diff --git a/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture-videoMetadataHints.browser.test.ts b/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture-videoMetadataHints.browser.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..94c8090d91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture-videoMetadataHints.browser.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import puppeteer, { type Browser } from "puppeteer-core";
+import { resolveHeadlessShellPath } from "./browserManager.js";
+import { applyVideoMetadataHints } from "./frameCapture.js";
+
+const chromePath = resolveHeadlessShellPath();
+const hasBrowser = chromePath !== undefined && spawnSync(chromePath, ["--version"]).status === 0;
+
+// Boxes Chrome gives these styles once a 640x360 video's metadata has loaded.
+const cases = {
+  noSize: { style: "", box: "640x360" },
+  widthOnly: { style: "width:200px", box: "200x112.5" },
+  heightOnly: { style: "height:90px", box: "160x90" },
+  bothSizes: { style: "width:200px;height:300px;object-fit:cover", box: "200x300" },
+  maxWidthOnly: { style: "max-width:100px", box: "100x56.25" },
+  // A flex item may not shrink below its natural width, so its border overflows the 400px row.
+  borderedFlexItem: { style: "width:100%;border:8px solid", box: "416x241" },
+};
+const ids = Object.keys(cases);
+
+describe.skipIf(!hasBrowser)("applyVideoMetadataHints in Chrome", () => {
+  let browser: Browser;
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    browser = await puppeteer.launch({
+      executablePath: chromePath,
+      headless: true,
+      args: ["--no-sandbox", "--disable-dev-shm-usage"],
+    });
+  });
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await browser?.close();
+  });
+
+  it("lays out a video without loaded metadata as it would with it", async () => {
+    const page = await browser.newPage();
+    const videos = Object.entries(cases).map(
+      ([id, { style }]) =>
+        `<div style="display:flex;align-items:center;width:400px"><video id="${id}" style="${style}"></video></div>`,
+    );
+    await page.setContent(`<body style="margin:0">${videos.join("")}</body>`);
+
+    await applyVideoMetadataHints(
+      page,
+      ids.map((id) => ({ id, width: 640, height: 360 })),
+    );
+
+    const boxes = await page.evaluate((videoIds) => {
+      return Object.fromEntries(
+        videoIds.map((id) => {
+          const rect = document.getElementById(id)!.getBoundingClientRect();
+          return [id, `${rect.width}x${rect.height}`];
+        }),
+      );
+    }, ids);
+    expect(boxes).toEqual(
+      Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(cases).map(([id, { box }]) => [id, box])),
+    );
+    await page.close();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture.ts b/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture.ts
index c71a963b5f..8c24bfe849 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture.ts
@@ -2217,7 +2217,7 @@ async function decodeAllImages(page: Page): Promise<void> {
   });
 }
 
-async function applyVideoMetadataHints(
+export async function applyVideoMetadataHints(
   page: Page,
   hints: readonly CaptureVideoMetadataHint[] | undefined,
 ): Promise<void> {
@@ -2225,7 +2225,8 @@ async function applyVideoMetadataHints(
 
   // fallow-ignore-next-line complexity
   await page.evaluate(
-    (metadataHints: CaptureVideoMetadataHint[]) => {
+    async (metadataHints: CaptureVideoMetadataHint[]) => {
+      const posters = new Set<string>();
       for (const hint of metadataHints) {
         if (
           !hint.id ||
@@ -2239,19 +2240,20 @@ async function applyVideoMetadataHints(
 
         const video = (window.__hfMediaEl?.(hint.id) ??
           document.getElementById(hint.id)) as HTMLVideoElement | null;
-        if (!video) continue;
+        if (!video || video.hasAttribute("poster")) continue;
 
-        if (!video.hasAttribute("width")) video.setAttribute("width", String(hint.width));
-        if (!video.hasAttribute("height")) video.setAttribute("height", String(hint.height));
-
-        const computed = window.getComputedStyle(video);
-        if (
-          !video.style.aspectRatio &&
-          (!computed.aspectRatio || computed.aspectRatio === "auto")
-        ) {
-          video.style.aspectRatio = `${hint.width} / ${hint.height}`;
-        }
+        const svg = `<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="${hint.width}" height="${hint.height}"/>`;
+        const intrinsicSizePoster = `data:image/svg+xml,${encodeURIComponent(svg)}`;
+        video.poster = intrinsicSizePoster;
+        posters.add(intrinsicSizePoster);
       }
+      await Promise.all(
+        [...posters].map((src) => {
+          const image = new Image();
+          image.src = src;
+          return image.decode();
+        }),
+      );
     },
     [...hints],
   );