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+# Frame-Copy Shared Controls Implementation Plan
+
+> **For agentic workers:** REQUIRED SUB-SKILL: Use superpowers:subagent-driven-development (recommended) or superpowers:executing-plans to implement this plan task-by-task. Steps use checkbox (`- [ ]`) syntax for tracking.
+
+**Goal:** Mount the shared player controls over embedded MPV's frame-copy canvas while preserving the native-view controls dock unchanged.
+
+**Architecture:** A component-scoped `EmbeddedMpvControlsAdapter` maps `EmbeddedMpvSessionController` into the existing `PlayerController` contract. `EmbeddedMpvPlayerComponent` renders shared controls only for `support.engine === 'frame-copy'` and disables its legacy interaction handlers on that path.
+
+**Tech Stack:** Angular standalone components, signals, ngx-translate, Jest/TestBed, Nx, Electron frame-copy playback.
+
+---
+
+### Task 1: Add the embedded-MPV controls adapter
+
+**Files:**
+
+- Create: `libs/ui/playback/src/lib/embedded-mpv-player/embedded-mpv-controls.adapter.ts`
+- Create: `libs/ui/playback/src/lib/embedded-mpv-player/embedded-mpv-controls.adapter.spec.ts`
+- Create: `libs/ui/playback/src/lib/embedded-mpv-player/embedded-mpv-controls.adapter.messages.spec.ts`
+
+- [ ] **Step 1: Write failing state and command tests**
+
+Cover a supported VOD session, live session, optional support capabilities,
+audio/subtitle labels, series navigation, missing/unsupported/loading/error
+states, and every `PlayerControlsCommands` method.
+
+Use a fake controller with writable signals:
+
+```ts
+const controller = {
+    support: signal<EmbeddedMpvSupport | null>(supported()),
+    session: signal<EmbeddedMpvSession | null>(baseSession()),
+    stalled: signal(false),
+    togglePaused: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+    seekTo: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+    seekBy: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(true),
+    applyVolume: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+    setAudioTrack: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+    setSubtitleTrack: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+    setSpeed: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+    setAspect: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+    startRecording: jest.fn(),
+    stopRecording: jest.fn(),
+};
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 2: Verify the adapter tests fail**
+
+Run:
+
+```bash
+pnpm nx test ui-playback --skip-nx-cache --runInBand \
+  --testPathPattern=embedded-mpv-controls.adapter
+```
+
+Expected: failure because `EmbeddedMpvControlsAdapter` does not exist.
+
+- [ ] **Step 3: Implement the adapter state and commands**
+
+Create an injectable class that implements `PlayerController`, accepts the host
+context once, and derives state with `computed()`:
+
+```ts
+export interface EmbeddedMpvControlsContext {
+    playback: Signal<ResolvedPortalPlayback>;
+    seriesNavigation: Signal<SeriesPlaybackNavigation | null>;
+    recordingFolder: Signal<string>;
+}
+
+@Injectable()
+export class EmbeddedMpvControlsAdapter implements PlayerController {
+    private context: EmbeddedMpvControlsContext | null = null;
+
+    configure(context: EmbeddedMpvControlsContext): void {
+        this.context = context;
+    }
+
+    readonly commands: PlayerControlsCommands = {
+        togglePlay: () => void this.controller.togglePaused(),
+        seekTo: (seconds) => void this.controller.seekTo(seconds),
+        seekBy: (delta) => void this.controller.seekBy(delta),
+        setVolume: (value) => void this.controller.applyVolume(value),
+        setAudioTrack: (id) => void this.controller.setAudioTrack(id),
+        setSubtitleTrack: (id) =>
+            void this.controller.setSubtitleTrack(id),
+        setPlaybackSpeed: (speed) => void this.controller.setSpeed(speed),
+        setAspectRatio: (value) => void this.controller.setAspect(value),
+        toggleRecording: () => void this.toggleRecording(),
+    };
+}
+```
+
+Use the existing `audioTrackLabel`, `subtitleTrackLabel`, and
+`readStoredVolume` helpers from `embedded-mpv-format.utils.ts`.
+
+- [ ] **Step 4: Add failing recording and translation tests**
+
+Cover all three ngx-translate event sources, successful start, successful stop
+with saved path, detailed and generic failures, elapsed time, replacement of an
+auto-dismissed message, and destroy-time timer cleanup.
+
+- [ ] **Step 5: Implement message reactivity and cleanup**
+
+Use:
+
+```ts
+private readonly translationsTick = toSignal(
+    merge(
+        this.translate.onLangChange,
+        this.translate.onTranslationChange,
+        this.translate.onDefaultLangChange
+    ),
+    { initialValue: null }
+);
+```
+
+Register `DestroyRef.onDestroy()` to clear the recording-message timeout. Use an
+`effect()` cleanup for the one-second elapsed-time interval.
+
+- [ ] **Step 6: Run focused adapter tests**
+
+Run:
+
+```bash
+pnpm nx test ui-playback --skip-nx-cache --runInBand \
+  --testPathPattern=embedded-mpv-controls.adapter
+```
+
+Expected: both adapter suites pass.
+
+- [ ] **Step 7: Commit the adapter**
+
+```bash
+git add libs/ui/playback/src/lib/embedded-mpv-player/embedded-mpv-controls.adapter*
+git commit -m "feat(embedded-mpv): adapt frame-copy sessions to shared controls"
+```
+
+### Task 2: Mount shared controls for frame-copy
+
+**Files:**
+
+- Modify: `libs/ui/playback/src/lib/embedded-mpv-player/embedded-mpv-player.component.ts`
+- Modify: `libs/ui/playback/src/lib/embedded-mpv-player/embedded-mpv-player.component.html`
+- Modify: `libs/ui/playback/src/lib/embedded-mpv-player/embedded-mpv-player.component.scss`
+- Create: `libs/ui/playback/src/lib/embedded-mpv-player/embedded-mpv-player.component.shared-controls.spec.ts`
+- Modify: `libs/ui/playback/src/lib/embedded-mpv-player/embedded-mpv-player.component.spec.ts`
+
+- [ ] **Step 1: Write failing engine-selection tests**
+
+Assert:
+
+```ts
+expect(query(By.directive(PlayerControlsComponent))).not.toBeNull();
+expect(query(By.css('.embedded-mpv-player__controls'))).toBeNull();
+expect(query(By.css('[data-embedded-mpv-frame]'))).not.toBeNull();
+```
+
+for `engine: 'frame-copy'`, and the inverse controls assertions for
+`engine: 'native'`.
+
+- [ ] **Step 2: Verify the host integration test fails**
+
+Run:
+
+```bash
+pnpm nx test ui-playback --skip-nx-cache --runInBand \
+  --testPathPattern=embedded-mpv-player.component.shared-controls
+```
+
+Expected: failure because the component does not import or render
+`PlayerControlsComponent`.
+
+- [ ] **Step 3: Add the component-scoped adapter and template branch**
+
+Add `PlayerControlsComponent` to component imports and
+`EmbeddedMpvControlsAdapter` to providers. Configure it with the component input
+signals and expose the player root element:
+
+```ts
+readonly sharedControls = inject(EmbeddedMpvControlsAdapter);
+readonly playerSurface = computed(
+    () => this.playerRoot()?.nativeElement ?? null
+);
+
+this.sharedControls.configure({
+    playback: this.playback,
+    seriesNavigation: this.seriesNavigation,
+    recordingFolder: this.recordingFolder,
+});
+```
+
+Render:
+
+```html
+@if (isFrameCopyEngine() && isSupported()) {
+    <app-player-controls
+        [controller]="sharedControls"
+        [playerSurface]="playerSurface()"
+        [showControls]="showControls()"
+        (previousEpisodeRequested)="requestPreviousEpisode()"
+        (nextEpisodeRequested)="requestNextEpisode()"
+    />
+}
+```
+
+Render the existing `.embedded-mpv-player__controls` only when the engine is not
+frame-copy. Apply `.embedded-mpv-player--controls-enabled` only to that legacy
+path so the frame-copy canvas fills the player.
+
+- [ ] **Step 4: Add failing exactly-once interaction tests**
+
+Cover click-to-pause, double-click fullscreen, keyboard play/pause, disabled
+shared controls, and previous/next outputs. Spy on controller methods and assert
+one invocation after the 250 ms single-click grace period.
+
+- [ ] **Step 5: Disable legacy interaction ownership for frame-copy**
+
+Make the old shortcut availability predicate require
+`!this.isFrameCopyEngine()`. Return early from legacy player interaction,
+viewport click, double-click, and document pointer handlers on frame-copy.
+Keep the fullscreen listener's bounds-sync call for both engines, but reveal
+legacy controls only for native-view.
+
+- [ ] **Step 6: Preserve native regression fixtures**
+
+Make existing component specs explicitly set:
+
+```ts
+engine: 'native',
+```
+
+so every legacy dock, timeline, popover, and shortcut assertion remains pinned
+to the native-view path.
+
+- [ ] **Step 7: Run component and shared-controls tests**
+
+Run:
+
+```bash
+pnpm nx test ui-playback --skip-nx-cache --runInBand \
+  --testPathPattern='embedded-mpv-player.component|player-controls'
+```
+
+Expected: all selected suites pass.
+
+- [ ] **Step 8: Commit host integration**
+
+```bash
+git add libs/ui/playback/src/lib/embedded-mpv-player/
+git commit -m "feat(embedded-mpv): use shared controls for frame-copy"
+```
+
+### Task 3: Update canonical architecture documentation
+
+**Files:**
+
+- Modify: `docs/architecture/player-controls-contract.md`
+- Modify: `docs/architecture/embedded-mpv-native.md`
+- Modify: `AGENTS.md`
+- Modify: `CLAUDE.md`
+
+- [ ] **Step 1: Update player-controls ownership**
+
+Change the current-status section from “no existing player consumes this layer”
+to state that frame-copy embedded MPV is the first consumer. Keep web engines
+default-off and native-view on its dock.
+
+- [ ] **Step 2: Update embedded-MPV renderer architecture**
+
+Add `embedded-mpv-controls.adapter.ts` to the renderer file map. Document that
+frame-copy mounts shared controls over the canvas and native-view retains
+compositor workarounds.
+
+- [ ] **Step 3: Keep agent guidance synchronized**
+
+Update the matching embedded-MPV/shared-controls statements in `AGENTS.md` and
+`CLAUDE.md` with the same ownership boundary.
+
+- [ ] **Step 4: Verify Markdown and commit**
+
+Run:
+
+```bash
+git diff --check
+rg -n "no existing player consumes|not wired" \
+  docs/architecture/player-controls-contract.md AGENTS.md CLAUDE.md
+```
+
+Expected: no stale claim that every player is unwired.
+
+Commit:
+
+```bash
+git add docs/architecture/player-controls-contract.md \
+  docs/architecture/embedded-mpv-native.md AGENTS.md CLAUDE.md
+git commit -m "docs(embedded-mpv): document frame-copy shared controls"
+```
+
+### Task 4: Full validation and PR preparation
+
+**Files:**
+
+- Verify all files changed by Tasks 1-3.
+
+- [ ] **Step 1: Run UI playback tests**
+
+```bash
+pnpm nx test ui-playback --skip-nx-cache --runInBand
+```
+
+Expected: all suites pass.
+
+- [ ] **Step 2: Run lint, typecheck, and i18n validation**
+
+```bash
+pnpm nx lint ui-playback --skip-nx-cache
+pnpm run typecheck:ci
+pnpm run i18n:check
+```
+
+Expected: all commands pass; the existing identical-English i18n warning is
+acceptable.
+
+- [ ] **Step 3: Run Electron smoke coverage**
+
+```bash
+pnpm nx run electron-backend-e2e:e2e-ci--src/smoke.e2e.ts --skip-nx-cache
+```
+
+Expected: smoke tests pass. If the local frame-copy runtime is absent, record
+that native frame rendering could not be exercised locally and rely on
+cross-platform PR CI for the packaged runtime gate.
+
+- [ ] **Step 4: Run repository hygiene checks**
+
+```bash
+pnpm exec prettier --check \
+  libs/ui/playback/src/lib/embedded-mpv-player \
+  docs/architecture/player-controls-contract.md \
+  docs/architecture/embedded-mpv-native.md \
+  AGENTS.md CLAUDE.md
+git diff --check origin/master..HEAD
+git status --short
+```
+
+Expected: formatting passes, no whitespace errors, and the worktree is clean.
+
+- [ ] **Step 5: Request review and merge only after the exact-head gate**
+
+Push the branch, open a focused replacement PR, request Greptile and Codex
+reviews, address actionable findings with regression tests, and merge only when
+all exact-head CI checks pass, Greptile reports 5/5, Codex is clean, and no
+review thread remains unresolved.
+
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+# Frame-Copy Shared Controls Design
+
+## Status
+
+Approved as part of the embedded-MPV merge plan: reuse the shared player
+contract from #1148, keep the frame-copy renderer from #1169/#1171/#1175, and
+replace the obsolete transparent-window/native-fullscreen direction from
+#1150/#1151.
+
+## Goal
+
+Use `app-player-controls` as the controls UI for embedded MPV when the active
+engine is `frame-copy`, while preserving the current compositor-safe controls
+dock and behavior for the `native` engine.
+
+## Non-goals
+
+- Do not make the Electron `BrowserWindow` transparent.
+- Do not place the macOS native MPV surface below Chromium.
+- Do not add native fullscreen IPC, fill-mode IPC, native-view attachment
+  APIs, or bounds-tick machinery.
+- Do not change the shared `PlayerController` contract.
+- Do not migrate the native-view engine to overlay controls.
+- Do not change HTML5, Video.js, or ArtPlayer in this PR.
+
+## Alternatives
+
+### 1. Rebase and merge old #1150
+
+Rejected. Its component and layout depend on a transparent macOS window,
+`NSWindowBelow`, immersive backdrop/tunnel services, and compositor hooks that
+#1149 deliberately removed. It also predates the frame-copy canvas.
+
+### 2. Extend shared controls with native fullscreen delegates
+
+Rejected. #1148 intentionally owns fullscreen through the DOM Fullscreen API.
+Adding a native delegate would expand the shared contract and Electron IPC for
+one engine while the frame-copy canvas already behaves like normal DOM.
+
+### 3. Frame-copy-only shared-controls adapter
+
+Selected. The frame-copy canvas can use ordinary DOM stacking and DOM
+fullscreen. The native-view engine retains its existing dock and compositor
+workarounds. This is the smallest change that validates the shared-controls
+architecture in production playback without reviving the discarded overlay
+design.
+
+## Architecture
+
+### Embedded MPV adapter
+
+Add a component-scoped `EmbeddedMpvControlsAdapter` implementing
+`PlayerController`.
+
+The adapter reads the canonical state and commands from
+`EmbeddedMpvSessionController`. The host configures it once with signal
+references for:
+
+- the current `ResolvedPortalPlayback`;
+- optional `SeriesPlaybackNavigation`; and
+- the recording folder.
+
+The adapter derives:
+
+- status and translated status message;
+- position, duration, live/VOD classification, and seekability;
+- volume;
+- translated audio/subtitle track labels;
+- playback-speed and aspect-ratio presets;
+- recording capability, active state, elapsed time, and feedback message; and
+- previous/next episode availability.
+
+Every control command delegates to the session controller. Async command
+failures remain contained by the existing command runner. Recording feedback is
+owned by the adapter only for the shared-controls path; the native controls
+keep their existing component-owned feedback.
+
+Translation-dependent state reacts to language, translation-file, and default
+language events. Recording intervals and dismissal timers are released when
+the component-scoped adapter is destroyed.
+
+### Host selection
+
+`EmbeddedMpvPlayerComponent` chooses exactly one controls system:
+
+- `support.engine === 'frame-copy'`: render `app-player-controls` over the
+  existing canvas and pass the player root as `playerSurface`;
+- every other embedded-MPV engine: render the current bespoke controls dock.
+
+The frame-copy canvas uses the full player box. The native engine continues to
+reserve the controls-dock height and keeps modal hiding and popover cutouts.
+
+The legacy shortcut, pointer, click, double-click, cursor, and document-pointer
+handlers become unavailable while frame-copy shared controls are active. This
+prevents duplicate commands because `PlayerControlsComponent` owns those
+interactions for its surface.
+
+The existing component-level `fullscreenchange` listener remains responsible
+for triggering embedded-MPV bounds synchronization. For frame-copy it does not
+reveal the legacy controls; `PlayerControlsComponent` handles its own
+fullscreen presentation state.
+
+### Loading and error presentation
+
+The current centered loading, stalled, unsupported, and error surfaces remain
+in `EmbeddedMpvPlayerComponent`. Shared controls receive the same status through
+the adapter so their visibility logic stays consistent, but this PR does not
+redesign the central status layer.
+
+### Series navigation
+
+Shared-controls previous/next outputs forward through the component's existing
+guarded episode outputs. Live playback never advertises series navigation.
+
+## Error handling
+
+- Missing or unsupported embedded MPV maps to the existing translated status
+  messages.
+- Command promises remain fire-and-forget at the shared contract boundary.
+- Recording start/stop failures produce persistent messages; successful stop
+  messages auto-dismiss after five seconds.
+- A newer recording message cancels the previous dismissal timer.
+- Destroying the adapter clears timers so late callbacks cannot update a dead
+  view.
+
+## Testing
+
+### Adapter unit coverage
+
+- capability mapping;
+- live/VOD and series-navigation mapping;
+- state/status mapping;
+- translated track labels and translation-event reactivity;
+- every delegated command;
+- recording success/failure messages;
+- elapsed recording time;
+- stale timer protection and destroy cleanup.
+
+### Host integration coverage
+
+- frame-copy renders the canvas plus shared controls and no legacy dock;
+- native renders the legacy dock and no shared controls;
+- shared surface clicks, double-clicks, and keyboard shortcuts execute once;
+- `showControls=false` detaches shared surface and shortcut behavior;
+- DOM fullscreen targets the player root and still triggers bounds sync;
+- previous/next outputs preserve navigation guards;
+- changing the reported engine never leaves both controls systems active.
+
+### Regression and validation
+
+Keep existing native embedded-MPV tests by making their support fixtures
+explicitly report `engine: 'native'`. Run focused UI playback tests and lint,
+repository typecheck/i18n checks, the Electron smoke E2E, and manual/CDP checks
+when a local frame-copy runtime is available.
+
+## Documentation impact
+
+Update the canonical controls and embedded-MPV architecture documents to state
+that frame-copy is the first shared-controls consumer while native-view remains
+on its dock. Update `AGENTS.md` and `CLAUDE.md` because both describe the
+embedded-MPV/player-controls ownership boundary.
+