When trying to use screen recording on a fresh Omarchy installation, the recording failed silently — no video file was saved. After checking the logs, I found the following message:

`gsr_get_supported_video_codecs_vaapi: vaInitialize failed`

This error means VAAPI wasn’t initialized correctly because the proper driver was missing. And according to assada's comment, the solution depends on the GPU vendor:

> For anyone getting
> `gsr_get_supported_video_codecs_vaapi: vaInitialize failed`
> this means vaapi isn’t properly set up.
> 
> AMD: `sudo pacman -S libva-mesa-driver mesa-vdpau`
> Intel: `sudo pacman -S intel-media-driver`
> NVIDIA: `sudo pacman -S libva-nvidia-driver` 

 _Originally posted by @assada in [#2628](https://github.com/basecamp/omarchy/issues/2628#issuecomment-3424009321)_

My laptop has both an Intel integrated GPU and an NVIDIA GPU.
Even after installing libva-nvidia-driver, the issue persisted — it was only resolved after I also installed the Intel VAAPI driver (intel-media-driver).

So, the root cause seems to be that VAAPI tries to initialize the first available driver (often the wrong one) in hybrid systems. Without both drivers installed, it fails silently.

### Expected behavior:
Omarchy (or the underlying recording component) should detect when VAAPI initialization fails and show a clear message explaining the issue.

Ideally, it could suggest which driver to install based on GPU detection (via `lspci` or similar).

### Why this matters:
While not a core bug in Omarchy itself, this issue can affect many users — especially those on laptops with hybrid GPUs — right after a clean install. Improving the detection or error message would greatly improve UX and prevent confusion.

### Possible solution
A simple way to improve UX could be to add a small VAAPI check in the screen recording script before starting the recorder:

```bash
check_vaapi() {
  if ! vainfo >/dev/null 2>&1; then
    gpu=$(lspci | grep -E "VGA|3D" | awk -F: '{print $3}' | tr -d ' ')
    msg="VAAPI initialization failed. Please install the appropriate driver:\n"
    msg+="\nAMD: sudo pacman -S libva-mesa-driver mesa-vdpau"
    msg+="\nIntel: sudo pacman -S intel-media-driver"
    msg+="\nNVIDIA: sudo pacman -S libva-nvidia-driver"
    msg+="\n\nDetected GPU: ${gpu:-unknown}"
    notify-send "Screen recording error" "$msg" -u critical -t 10000
    exit 1
  fi
}

```

This would prevent the silent failure and guide the user to install the correct driver automatically.