline");
 
     let sink = pipeline
         .by_name("sink")