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4grayandClaude Opus 5 e197409b10 fix(stalker): only mint a temporary link when the row asks for one (#1364)
* fix(stalker): only mint a temporary link when the row asks for one

`create_link` ran on every Stalker playback. The reference client — the
portal's own `player.js`, mirrored by Kodi's pvr.stalker — mints a link
only when the catalog row sets `use_http_tmp_link` or `use_load_balancing`;
otherwise it plays the static `cmd` that `get_all_channels` /
`get_ordered_list` already returned. Neither flag was read anywhere in the
codebase, so every channel paid a round trip and gained a failure point the
reference client does not have.

One helper now owns the decision (`resolveStalkerStaticPlaybackUrl`), used
by `fetchStalkerPlaybackLink()` for ITV/VOD/radio, by the download path,
and by `StreamResolverService` for Favorites/Recently Viewed. Its guards
are deliberately wider than the flags alone and can only route a row back
onto the `create_link` path: no row to read flags from, a relative or
query-only command (the VOD `has_files` rewrite), a non-HTTP scheme, or a
loopback host. An episode always mints, since `series` selects it
server-side. Radio joins the same decision, so a station the portal proxies
now gets its link instead of playing a URL the portal never meant to serve.

Temporary links live ~5 s, so the audit that came with this: favorites and
recently-viewed persist the `cmd`, playback positions store ids, and the
main-process context map stores headers keyed by origin+path — none replay
a resolved URL. Downloads are the documented exception, and honouring the
flags shrinks even that, since an unflagged movie now yields a permanent
URL that survives retry.

`forced_storage` and `play_token` stay unwired, with the reasoning recorded
in the docs rather than left ambiguous.

The mock's ITV/radio rows now carry both flags, and the new
`static-channel-cmd` scenario (MAC 00:1A:79:00:00:0A) serves unflagged rows
with a playable command so the e2e can assert that NO `create_link` request
reaches the portal — verified to fail when the change is reverted, with a
companion test proving the recorder sees a link when one is due.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(stalker): keep temporary-link flags across VOD normalization

Codex P1 on #1364, and it is real. `buildStalkerSelectedVodItem()` narrows a
raw portal row to an explicit whitelist, and the two flags were not on it.
It feeds both `selectedItem()` — which the VOD playback path reads as
`linkFlags` — and, through `createStalkerVodItem`, the download payload. So a
flagged VOD row with an absolute HTTP `cmd` arrived looking unflagged and took
the static path, playing the portal's non-final URL instead of minting a link.

The direction of the failure is what makes it a P1: a dropped flag reads as
"no temporary link needed", so the whitelist fails OPEN. Both flags now sit on
`StalkerVodSource` / `StalkerSelectedVodItem` and on the whitelist, with the
consequence spelled out at the normalizer so the next edit does not quietly
undo it, and specs pinning all three normalizers plus a store-level test that
a flagged VOD still mints.

Also two things from re-reading my own diff:
- The radio path called `resolveStalkerStaticPlaybackUrl` and then handed the
  same row to `fetchStalkerPlaybackLink`, which runs that exact check again.
  Two copies of one decision is the divergence this PR exists to remove, so
  the outer call and its now-unreachable guard are gone.
- `portal-catalog-facade.ts` spells the flag shape out instead of importing
  `StalkerLinkFlagSource`; it now says why (`type:util`/`domain:portal-shared`
  may not depend on `type:data-access`/`domain:stalker`), so the obvious
  "reuse the type" cleanup does not get made and break the boundary lint.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(stalker): authenticate before serving a static collection stream

Second Codex P1 on #1364, and a regression this PR introduced. `create_link`
was also the request that warmed the portal session. Tokens live in memory
only (`StalkerSessionService.tokenCache` is a plain Map), and the collection
header builder reads the raw `getCachedToken()`. So a cold start from global
Favorites or Recently Viewed — the portal never opened this session — took the
static path, found no token, and handed a same-host gated stream headers with
no `Authorization`: a 403 on exactly the streams the header contract exists
for. The same raw accessor cannot tell a token negotiated for a pre-edit
identity from a current one.

`StreamResolverService` now calls `ensureToken()` before building a static
playback. It is the right primitive: handshake + `get_profile` with no link
minted, identity fingerprint validated, concurrent callers deduped, and an
immediate null for simple portals — and calling it keeps this change out of
`stalker-session.service.ts`, which PR 6 (#1354) is splitting.

Best-effort by design: a static URL may point at a CDN that needs no
credentials, so a failed handshake degrades to the token-less header set
instead of costing the user their playback. Both halves are pinned by tests,
and removing the call makes the cold-start test fail.

The portal routes need no equivalent and do not get one: an item cannot be
selected before its catalog has loaded, and every catalog load authenticates.
That reasoning is now written down rather than assumed.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(stalker): warm the session at the choke point; keep downloads authenticated

Two more Codex findings on #1364, and the first one shows my previous commit
message reasoned too broadly.

P1 — I claimed the portal routes are "structurally warm" because an item
cannot be selected before its catalog loads. That is true of the routed portal
views, but not of the global collection detail, which calls
`setCurrentPlaylist()` and `setSelectedItem()` straight from a persisted row
with no catalog load in between and then goes through the STORE playback path.
A VOD opened from Favorites on a cold start therefore still played a same-host
gated stream with no Bearer token.

Rather than extend the per-route argument, the warm-up moved to the one place
every static return passes through: `fetchStalkerPlaybackLink()` now calls the
session before short-circuiting, covering ITV, VOD, radio and downloads at
once. `StreamResolverService` keeps its own call — its static branch does not
go through that function — but both now share a single primitive,
`ensureStalkerSession()` in `stalker-request.utils.ts`, so the two routes
cannot drift on when a session is required. Still best-effort, still outside
`stalker-session.service.ts` (PR 6 territory).

P2 — downloads cannot use that escape hatch at all: the main-process stored
header allowlist is User-Agent/Origin/Referer only, no Cookie or
Authorization, so a static same-host URL 401s where a minted one worked.
`startStalkerVodDownload` now classifies the candidate with the shared
`isStalkerStreamCredentialSafe()` and withholds the row — forcing
`create_link` — for anything portal-owned. A CDN-hosted movie keeps the
permanent URL that survives retry; a portal-hosted one keeps the minted URL
that carries its own token.

Both fixes mutation-checked: each reverted change fails exactly one test.
Docs corrected, including the overreaching "structurally warm" claim.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs(stalker): record the cached-token revalidation trade-off

Codex flagged that the static path no longer self-heals a retired token, since
`ensureToken` returns a same-identity cache entry without a network call —
whereas `create_link` used to refresh it through `makeAuthenticatedRequest`'s
auth-failure retry.

The mechanism it posits does not exist on stock Stalker: per the 4.9.35
reference, handshake tokens have no TTL, and not sending the watchdog does not
invalidate auth (it only clears the admin panel's "online" flag). The real
residual vector is another device calling `get_profile` on the same MAC, which
is common enough on shared subscriptions to be worth naming.

Revalidating on every static playback would cost exactly the round trip this
change removes, so it is deliberately not done. Recorded as a known trade-off
with its mitigation (a running watchdog still self-heals within a ping cycle)
and handed to PR 6, where a refresh on an OBSERVED playback authorization
failure belongs.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs(stalker): tighten the token-revalidation trade-off wording

Greptile review feedback: the watchdog mitigation was the most important part
of that paragraph and sat behind the caveat. It now follows the MAC-sharing
vector directly, and the paragraph ends by naming what is actually left
uncovered — a same-host static stream played while no watchdog is up — so a
future reader can size the residual without re-deriving it.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(stalker): prefer the live playlist row over a stale favorite snapshot

Codex P1 on #1364, and mine. `resolveStalker` reads its portal coordinates as
`item.stalkerPortalUrl ?? playlist?.portalUrl` — item first. The create_link
branch quietly corrected for that afterwards by re-reading
`applyOverride(playlist).portalUrl`, so the row won wherever it existed, which
is what the comment right above it already promised: "when the row exists it
wins over the item's snapshot of the portal URL (a repaired endpoint must beat
a stale favorite)". The static branch I added returns before that correction,
so it shipped the stale snapshot.

Consequences after a playlist edit: a same-host static URL matching the OLD
host gets the newly negotiated token and identity headers sent to the previous
portal, and a MAC-only edit pairs the new token with the old MAC cookie —
precisely the pairing `stalkerIdentityFingerprint` exists to prevent.

Both branches now derive the coordinates once, row-first with the repair
override applied, and fall back to the item's snapshot only for a playlist
that no longer exists — which is the role `buildStalkerPlayback` already
documents for it. Mutation-checked: restoring item-first precedence fails the
new test alone.

Also documents a local-only e2e hazard found while re-running the suite:
`mode: 'serial'` orders tests within one project, but chromium/firefox/webkit
run the file concurrently against the same mock server, so one project's
beforeEach reset can drop a session another is mid-test on — which is what a
lone auth-spec failure that passes on rerun actually is. CI never sees it; the
Web E2E job runs --project=chromium alone, and that command is clean (22/22).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(stalker): warm the session against the repaired portal configuration

Found while auditing my own static branch against the create_link path rather
than waiting for the next review round.

`executeStalkerRequest` applies the lazy-repair override on its first line, so
the create_link path always talks to the configuration a completed repair
proved good. The session warm-up I added did not: it handed `ensureToken` the
caller's pre-repair row, so a portal whose endpoint or mode had been repaired
would handshake against the configuration the repair had already rejected —
stranding the session precisely on the portals repair exists to rescue.

The override now happens inside `ensureStalkerSession`, mirroring
`executeStalkerRequest`'s first line, so every caller inherits the rule instead
of each having to remember it. Mutation-checked: dropping the override fails
the new test alone.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(stalker): fall back to create_link when a portal-owned static url has no session

Codex P1 on #1364. `create_link` was also the request that could FAIL, and a
failure is what triggers the lazy portal repair. A playlist still misclassified
as token-free, or pointing at an unrepaired endpoint, used to self-heal on that
failure and then play; the static path issues no request, so nothing fires and
the stream just 401s.

Its suggested remedy — routing a skipped warm-up through `repairPortal()` —
cannot be taken literally: a skipped warm-up is the NORMAL case for the many
legitimately token-free reseller panels, and probing each of them on every
playback would cost far more than the round trip this PR removes.

What is decidable without a request is whether we are about to serve a stream
we already know will fail. `ensureStalkerSession` now reports whether the
session can serve credentialed playback — true for a portal needing no token
and for one holding a usable token, false for a full portal left without one —
and both static call sites act on it:

- foreign-host URL: served regardless, it never needed the session;
- portal-owned URL with a usable session: served, as before;
- portal-owned URL with no usable session: falls back to `create_link`, which
  mints a URL carrying its own token AND re-enters the only path that can
  observe a failure and repair.

That covers the unrepaired-endpoint half exactly. The misclassified-as-simple
half stays open by construction — no request means no evidence, and "simple
portal" is indistinguishable from "misclassified" without one. It belongs with
the other reactive-repair work already handed to PR 6: refresh and repair on an
OBSERVED playback authorization failure.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(stalker): require flag evidence before trusting a row as unflagged

Two Codex findings on #1364.

P1 — legacy persisted snapshots. Favorites and Recently Viewed rows saved
before this change went through `buildStalkerSelectedVodItem`'s whitelist,
which dropped both flags, and `buildStalkerFavoritePayload` spreads that
whitelisted object. So a legacy row is flagless because WE stripped it, not
because the portal said no — and the helper was reading it as "explicitly
unflagged". With an absolute HTTP `cmd` from a load-balanced portal that meant
playing a non-final URL. There is no migration or provenance marker for those
rows.

A stock portal returns both flags on every row, so their PRESENCE is itself
the provenance signal, and it is the only one available without a refetch.
`resolveStalkerStaticPlaybackUrl` now requires at least one flag key to be
present; absence reads as "no evidence" and routes back to `create_link`,
which is the pre-PR behaviour. This costs the optimization on panels that omit
the flags entirely — the honest price for not being able to tell them apart
from our own stripped rows.

Radio is the one documented exception. It has always played a directly usable
command without `create_link`, so a flagless radio row keeps that rather than
newly minting — a portal whose radio `create_link` never worked would
otherwise lose playback it has today. ITV and VOD have no such history and
stay conservative.

P2 — loopback range. IPv4 reserves all of `127.0.0.0/8`, so `127.0.0.2` was
being handed to the player as a real address. Classified by range now, with a
test that `127.0.0.1.cdn.example` is still treated as the ordinary hostname it
is.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(stalker): classify every portal-local IPv6 placeholder

Codex P2 on #1364, same class as the 127.0.0.0/8 one. `http://[::]/ch/1234_`
and the IPv4-mapped loopback forms slipped past the exact-name set and would
have been handed to the player as real addresses.

Checked how `URL` actually normalizes these rather than guessing at the
spelling a portal might use: brackets are kept, `[0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1]` collapses
to `[::1]`, and an IPv4-mapped address is rewritten to hex — `[::ffff:127.0.0.1]`
arrives as `[::ffff:7f00:1]`. The guard now strips the brackets, matches `::1`
and `::`, and decodes the mapped form by its high byte, so the whole of the
mapped 127.0.0.0/8 range is covered along with the mapped unspecified address.
The dotted tail is still accepted for any engine that leaves it alone.

Routable hosts are unaffected, pinned by tests for `[2001:db8::1]` and
`[::ffff:203.0.113.7]`. Mutation-checked: dropping `::` and the mapped-IPv4
decode fails five tests and nothing else.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(stalker): normalize hostname and scheme spelling before the static verdict

Two Codex P2s on #1364, both about trusting how a portal spells things.

`http://localhost./ch/1234_` — a trailing dot is the DNS root and resolves
identically, but `URL` keeps it for names while dropping it for IP literals
(`127.0.0.1.` arrives bare, `localhost.` does not). The exact-name check read
that as a remote host and would have pointed the player at its own loopback.
Stripped before classifying.

`HTTP://cdn.example/a.ts` — RFC 3986 makes the scheme case-insensitive. The
case-sensitive tests failed SAFE, minting a link instead, but that defeats the
contract for a portal that spells it this way, and one whose `create_link`
cannot resolve an already-playable row would break.

There were five such tests, and only one was on the new static path: the other
three live in `resolveStalkerPlaybackUrl`, the create_link RESPONSE resolver,
where `ffrt3 HTTP://…` failed to split its solution prefix and a query-only
reply was appended to the portal base instead of to the command. That is
pre-existing, but it is the same bug in the same shared normalizer, and fixing
only the half this PR introduced would leave exactly the divergence this PR
keeps removing. All five now go through one `hasHttpScheme()`.

The response resolver had only indirect coverage, so it gains a direct spec
alongside the static-path tests. Mutation-checked: reverting the dot strip and
the case-insensitive scheme fails ten tests and nothing else.

Also carries a docblock fix noticed on a read-through: the guard list still
pointed at `PORTAL_LOCAL_HOSTNAMES` after the logic moved into
`isPortalLocalHostname`, which now covers considerably more than that set.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(stalker): normalize DNS root dots in the shared credential classifier

Codex P2 on #1364, extending the `localhost.` fix into
`isStalkerStreamCredentialSafe()`. It compared hostnames literally, so a
portal on `portal.example` serving `https://portal.example./movie.mkv`
classified its own stream as third-party.

Wider than the download guard it was reported against: this predicate is the
single rule BOTH the renderer playback-header builder and the Electron
main-process fallback use to decide whether a stream may carry the mac cookie
and Bearer token. A portal-owned stream spelled with the root dot was getting
the credential-free profile and would 401 — pre-existing, and exactly the
"only VLC works" class this contract exists to prevent. My PR added two new
dependencies on the same predicate (the download static guard and the
portal-owned fallback), which is how it surfaced.

Both sides are normalized, so it stays symmetric, and it can only widen toward
"same host" — never toward handing credentials to a different one. A test pins
that `evil.portal.example.` is still rejected.

Also carries the authority guard found by probing the same class myself rather
than waiting for it to be reported: `http:///ch/1` has no authority and `URL`
quietly reinterprets the first path segment as the host, so a malformed
command reached the player as a nonsense address instead of going to the
portal. `isPlayableHttpUrl()` now requires a non-empty authority. The other
exotic spellings I probed were already covered — `URL` canonicalizes `127.1`,
`2130706433` and `0x7f000001` to `127.0.0.1`, uppercases and expanded IPv6
normalize too.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* perf(stalker): classify the static url before authenticating

Codex P2 on #1364. Both static call sites awaited the session warm-up and only
then asked whether the stream needed portal credentials at all — so a movie or
channel on a foreign CDN paid for a handshake whose result was immediately
discarded.

That is not free: non-`create_link` requests carry a 15 s timeout
(`stalker.events.ts`), so a portal that is slow or offline stalled playback of
a stream the CDN would have served instantly. Cold Favorites/Recently Viewed
starts are exactly where this bites, since that is where the session is not
warm already.

Classification now runs first. Foreign host returns immediately, portal-owned
still warms and still falls back to `create_link` without a usable session.
Behaviour is otherwise unchanged; only the order and the wasted wait are gone.

Two tests moved with it: the foreign-host case now asserts the portal is not
contacted at all rather than merely not asked for a link, and the
repaired-endpoint case had been written against a foreign-host command, which
under the new ordering correctly never reaches the handshake it was meant to
be testing — it uses a portal-owned command now.

Mutation-checked: restoring warm-before-classify fails the foreign-host test
alone.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* test(stalker): repoint two handshake tests at the path they claim to cover

Self-audit, prompted by the previous round: the reorder exposed one test that
was asserting through a path it no longer reached, so I checked the rest of
that class rather than assume it was the only one. Two more had the same
defect, both mine.

`still returns the static url when the handshake fails` (both specs) mocked
`ensureToken` to reject, but used a FOREIGN-host command. Now that
classification runs before authentication, that command returns before the
handshake is ever attempted — the rejection was never exercised and the test
passed on the early return instead of the mechanism in its name. Worse, the
foreign case is already covered by the test added alongside the reorder, so
these were asserting nothing new.

Both now use a portal-owned command, which is what actually reaches the
handshake, and assert what a throw really produces: `ensureStalkerSession`
swallows it, the verdict is false, and the row falls back to `create_link`
rather than being served as a known 401. Each asserts `ensureToken` was in
fact called, so neither can silently drift back into testing an early return.

Docs corrected with them: the "best-effort degrades to the token-less header
set" wording described behaviour the reorder removed. A foreign-host URL is
now returned before any handshake, and a failed one routes to `create_link`.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* test(stalker): make the simple-portal skip test prove portal mode

Fourth test found passing through the wrong exit, from auditing all ten in the
block rather than waiting to trip over another one.

`skips the handshake for a simple portal` used a foreign-host command, so the
classification step returned before the warm-up was reached. `ensureToken` was
indeed not called — but because the host was foreign, not because the portal
was simple, and the assertion could not tell those apart. The command is now
portal-owned, so the skip can only come from the mode, and the test also pins
the returned URL and that no request was made.

Mutation-checked properly this time: removing the simple-portal early return
from `ensureStalkerSession` now fails this test. Under the old command it
would not have.

Also records the pattern where the next person will meet it. The decision
chain has several exits — no flag evidence, unresolvable command, `series`
set, foreign host, unusable session — and more than one can satisfy the same
assertion, so a foreign-host command silently stands in for "simple portal" or
"handshake failed". Mutation testing does not catch that class: it proves a
test is coupled to its target, not that it reached the mechanism it names.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(stalker): key the radio fallback on flag evidence, not snapshot presence

Codex P2 on #1364, and a divergence I introduced myself.

`withStalkerPlayer`'s radio branch checks `hasStalkerLinkFlagEvidence(item)`
before synthesizing the zero flags. `StreamResolverService` used `??`, which
only falls back when the snapshot is absent entirely. A radio Favorite or
Recent row persisted before the flags were carried HAS a snapshot — the old
whitelist just stripped the flags out of it — so the `??` selected that
flagless object, the helper found no evidence, and the collection route began
minting for exactly the rows that used to play directly. That breaks portals
whose radio `create_link` is unsupported, which is the case the radio
exception exists for.

The two paths now apply the identical rule. The divergence came from fixing
them in different rounds and is precisely the class this PR keeps closing, so
the comment on each side now points at the other.

The existing radio test carries no `stalkerItem` at all, so it exercises the
missing-snapshot arm and stayed green throughout — the same "passes through a
different exit" pattern documented in the section above. The new test supplies
a present-but-flagless snapshot. Mutation-checked: restoring the presence
check fails it alone.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(stalker): treat every reserved localhost name as portal-local

Codex P2 on #1364, the fourth in this class. RFC 6761 §6.3 reserves
`localhost` AND every name ending in `.localhost` for the loopback interface,
and resolvers honour it — so `http://stream.localhost/ch/1234_` reached the
player's own machine instead of being sent to the portal to resolve.

Closed the class rather than adding one more name: the suffix is matched, and
`localhost.localdomain` goes in with it as the conventional `/etc/hosts` alias
for 127.0.0.1 on most Linux systems. Together with the earlier rounds the
predicate now covers `localhost` and `*.localhost`, `localhost.localdomain`,
`127.0.0.0/8`, `0.0.0.0`, `::1`, `::`, the IPv4-mapped forms `URL` rewrites to
hex, and a terminal DNS root dot on any of them.

Only the suffix is reserved, so the guard must not over-match: tests pin that
`localhost.cdn.example` and `notlocalhost` remain ordinary routable names and
keep playing statically. Mutation-checked: dropping the suffix rule and the
localdomain alias fails four tests and nothing else.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-03 18:36:56 +02:00
4grayandClaude Fable 5 65f81b7110 fix(pwa): bring the Stalker transport to parity with Electron (#1348)
* fix(pwa): bring the Stalker transport to parity with Electron

The self-hosted PWA's /stalker proxy now derives its portal requests from
the same shared identity and URL builders as the Electron main process:
MAG User-Agent/X-User-Agent, full STB cookie (mac + stb_lang + timezone +
serial-derived __cfduid), SN header, JsHttpRequest=1-xml defaulting, and
the sn-only-on-get_profile rule. macAddress/token/serialNumber are control
params consumed into headers and never echoed into the portal's query
string (handshake keeps its candidate token — protocol content). The
stalker-mock-server /stalker route mirrors the new contract through the
same shared builder.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* test(stalker): forward the full identity header set in the mock /stalker mirror

Greptile review: the synthetic portal request kept only the cookie and
Authorization from the generated identity, so mock handlers could never
validate the SN/MAG-UA/Accept/Language/Connection headers the real proxy
sends. Forward the complete set, lowercased the way Express normalizes
incoming headers.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-02 14:51:36 +02:00
4grayandClaude Fable 5 fc7f23b229 feat(playback): forward portal Cookie/Authorization to built-in players (#1335)
* feat(playback): forward portal Cookie/Authorization to built-in players

The web players (HTML5/hls.js, Video.js, ArtPlayer, Shaka) could only ever
receive User-Agent/Referer/Origin, so any Stalker stream gated on the portal
session cookie or Bearer token played exclusively in external MPV/VLC — the
long-running "only VLC works" cluster (#849, #910, #732).

- request-header-overrides.service: the scoped override now carries Cookie
  and Authorization, attached only to requests on the exact stream origin,
  in-memory only, dropped on replace/clear. Unscoped (playlist-level) calls
  drop credentials fail-closed; control characters in header values are
  rejected. Chosen over session.cookies.set(): jar cookies attach only to
  credentialed requests, which would force withCredentials into every engine
  and break against the Access-Control-Allow-Origin:* IPTV panels send, and
  jar scoping is port-blind.
- WebPlayerViewComponent is now the single owner of the scoped override for
  every built-in player: it extracts the full header set from the resolved
  playback, configures the override BEFORE handing the source over (players
  render only once the source exists), and clears the scoped layer on
  destroy. HtmlVideoPlayerComponent's own three-header call is removed — it
  would overwrite the credentialed override.
- Stalker VOD, series episodes and radio now build the same portal header
  set ITV already had (they previously carried no portal headers at all);
  same-origin playback sends the real User-Agent alongside X-User-Agent.
- Stream classification is host-based via one shared predicate
  (isStalkerStreamCredentialSafe): same-host port changes and scheme
  upgrades keep the portal profile (the #1158 class), a foreign host or
  https->http downgrade keeps the credential-free KSPlayer profile. The
  main-process fallback context uses the same predicate so
  isStalkerDirectStreamProfile can no longer discard renderer headers.
- setUserAgent bridge gains an optional credentials parameter; preload,
  ipcMain handler and ElectronBridgeApi updated together.
- stalker-mock-server: gated-stream scenario (MAC 00:1A:79:00:00:09) whose
  create_link returns a local /stream/gated/video.mp4 that 403s without the
  mac cookie + current Bearer token; new Electron e2e proves a built-in
  player actually plays it (and that the gate refuses bare requests).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(playback): apply header override to Stalker radio, redact mock cookie log

Address Codex review feedback on #1335:

- The radio branch of the Stalker live layout renders the dedicated audio
  player, never WebPlayerViewComponent, so the resolved portal headers were
  built but never applied — an auth-gated radio stream still 403'd. The
  override sync is extracted into ElectronStreamHeadersService (single owner
  of the scoped override slot, with clear-only-while-owning semantics so a
  destroyed consumer cannot wipe a newer consumer's override), applied by
  WebPlayerViewComponent for video players and by the radio branch before
  the audio element gets its URL. The service feature-detects the bridge
  method so partial bridges behave like the PWA instead of throwing.
- The gated-stream mock no longer logs the raw Cookie header on 403 —
  presence only, matching the Authorization logging.
- The gated scenario now serves an audio fixture for radio create_link and
  the Electron e2e covers the radio path end-to-end (bare request 403s,
  built-in audio player advances past the gate).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(playback): claim radio header ownership before awaiting the IPC

Codex round-2 P2: leaving the radio route while the header IPC was still in
flight left the portal cookie/token installed — ngOnDestroy saw a null scope
URL (it was recorded only after the await) and could not clear the override.
Ownership is now claimed synchronously before awaiting, destroy invalidates
the pending playback continuation, and the apply's stillCurrent verdict is
honored. Regression test covers destroy-during-pending-IPC.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(playback): carry portal headers into collection playback

Codex round-3 P1: Stalker channels opened from Favorites/Recently Viewed
resolved through StreamResolverService.resolveStalker(), which returned no
portal headers — the video path handed the header owner an empty set and
collection radio bypassed it entirely, so auth-gated streams still 403'd
from collections.

- resolveStalker() now builds the same profile as the live layout via the
  shared classifier: portal-owned streams get mac cookie/Bearer token/MAG
  UA/portal Origin+Referer, foreign hosts keep the credential-free KSPlayer
  profile (both create_link results and direct radio URLs).
- UnifiedLiveTabComponent applies the scoped override for radio before the
  audio element gets its URL (ownership claimed before awaiting the IPC,
  round-2 lesson), and clears it on close and destroy.
- Regression tests: resolver header profiles for portal-host and foreign
  streams; unified tab radio apply-then-clear.

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* fix(playback): release the radio override when a new selection mounts no player

Codex round-4 P2: after radio installed its credentials, selecting an item
that never mounts a player surface (external video playback, failed
resolution) left the old Cookie/Authorization installed — no
WebPlayerViewComponent, close, or destroy cleanup runs on that path. Both
radio hosts (unified collection tab and the Stalker live layout, which has
the identical hole) now release the previously owned radio scope at the
start of every new selection; the slot-ownership semantics keep this a
no-op when another playback already owns the override. Regression test in
the live-layout spec pins the failed-selection path.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs(playback): state the exact override release points

Codex round-5 P2 flagged that the media 'ended' event does not clear the
scoped override while the player stays mounted. That is deliberate, not a
gap: a mounted player still owns the session — replay or a seek into an
unbuffered range must keep working against a gated stream, and clearing on
'ended' would 403 exactly the streams this PR fixes. The credentials only
ever travel to the exact origin that issued them, and every dismount path
(channel/source change, player close/destroy, radio close, playerless
selection) releases them. The security doc and the release note now say
precisely that instead of the ambiguous "cleared when playback ends".

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs(playback): fit the release note back under the 400-character cap

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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2026-08-02 10:51:12 +02:00
4grayandClaude Fable 5 9bb1811984 fix(playback): escape commas in mpv header fields on the TS paths (#1323)
* fix(playback): escape commas in mpv header fields on the TS paths

PR #1321 fixed the comma truncation of --http-header-fields inside the
native embedded-mpv addon, but the same OPT_STRINGLIST parsing bites
three TypeScript call sites that join header fields with ',':

- external MPV CLI launch (--http-header-fields=...)
- external MPV instance reuse (set_property http-header-fields)
- embedded MPV frame-copy loadfile options (opt.http-header-fields);
  the helper's %len% quoting protects only the option-list level, mpv
  still stringlist-parses the value afterwards

The Stalker MAG user agent contains "(KHTML, like Gecko)", so strict
portals received a truncated X-User-Agent and rejected live streams
with HTTP 400 (#910). Escape backslashes and commas per field with the
same scheme as the native fix, via a shared util.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* test(playback): cover the reused-instance IPC header escaping

Review follow-up (Greptile on #1323): the regression coverage only
exercised the CLI spawn path. Capture the JSON IPC traffic of a second,
reused mpv launch and assert the escaped MAG user agent survives the
set_property http-header-fields transport, so later serialization
changes cannot silently reintroduce truncated headers. net is mocked
with a passthrough default because the VLC specs bind a real ephemeral
port via createServer.

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2026-08-01 16:19:38 +02:00
4gray 2ac0de752f fix(skills): align repository guidance with implementation (#1315)
* docs(skills): design implementation synchronization

* docs(skills): plan implementation synchronization

* fix(release): filter internal notes from public body

* docs(release): synchronize release workflow guidance

* fix(stalker): normalize catalog series flags

* fix(stalker): preserve progress with scoped episode IDs

* fix(playback): expose strict position persistence

* docs(stalker): record series position compatibility

* test(skills): validate repository skill contracts

* fix(database): keep SQL trace values private

* docs(skills): refresh Nx and SQLite ownership

* docs(skills): align provider and UI guidance

* docs(skills): tighten validated guidance

* docs(release): require exact release pushes

* style(electron): remove trailing blank line

* fix(ci): classify repository skills coverage
2026-07-31 08:00:59 +02:00
4grayandClaude Opus 5 99a85da6b0 feat(packaging): register IPTVnator as the .m3u/.m3u8 handler (#1301)
* feat(packaging): register IPTVnator as the .m3u/.m3u8 handler

Every runtime path for an OS-supplied playlist existed, but no packaging
metadata claimed the file types — so the OS never offered IPTVnator as a
handler and `open-file` could not fire from Finder.

`fileAssociations` declares one entry per extension. Electron Builder derives
all three platform registrations from it: macOS `CFBundleDocumentTypes` (the
prerequisite for `open-file`), the NSIS registry entries, and, on Linux, the
desktop entry's `MimeType` plus `/usr/share/mime/packages/iptvnator.xml` for
deb/rpm/pacman. Neither platform needs a dedicated icon — both fall back to the
app icon.

Declaring `MimeType` under `linux.desktop.entry` would not have worked:
Electron Builder assigns the association-derived value *after* spreading that
object, so an explicit key there is silently overwritten. The per-association
`mimeType` fields produce the same entry through the supported path.

Registering the types also exposes a gap in the delivery side. The generated
Linux `Exec` ends in `%U`, so file managers hand over a percent-encoded
`file://` URI rather than a path, which `createPlaylistOpenRequest` would have
resolved into a bogus relative path. It now decodes a `file://` candidate
before the extension check. Suppressing the `%U` instead would mean putting an
exec code in `linux.executableArgs`, which also passes it to the app as a real
argument.

Verified on macOS against a signed packaged bundle: Launch Services lists the
app as a `public.m3u-playlist` handler, and an LS-initiated open imports the
playlist both on a cold launch and against the already-running process.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(playlist): open every playlist of a multi-file selection

`%U` is the plural exec code, so selecting several playlists in a Linux file
manager is one launch carrying one argument per file. Both argv paths called
`extractPlaylistOpenRequestFromArgv`, which returned at the first match, so
everything after the first playlist was silently discarded — a gap this PR
itself opened by making the desktop entry reachable in the first place.

The extractor is now plural and returns every match in argument order, and the
queue gained `enqueueAll` so a selection is pushed under a single flush: a
delivery that fails partway leaves the untouched remainder queued in arrival
order rather than interleaved.

Covered by unit tests over a mixed argv (percent-encoded `file://` URI, a
non-playlist argument, a second URI) and by a new Electron E2E that launches
with two playlist arguments and asserts both are imported.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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2026-07-28 21:53:43 +02:00
4grayandClaude Opus 5 f80eb4d1b9 fix(playlist): open playlists handed over by the OS (#1299)
Opening an .m3u/.m3u8 file from the command line or a file association did
nothing. The renderer parsed `process.argv` and sent an `OPEN_FILE` IPC event
that had no `ipcMain` handler and no preload channel, so `sendIpcEvent` logged
it as an unknown type and dropped it.

The path now belongs to the main process, which is where the OS actually
delivers it:

- argv is parsed on first launch (skipping the executable and Chromium
  switches) and normalized to an absolute path;
- macOS gets an `open-file` listener registered before `whenReady`, since
  Launch Services never puts the path in argv;
- the single-instance guard forwards a second launch's argv and working
  directory instead of discarding them, so opening a playlist against a
  running app works too.

Requests are queued in the main process until the renderer subscribes to the
`OPEN_FILE` push and drains the queue, which closes the startup race. The
import itself reuses the existing file path, so persistence, playlist-scoped
EPG and the navigation to the new playlist behave exactly like a dialog
import; a failed open now surfaces a snackbar instead of silence.

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2026-07-28 20:28:29 +02:00
4gray a2fafcfc08 test(performance): add end-to-end Xtream benchmark harness (#1300)
* docs(performance): plan Xtream benchmark

* feat(xtream-mock-server): add deterministic 100k fixture

* style(xtream-mock-server): apply repository formatting

* fix(xtream-mock-server): harden performance fixture data

* feat(xtream-mock-server): add performance control plane

* docs(performance): correct Xtream capture plan

* fix(xtream-mock-server): harden performance controls

* fix(xtream-mock-server): harden control lifecycle

* feat(performance): add Xtream preload markers

* feat(performance): trace Xtream main phases

* feat(performance): mark Xtream store publications

* feat(performance): trace Xtream database phases

* feat(performance): trace Xtream delete cancellation

* feat(performance): capture Xtream phase attribution

* feat(performance): mark Sources Xtream refresh

* test(performance): define Xtream benchmark evidence contracts

* test(performance): add Xtream benchmark runner

* test(performance): surface failure evidence writes

* test(performance): align database read clock

* test(performance): preserve capture failure contracts
2026-07-28 08:08:07 +02:00
4gray bfad82c26c fix(settings): stop settings silently reverting on restart (#1272)
Settings live in the renderer's IndexedDB, and two failure modes made them look
saved while nothing reached disk.

A second app instance sharing the same userData directory cannot take the
Chromium storage lock, so its renderer reads defaults and every write is
dropped. The app now holds a single-instance lock and focuses the running window
instead of starting a rival copy. The lock is requested after the userData
override so E2E runs with their own data dir keep independent locks, and after
Squirrel event handling. IPTVNATOR_ALLOW_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES=1 opts out for local
CDP debugging.

updateSettings() patches in-memory state before persisting and the submit path
had no rejection handler, so a failed write produced an unhandled rejection and
no user-visible feedback. SettingsStore now records which half of the round trip
failed, and the settings page surfaces it through a dismissible error snackbar;
the dialog stays open on failure so the save can be retried.

Two follow-ups from review, both wider than the report:

- a second launch now re-creates the main window when the lock owner has none
  left, so closing the last window on macOS no longer leaves a second launch
  quitting silently with nothing on screen
- App.onMainWindowCreated() re-runs window-owned bindings for every rebuilt
  window, so the downloads broadcaster stops holding a destroyed window. This
  also fixes the same bug on the pre-existing dock `activate` path.

Closes #1156
Closes #102
2026-07-27 23:14:30 +02:00
4grayandClaude Opus 5 0334296f15 fix(electron-backend): make test suite and lint host-agnostic on Windows checkouts (#1176)
* fix(electron-backend): make test suite and lint host-agnostic across Windows/Linux checkouts

Windows checkouts (core.autocrlf=true) had 13 pre-existing jest failures
and 5 Windows-only lint errors in electron-backend while Linux CI was
green:

- embedded-mpv-native-source.spec: normalize CRLF after readFileSync so
  multi-line source assertions match on autocrlf checkouts
- worker-runtime-paths.spec: build expected candidate paths with
  path.join instead of hardcoded POSIX strings
- external-player-launch-context: join darwin-only paths (.app bundle
  executables, Homebrew Caskroom) with path.posix.join so simulated
  darwin platforms resolve correctly on win32 hosts (no-op on macOS)
- app.spec: build packaged-navigation fixtures with path.resolve +
  pathToFileURL; file:///tmp/... is not a valid win32 file URL
- lint target: quote the eslint glob. The unquoted ** was expanded by
  the POSIX shell on Linux (shallow match), so CI linted only a subset
  of files while Windows passed the literal pattern to ESLint and
  linted the full tree - the hosts checked different file sets
- fix the 5 errors full-tree linting surfaces: prefer-const in
  epg-worker.service and database.worker-connection, no-unsafe-finally
  in external-player-session-registry and embedded-mpv-native.service
  (rewritten as catch-swallow with identical semantics, pinned by new
  regression tests), intentional no-control-regex in the recording
  filename sanitizer; drop stale unused disable directives
- document the quoted-glob convention in CLAUDE.md

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs: mirror the quoted-lint-glob convention into AGENTS.md

AGENTS.md already mirrors the neighbouring max-lines/baseline paragraph from
CLAUDE.md, and it requires coding conventions to stay in sync between the two
files. The quoted-glob rule landed only in CLAUDE.md, so agents bootstrapping
from AGENTS.md could reintroduce a host-dependent lint target.

Also corrects the wording in both copies: the shallow expansion happens on
macOS as well as Linux — /bin/sh has no globstar on either — and the target
still exits 0 with a broken glob, which is why this went unnoticed. Adds the
file-count check that catches it.

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2026-07-27 23:05:22 +02:00
4gray 636545cbb7 refactor(electron-backend): split four files under the max-lines limit (#1278)
Split epg.events.ts (514), the embedded MPV frame-copy adapter (428) and two of its specs (547, 539) below the 400-line hard limit, and teach the baseline generator to skip files that already carry a justified file-wide eslint-disable max-lines.

The generated baseline list is unchanged: 128 entries before and after. No behavior change.
2026-07-27 02:16:02 +02:00
4gray e3ce60a35e chore(electron): add preload performance markers 2026-07-26 22:37:52 +02:00
4gray 5cae310430 fix(logging): redact sensitive portal and Electron diagnostics (#1182)
* fix: redact sensitive log data

* fix(ci): keep logging preload self-contained

* fix(logging): preserve shared diagnostics

* fix(logging): close trace redaction gaps

* fix(logging): redact Xtream path credentials

* fix(logging): close credential redaction gaps

* fix(logging): suppress external player arguments

* fix(logging): harden URL and date redaction

* fix(logging): redact map keys and URL fragments

* fix(logging): redact sensitive map values

* fix(logging): redact credentials in diagnostic text

* fix(logging): close remaining credential leaks
2026-07-19 08:30:21 +02:00
4grayandClaude Fable 5 b719ed23cd fix(playback): position embedded MPV native view correctly on scaled displays (#1206)
* fix(playback): position embedded MPV native view correctly on scaled displays

Renderer bounds are measured in CSS pixels, but the native-view engines
position OS windows: SetWindowPos (win32) and XMoveResizeWindow (linux)
expect physical pixels, NSView setFrame (macOS) expects points. The raw
values landed the video toward the window's top-left corner at 1/scale of
its size on any display scale or page zoom other than 100%, windowed and
fullscreen alike.

The main process now converts native-view bounds (x page zoom everywhere,
x display scale factor on win32/linux) with edge-based rounding; frame-copy
bounds stay unscaled because the adapter owns its render scale. The session
controller re-syncs bounds when devicePixelRatio changes, covering moves to
a display with a different scale that keep the CSS layout identical.

Closes #1145

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(playback): keep CSS bounds unrounded until native scaling

Review feedback on #1206: measureBounds() rounded the CSS edges in the
renderer, before the main-process CSS-to-native conversion, so fractional
layout positions could drift by a pixel per scale factor (a 10.49px edge
at 200% must land on 21 physical px, not 20). The renderer now sends raw
getBoundingClientRect() edges and rounding happens exactly once, after
scaling. Also pins process.platform explicitly in the macOS wiring test
instead of relying on the suite default.

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2026-07-19 07:48:44 +02:00
4gray 8fdac824fd feat(packaging): ship Linux embedded MPV frame-copy runtime (#1200)
* docs: design Linux frame-copy packaging

* docs: plan Linux frame-copy packaging

* feat(packaging): define Linux frame-copy profiles

* fix(packaging): reject inherited profile names

* feat(embedded-mpv): validate staged Linux runtime

* fix(embedded-mpv): require Linux source packages

* fix(embedded-mpv): harden Linux runtime staging

* feat(embedded-mpv): build LGPL Linux runtime

* fix(embedded-mpv): pin Linux runtime inputs

* feat(embedded-mpv): build relocatable Linux helper

* fix(embedded-mpv): require bundled Linux runtime

* fix(embedded-mpv): make Linux runtime portable

* feat(packaging): ship Linux frame-copy artifacts

* fix(embedded-mpv): verify Linux helper linkage

* fix(packaging): enforce Linux frame-copy isolation

* fix(embedded-mpv): pin Linux display data

* docs(embedded-mpv): document Linux frame-copy packaging

* feat(embedded-mpv): probe Linux frame-copy runtime

* test(embedded-mpv): smoke packaged Linux frame-copy

* docs(embedded-mpv): clarify Linux system runtime baseline

* fix(embedded-mpv): harden Linux runtime capability gate

* ci: verify Linux frame-copy packages

* test(embedded-mpv): harden packaged Linux smoke

* test(embedded-mpv): preserve packaged GL mode

* test(packaging): harden Linux package probes

* fix(embedded-mpv): enable private Snap shared memory

* fix(embedded-mpv): sanitize Linux helper environment

* fix(packaging): enforce private Snap memory semantics

* fix(packaging): reject ambiguous Snap memory metadata

* fix(embedded-mpv): prioritize trusted Snap GL

* fix(packaging): reject advanced Snap YAML semantics

* fix(packaging): reject arbitrary Snap YAML aliases

* feat(packaging): ship Linux runtime license notices

* docs(embedded-mpv): document Linux runtime distribution

* fix(packaging): parse Snap trailing comments safely

* fix(release): gate Snap publish on public source release

* fix(packaging): strip VCS metadata from source bundle

* docs(packaging): clarify Linux source release gate

* test(embedded-mpv): smoke missing bundled libmpv

* style(embedded-mpv): format final validation inputs

* fix(e2e): satisfy fixture index signature typing

* fix(ci): declare fontconfig gperf generator

* fix(embedded-mpv): hash runtime cache identities

* fix(packaging): harden Linux frame-copy delivery

* fix(packaging): tighten runtime delivery gates

* fix(ci): decouple Linux runtime matrix

* fix(packaging): harden Linux frame-copy delivery

* fix(packaging): validate Linux frame-copy runtimes

* fix(packaging): scope Snap Electron library checks

* feat(packaging): ship Linux frame-copy runtimes

* fix(packaging): improve Linux runtime smoke diagnostics

* fix(packaging): expose bounded helper probe details

* test(packaging): trace Snap EGL probe failures

* fix(packaging): prefer core22 ABI in Snap helper

* fix(packaging): bound helper probe capture

* fix(packaging): harden Linux frame-copy releases

* fix(packaging): canonicalize libplacebo submodule identity

* fix(packaging): make source archive inspection portable

* fix(packaging): harden Snap release verification
2026-07-18 17:28:22 +02:00
4gray 59e08fd2d6 feat(embedded-mpv): add Windows frame-copy support (#1175)
Port the embedded mpv frame-copy pipeline to Windows with WGL rendering and named shared memory. Includes packaging validation, platform gates, tests, and architecture documentation.
2026-07-15 21:27:56 +02:00
4grayandClaude Fable 5 7d75d989e8 feat(embedded-mpv): Linux port of the frame-copy rendering engine (headless EGL) (#1171)
* feat(embedded-mpv): Linux frame-copy helper via headless EGL

Port the frame-copy engine's native layer to Linux (PORTING.md items 1-4):

- frame_helper_gl.h: platform GlContext abstraction. macOS keeps the CGL
  path (moved verbatim); Linux acquires an EGL display in order
  surfaceless-Mesa -> default display -> GBM render node, binds a 3.2 core
  desktop-GL context surfaceless (1x1 pbuffer fallback), and hands mpv
  eglGetProcAddress. The helper's own GL calls link against glvnd
  libOpenGL, so no display server is required.
- frame_shm.h: portable frame_shm_now_ns() (CLOCK_MONOTONIC) shared by the
  helper and the reader addon, replacing the macOS-only
  clock_gettime_nsec_np(CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW); producer and consumer stay on
  the same clock.
- embedded_mpv_frame_reader.c: real implementation now also on __linux__
  (the code was already POSIX apart from the clock call).
- binding.gyp: OS==linux executable branch for iptvnator_mpv_helper linking
  system libmpv (-lmpv) + EGL/OpenGL/gbm, with rpaths for $ORIGIN/lib and
  the build-time library dir. The in-process addon still does not link
  libmpv - the ban only binds in-process, the helper is out of process.
- build-embedded-mpv.js: system-dev fallback on Linux (LIBMPV_INCLUDE_DIR
  or /usr/include) so a distro libmpv-dev install builds without staging a
  vendored runtime; a pre-set LINUX_NATIVE_LIBRARY_DIR now wins over the
  vendored lib dir.

Verified on Ubuntu 25.04 / i7-1165G7 (Iris Xe): lavfi smoke per PORTING.md
(idle->loading->playing snapshots at 4 Hz, aspect-fit generation bump
g1 1280x720 -> g2 960x720 for a 4:3 source), reader probe 60 fps at
1080p60 with 0 torn reads, clean quit with no leaked processes or shm.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat(embedded-mpv): enable the frame-copy engine gates on Linux

Flip the TypeScript side of the Linux port (PORTING.md item 5). A shared
dependency-free predicate, isFrameCopyPlatformSupported() (linux any-arch,
darwin arm64-only), now backs all four gates so they cannot drift:

- main.ts: the persisted Settings toggle promotes to the env flag on Linux
  too (this runs before window creation and controls the sandbox relax).
- EmbeddedMpvNativeService.isFrameCopyEngineActive/isFrameCopyAvailable.
- EmbeddedMpvFrameCopyAdapter.isSupported.

getSupport() ordering: the frame-copy branch moves above the Linux-only
native-engine prerequisites - the X11/Xwayland display-server check and
the system-mpv-on-PATH probe only bind the --wid native engine, while the
frame-copy helper renders offscreen (headless EGL) and links libmpv
itself. createSession() also skips resolving the native window handle for
frame-copy sessions, which the adapter ignores anyway, so native-Wayland
sessions no longer trip the window-handle assertion.

Settings copy: the i18n frame-copy description now says macOS (Apple
Silicon) and Linux in all 18 languages; stale macOS-only doc comments in
the settings/support interfaces updated alongside.

Tests: platform-gate matrix for the adapter (darwin arm64/x64, linux
x64/arm64, win32) and service specs covering Linux activation under
native Wayland, macOS arm64 staying active, macOS x64 staying native, and
the skipped window handle for frame-copy sessions.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* chore(packaging): CI + package guards for the Linux frame-copy helper

- build-and-make.yaml: install libegl-dev/libgl-dev/libgbm-dev on the
  Linux runner (the helper's EGL backend needs them now that the helper
  target builds on Linux), and verify the built helper exists and DOES
  link libmpv - the inverse of the addon's no-libmpv rule, which still
  holds and stays validated.
- electron-after-pack.cjs: strip iptvnator_mpv_helper from packaged Linux
  apps. It links the build host's system libmpv, which end-user systems
  cannot be assumed to have; the support probe treats the missing helper
  as frame-copy-unavailable (dev-build-only engine until the
  bundled-runtime staging milestone).
- frame_helper_gl.h: log the chosen EGL display tier to stderr (the
  adapter mirrors helper stderr), so bring-up problems on exotic setups
  are diagnosable.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs(embedded-mpv): document the Linux frame-copy port

- architecture doc: frame-copy section covers Linux (EGL display tiers,
  build deps, package strip), Linux support matrix notes the frame-copy
  exception to the X11 + system-mpv requirements, Linux measured baseline.
- RESULTS.md: Ubuntu 25.04 / i7-1165G7 (Iris Xe) measurement rows via the
  production helper + reader probe; viewport-size claim reproduced.
- PORTING.md: Linux marked done with pointers to what changed; Windows
  remains the open port and its perf gate the open decision.
- CLAUDE.md + tools/embedded-mpv/README.md: platform scope, Linux dev
  build requirements, system-headers fallback, helper strip.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* test(embedded-mpv): commit the Linux frame-copy measurement probe

linux-frame-probe.mjs reproduces the RESULTS.md Linux rows: spawns the
production helper, attaches the frame-reader addon to the announced shm
generation, and reports new-frame fps, copy wall time, produce->copy age,
torn reads and pixel spread. Usage documented in RESULTS.md.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(embedded-mpv): address multi-agent review findings on the Linux port

Confirmed findings (each verified by 3 adversarial reviewers):

- CI would fail to link the helper: -lOpenGL needs the unversioned glvnd
  libOpenGL.so, shipped only by libopengl-dev, which neither the runner
  images nor the previous apt line provide. Added to the workflow and to
  every documented Linux build-dep list.
- The new 'test -x' dist guard could never pass: webpack's dist asset
  copy drops file modes (helper arrives as 0644). The guard is now
  'test -f'; electron-after-pack.cjs restores the execute bit on packaged
  helpers (also fixes packaged-macOS spawns); the support probe now
  requires X_OK, so a mode-stripped helper reads as frame-copy-unavailable
  and falls back to native instead of failing spawn with EACCES.
- The Settings frame-copy toggle was unreachable in exactly the Linux
  states the port targets: the native-Wayland and missing-system-mpv
  unsupported payloads omitted frameCopyAvailable, and toggle visibility
  derives solely from it. Both returns now advertise availability.

Also from review:

- build-embedded-mpv.js keeps the old graceful-skip contract when the new
  system-dev fallback finds libmpv-dev but the GL/EGL/gbm dev stack is
  missing (previously such machines skipped; a hard electron-build
  failure was a regression).
- createSession derives the window-handle skip from the dispatched addon
  instead of re-evaluating the engine gate, so the two cannot disagree.
- The render thread logs the GL renderer string (surfaceless Mesa can
  silently pick llvmpipe on non-Mesa-primary systems; now diagnosable —
  verified 'Mesa Intel Iris Xe' on this machine).
- Specs pin the new semantics: frameCopyAvailable advertised while native
  is unsupported (Wayland / no mpv), frame-copy supported without a
  system mpv, and the handle-skip test disposes its session through the
  owning adapter.
- Docs: PORTING.md file map reflects the frame_helper_gl.h seam for the
  Windows porter; helper-strip removal correctly gated on milestone 4
  (bundled libmpv), not milestone 3; RESULTS.md preamble notes the
  RAW->MONOTONIC clock change; stale '(macOS)' scope comments updated.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(embedded-mpv): address Greptile/Codex review comments

- Sandbox gate requires a usable helper (Greptile P1, security): the
  main.ts env promotion now also probes for an executable
  iptvnator_mpv_helper before relaxing the window sandbox — a stale
  opt-in on packaged Linux (helper deliberately stripped) or after a
  cleaned native build no longer costs a sandboxless launch for an
  engine that cannot activate. Helper discovery (addon candidate paths +
  X_OK probe) moved into embedded-mpv-frame-copy-platform.util.ts,
  shared by main.ts and the service; the service keeps thin instance
  wrappers so tests can stub per scenario. New util spec pins the
  platform matrix, candidate resolution, and the execute-bit semantics.
- Stale frame-copy artifacts on skipped builds (Codex P2): cleanOutput()
  now also removes iptvnator_mpv_helper and
  embedded_mpv_frame_reader.node, so a failed/skipped rebuild cannot
  leave a previous helper advertising frame-copy support against a
  runtime the build just declared unavailable.
- Multiarch default lib dir (Greptile P1, partially refuted): -l
  resolution never depended on our -L (the compiler's built-in search
  paths include the Debian/Ubuntu multiarch dir — proven by the green CI
  run linking with a nonexistent -L dir), but the system-dev fallback
  now defaults to /usr/lib/<multiarch-triple> when present so the -L
  flag and the helper's baked rpath point somewhere real.

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* fix(embedded-mpv): harden Linux frame-copy port

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2026-07-15 20:42:50 +02:00
4grayandClaude Fable 5 26271fc076 feat(embedded-mpv): frame-copy rendering engine (experimental, macOS Apple Silicon) (#1169)
* spike(embedded-mpv): frame-copy pipeline prototype (helper + shm ring + Electron viewer)

Standalone macOS spike for the frame-copy unification direction from the
2026-07-10 analysis: a helper process renders mpv offscreen into a GL FBO,
reads frames back through an async PBO ring, and publishes BGRA frames into
a 3-slot POSIX shm seqlock ring; a minimal Electron viewer copies the newest
frame via a plain-C N-API addon and uploads it to a WebGL canvas per rAF.

First numbers on M1 Pro (see spike README): 4K60 HEVC hwdec sustained at
60 fps end to end, ~1.2 ms shm copy + ~3.5 ms texture upload, ~10 ms
produce-to-upload age, zero torn frames. Remaining gates: weak hardware,
long-run pacing, HDR, latency flash test.

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* spike(embedded-mpv): add RESULTS.md measurement log with M1 Pro baseline

Structured per-machine table with repro commands so the pending Intel Mac
and Windows iGPU runs can be appended and compared one-to-one.

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* spike(embedded-mpv): pacing/judder instrumentation + 50/25 fps and HDR gate results

Viewer now measures inter-frame intervals on both clocks (present side and
producer side): stddev/p99/max, late-frame counters vs the producer's median
interval, and a cumulative LONGRUN summary every 30 s. The addon exposes the
producer timestamp (produceMs) for this.

Measured on M1 Pro: 50 fps and 25 fps cadences are clean (late frames only
at startup; residual jitter is 120 Hz rAF grid quantization, bounded by one
display tick), and 4K25 HDR10 PQ/BT.2020 is tonemapped to SDR by mpv before
readback at full rate with unchanged copy costs. RESULTS.md carries the
tables and HDR-clip repro commands.

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* spike(embedded-mpv): record 10-minute 4K60 HEVC long-run results

Zero dropped frames and zero torn reads after the first-minute warmup over
~8.5 minutes; steady-state late frames (~0.4%) track the 12 s test clip's
--loop restarts, not the copy pipeline.

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* spike(embedded-mpv): viewport-scaling measurement + integration design draft

Confirms the render-at-viewport-size claim (4K source in a 720p FBO costs
720p: 0.17 ms readback / 0.16 ms copy / 0.17 ms upload at 60 fps) and adds
DESIGN.md — the draft integration architecture: per-session helper process
linking bundled libmpv on all platforms (finally full-featured + Wayland-
agnostic Linux), JSON-over-stdio control evolving the Linux wid protocol,
unchanged EmbeddedMpvSession renderer contract, shm generations for resize,
packaging via the existing vendored-runtime tooling, rollout behind its own
flag with the docked path as default.

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* spike(embedded-mpv): auto-detect Homebrew prefix and Node headers for Intel Macs

BREW_PREFIX was hardcoded to /opt/homebrew (Apple Silicon) and NODE_INC to
one nvm version; both now resolve via brew --prefix and the PATH node's
execPath, so the pending Intel Mac run needs no Makefile edits. README gets
a fresh-machine checklist.

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* spike(embedded-mpv): self-contained measurement bundle for machines without Node/pnpm

make-bundle.sh assembles a tarball with the spike sources, vendored N-API
headers (Makefile prefers them when present, so no Node install is needed),
pre-generated 4K HEVC/HDR10 test clips, and an official Electron dist
download for the target arch. collect-results.sh builds and runs the full
RESULTS.md scenario suite automatically (plus an optional --long 10-minute
run) and writes one results-<host>-<date>.txt to send back. Target-machine
prerequisites shrink to Xcode CLT + brew mpv — built for the pending Intel
Mac baseline run.

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* spike(embedded-mpv): support MacPorts libmpv and legacy-macOS bundles

Makefile and collect-results.sh now detect libmpv in the Homebrew prefix or
MacPorts /opt/local (Homebrew is unsupported on legacy macOS like High
Sierra; 'sudo port install mpv +libmpv' provides libmpv there). make-bundle
takes ELECTRON_VERSION/BUNDLE_SUFFIX overrides — Electron 27+ needs macOS
10.15, so High Sierra bundles ship Electron 26.6.10 (LSMinimumSystemVersion
10.13).

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* spike(embedded-mpv): scope macOS frame-copy engine to Apple Silicon only

Owner decision 2026-07-10: skip Intel Mac measurements and gate the future
frame-copy engine on arm64. Intel Macs able to run the app at all are a
shrinking 2015-2020 cohort and keep the docked/external/web player paths;
the macOS hardware gate closes with the M1 Pro numbers, and remaining
hardware risk moves to the Windows/Linux ports.

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* feat(embedded-mpv): frame-copy helper process and shm frame reader (native layer)

iptvnator_mpv_helper: one-process-per-session libmpv host that renders
offscreen at viewport size (headless CGL + async PBO ring, validated in
spikes/mpv-frame-copy), publishes BGRA frames into a seqlock shm ring with
resize generations, plays audio directly, and speaks a stdio protocol —
tab-separated commands in, JSON events out. The snapshot event mirrors
NativeEmbeddedMpvSessionSnapshot; status semantics (END_FILE reasons,
eof-reached with keep-open, pause gated on loaded path, fatal-only status
flips) are ported from embedded_mpv.mm.

embedded_mpv_frame_reader.node: plain-C N-API reader the preload script
uses to memcpy the newest complete frame into a V8 ArrayBuffer (Electron's
memory cage forbids zero-copy). Stub exports off macOS.

Both build as extra binding.gyp targets through build-embedded-mpv.js; the
helper gets the same libmpv dependency-path rewrite + ad-hoc re-sign as the
addon and is validated by the forbidden-link check.

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* feat(embedded-mpv): frame-copy engine wiring in main process and preload

EmbeddedMpvFrameCopyAdapter implements the NativeEmbeddedMpvAddon surface
over a per-session helper process (spawn, stdio protocol, snapshot cache,
graceful quit->SIGTERM->SIGKILL teardown), so EmbeddedMpvNativeService
reuses its polling/diff/power-blocker/recording logic unchanged. The
IPTVNATOR_ENABLE_EMBEDDED_MPV_FRAME_COPY flag (darwin/arm64 only) routes
getAddon() to the adapter and reports engine: 'frame-copy' in support.

The preload frame pump loads the shm reader addon, copies the newest frame
once per rAF into a reused buffer, and uploads it to WebGL2 on the
renderer's canvas — no frame data crosses the contextBridge; the bridge
only gains attachEmbeddedMpvFrameView/detachEmbeddedMpvFrameView. The
experiment flag relaxes the window sandbox for that native require;
contextIsolation and nodeIntegration:false stay on.

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* feat(embedded-mpv): frame-copy canvas mode in the player component + docs

EmbeddedMpvPlayerComponent renders <canvas data-embedded-mpv-frame> when
support reports engine 'frame-copy' and the session controller starts/stops
the preload frame pump around the session lifecycle. The bounds provider
skips HIDDEN_BOUNDS and the popover cutout for this engine — the canvas is
ordinary DOM, dialogs and popovers stack above it natively; bounds sync
still drives the helper's render size. Adapter unit tests cover spawn args,
snapshot caching, shm generations, protocol encoding, unexpected-exit
mapping, and dispose escalation. Architecture doc and CLAUDE.md describe
the engine, its flag, and the sandbox trade-off.

Verified end to end in the built app (M1 Pro): engine detection, helper
spawn, lavfi playback onto the canvas via CDP-injected smoke — including an
orientation fix (helper FLIP_Y already yields texture-order rows; the pump
shader must not flip uv again).

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* fix(embedded-mpv): close helper stdin on dispose + lifecycle logging

Live testing surfaced a stray idle helper that survived a session switch;
until the root cause is pinned down, dispose now also closes the child's
stdin (the helper exits on EOF) as a second kill path besides quit ->
SIGTERM -> SIGKILL, and spawn/dispose/exit are logged with the session id
so leaks are attributable.

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* fix(embedded-mpv): reap sessions when the renderer reloads or crashes

Root cause of the stray idle helper found during live testing: session
teardown lives in the renderer's Angular lifecycle, which never runs on a
renderer crash or hard reload — the main process kept the session (and its
frame-copy helper process / native mpv handle) alive until app shutdown.
EmbeddedMpvNativeService now watches the main window's webContents for
render-process-gone and did-navigate (full reloads only; in-app Angular
routing emits did-navigate-in-page) and disposes every session. Applies to
both engines. Verified live: location.reload() during frame-copy playback
logs 'Disposing 1 session(s): renderer reloaded' and the helper exits
cleanly. Regression test drives both events against the service.

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* feat(embedded-mpv): Settings toggle for the frame-copy engine

New 'Embedded MPV: frame-copy engine' checkbox in Settings > Playback,
shown only when the machine can run it (macOS arm64 with the helper binary
present — support now reports frameCopyAvailable). The choice persists to
the main-process config store because the engine relaxes the window sandbox
for the preload frame pump, which is fixed at window creation: main.ts
reads the store before creating the window and sets the engine env var; an
explicitly set env var (including '0') always wins, and the UI shows a
restart hint while the saved choice differs from the active engine.
Localized in all 18 locales.

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* feat(embedded-mpv): aspect-fit rendering in the frame-copy helper

The helper now observes dwidth/dheight and renders its FBO at the
aspect-fit size of the video inside the requested viewport, bumping a shm
generation on change — letterbox bars are never baked into frames (the VOD
watch shell's ~2:1 box no longer shows black side bars; the canvas
background is transparent so the sides show the app surface, while
fullscreen keeps its black backdrop). Frames also get smaller than the
viewport when aspects differ, trimming copy cost. Aspect override changes
refit automatically. Snapshots now carry videoWidth/videoHeight, and the
adapter forwards IPTVNATOR_EMBEDDED_MPV_AUDIO_DELAY to mpv's audio-delay
for lip-sync tuning until proper calibration lands.

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* feat(embedded-mpv): require frame-copy artifacts in macOS package validation + docs

macOS packages that ship embedded_mpv.node must also ship the
iptvnator_mpv_helper binary and the embedded_mpv_frame_reader.node addon —
they come out of the same binding.gyp run, and a package missing them would
silently lose the frame-copy engine. Covered in the package-identity test.
Architecture doc and CLAUDE.md document the Settings toggle, aspect-fit
rendering, audio-delay passthrough, and the renderer-reload session reaping.

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* fix(electron): inline TS helpers so the sandboxed preload keeps working

The frame pump's async/await (target es2015 + importHelpers) made webpack
externalize tslib in main.preload.js. Sandboxed preloads can only require
Electron's built-in module whitelist, so the entire preload script failed
to load and window.electron disappeared for every run without the
frame-copy flag. importHelpers:false for electron-backend keeps the preload
bundle self-contained — and future async code in preload can no longer
silently reintroduce the breakage. Verified live: sandboxed run now has the
bridge, reports engine 'native' and frameCopyAvailable true.

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* docs(embedded-mpv): commit the frame-copy analysis handoff + source inventory

The 2026-07-10 analysis that led to this branch now lives next to the spike
(spikes/mpv-frame-copy/ANALYSIS.md), and the architecture doc's What To
Commit section lists the frame-copy engine sources.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(embedded-mpv): address review findings on the frame-copy engine

- Stale pump attach can no longer win over a newer session: attach/detach
  bump a shared epoch and async attach waits re-check it after every await,
  so an attach for a replaced session aborts instead of installing itself
  (greptile P1).
- A failed frame-view attach (no canvas, no WebGL2, reader missing) now
  disposes the session and surfaces the error UI instead of leaving audio
  playing behind a black canvas (codex P2).
- A stale frame-copy opt-in without the helper binary falls back to the
  native engine instead of reporting embedded MPV unsupported, and the
  Settings checkbox stays visible while a saved opt-in exists so it can
  always be cleared (codex P2). Regression test covers the fallback.

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* fix(packaging): make the darwin frame-copy packaging test host-agnostic

On non-macOS CI hosts validatePackagedEmbeddedMpv also reports that macOS
link validation needs a macOS host, so the success-path assertion now
checks only the frame-copy artifact requirement instead of expecting an
empty error list.

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* docs(embedded-mpv): Windows/Linux porting handoff for the frame-copy engine

Self-contained entry point for porting sessions on other machines: current
state and coordination constraints, per-OS task lists (Linux EGL first,
then Windows WGL + named shm — the decisive iGPU perf gate), the
hard-won gotchas from the macOS integration (preload/tslib sandbox
breakage, V8 memory cage, frame orientation, stale-attach epoch, dispose
escalation, node-gyp naming, snapshot protocol semantics), testing
recipes, and the suggested milestone order.

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* docs(embedded-mpv): branching and merge strategy in the porting handoff

Port work goes to stacked branches off the frame-copy branch (PR base =
frame-copy branch, sequential merges, stack depth one), never into the
frozen PR #1169 branch itself.

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* docs(embedded-mpv): drop stale uncommitted note from porting handoff

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(embedded-mpv): harden frame-copy helper startup

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2026-07-15 19:48:07 +02:00
4grayandClaude Fable 5 9635f398c1 fix(tmdb): restore trailers in packaged builds, fall back to original language for missing text (#1130)
* fix(tmdb): restore trailers in packaged builds, fall back to original language for missing text

Two production-only gaps reported against the packaged 0.22 build:

1. Trailers showed YouTube "Error 153 — Video player configuration
   error". YouTube requires a Referer on /embed requests; the packaged
   app loads the renderer from file://, which never sends one (dev works
   because the origin is localhost). The Electron main process now
   injects the project site as Referer for YouTube embed hosts when the
   header is absent (request-header-overrides.service.ts, registered at
   startup via registerStaticHeaderShims). Existing Referers are never
   overwritten, other hosts untouched.

2. Descriptions vanished for content whose original language differs
   from the app language: TMDB does not fall back on missing
   translations, so a Russian-only series has empty overviews in en-US.
   When the app-language payload carries no text, the enrichment
   refetches once in the content's original_language and fills ONLY the
   missing text fields (tmdb-language-fallback.ts): details overview,
   season overview and per-episode names/overviews. Genres, credits and
   artwork stay in the app language; both language rows share the cache.

Tests: 3 new shim cases in request-header-overrides.service.spec.ts,
new tmdb-language-fallback.spec.ts (9 cases). Docs updated
(tmdb-metadata-enrichment.md).

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* fix(tmdb): address PR review — best-effort fallback fetch, /embed/ scope, names-only trigger

- A failing original-language fallback fetch no longer costs the
  already-fetched primary details payload (Codex P2) — it is wrapped
  best-effort and the primary payload is returned on error.
- The YouTube Referer shim now scopes to /embed/ paths, so regular
  www.youtube.com requests keep their real (missing) Referer (greptile).
- seasonNeedsTextFallback also triggers when episode overviews exist but
  ALL episode names are empty (partially translated seasons; greptile).

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2026-07-05 11:53:46 +02:00
4grayandClaude Fable 5 8eb0fe3261 feat(playback): embedded mpv pre-0.22 hardening, Linux parity, and localization (#1122)
* fix(playback): harden embedded mpv session handling and support detection

- guard the session controller against late startup rejections clobbering
  a newer session during fast channel zapping
- exclude the refresh timestamp from the session-update dedup key so idle
  sessions stop re-emitting IPC updates every 500 ms
- macOS: reconcile async loadfile replies by request id so a rejected
  seek/aid/speed on a live stream no longer flips the session to error
- append --ozone-platform=x11 on Linux in main.ts so direct binary and
  AppImage launches match the packaged .desktop launcher behavior
- return a sandbox-specific unsupported reason in Flatpak/Snap instead of
  asking the user to install mpv inside the sandbox
- update the stale "macOS only" embedded MPV claim in CLAUDE.md

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* feat(playback): populate Linux audio tracks and fix ARM Linux packaging

- Linux poller now reads track-list/count each tick and walks the scalar
  track-list/N/* sub-properties when the count changes, so the audio-track
  menu is no longer empty; selection reconciles from the aid property
- afterPack replaces the x64 embedded_mpv.node with an
  embedded-mpv-unavailable.txt marker in arm64/armv7l Linux packages, and
  package-layout verification rejects foreign-architecture addons while
  requiring the marker
- extend native source invariants for the non-fatal async-reply rule
  (macOS) and the Linux track-list polling contract
- document the Linux track-list mechanics and ARM packaging behavior in
  docs/architecture/embedded-mpv-native.md

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* feat(playback): embedded mpv player UX polish and full localization

- click on the video toggles pause (same action as Space) with a 250 ms
  grace period so double-click fullscreen cancels the pending pause; no
  DOM overlay is drawn — the dock transport icon is the feedback
- timeline scrubbing previews the drag position locally and commits a
  single seek on release instead of one IPC seek per drag pixel
- translate all player UI strings (controls, tooltips, aria-labels,
  status and recording messages) via new EMBEDDED_MPV.PLAYER.* keys,
  synced across en + 17 locales through the i18n-fill workflow
- replace the legacy @Output() EventEmitter with the signal output() API

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* fix(playback): react to language changes and respect ozone platform hint

Address review feedback on #1122:
- add a translationsTick signal (onLangChange/onTranslationChange/
  onDefaultLangChange) read by every computed() and template helper that
  calls translate.instant(), so labels re-evaluate on a runtime language
  switch and when the translation file finishes loading after mount
- suppress the Linux --ozone-platform=x11 fallback when the user set
  ELECTRON_OZONE_PLATFORM_HINT, matching the existing respect for an
  explicit --ozone-platform switch

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2026-07-04 14:22:48 +02:00
4gray c0e9cd5de3 fix(settings): show current release notes (#1101)
* fix(settings): show current release notes

* fix(updater): use app version for local release notes

* fix(settings): constrain release note images

* fix(settings): prefer current notes without updates
2026-06-29 11:03:15 +02:00
4gray b1119189e2 feat(updater): add GitHub releases desktop updater
Adds the GitHub Releases desktop updater with release notes, startup notification, packaging metadata, tests, and CI fixes for Electron E2E.
2026-06-28 22:21:20 +02:00
4gray 1073ce5350 ci(electron): require embedded mpv in windows artifacts 2026-06-14 22:09:31 +02:00
4gray 4094a36fef Harden Linux embedded MPV packaging (#1043) 2026-06-13 17:24:13 +02:00
4gray 83db27ef12 fix(playback): detect embedded mpv keep-open eof (#1050)
* fix(playback): detect embedded mpv keep-open eof

* fix(playback): keep mpv redirects loading
2026-06-13 10:19:51 +02:00
2be42257ab fix(playback): harden embedded MPV polling loop and IPC error visibility (#1041)
* fix(playback): harden embedded MPV polling loop and IPC error visibility

The 500ms session polling interval called refreshSession() unguarded:
a throwing addon call (getAddon/getSessionSnapshot) escaped the interval
callback as an uncaughtException in the main process on every tick.
Wrap each refresh in try-catch, log the first failure only, and resume
session updates once the addon recovers.

Embedded MPV IPC handlers also forwarded service calls without any
error handling, unlike every other events module. The renderer swallows
these rejections by design (guardIpc), so addon errors were completely
invisible. Route all registrations through a wrapper that logs the
failing channel in the main process before rethrowing.

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* fix(playback): track poll-failure log suppression per session

A healthy session in the same poll tick reset the shared
pollFailureLogged flag before the failing session was processed, so a
mixed healthy/failing session set logged the failure on every 500ms
tick — the flooding the flag was meant to prevent. Track logged
failures per session id instead and clean entries up on dispose.

Addresses Greptile/Codex review feedback on #1041.

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2026-06-10 12:06:13 +02:00
4gray 06700b318a feat(electron): add embedded mpv support for windows and linux (#1031)
Adds experimental embedded MPV support for Windows and Linux, expands packaging/runtime validation, and updates CI coverage for the cross-platform native addon.
2026-06-09 08:58:38 +02:00
4gray 77cf4065e0 feat(playback): add embedded mpv series navigation (#1030)
* fix(remote-control): use iptvnator favicon

* feat(playback): add embedded mpv series navigation

* refactor(playback): share series navigation state
2026-06-08 07:55:01 +02:00
4gray c36d404a72 test(electron): cover broad playlist header override 2026-05-23 15:59:02 +03:00
4gray 3c5f7ab92e fix(electron): preserve playlist header defaults
Keep playlist-level request header overrides active when channel-scoped headers are cleared, and cover layered override behavior.
2026-05-23 15:57:29 +03:00
4gray fc449ca73e feat(electron): harden renderer security
Scope playback request header overrides to active stream origins and document the Electron runtime security contract.
2026-05-22 23:31:41 +03:00
4gray 272e0e772e fix(stalker): preserve explicit portal identity (#941) 2026-05-15 18:34:49 +02:00
4gray 2d5c4fa4f9 chore: tighten validation and runtime logging
* chore: tighten validation and runtime logging

* fix(i18n): localize new settings labels
2026-05-15 17:43:42 +02:00
4gray d24c77a143 chore(nx): enforce scoped workspace boundaries (#942) 2026-05-15 09:59:06 +02:00
4gray a40d5447e7 feat(settings): add external player arguments (#932)
* feat(settings): add external player arguments

* fix(settings): address external player argument review

* fix(settings): require external player argument settings

* feat(settings): add external player argument placeholders

Closes https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/issues/835
2026-05-14 11:04:01 +02:00
4gray 724e4b1ab3 feat(playback): add embedded mpv (macos) stream recording (#916)
* feat(playback): add embedded mpv stream recording
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* fix(playback): address embedded mpv recording review
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* fix(playback): track mpv recording auto-stop replies
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2026-05-10 12:27:09 +02:00
4grayandClaude Opus 4.7 8e3f559033 feat(embedded-mpv): subtitles, playback speed, aspect override, retry on error
Native addon (apps/electron-backend/native/src/embedded_mpv.mm)
- Extend SessionSnapshot with subtitleTracks, selectedSubtitleTrackId,
  playbackSpeed, aspectOverride.
- Refactor track parsing into a shared updateTracksFromNode helper that
  filters by mpv "type" so audio and subtitle tracks share the code path.
- Observe sid, speed, video-aspect-override; clear sub state on
  MPV_EVENT_START_FILE.
- Export setSubtitleTrack (handles trackId === -1 as "no" to disable),
  setSpeed (clamped to 0.25–4.0), setAspect (passthrough string for
  video-aspect-override).
- Snapshot output now includes the new fields.

Service (embedded-mpv-native.service.ts) + IPC + preload
- Mirror methods on EmbeddedMpvNativeService with capability detection: each
  method throws a descriptive error if the loaded addon doesn't expose the
  underlying native function (i.e. user is running an older build).
- New IPC channels EMBEDDED_MPV_SET_SUBTITLE_TRACK, _SET_SPEED, _SET_ASPECT
  registered in events file and exposed via preload.
- Extend EmbeddedMpvSupport with a capabilities probe so the renderer can
  hide controls for features the current addon build doesn't ship.

Renderer (embedded-mpv-player.component.{ts,html})
- Three new popovers anchored above their buttons (subtitle / speed /
  aspect), gated by capabilities() and (for subtitles) by track count.
- Subtitle popover includes an Off entry; speed/aspect use fixed presets.
- Error state now surfaces the same overlay as the stalled state, with a
  Retry button that bumps the existing retryNonce signal — covers #8 from
  the audit.
- All session-payload defaults (loading stub, error stub, refresh fallback,
  dispose payload, native createSession default) updated for the new
  required fields.

NOTE: Existing addon binaries do not expose the new methods. Until the
addon is rebuilt (pnpm run serve:backend:embedded-mpv or the release
build script), capabilities will report subtitles/playbackSpeed/
aspectOverride as false and the new buttons will simply not appear.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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2026-05-05 09:53:32 +02:00
4grayandClaude Opus 4.7 e192cba776 feat(player): add VLC reuse-instance setting (#893)
VLC was unconditionally spawned per click — VLC's own single-instance
preference fails because the per-launch RC args defeat its D-Bus
forwarder. Mirror the existing MPV reuse pattern so users can opt in to
driving one tracked VLC via its RC interface (clear + add) instead of
opening a new window every stream.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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2026-05-05 00:55:04 +02:00
4grayandClaude Opus 4.7 a74b8f1b81 fix: prevent macOS sleep during embedded MPV playback
The embedded MPV player renders via libmpv into a custom Cocoa view, which
bypasses mpv's built-in screensaver inhibition. Hold an Electron
powerSaveBlocker (prevent-display-sleep) while any session is playing and
release it on pause, dispose, or shutdown.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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2026-05-04 23:47:33 +02:00
4gray 9f873e6bed feat(player): add embedded-mpv player for macOS as experimental feature
- Introduced tooling for building and staging the macOS `libmpv` runtime for IPTVnator's embedded MPV player.
- Added `build-macos-runtime.mjs` for building an LGPL-compatible runtime from source.
- Created `stage-macos-runtime.mjs` for staging the built runtime artifacts.
- Implemented validation for the packaged embedded MPV runtime in `electron-after-pack.cjs` and `embedded-mpv-macos.cjs`.
- Updated packaging scripts to ensure the embedded MPV runtime is correctly integrated and validated during the build process.
- Added README files to document the expected layout and usage for the embedded MPV runtime artifacts.

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2026-04-27 00:32:14 +02:00
4gray 04f9686483 feat: implement detailed tracing for database operations, window events, and renderer API interactions 2026-04-05 23:26:09 +02:00
4gray 688d9ec123 fix(worker): implement worker runtime path resolution and native module loading 2026-03-28 21:42:19 +01:00
4gray 456173b772 feat(database): implement DatabaseWorkerClient and associated worker functionality
- Added DatabaseWorkerClient to manage database operations in a worker thread.
- Created database-worker-client.ts to handle requests and responses between the main process and the worker.
- Introduced database-worker.types.ts for type definitions related to worker messages and operations.
- Implemented database.worker.ts to execute various database operations, including CRUD operations for playlists, content, and favorites.
- Added database.worker-connection.ts to manage database connections and ensure proper handling of SQLite instances.
- Created tests for DatabaseWorkerClient to ensure correct request handling and error management.
- Updated xtream.events.ts to allow suppression of error logging for specific requests.
- Enhanced EPG parser worker to include a busy timeout for SQLite operations.
- Integrated shutdown logic for the DatabaseWorkerClient in the main application lifecycle.
2026-03-28 15:40:06 +01:00
4gray 81c2aab829 test(e2e): add end-to-end tests for playlist import, providers, and settings persistence
- Implemented tests for importing M3U playlists via native dialog.
- Added smoke tests for loading Xtream and Stalker content through IPC.
- Created tests to verify persistence of remote control settings across app restarts.
- Updated smoke tests to check for main window properties and workspace content rendering.

refactor(electron-backend): enhance store service and database path handling

- Modified store service to use a dynamic configuration directory based on environment.
- Refactored database connection to utilize new path utility functions for better path management.

fix(e2e): improve test selectors and structure for better reliability

- Updated test selectors in web-e2e tests to use role-based queries for better accessibility.
- Refactored settings tests to reduce redundancy and improve clarity.

chore(e2e): update TypeScript configuration for better inclusion of test files

- Adjusted tsconfig.json to ensure proper inclusion of e2e test files.

Entire-Checkpoint: bb9a8e2e351e
2026-03-17 23:30:16 +01:00
4gray ee411393ce feat: Enhance settings context service with pending scroll target management
feat: Update category view to improve empty state representation

style: Refactor category view styles for better layout and responsiveness

fix: Adjust favorites component navigation logic for better routing

refactor: Improve playlist error view structure and styles for clarity

style: Revamp playlist error view styles for consistency and readability

feat: Update portal channels list to use new channel list item component

style: Clean up portal channels list styles for improved layout

refactor: Optimize portal channels list component logic and structure

feat: Implement recently viewed component navigation improvements

fix: Update global search results component for better routing

test: Add unit tests for search results component functionality

feat: Enhance search results component to handle initial query

fix: Update EPG queue service to manage preview limits effectively

style: Clean up nav list styles for better visual consistency
2026-03-05 23:35:45 +01:00
4gray 4c6ee1b75a feat(store): migrate from electron-store to electron-conf 2025-10-27 08:20:29 +01:00
4gray 7c42c1b6fc feat(settings): add mpvReuseInstance setting to store and i18n
Add MPV_REUSE_INSTANCE key to the electron backend store service and
include mpvReuseInstance in the shared settings interface so the new
boolean setting is persisted and available across renderer and main
processes.

Also update English i18n JSON formatting and expand the HOME section
translations (reformatting and adding nested playlist-related keys)
to ensure the UI strings remain consistent after changes.
2025-10-18 11:57:20 +02:00
4gray bc3c9ce8cc feat(electron-backend): add IPC event scaffolding and persistent store 2025-10-15 08:55:03 +02:00