diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9827b524..af2a9dca 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@
 		"electron-unhandled": "^4.0.1",
 		"electron-updater": "^4.6.3",
 		"filenamify": "^4.3.0",
-		"hark": "^1.2.3",
 		"html-to-text": "^8.2.1",
 		"md5": "^2.3.0",
 		"mpris-service": "^2.1.2",
diff --git a/plugins/audio-compressor/front.js b/plugins/audio-compressor/front.js
index 129073e3..1281cec5 100644
--- a/plugins/audio-compressor/front.js
+++ b/plugins/audio-compressor/front.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-const applyCompressor = () => {
-	const audioContext = new AudioContext();
+const applyCompressor = (e) => {
+	const audioContext = e.detail.audioContext;
 
 	const compressor = audioContext.createDynamicsCompressor();
 	compressor.threshold.value = -50;
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ const applyCompressor = () => {
 	compressor.attack.value = 0;
 	compressor.release.value = 0.25;
 
-	const source = audioContext.createMediaElementSource(document.querySelector("video"));
-
-	source.connect(compressor);
+	e.detail.audioSource.connect(compressor);
 	compressor.connect(audioContext.destination);
 };
 
-module.exports = () => document.addEventListener('apiLoaded', applyCompressor, { once: true, passive: true });
+module.exports = () =>
+	document.addEventListener("audioCanPlay", applyCompressor, {
+		passive: true,
+	});
diff --git a/plugins/skip-silences/front.js b/plugins/skip-silences/front.js
index 17a534c9..69a6e919 100644
--- a/plugins/skip-silences/front.js
+++ b/plugins/skip-silences/front.js
@@ -1,53 +1,112 @@
-const hark = require("hark/hark.bundle.js");
-
 module.exports = (options) => {
 	let isSilent = false;
 	let hasAudioStarted = false;
 
-	document.addEventListener("apiLoaded", () => {
-		const video = document.querySelector("video");
-		const speechEvents = hark(video, {
-			threshold: -100, // dB (-100 = absolute silence, 0 = loudest)
-			interval: 2, // ms
-		});
-		const skipSilence = () => {
-			if (options.onlySkipBeginning && hasAudioStarted) {
-				return;
-			}
+	const smoothing = 0.1;
+	const threshold = -100; // dB (-100 = absolute silence, 0 = loudest)
+	const interval = 2; // ms
+	const history = 10;
+	const speakingHistory = Array(history).fill(0);
 
-			if (isSilent && !video.paused) {
-				video.currentTime += 0.2; // in s
-			}
-		};
+	document.addEventListener(
+		"audioCanPlay",
+		(e) => {
+			const video = document.querySelector("video");
+			const audioContext = e.detail.audioContext;
+			const sourceNode = e.detail.audioSource;
 
-		speechEvents.on("speaking", function () {
-			isSilent = false;
-			hasAudioStarted = true;
-		});
+			// Use an audio analyser similar to Hark
+			// https://github.com/otalk/hark/blob/master/hark.bundle.js
+			const analyser = audioContext.createAnalyser();
+			analyser.fftSize = 512;
+			analyser.smoothingTimeConstant = smoothing;
+			const fftBins = new Float32Array(analyser.frequencyBinCount);
 
-		speechEvents.on("stopped_speaking", function () {
-			if (
-				!(
-					video.paused ||
-					video.seeking ||
-					video.ended ||
-					video.muted ||
-					video.volume === 0
-				)
-			) {
-				isSilent = true;
+			sourceNode.connect(analyser);
+			analyser.connect(audioContext.destination);
+
+			const looper = () => {
+				setTimeout(() => {
+					const currentVolume = getMaxVolume(analyser, fftBins);
+
+					let history = 0;
+					if (currentVolume > threshold && isSilent) {
+						// trigger quickly, short history
+						for (
+							let i = speakingHistory.length - 3;
+							i < speakingHistory.length;
+							i++
+						) {
+							history += speakingHistory[i];
+						}
+						if (history >= 2) {
+							// Not silent
+							isSilent = false;
+							hasAudioStarted = true;
+						}
+					} else if (currentVolume < threshold && !isSilent) {
+						for (let i = 0; i < speakingHistory.length; i++) {
+							history += speakingHistory[i];
+						}
+						if (history == 0) {
+							// Silent
+							if (
+								!(
+									video.paused ||
+									video.seeking ||
+									video.ended ||
+									video.muted ||
+									video.volume === 0
+								)
+							) {
+								isSilent = true;
+								skipSilence();
+							}
+						}
+					}
+					speakingHistory.shift();
+					speakingHistory.push(0 + (currentVolume > threshold));
+
+					looper();
+				}, interval);
+			};
+			looper();
+
+			const skipSilence = () => {
+				if (options.onlySkipBeginning && hasAudioStarted) {
+					return;
+				}
+
+				if (isSilent && !video.paused) {
+					video.currentTime += 0.2; // in s
+				}
+			};
+
+			video.addEventListener("play", function () {
+				hasAudioStarted = false;
 				skipSilence();
-			}
-		});
+			});
 
-		video.addEventListener("play", function () {
-			hasAudioStarted = false;
-			skipSilence();
-		});
-
-		video.addEventListener("seeked", function () {
-			hasAudioStarted = false;
-			skipSilence();
-		});
-	});
+			video.addEventListener("seeked", function () {
+				hasAudioStarted = false;
+				skipSilence();
+			});
+		},
+		{
+			passive: true,
+		}
+	);
 };
+
+function getMaxVolume(analyser, fftBins) {
+	var maxVolume = -Infinity;
+	analyser.getFloatFrequencyData(fftBins);
+
+	for (var i = 4, ii = fftBins.length; i < ii; i++) {
+		if (fftBins[i] > maxVolume && fftBins[i] < 0) {
+			maxVolume = fftBins[i];
+		}
+	}
+
+	return maxVolume;
+}
diff --git a/preload.js b/preload.js
index 2b9122f1..ecfb8e17 100644
--- a/preload.js
+++ b/preload.js
@@ -90,6 +90,32 @@ function listenForApiLoad() {
 }
 
 function onApiLoaded() {
+	const video = document.querySelector("video");
+	const audioContext = new AudioContext();
+	const audioSource = audioContext.createMediaElementSource(video);
+
+	video.addEventListener(
+		"loadstart",
+		() => {
+			// Emit "audioCanPlay" for each video
+			video.addEventListener(
+				"canplaythrough",
+				() => {
+					document.dispatchEvent(
+						new CustomEvent("audioCanPlay", {
+							detail: {
+								audioContext: audioContext,
+								audioSource: audioSource,
+							},
+						})
+					);
+				},
+				{ once: true }
+			);
+		},
+		{ passive: true }
+	);
+
 	document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('apiLoaded', { detail: api }));
 
 	// Remove upgrade button
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c5a07fde..b7505584 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3527,13 +3527,6 @@ hard-rejection@^2.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/hard-rejection/-/hard-rejection-2.1.0.tgz#1c6eda5c1685c63942766d79bb40ae773cecd883"
   integrity sha512-VIZB+ibDhx7ObhAe7OVtoEbuP4h/MuOTHJ+J8h/eBXotJYl0fBgR72xDFCKgIh22OJZIOVNxBMWuhAr10r8HdA==
 
-hark@^1.2.3:
-  version "1.2.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/hark/-/hark-1.2.3.tgz#959981400f561be5580ecd4321a9f55b16bacbd0"
-  integrity sha512-u68vz9SCa38ESiFJSDjqK8XbXqWzyot7Cj6Y2b6jk2NJ+II3MY2dIrLMg/kjtIAun4Y1DHF/20hfx4rq1G5GMg==
-  dependencies:
-    wildemitter "^1.2.0"
-
 has-ansi@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/has-ansi/-/has-ansi-2.0.0.tgz#34f5049ce1ecdf2b0649af3ef24e45ed35416d91"
@@ -6639,11 +6632,6 @@ widest-line@^3.1.0:
   dependencies:
     string-width "^4.0.0"
 
-wildemitter@^1.2.0:
-  version "1.2.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/wildemitter/-/wildemitter-1.2.1.tgz#9da3b5ca498e4378628d1783145493c70a10b774"
-  integrity sha512-UMmSUoIQSir+XbBpTxOTS53uJ8s/lVhADCkEbhfRjUGFDPme/XGOb0sBWLx5sTz7Wx/2+TlAw1eK9O5lw5PiEw==
-
 word-wrap@^1.2.3:
   version "1.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/word-wrap/-/word-wrap-1.2.3.tgz#610636f6b1f703891bd34771ccb17fb93b47079c"