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Summary

  • Show Recordly as a normal Dock app on macOS and a normal taskbar app on Windows, while retaining the tray entry on Linux.
  • Keep cursor size proportional between preview and export and render preview cursor effects at the display resolution.
  • Remove temporary preview-edge rounding, simplify the Background Blur label to Blur in every locale, and prevent blurred backgrounds from producing dark/vignette edges.
  • Preserve the correct BT.709 colour metadata and video range across WebCodecs and native FFmpeg export paths.

Validation

  • TypeScript typecheck passed.
  • Staged diff and whitespace checks passed.
  • Existing cursor-scale, colour-space, and native export tests cover the new rendering/export behavior.

Manual testing

  • Confirm Recordly appears in the macOS Dock without a tray icon.
  • Confirm Recordly appears in the Windows taskbar without a separate system-tray icon.
  • Confirm Linux retains its tray entry.
  • Compare cursor scale and sharpness between preview and export.
  • Export a video and confirm colours do not appear washed out.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved exported video color accuracy and compatibility with BT.709 metadata and range conversion.
    • Prevented edge artifacts around blurred backgrounds in previews and exported videos.
    • Improved cursor sizing and motion-blur consistency across video resolutions.
    • Refined macOS and Windows window, Dock, taskbar, and tray behavior.
  • Style

    • Simplified the “Background Blur” setting label across supported languages.

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  • electron/hudOverlayWindowOptions.test.ts
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The changes update native and WebCodecs video color metadata, cursor scaling, blur overscan, localized blur labels, and Electron tray and window behavior across operating systems.

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Video color metadata

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared color metadata contracts
src/lib/exporter/videoColorSpace.ts, src/lib/exporter/videoColorSpace.test.ts
Shared constants define full-range canvas RGB metadata and limited-range BT.709 H.264 fallback metadata.
Native FFmpeg color arguments
electron/ipc/nativeVideoExport.ts, electron/ipc/nativeVideoExport.test.ts
Native exports convert input ranges where required and add BT.709 TV-range arguments. Tests cover CUDA and VideoToolbox exports.
Video exporter color wiring
src/lib/exporter/modernVideoExporter.ts, src/lib/exporter/videoExporter.ts
Native and WebCodecs frames use shared canvas metadata. Encoded output uses reported metadata or the shared H.264 fallback.

Cursor scaling and overlay rendering

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared cursor viewport scaling
src/components/video-editor/videoPlayback/cursorScale.ts
Cursor scaling uses a 1920-pixel reference width, clamps negative widths, and supports a minimum scale.
Preview and export cursor integration
src/components/video-editor/videoPlayback/cursorRenderer.ts, src/components/video-editor/VideoPlayback.tsx, src/lib/exporter/modernVideoExporter.ts
Cursor sizing uses viewport width. Cursor motion-blur filter resolution follows renderer resolution.
Cursor scaling validation
src/components/video-editor/videoPlayback/cursorScale.test.ts, src/lib/exporter/modernVideoExporter.nativeStaticLayout.test.ts
Tests verify proportional cursor sizing across preview, export, and multiple viewport widths.

Background blur rendering and labels

Layer / File(s) Summary
Preview blur bounds
src/components/video-editor/VideoPlayback.tsx
Blurred preview backgrounds extend beyond the preview bounds. The outer preview container no longer applies the fixed rounded clip.
Export blur overscan
src/lib/exporter/frameRenderer.ts, src/lib/exporter/modernFrameRenderer.ts
Export renderers draw overscanned backgrounds. Pixi blur filters repeat edge pixels.
Background blur setting labels
src/i18n/locales/*/settings.json
The background blur label is shortened across supported locales.

Electron platform behavior

Layer / File(s) Summary
Platform-specific tray and window behavior
electron/main.ts, electron/hudOverlayWindowOptions.ts, electron/hudOverlayWindowOptions.test.ts, electron/windows.ts
Tray operations are Linux-only. macOS shows the Dock during startup. HUD taskbar and focusability settings vary by platform. macOS workspace visibility preserves the foreground application.

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The PR updates app presence, cursor rendering, blur behavior, localization, and export color handling; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

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electron/ipc/nativeVideoExport.test.ts (1)

162-164: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Cover the complete color argument contract for all static-layout builders.

This assertion checks only -colorspace and -color_range. The change also adds -color_primaries and -color_trc, and it changes the scale/pad and precomposited builders without assertions for those fields. Reuse FFMPEG_BT709_VIDEO_COLOR_ARGS in each builder assertion so a path-specific regression cannot pass.

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In `@electron/ipc/nativeVideoExport.test.ts` around lines 162 - 164, Update the
static-layout builder tests in nativeVideoExport.test.ts to assert the complete
FFMPEG_BT709_VIDEO_COLOR_ARGS contract, including color primaries and transfer
characteristics alongside colorspace and color range. Reuse
FFMPEG_BT709_VIDEO_COLOR_ARGS in assertions for each scale/pad and precomposited
builder path so every builder’s color arguments are validated.
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In `@electron/ipc/nativeVideoExport.ts`:
- Line 359: Normalize or preserve the input color range before applying
FFMPEG_BT709_VIDEO_COLOR_ARGS in buildNativeCudaOverlayStaticLayoutArgs,
buildNativeCudaScaleCpuPadStaticLayoutArgs, and
buildNativePrecompositedStaticLayoutArgs; ensure full-range inputs are not
labeled as limited-range without sample conversion. Add a full-range fixture and
verify decoded pixel values and color-range metadata for all three builders.

In `@electron/windows.ts`:
- Line 469: Update the BrowserWindow options around skipTaskbar and focusable so
the Windows HUD remains represented in the taskbar despite focusable: false,
using a focusable taskbar owner or another Windows-specific approach. Preserve
current behavior on non-Windows platforms and add regression coverage for the
Windows configuration.

In `@src/components/video-editor/VideoPlayback.tsx`:
- Around line 2958-2959: Update the video wallpaper sizing near the negative
inset using backgroundBlurOverscan so its width and height equal the preview
dimensions plus twice the overscan, rather than relying on w-full h-full.
Preserve the four-sided inset expansion so blurred wallpapers fully cover the
preview without transparent or dark edges.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@electron/ipc/nativeVideoExport.test.ts`:
- Around line 162-164: Update the static-layout builder tests in
nativeVideoExport.test.ts to assert the complete FFMPEG_BT709_VIDEO_COLOR_ARGS
contract, including color primaries and transfer characteristics alongside
colorspace and color range. Reuse FFMPEG_BT709_VIDEO_COLOR_ARGS in assertions
for each scale/pad and precomposited builder path so every builder’s color
arguments are validated.
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  • electron/ipc/nativeVideoExport.test.ts
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  • src/components/video-editor/videoPlayback/cursorRenderer.ts
  • src/components/video-editor/videoPlayback/cursorScale.test.ts
  • src/components/video-editor/videoPlayback/cursorScale.ts
  • src/i18n/locales/de/settings.json
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  • src/i18n/locales/nl/settings.json
  • src/i18n/locales/pt-BR/settings.json
  • src/i18n/locales/ru/settings.json
  • src/i18n/locales/zh-CN/settings.json
  • src/i18n/locales/zh-TW/settings.json
  • src/lib/exporter/frameRenderer.ts
  • src/lib/exporter/modernFrameRenderer.ts
  • src/lib/exporter/modernVideoExporter.nativeStaticLayout.test.ts
  • src/lib/exporter/modernVideoExporter.ts
  • src/lib/exporter/videoColorSpace.test.ts
  • src/lib/exporter/videoColorSpace.ts
  • src/lib/exporter/videoExporter.ts

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