diff --git a/packages/initialization-worker/src/parts/PrepareBoth/PrepareBoth.ts b/packages/initialization-worker/src/parts/PrepareBoth/PrepareBoth.ts
index 65d982492c..eccde31c5f 100644
--- a/packages/initialization-worker/src/parts/PrepareBoth/PrepareBoth.ts
+++ b/packages/initialization-worker/src/parts/PrepareBoth/PrepareBoth.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,13 @@ import * as DebuggerCreateRpcConnection from '../DebuggerCreateRpcConnection/Deb
 import { DevtoolsProtocolDebugger, DevtoolsProtocolRuntime } from '../DevtoolsProtocol/DevtoolsProtocol.ts'
 import * as MonkeyPatchElectronScript from '../MonkeyPatchElectronScript/MonkeyPatchElectronScript.ts'
 import { PortReadStream } from '../PortReadStream/PortReadStream.ts'
+import * as SetWindowContentSize from '../SetWindowContentSize/SetWindowContentSize.ts'
 import * as WaitForDebuggerListening from '../WaitForDebuggerListening/WaitForDebuggerListening.ts'
 import * as WaitForDevtoolsListening from '../WaitForDevtoolsListening/WaitForDevtoolsListening.ts'
 
+const windowWidth = 1024
+const windowHeight = 768
+
 export const prepareBoth = async (
   secretsPath: string,
   headlessMode: boolean,
@@ -58,6 +62,8 @@ export const prepareBoth = async (
   // Wait for the page to be created by the initialization worker's connectDevtools
   const { dispose, sessionId, targetId } = await connectDevtoolsPromise
 
+  await SetWindowContentSize.setWindowContentSize(electronRpc, electronObjectId, targetId, windowWidth, windowHeight)
+
   await Promise.all([electronRpc.dispose(), dispose()])
 
   return {
diff --git a/packages/initialization-worker/src/parts/SetWindowContentSize/SetWindowContentSize.ts b/packages/initialization-worker/src/parts/SetWindowContentSize/SetWindowContentSize.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e02cb9717c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/initialization-worker/src/parts/SetWindowContentSize/SetWindowContentSize.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { DevtoolsProtocolRuntime } from '../DevtoolsProtocol/DevtoolsProtocol.ts'
+
+const setWindowContentSizeScript = `async function (targetId, width, height) {
+  const electron = this
+  const { BrowserWindow, webContents } = electron
+  const targetWebContents = webContents.fromDevToolsTargetId?.(targetId)
+  const browserWindow = targetWebContents
+    ? BrowserWindow.fromWebContents(targetWebContents)
+    : BrowserWindow.getAllWindows()[0]
+  if (!browserWindow) {
+    throw new Error('browser window not found')
+  }
+
+  if (browserWindow.isFullScreen()) {
+    await new Promise((resolve) => {
+      browserWindow.once('leave-full-screen', resolve)
+      browserWindow.setFullScreen(false)
+    })
+  }
+  if (browserWindow.isMaximized()) {
+    await new Promise((resolve) => {
+      browserWindow.once('unmaximize', resolve)
+      browserWindow.unmaximize()
+    })
+  }
+
+  browserWindow.setContentSize(width, height, false)
+  const [actualWidth, actualHeight] = browserWindow.getContentSize()
+  if (actualWidth !== width || actualHeight !== height) {
+    throw new Error(
+      \`expected browser window content size \${width}x\${height}, got \${actualWidth}x\${actualHeight}\`
+    )
+  }
+}`
+
+export const setWindowContentSize = async (
+  electronRpc: { invoke(method: string, params?: unknown): Promise<unknown> },
+  electronObjectId: string,
+  targetId: string,
+  width: number,
+  height: number,
+): Promise<void> => {
+  await DevtoolsProtocolRuntime.callFunctionOn(electronRpc, {
+    arguments: [{ value: targetId }, { value: width }, { value: height }],
+    awaitPromise: true,
+    functionDeclaration: setWindowContentSizeScript,
+    objectId: electronObjectId,
+  })
+}
diff --git a/packages/initialization-worker/test/PrepareBoth.test.ts b/packages/initialization-worker/test/PrepareBoth.test.ts
index f19febc3e6..a3fe52f9cc 100644
--- a/packages/initialization-worker/test/PrepareBoth.test.ts
+++ b/packages/initialization-worker/test/PrepareBoth.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { expect, jest, test } from '@jest/globals'
 
+const mockSetWindowContentSize = jest.fn(async (..._args: unknown[]) => {})
+
 jest.unstable_mockModule('../src/parts/WaitForDebuggerListening/WaitForDebuggerListening.ts', () => {
   return {
     WaitForDebuggerListening: {},
@@ -59,6 +61,12 @@ jest.unstable_mockModule('../src/parts/DevtoolsProtocol/DevtoolsProtocol.ts', ()
   }
 })
 
+jest.unstable_mockModule('../src/parts/SetWindowContentSize/SetWindowContentSize.ts', () => {
+  return {
+    setWindowContentSize: mockSetWindowContentSize,
+  }
+})
+
 const { prepareBoth } = await import('../src/parts/PrepareBoth/PrepareBoth.ts')
 
 test('prepareBoth returns real electron process id from runtime evaluation', async () => {
@@ -79,4 +87,5 @@ test('prepareBoth returns real electron process id from runtime evaluation', asy
   )
 
   expect(result.pid).toBe(9876)
+  expect(mockSetWindowContentSize).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.anything(), 'electron-object', 'target-id', 1024, 768)
 })
diff --git a/packages/initialization-worker/test/SetWindowContentSize.test.ts b/packages/initialization-worker/test/SetWindowContentSize.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd4d63f0b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/initialization-worker/test/SetWindowContentSize.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { expect, test } from '@jest/globals'
+import * as SetWindowContentSize from '../src/parts/SetWindowContentSize/SetWindowContentSize.ts'
+
+test('setWindowContentSize resizes the window for the target web contents', async () => {
+  const calls: Array<{ method: string; params: any }> = []
+  const electronRpc = {
+    invoke: async (method: string, params: any) => {
+      calls.push({ method, params })
+      return {
+        result: {
+          result: {
+            type: 'undefined',
+          },
+        },
+      }
+    },
+  }
+
+  await SetWindowContentSize.setWindowContentSize(electronRpc, 'electron-object', 'target-id', 1024, 768)
+
+  expect(calls).toEqual([
+    {
+      method: 'Runtime.callFunctionOn',
+      params: {
+        arguments: [{ value: 'target-id' }, { value: 1024 }, { value: 768 }],
+        awaitPromise: true,
+        functionDeclaration: expect.stringContaining('browserWindow.setContentSize(width, height, false)'),
+        objectId: 'electron-object',
+      },
+    },
+  ])
+})
diff --git a/packages/video-recording-worker/src/parts/Ffmpeg/Ffmpeg.ts b/packages/video-recording-worker/src/parts/Ffmpeg/Ffmpeg.ts
index 3014b92ab5..b2938a1fc1 100644
--- a/packages/video-recording-worker/src/parts/Ffmpeg/Ffmpeg.ts
+++ b/packages/video-recording-worker/src/parts/Ffmpeg/Ffmpeg.ts
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ export const start = async (platform: string, outFile: string): Promise<void> =>
     throw new Error(`ffmpeg binary not found at ${ffmpegPath}`)
   }
   const fps = 25
-  const width = 1024
-  const height = 768
-  const options = GetFfmpegOptions.getFfmpegOptions(fps, width, height, outFile)
+  const options = GetFfmpegOptions.getFfmpegOptions(fps, outFile)
   const childProcess = spawn(ffmpegPath, options, {
     stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
   })
diff --git a/packages/video-recording-worker/src/parts/GetFfmpegOptions/GetFfmpegOptions.ts b/packages/video-recording-worker/src/parts/GetFfmpegOptions/GetFfmpegOptions.ts
index 5005df9be5..00ac06a427 100644
--- a/packages/video-recording-worker/src/parts/GetFfmpegOptions/GetFfmpegOptions.ts
+++ b/packages/video-recording-worker/src/parts/GetFfmpegOptions/GetFfmpegOptions.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 import * as Assert from '../Assert/Assert.ts'
 
-export const getFfmpegOptions = (fps: number, width: number, height: number, outFile: string): readonly string[] => {
+export const getFfmpegOptions = (fps: number, outFile: string): readonly string[] => {
   Assert.number(fps)
-  Assert.number(width)
-  Assert.number(height)
   Assert.string(outFile)
   const args = [
     '-loglevel',
@@ -42,8 +40,6 @@ export const getFfmpegOptions = (fps: number, width: number, height: number, out
     '1M',
     '-threads',
     '1',
-    '-vf',
-    `pad=${width}:${height}:0:0:gray,crop=${width}:${height}:0:0`,
     outFile,
   ]
   return args
diff --git a/packages/video-recording-worker/test/GetFfmpegOptions.test.ts b/packages/video-recording-worker/test/GetFfmpegOptions.test.ts
index 91f555afda..6eb66b3e59 100644
--- a/packages/video-recording-worker/test/GetFfmpegOptions.test.ts
+++ b/packages/video-recording-worker/test/GetFfmpegOptions.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { expect, test } from '@jest/globals'
 import * as GetFfmpegOptions from '../src/parts/GetFfmpegOptions/GetFfmpegOptions.ts'
 
 test('getFfmpegOptions returns array of strings', () => {
-  const result = GetFfmpegOptions.getFfmpegOptions(25, 1024, 768, '/tmp/test.webm')
+  const result = GetFfmpegOptions.getFfmpegOptions(25, '/tmp/test.webm')
   expect(Array.isArray(result)).toBe(true)
   expect(result.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
   for (const arg of result) {
@@ -12,35 +12,30 @@ test('getFfmpegOptions returns array of strings', () => {
 
 test('getFfmpegOptions includes fps in arguments', () => {
   const fps = 30
-  const result = GetFfmpegOptions.getFfmpegOptions(fps, 1024, 768, '/tmp/test.webm')
+  const result = GetFfmpegOptions.getFfmpegOptions(fps, '/tmp/test.webm')
   expect(result).toContain('30')
 })
 
 test('getFfmpegOptions includes output file in arguments', () => {
   const outFile = '/tmp/output.webm'
-  const result = GetFfmpegOptions.getFfmpegOptions(25, 1024, 768, outFile)
+  const result = GetFfmpegOptions.getFfmpegOptions(25, outFile)
   expect(result).toContain(outFile)
 })
 
-test('getFfmpegOptions includes video filter with dimensions', () => {
-  const width = 1920
-  const height = 1080
-  const result = GetFfmpegOptions.getFfmpegOptions(25, width, height, '/tmp/test.webm')
-  const filterArg = result.find((arg) => arg.includes('pad=') && arg.includes('crop='))
-  expect(filterArg).toBeDefined()
-  expect(filterArg).toContain(`pad=${width}:${height}`)
-  expect(filterArg).toContain(`crop=${width}:${height}`)
+test('getFfmpegOptions preserves the dimensions provided by Chrome', () => {
+  const result = GetFfmpegOptions.getFfmpegOptions(25, '/tmp/test.webm')
+  expect(result).not.toContain('-vf')
 })
 
 test('getFfmpegOptions includes required codec arguments', () => {
-  const result = GetFfmpegOptions.getFfmpegOptions(25, 1024, 768, '/tmp/test.webm')
+  const result = GetFfmpegOptions.getFfmpegOptions(25, '/tmp/test.webm')
   expect(result).toContain('-c:v')
   expect(result).toContain('vp8')
   expect(result).toContain('mjpeg')
 })
 
 test('getFfmpegOptions includes error loglevel', () => {
-  const result = GetFfmpegOptions.getFfmpegOptions(25, 1024, 768, '/tmp/test.webm')
+  const result = GetFfmpegOptions.getFfmpegOptions(25, '/tmp/test.webm')
   expect(result).toContain('-loglevel')
   expect(result).toContain('error')
 })