From 029d80002c3cc75c7a348d7cf43522778e528279 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Max Goodhart <c@chromakode.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 22:07:49 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Wait indefinitely for media reacquire

---
 packages/streamwall/src/preload/mediaPreload.ts | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/streamwall/src/preload/mediaPreload.ts b/packages/streamwall/src/preload/mediaPreload.ts
index 2bf8c61..73a500a 100644
--- a/packages/streamwall/src/preload/mediaPreload.ts
+++ b/packages/streamwall/src/preload/mediaPreload.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { ContentDisplayOptions } from 'streamwall-shared'
 
 const SCAN_THROTTLE = 500
 const INITIAL_TIMEOUT = 10 * 1000
-const REACQUIRE_ELEMENT_TIMEOUT = 60 * 1000
 
 const VIDEO_OVERRIDE_STYLE = `
   * {
@@ -197,10 +196,11 @@ async function waitForVideo(
 }> {
   lockdownMediaTags()
 
-  let video: Element | null | void = await Promise.race([
-    waitForQuery(kind),
-    sleep(timeoutMs),
-  ])
+  let queryPromise: Promise<Element | void> = waitForQuery(kind)
+  if (timeoutMs !== Infinity) {
+    queryPromise = Promise.race([waitForQuery(kind), sleep(timeoutMs)])
+  }
+  let video: Element | null | void = await queryPromise
   if (video instanceof HTMLMediaElement) {
     return { video }
   }
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ async function main() {
         ipcRenderer.send('view-stalled')
         clearInterval(snapshotInterval)
 
-        const newMedia = await acquireMedia(REACQUIRE_ELEMENT_TIMEOUT)
+        const newMedia = await acquireMedia(Infinity)
         if (newMedia !== media) {
           media.remove()
         }