fix(export): bound a clip by the container duration, not a one-frame video stream by dropafterfree · Pull Request #1418 · getopenscreen/openscreen

dropafterfree · 2026-10-28T15:51:53Z

Summary

A static screen capture can hold a single video frame in a file whose audio and container run longer. The export clamped each clip to the video stream duration, so such a clip was cut to one frame, or dropped silently when it started after the frame length.

Take the longer of the stream and container durations; the decoder already holds the last frame to the end of the clip window.

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Bug Fixes
- Improved media duration reporting across supported platforms by accounting for both the video stream and the container. Playback timelines can now reflect the longer valid duration when the two differ.
- Added fallback behavior so a valid duration can still be reported when the other source is unavailable or unknown. When neither source provides a valid duration, no duration is reported.

…video stream A static screen capture can hold a single video frame (duration 0.067s) in a file whose audio and container run 87s. The export clamped each clip to the video stream duration, so such a clip was cut to one frame, or dropped silently when it started after 0.067s. Take the longer of the stream and container durations; the decoder already holds the last frame to the end of the clip window. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

coderabbitai · 2026-10-28T15:52:34Z

Walkthrough

The decoders now combine video-stream and container durations when reporting available duration. A shared helper selects the greater valid duration, or the available duration when only one is valid.

Changes: Container-Aware Duration Reporting

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Container duration access and selection `crates/compositor/shim.c`, `crates/compositor/src/ffi.rs`, `crates/compositor/src/timeline_walk.rs`	The FFI exposes the container duration in microseconds. `cover_container_duration` returns the greater valid duration, or the available duration when only one is valid. Tests cover these selection cases.
Platform decoder integration `crates/compositor/src/linux_decode.rs`, `crates/compositor/src/pipeline_macos.rs`, `crates/compositor/src/pipeline_windows.rs`	The Linux, macOS, and Windows decoders pass video-stream and container durations to `cover_container_duration`. The Windows stream-duration calculation retains its frame-count fallback.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Possibly related PRs

getopenscreen/openscreen#1379: Changes the clip-start seek rule in timeline_walk.rs, which may affect clips that start after a sparse video’s final frame.
getopenscreen/openscreen#1377: Changes how timeline_walk.rs handles clip-start seek failures, which may affect clips that start after a sparse video’s final frame.

Suggested reviewers: etiennelescot

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to 8d189

Static-screen clips starting more than half a second after their sole frame can now abort the entire export. Resolve clip-start handling while preserving truncated-camera protection before merging.

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Review comments at @crates/compositor/src/timeline_walk.rs:
- Around line 78-96: Update the screen-capture seek handling in the timeline
walk so a failed seek for a sparse clip can continue using the held last frame
through the container-duration window instead of aborting the export. Keep the
rejection behavior for the webcam seek unchanged, and ensure the screen hold
path after seek_clip_start preserves the intended frame.

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crates/compositor/shim.c
crates/compositor/src/ffi.rs
crates/compositor/src/linux_decode.rs
crates/compositor/src/pipeline_macos.rs
crates/compositor/src/pipeline_windows.rs
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coderabbitai · 2026-10-28T16:02:44Z

+/// Durée disponible d'une source vidéo : le plus long de la durée annoncée par le flux et de
+/// celle du conteneur (`container_us`, en µs, négatif si inconnue).
+///
+/// Une capture d'écran statique (ScreenCaptureKit ne livre rien tant que l'écran ne change
+/// pas) ne contient parfois qu'UNE frame : `duration=0.067` pour un fichier de 87 s dont la
+/// piste audio, elle, couvre tout. Borner le clip à la durée du flux le raccourcissait à une
+/// frame, voire l'écartait sans bruit s'il commençait après. La sémantique de hold de
+/// `advance_decoder_to` tient déjà la dernière frame jusqu'au bout de la fenêtre ; la borne
+/// doit donc être celle du conteneur, qui couvre aussi l'audio.
+pub(crate) fn cover_container_duration(stream_sec: Option<f64>, container_us: i64) -> Option<f64> {
+    let container_sec = (container_us > 0)
+        .then(|| container_us as f64 / 1_000_000.0)
+        .filter(|s| s.is_finite() && *s > 0.0);
+    match (stream_sec, container_sec) {
+        (Some(stream), Some(container)) => Some(stream.max(container)),
+        (stream, container) => stream.or(container),
+    }
+}
+


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rg -n 'fn cur_time_sec|fn receive_into' crates/compositor/src/pipeline_windows.rs rg -n 'source_start_sec|walk_timeline|timeline_walk::' crates/compositor/src

Repository: getopenscreen/openscreen

Length of output: 7623

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set -e echo "== pipeline_windows.rs:1030-1060 (cur_time_sec and surrounding) ==" sed -n '1030,1060p' crates/compositor/src/pipeline_windows.rs | cat -n echo "== pipeline_windows.rs:1095-1130 (receive_into) ==" sed -n '1095,1130p' crates/compositor/src/pipeline_windows.rs | cat -n echo "== pipeline_windows.rs:1040-1044 check first/last lines ==" sed -n '1039p;1098p' crates/compositor/src/pipeline_windows.rs

Repository: getopenscreen/openscreen

Length of output: 3567

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set +e echo "== clip sourceStartSec / source_start_sec producers outside compositor ==" rg -n -F -e 'source_start_sec' -e 'sourceStartSec' -- src electron crates/compositor/src/ffi.rs crates/compositor/src/main.rs 2>/dev/null | head -n 80 echo "exit=$?" echo "== clip-start bounds: clampClip / clamp source start to duration ==" rg -n -F -e 'sourceStartSec' -e 'source_start_sec' -e 'durationSec' -- src/lib src/components/export 2>/dev/null | head -n 60 exit 0

Repository: getopenscreen/openscreen

Length of output: 11608

A sparse-screen clip that starts after its last decoded frame aborts the whole export.

Head extends the screen duration to the container length. A clip that starts 30 s into an 87 s container with a one-frame video now reaches seek_clip_start. On Windows, the held frame reports time 0 s. The tolerance check then returns false, and the export bails. At base, the same clip was clamped to about 0.067 s and skipped. The change turns a skipped clip into an export failure.

The rejection is needed for truncated camera recordings. The screen call at timeline_walk.rs:456 should not share that rejection. A fix must keep the rejection for the webcam call at timeline_walk.rs:472. The screen hold path after the seek must also be checked before a patch is applied.

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EtienneLescot · 2026-10-28T16:15:09Z

Measured on macOS (M1) and Linux (Ubuntu 24.04), addon built from this head (8d189ad) and from its base main (d12d0071c), same app JS, CLI export 1080p60.

No regression

Reference projects (Mac bench-light / bench-heavy, Linux full-demo): every export pixel-identical to main (framemd5, 1800 / 1800 / 3600 frames).
Export time: Mac light 9.86 s vs 9.87 s, heavy 11.65 s vs 11.67 s; Linux 28.08 s vs 27.88 s. All within 1 %.
Video 10.0 s + audio 10.3 s, clip 0–10.3 s: main stopped at 10.0 s (the "clip shortened by 0.300s" warning). The head exports 10.3 s, holding the last frame for 18 frames (PSNR 53 dB against frame 599) with the audio tail intact. The first 600 frames are identical to main. This is the intended change.

The bug: one video frame + 20 s of audio

Clip 0–20 s: main exported 0.066 s (4 frames). The head exports 20.0 s, 1200 frames, holding the single frame (PSNR ≥ 49 dB from frame 0 to frame 1199, audio present to the end). Same result on both OSes.
Clip 5–15 s (starts after the only frame): still fails on the head, on both OSes. Main fails with "No video frames were exported". The head now fails with "Cannot export clip 1: the screen video has no readable frame at the clip's start". seek_clip_start (timeline_walk.rs:296) still rejects a held frame older than CLIP_START_TAIL_TOLERANCE_SEC, even when the container covers the clip. So the "or dropped if it started after" half of the fix is not there yet.

Thanks a lot @dropafterfree for tracking this down without a local build. The main case works as described.

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