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fix: speed up export
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feat: use CreateBitmap for screenshotting, faster than before
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12 changes: 12 additions & 0 deletions CHANGELOG.md
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Expand Up @@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
bars collapse via **◂** / **▸** beside the master strip (master L/R stay visible).

### Changed
- Fast export no longer waits for each JPEG HTTP POST before drawing the next
frame. The compositor snapshots via `transferToImageBitmap` and keeps going;
JPEG encode runs in workers and uploads overlap in batches. Piping uncompressed
RGBA over HTTP was slower (1080p ≈ 8 MiB/frame); the UI is back on JPEG
image2pipe. `pixelFormat: "rgba"` remains on `/api/export/begin` for callers
that want raw frames.
- `POST /api/export/begin` now **requires** `fps` (pass `project.fps`) instead
of defaulting to 30, and takes `mode: "jpeg" | "annexb"`. Callers that relied
on the old default must send the value; a missing or non-numeric `fps` is a
Expand All @@ -53,6 +59,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
that omit `panSchema: 1` will be migrated again on the next open.

### Fixed
- Fast / WebCodecs export no longer throws “tainted canvases may not be exported”
for animated SVG overlays (rasterized via a same-origin blob instead of a
`data:` URL) or for other-origin footage that sends CORS (reload with
`crossOrigin=anonymous` for the encode). A clip whose server omits
`Access-Control-Allow-Origin` still cannot be JPEG-encoded — import it into
`./media` instead.
- MCP `initialize` no longer echoes an unsupported `protocolVersion`. Missing or unknown versions now negotiate to `2025-11-25` instead of claiming a revision the server does not speak (#58).
- `CLAUDE.md` pointed agents at `fablecut_docs {section:"props"}`, which matches no `## ` heading and returns nothing useful; it now names a real section.
- Audio graph teardown on project reload — clip chains
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22 changes: 14 additions & 8 deletions CLAUDE.md
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Expand Up @@ -455,8 +455,11 @@ obvious cuts were missed, raise it if motion is being misread as cuts.
redirects to those. Remote SVG is refused (`/media/*.svg` is served
same-origin as `image/svg+xml` — a scripted SVG opened as a document would
run on the editor origin). Does not write `project.json` — register the media
afterwards (UI and `fablecut_import_media` do this). Do **not** put the
HTTPS URL in `media.src`: canvas CORS would break thumbs, FX and export.
afterwards (UI and `fablecut_import_media` do this). Do **not** put a
raw `https://` URL (or another origin, including `localhost` on a different
port) in `media.src`: canvas CORS would taint the compositor and Fast /
WebCodecs export cannot JPEG-encode. Import into `./media` so `src` is
`/media/…`, or serve the remote with `Access-Control-Allow-Origin`.
- `POST /api/analyze` — body `{src:"/media/ref.mp4", threshold?, music?}`: analyze a
reference video into an edit blueprint (see "Remake a reference video"); extracts
its music into ./media. `GET /api/analyze?src=…` returns the cached blueprint.
Expand All @@ -466,13 +469,14 @@ obvious cuts were missed, raise it if motion is being misread as cuts.
- Fast / WebCodecs export (browser compositor → server ffmpeg):
`GET /api/export/ffmpeg` → `{available}` · `GET /api/export/profiles[?detail=1]` →
`{default, profiles, issues}` · `POST /api/export/begin`
`{fps,name,mode?,profile?,hasAudio?}` → `{id,mode,profile?,label,summary}`
`{fps,name,mode?,profile?,hasAudio?,pixelFormat?,width?,height?}` → `{id,mode,profile?,label,summary}`
(`fps` is required — pass `project.fps`, no server-side default;
`mode` is `"jpeg"` (default, Fast) or `"annexb"` (WebCodecs H.264 elementary stream);
jpeg **400** if `profile` is not a defined id, or if ffmpeg rejects its args in the dry run)
· `POST /api/export/frame?id=` (JPEG body for jpeg mode; Annex-B bytes for
annexb — one POST may carry several concatenated AUs. Must be after audio;
ffmpeg is spawned on the first frame in both modes)
jpeg **400** if `profile` is not a defined id, or if ffmpeg rejects its args in the dry run;
optional `pixelFormat:"rgba"` plus `width`/`height` pipes raw canvas frames instead of JPEG)
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Document the required dimensions for RGBA mode.

server.js:210-259 rejects pixelFormat:"rgba" unless width and height are both at least 2. The documentation marks both fields optional and does not state this condition. A caller can follow the documentation, select RGBA, omit the dimensions, and receive a 400. State the requirement in both the endpoint description and the raw-video note.

Proposed documentation update 
- optional `pixelFormat:"rgba"` plus `width`/`height` pipes raw canvas frames instead)
+ optional `pixelFormat:"rgba"` pipes raw canvas frames instead; when used,
+ `width` and `height` are required and must each be at least 2)

- Optional `pixelFormat:"rgba"` on `/api/export/begin` pipes uncompressed canvas
- frames instead (`-f rawvideo`) when a caller wants full chroma.
+ `pixelFormat:"rgba"` on `/api/export/begin` requires `width` and `height`
+ (both at least 2) and pipes uncompressed canvas frames instead (`-f rawvideo`)
+ when a caller wants full chroma.

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In `@CLAUDE.md` around lines 472 - 476, Update the endpoint documentation around
the request fields to state that pixelFormat:"rgba" requires both width and
height to be provided and at least 2; add the same requirement to the raw-video
note near the referenced later section, while preserving the existing
optional-field behavior for non-RGBA modes.

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· `POST /api/export/frame?id=` (JPEG body for jpeg mode; raw RGBA if `begin`
used `pixelFormat:"rgba"`; Annex-B for annexb — one POST may concatenate frames
or AUs. Must be after audio; ffmpeg is spawned on the first frame in both modes)
· `POST /api/export/audio?id=` (WAV body — must be sent before the first frame)
· `POST /api/export/end?id=[&discard=1]` → `{src}` under `/exports/`

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`args` is everything in between (plus JPEG color conversion derived from `color`):

```
ffmpeg -y -f image2pipe -framerate <fps> -i - [-i audio.wav] <jpeg-color> <args…> exports/<name><extension>
ffmpeg -y -f image2pipe -framerate <fps> -i - [-i audio.wav] <jpeg-color> <args…> exports/<name><extension>
```

- **There is no allow-list.** Any codec, filter, container or flag your local ffmpeg
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in MP4 and pixel-format choices are all yours to write.
- Frames arrive as **JPEG (4:2:0)**, so `yuv422p`/`yuv444p` cannot recover chroma the
source never had; raise `jpegQuality` before reaching for a wider pixel format.
Optional `pixelFormat:"rgba"` on `/api/export/begin` pipes uncompressed canvas
frames instead (`-f rawvideo`) when a caller wants full chroma.
- The audio mix is only present when the timeline has audio; with no audio there is a
single input, so avoid hardcoded `-map 1:a`.

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Expand Up @@ -192,9 +192,11 @@ same time.
**Export**

- Fast export: browser renders every frame + an offline audio mix; ffmpeg
encodes them via an **encoding profile** from `encoding-profiles.json`
(keeps rendering if you switch tabs). The Export dialog has a profile
selector; pin a project default with `encodeProfile` in `project.json`
encodes **JPEG frames** via an **encoding profile** from
`encoding-profiles.json` (keeps rendering if you switch tabs). Encode and
upload run ahead of the compositor so a fast timeline is not stalled by
`toBlob`. The Export dialog has a profile selector; pin a project default
with `encodeProfile` in `project.json`
- WebCodecs export: the browser HW-encodes Annex-B H.264; the server
stream-copies and muxes audio. Faster uploads; bitrate/VBR-CBR in the
Export dialog. Unavailable while an export frame is set (use Fast)
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