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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions electron/electron-env.d.ts
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Expand Up @@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ interface Window {
error?: string;
userNotified?: boolean;
microphoneFallbackRequired?: boolean;
captureStartedAtMs?: number;
}>;
stopNativeScreenRecording: () => Promise<{
success: boolean;
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70 changes: 70 additions & 0 deletions electron/ipc/captions/generate.test.ts
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import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";

const { getCompanionAudioFallbackInfoMock, resolveRecordingSessionMock } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
getCompanionAudioFallbackInfoMock: vi.fn(),
resolveRecordingSessionMock: vi.fn(),
}));

vi.mock("electron", () => ({ app: { getPath: () => "/tmp" } }));
vi.mock("../recording/diagnostics", () => ({
getCompanionAudioFallbackInfo: getCompanionAudioFallbackInfoMock,
}));
vi.mock("../project/session", () => ({
resolveRecordingSession: resolveRecordingSessionMock,
}));

import { parseMaxVolumeDb, resolveCaptionAudioCandidates } from "./generate";

describe("resolveCaptionAudioCandidates", () => {
beforeEach(() => {
getCompanionAudioFallbackInfoMock.mockReset();
resolveRecordingSessionMock.mockReset();
resolveRecordingSessionMock.mockResolvedValue(null);
});

it("falls back from the recording to system and microphone sidecars", async () => {
const videoPath = "/recordings/recording.mp4";
getCompanionAudioFallbackInfoMock.mockResolvedValue({
paths: [videoPath, "/recordings/recording.system.m4a", "/recordings/recording.mic.wav"],
candidatePaths: ["/recordings/recording.system.m4a", "/recordings/recording.mic.wav"],
startDelayMsByPath: { "/recordings/recording.mic.wav": 125 },
});

await expect(resolveCaptionAudioCandidates(videoPath)).resolves.toEqual([
{
path: "/recordings/recording.system.m4a",
label: "system and microphone recording",
secondaryPath: "/recordings/recording.mic.wav",
secondaryStartDelayMs: 125,
},
{ path: videoPath, label: "recording" },
{ path: "/recordings/recording.system.m4a", label: "system audio recording" },
{
path: "/recordings/recording.mic.wav",
label: "microphone recording",
startDelayMs: 125,
},
]);
});

it("falls back to the recording and linked webcam without sidecars", async () => {
getCompanionAudioFallbackInfoMock.mockResolvedValue({
paths: [],
startDelayMsByPath: {},
});
resolveRecordingSessionMock.mockResolvedValue({ webcamPath: "/recordings/webcam.mp4" });

await expect(resolveCaptionAudioCandidates("/recordings/recording.mp4")).resolves.toEqual([
{ path: "/recordings/recording.mp4", label: "recording" },
{ path: "/recordings/webcam.mp4", label: "linked webcam recording" },
]);
});

it("parses finite and silent FFmpeg volume measurements", () => {
expect(parseMaxVolumeDb("[Parsed_volumedetect] max_volume: -18.4 dB")).toBe(-18.4);
expect(parseMaxVolumeDb("[Parsed_volumedetect] max_volume: -inf dB")).toBe(
Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY,
);
expect(parseMaxVolumeDb("no volume measurement")).toBeNull();
});
});
120 changes: 113 additions & 7 deletions electron/ipc/captions/generate.ts
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Expand Up @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { app } from "electron";
import { getFfmpegBinaryPath } from "../ffmpeg/binary";
import { getBundledWhisperExecutableCandidates } from "../paths/binaries";
import { resolveRecordingSession } from "../project/session";
import { getCompanionAudioFallbackInfo } from "../recording/diagnostics";
import { normalizeVideoSourcePath } from "../utils";
import { parseSrtCues, parseWhisperJsonCues, shouldRetryWhisperWithoutJson } from "./parser";
import { segmentCuesIntoPhrases } from "./segment";
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -83,27 +84,114 @@ export async function resolveWhisperExecutablePath(preferredPath?: string | null
}

export async function resolveCaptionAudioCandidates(videoPath: string) {
const candidates: Array<{ path: string; label: string }> = [];
const candidates: Array<{
path: string;
label: string;
startDelayMs?: number;
secondaryPath?: string;
secondaryStartDelayMs?: number;
}> = [];
const seenPaths = new Set<string>();

const pushCandidate = (candidatePath: string | null | undefined, label: string) => {
const pushCandidate = (
candidatePath: string | null | undefined,
label: string,
startDelayMs?: number,
secondaryPath?: string,
secondaryStartDelayMs?: number,
) => {
const normalizedCandidatePath = normalizeVideoSourcePath(candidatePath);
if (!normalizedCandidatePath || seenPaths.has(normalizedCandidatePath)) {
const normalizedSecondaryPath = normalizeVideoSourcePath(secondaryPath);
if (!normalizedCandidatePath) {
return;
}
const candidateKey = normalizedSecondaryPath
? `${normalizedCandidatePath}\0${normalizedSecondaryPath}`
: normalizedCandidatePath;
if (seenPaths.has(candidateKey)) {
return;
}

seenPaths.add(normalizedCandidatePath);
candidates.push({ path: normalizedCandidatePath, label });
seenPaths.add(candidateKey);
candidates.push({
path: normalizedCandidatePath,
label,
...(Number.isFinite(startDelayMs) && (startDelayMs ?? 0) > 0 ? { startDelayMs } : {}),
...(normalizedSecondaryPath ? { secondaryPath: normalizedSecondaryPath } : {}),
...(Number.isFinite(secondaryStartDelayMs) && (secondaryStartDelayMs ?? 0) > 0
? { secondaryStartDelayMs }
: {}),
});
};

const companionAudio = await getCompanionAudioFallbackInfo(videoPath);
const companionPaths = companionAudio.candidatePaths ?? companionAudio.paths;
const systemPath = companionPaths.find((path) => path.toLowerCase().includes(".system."));
const microphonePath = companionPaths.find((path) => path.toLowerCase().includes(".mic."));
if (systemPath && microphonePath) {
pushCandidate(
systemPath,
"system and microphone recording",
companionAudio.startDelayMsByPath[systemPath],
microphonePath,
companionAudio.startDelayMsByPath[microphonePath],
);
} else if (microphonePath) {
pushCandidate(
microphonePath,
"microphone recording",
companionAudio.startDelayMsByPath[microphonePath],
);
}
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Pair embedded recording audio with the microphone sidecar.

If fallback info contains videoPath and a .mic.wav path but no .system. path, this code adds microphone-only and recording-only candidates. extractCaptionAudioSource accepts the first audible candidate. Captions can then omit either embedded system audio or microphone audio.

Add a combined videoPath and microphone candidate before the individual fallbacks when fallback paths includes the recording video. Apply the microphone start delay to the secondary input. Add coverage for this fallback layout.

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In `@electron/ipc/captions/generate.ts` around lines 127 - 145, The
companion-audio candidate selection must pair the embedded recording with the
microphone sidecar when fallback paths include videoPath but no .system. path.
In the fallback handling around getCompanionAudioFallbackInfo and pushCandidate,
add the combined videoPath/microphone candidate before microphone-only and
recording-only fallbacks, applying the microphone delay to the secondary input,
and add coverage for this layout.


pushCandidate(videoPath, "recording");

for (const companionPath of companionPaths) {
if (companionPath.toLowerCase().includes(".system.")) {
pushCandidate(
companionPath,
"system audio recording",
companionAudio.startDelayMsByPath[companionPath],
);
}
}

for (const companionPath of companionPaths) {
if (companionPath.toLowerCase().includes(".mic.")) {
pushCandidate(
companionPath,
"microphone recording",
companionAudio.startDelayMsByPath[companionPath],
);
}
}

const requestedRecordingSession = await resolveRecordingSession(videoPath);
pushCandidate(requestedRecordingSession?.webcamPath, "linked webcam recording");

return candidates;
}

export function parseMaxVolumeDb(output: string) {
const match = output.match(/max_volume:\s*(-inf|[-+]?\d+(?:\.\d+)?)\s*dB/i);
if (!match || match[1].toLowerCase() === "-inf") {
return match ? Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY : null;
}

const value = Number(match[1]);
return Number.isFinite(value) ? value : null;
}

async function hasAudibleCaptionAudio(ffmpegPath: string, wavPath: string) {
const { stderr } = await execFileAsync(
ffmpegPath,
["-hide_banner", "-i", wavPath, "-af", "volumedetect", "-f", "null", "-"],
{ timeout: 5 * 60 * 1000, maxBuffer: 20 * 1024 * 1024 },
);
const maxVolumeDb = parseMaxVolumeDb(stderr);
return maxVolumeDb === null || maxVolumeDb > -60;
}

export async function extractCaptionAudioSource(options: {
videoPath: string;
ffmpegPath: string;
Expand All @@ -121,25 +209,43 @@ export async function extractCaptionAudioSource(options: {
for (const candidate of candidates) {
try {
await ensureReadableFile(candidate.path);
if (candidate.secondaryPath) {
await ensureReadableFile(candidate.secondaryPath);
}
const mixedAudioFilter = candidate.secondaryPath
? [
`[0:a]adelay=${Math.round(candidate.startDelayMs ?? 0)}:all=1[primary]`,
`[1:a]adelay=${Math.round(candidate.secondaryStartDelayMs ?? 0)}:all=1[secondary]`,
"[primary][secondary]amix=inputs=2:duration=longest:normalize=0[mixed]",
].join(";")
: null;
await execFileAsync(
options.ffmpegPath,
[
"-y",
"-i",
candidate.path,
"-map",
"0:a:0",
...(candidate.secondaryPath ? ["-i", candidate.secondaryPath] : []),
...(mixedAudioFilter
? ["-filter_complex", mixedAudioFilter, "-map", "[mixed]"]
: ["-map", "0:a:0"]),
"-vn",
"-ac",
"1",
"-ar",
"16000",
...(!mixedAudioFilter && candidate.startDelayMs
? ["-af", `adelay=${Math.round(candidate.startDelayMs)}:all=1`]
: []),
"-c:a",
"pcm_s16le",
options.wavPath,
],
{ timeout: 5 * 60 * 1000, maxBuffer: 20 * 1024 * 1024 },
);
if (!(await hasAudibleCaptionAudio(options.ffmpegPath, options.wavPath))) {
throw new Error("Extracted audio is silent");
}
attemptedCandidates.push({ ...candidate, readable: true, extractedAudio: true });
return candidate;
} catch (error) {
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion electron/ipc/captions/whisper.ts
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Expand Up @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export async function getWhisperSmallModelStatus() {
return {
success: true,
exists: false,
path: null,
path: WHISPER_SMALL_MODEL_PATH,
};
}
}
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions electron/ipc/constants.ts
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Expand Up @@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ export const WHISPER_SMALL_MODEL_PATH = path.join(WHISPER_MODEL_DIR, "ggml-small
export const COMPANION_AUDIO_LAYOUTS = [
{ platform: "mac" as const, systemSuffix: ".system.m4a", micSuffix: ".mic.m4a" },
{ platform: "win" as const, systemSuffix: ".system.wav", micSuffix: ".mic.wav" },
// Browser microphone capture on macOS is finalized as PCM WAV while
// ScreenCaptureKit system audio remains M4A.
{ platform: "mac" as const, systemSuffix: ".system.m4a", micSuffix: ".mic.wav" },
{ platform: "mac" as const, systemSuffix: ".system.webm", micSuffix: ".mic.webm" },
];

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Expand Up @@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ describe("browser microphone sidecar post-processing", () => {
});

it("adds bounded speech gain only for the no-AGC browser mic profile", () => {
expect(getBrowserMicSidecarFilters("raw")).toEqual([]);
expect(getBrowserMicSidecarFilters("processed")).toEqual(BROWSER_MIC_SIDECAR_FILTERS);
expect(getBrowserMicSidecarFilters("no-agc")).toEqual([
"adeclip=threshold=1",
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Expand Up @@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ export const BROWSER_MIC_SIDECAR_FILTERS = [
];

export function getBrowserMicSidecarFilters(profile?: string | null) {
if (profile === "raw") {
return [];
}

if (profile === "no-agc") {
return [...BROWSER_MIC_SIDECAR_BASE_FILTERS, ...BROWSER_MIC_SIDECAR_NO_AGC_GAIN_FILTERS];
}
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Expand Up @@ -134,6 +134,40 @@ describe("getCompanionAudioFallbackPaths", () => {
]);
});

it("recognizes browser microphone WAV sidecars on macOS", async () => {
const videoPath = path.join(tempRoot, "recording.mp4");
const systemPath = path.join(tempRoot, "recording.system.m4a");
const micPath = path.join(tempRoot, "recording.mic.wav");

await Promise.all([
fs.writeFile(videoPath, "video"),
fs.writeFile(systemPath, "system"),
fs.writeFile(micPath, "mic"),
]);

execFileMock.mockImplementation(
(
_file: string,
_args: string[],
_options: Record<string, unknown>,
callback: ExecFileCallback,
) => {
const error = new Error("ffmpeg probe found embedded audio") as Error & {
stderr?: string;
};
error.stderr = "Stream #0:1: Audio: aac";
callback(error, "", error.stderr);
},
);

const { getCompanionAudioFallbackPaths } = await import("./diagnostics");

await expect(getCompanionAudioFallbackPaths(videoPath)).resolves.toEqual([
videoPath,
micPath,
]);
});

it("prefers the mac mic companion alone when embedded audio already exists and no system sidecar is present", async () => {
const videoPath = path.join(tempRoot, "recording.mp4");
const micPath = path.join(tempRoot, "recording.mic.m4a");
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await expect(getCompanionAudioFallbackInfo(videoPath)).resolves.toEqual({
paths: [micPath],
candidatePaths: [micPath],
startDelayMsByPath: {
[micPath]: 2750,
},
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