diff --git a/services/discord-gateway/src/goLive/BaseMediaConnection.ts b/services/discord-gateway/src/goLive/BaseMediaConnection.ts
index 6f9bdf5..43ca716 100644
--- a/services/discord-gateway/src/goLive/BaseMediaConnection.ts
+++ b/services/discord-gateway/src/goLive/BaseMediaConnection.ts
@@ -258,6 +258,19 @@ a=ice-lite
         `a=rtpmap:${el.payload_type} ${el.name}/90000`,
         `a=rtpmap:${el.rtx_payload_type} rtx/90000`,
         `a=fmtp:${el.rtx_payload_type} apt=${el.payload_type}`,
+        // CRITICAL: H264 MUST advertise packetization-mode=1. The encoder
+        // emits baseline slices up to 8KB (>RTP MTU), so the packetizer
+        // fragments them into FU-A units (RFC 6184). Discord's receiver only
+        // reassembles FU-A when packetization-mode=1 is negotiated — without
+        // it the slices (type 28) are DROPPED while SPS/PPS (small single
+        // NALs) and Opus audio (no fragmentation) still arrive → black video
+        // with working audio. profile-level-id=42e01f (constrained baseline
+        // 3.1) matches the -profile:v baseline encoder + SPS VUI rewriter.
+        ...(el.name === "H264"
+          ? [
+              `a=fmtp:${el.payload_type} level-asymmetry-allowed=1;packetization-mode=1;profile-level-id=42e01f`,
+            ]
+          : []),
         `a=rtcp-fb:${el.payload_type} ccm fir`,
         `a=rtcp-fb:${el.payload_type} nack`,
         `a=rtcp-fb:${el.payload_type} nack pli`,