diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 03178df..e604270 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1404,6 +1404,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "objc2-foundation",
  "parking_lot",
  "percent-encoding",
+ "pollster",
  "raw-window-handle 0.5.2",
  "raw-window-handle 0.6.2",
  "ron",
@@ -1413,6 +1414,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen-futures",
  "web-sys",
  "web-time",
+ "wgpu",
  "winapi",
  "winit",
 ]
@@ -3470,6 +3472,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pollster"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "22686f4785f02a4fcc856d3b3bb19bf6c8160d103f7a99cc258bddd0251dc7f2"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "powerfmt"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -4890,6 +4898,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "document-features",
  "js-sys",
  "log",
+ "naga",
  "parking_lot",
  "profiling",
  "raw-window-handle 0.6.2",
@@ -4940,6 +4949,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "arrayvec",
  "ash",
  "bitflags 2.6.0",
+ "block",
  "cfg_aliases",
  "core-graphics-types",
  "glow",
diff --git a/crates/gui/Cargo.toml b/crates/gui/Cargo.toml
index cf85b53..6a8a14a 100644
--- a/crates/gui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/gui/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/valadaptive/ntsc-rs/tree/main/crates/gui"
 [dependencies]
 ntscrs = { path = "../ntscrs" }
 arboard = "3.4.0"
-eframe = { version = "0.28.1", features=["persistence"] }
+eframe = { version = "0.28.1", features=["persistence", "wgpu"] }
 # The dirs maintainer has intentionally inserted an MPL dependency into this package.
 # https://github.com/dirs-dev/dirs-sys-rs/issues/21
 # May his shoe forever contain a small pebble in it for making me waste time on this garbage.
diff --git a/crates/gui/src/app/main.rs b/crates/gui/src/app/main.rs
index eeeb942..34787a3 100644
--- a/crates/gui/src/app/main.rs
+++ b/crates/gui/src/app/main.rs
@@ -390,10 +390,10 @@ impl NtscApp {
 
         let tex = ctx.load_texture(
             "preview",
-            egui::ColorImage::from_rgb([0, 0], &[]),
+            egui::ColorImage::from_rgb([1, 1], &[0, 0, 0]),
             egui::TextureOptions::LINEAR,
         );
-        let tex_sink = SinkTexture(Some(tex.clone()));
+        let tex_sink = SinkTexture::new(tex.clone());
         let egui_ctx = EguiCtx(Some(ctx.clone()));
         let video_sink = gstreamer::ElementFactory::make("eguisink")
             .property("texture", tex_sink)
@@ -1835,9 +1835,7 @@ impl NtscApp {
                             ui.with_layout(
                                 egui::Layout::centered_and_justified(egui::Direction::LeftToRight),
                                 |ui| {
-                                    let Some(PipelineInfo {
-                                        preview, egui_sink, ..
-                                    }) = &mut self.pipeline
+                                    let Some(PipelineInfo { egui_sink, .. }) = &mut self.pipeline
                                     else {
                                         ui.add(
                                             egui::Label::new(
@@ -1848,10 +1846,19 @@ impl NtscApp {
                                         return;
                                     };
 
-                                    if preview.size().iter().any(|dim| *dim == 0) {
+                                    let texture = {
+                                        let egui_sink =
+                                            egui_sink.downcast_ref::<elements::EguiSink>().unwrap();
+                                        let egui_sink = EguiSink::from_obj(egui_sink);
+                                        egui_sink.get_texture()
+                                    };
+
+                                    let (Some(preview), true) =
+                                        (texture.handle, texture.rendered_at_least_once)
+                                    else {
                                         ui.add(egui::Spinner::new());
                                         return;
-                                    }
+                                    };
 
                                     let texture_size = if self.video_scale.enabled {
                                         let texture_actual_size = preview.size_vec2();
diff --git a/crates/gui/src/gst_utils/egui_sink.rs b/crates/gui/src/gst_utils/egui_sink.rs
index ec92aee..1a3f2ff 100644
--- a/crates/gui/src/gst_utils/egui_sink.rs
+++ b/crates/gui/src/gst_utils/egui_sink.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,19 @@ use super::process_gst_frame::process_gst_frame;
 
 #[derive(Clone, glib::Boxed, Default)]
 #[boxed_type(name = "SinkTexture")]
-pub struct SinkTexture(pub Option<TextureHandle>);
+pub struct SinkTexture {
+    pub handle: Option<TextureHandle>,
+    pub rendered_at_least_once: bool,
+}
+
+impl SinkTexture {
+    pub fn new(handle: TextureHandle) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            handle: Some(handle),
+            rendered_at_least_once: false,
+        }
+    }
+}
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, glib::Boxed, Default)]
 #[boxed_type(name = "VideoPreviewSetting")]
@@ -27,21 +39,16 @@ pub enum EffectPreviewSetting {
 
 impl Debug for SinkTexture {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        let mut t = f.debug_tuple("SinkTexture");
-
-        match &self.0 {
-            Some(_) => {
-                t.field(&"TextureHandle");
-            }
-            None => {
-                t.field(&"None");
-            }
-        }
-
-        t.finish()
+        f.debug_struct("SinkTexture")
+            .field("rendered_at_least_once", &self.rendered_at_least_once)
+            .finish()
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, glib::Boxed, Default)]
+#[boxed_type(name = "EguiCtx")]
+pub struct EguiCtx(pub Option<Context>);
+
 #[derive(glib::Properties, Default)]
 #[properties(wrapper_type = super::elements::EguiSink)]
 pub struct EguiSink {
@@ -63,10 +70,6 @@ pub struct EguiSink {
     >,
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, glib::Boxed, Default)]
-#[boxed_type(name = "EguiCtx")]
-pub struct EguiCtx(pub Option<Context>);
-
 impl EguiSink {
     fn set_settings(&self, value: NtscFilterSettings) {
         *self.settings.lock().unwrap() = value;
@@ -107,6 +110,10 @@ impl EguiSink {
         Ok(image)
     }
 
+    pub fn get_texture(&self) -> SinkTexture {
+        self.texture.lock().unwrap().clone()
+    }
+
     pub fn update_texture(&self) -> Result<(), gstreamer::FlowError> {
         let mut tex = self.texture.lock().unwrap();
         let vframe = self.last_frame.lock().unwrap();
@@ -144,7 +151,7 @@ impl EguiSink {
             }
         }
 
-        tex.0.as_mut().ok_or(gstreamer::FlowError::Error)?.set(
+        tex.handle.as_mut().ok_or(gstreamer::FlowError::Error)?.set(
             image,
             TextureOptions {
                 magnification: TextureFilter::Nearest,
@@ -152,6 +159,7 @@ impl EguiSink {
                 ..Default::default()
             },
         );
+        tex.rendered_at_least_once = true;
         if let Some(ctx) = &self.ctx.lock().unwrap().0 {
             ctx.request_repaint();
         }