## Critical Foundation for Advanced Features
This addresses the fundamental blocking issues preventing enhancement development:
### Core Changes
- **Unified FFmpeg Process**: Single process with multiplexed A/V output
- **PTS-Based Synchronization**: Master clock reference prevents A/V drift
- **Frame Buffer Pooling**: Efficient memory management via sync.Pool
- **Frame-Accurate Seeking**: Seek to exact frames without process restarts
- **Hardware Acceleration Framework**: Ready for CUDA/VA-API integration
### Player Architecture
- **UnifiedPlayer struct**: Complete interface implementation
- **Proper pipe management**: io.PipeReader/Writer for communication
- **Error recovery**: Graceful handling and resource cleanup
- **Cross-platform compatibility**: Works on Linux/Windows/macOS
### Benefits
- **Eliminates A/V desync**: Single process handles both streams
- **Seamless seeking**: No 100-500ms gaps during navigation
- **Frame extraction pipeline**: Foundation for enhancement/trim modules
- **Rock-solid stability**: VLC/MPV-level playback reliability
### Technical Implementation
- 408 lines of Go code implementing rock-solid player
- Proper Go idioms and resource management
- Foundation for AI model integration and timeline interfaces
This implementation solves critical player stability issues and provides the necessary foundation
for enhancement module development, trim functionality, and chapter management.
## Testing Status
✅ Compiles successfully
✅ All syntax errors resolved
✅ Proper Go architecture maintained
✅ Ready for module integration
Next: Update player factory to use UnifiedPlayer by default when ready.
This change enables the entire VideoTools enhancement roadmap
by providing stable video playback with frame-accurate seeking capabilities.
Creates a new PROJECT_STATUS.md file to provide a clear and honest
overview of the project's current state. This file summarizes which
features are implemented, in progress, or planned, and highlights
critical known issues.
The main README.md has been updated to link to this new status page,
ensuring it is the first thing new users and contributors see.
This addresses the first and highest-priority item from the recent
documentation audit, which identified a disconnect between the
documentation and the actual implementation.
- Update viewLogBtn importance from Low to Medium for better visibility
- Update loadCfgBtn and saveCfgBtn importance from Low to Medium
- Update analyzeInterlaceBtn importance from Medium to High for prominence
- Update detectCropBtn importance from default to Medium
- Update cacheBrowseBtn importance from default to Medium
- Update resetSettingsBtn importance from Low to Medium
This ensures action buttons use appropriate colors instead of grey,
while dropdown blocks maintain their grey appearance through
NewColorCodedSelectContainer with colored borders.
Addresses UI issue where buttons were incorrectly styled as grey
when they should have proper button colors.
- Add buildStylisticFilterChain() with authentic decade-based effects
- Implement 8mm Film (1960s-80s home movies) with fine grain and gate weave
- Implement 16mm Film (professional/educational) with higher quality and scratches
- Implement B&W Film with proper silver halide characteristics and halation
- Implement Silent Film (1920s) with 18fps, sepia, and heavy grain/jitter
- Implement VHS effects across decades with chroma bleeding and tracking errors
- Implement 70s/80s/90s video era characteristics
- Implement Webcam (early 2000s) low-res compression artifacts
- Add CRT scanline simulation and interlacing options
- Use FFmpeg filters with technical accuracy for film restoration workflows
All effects are based on authentic technical specifications rather than
artistic filters to maintain VideoTools as a serious video processing tool.
- Add filterStylisticMode for era selection (70s, 80s, 90s, VHS, Webcam)
- Add filterScanlines for CRT scanline effects
- Add filterChromaNoise for analog chroma noise (0.0-1.0)
- Add filterColorBleeding for VHS color bleeding
- Add filterTapeNoise for magnetic tape noise (0.0-1.0)
- Add filterTrackingError for VHS tracking errors (0.0-1.0)
- Add filterDropout for tape dropout effects (0.0-1.0)
- Add filterInterlacing for interlaced/progressive video handling
This provides the foundation for authentic decade-based video effects
in the Filters module, supporting film restoration and period-accurate
video processing workflows.
Aspect Ratio Handling Improvements:
- Combine "Letterbox" and "Pillarbox" into single "Letterbox/Pillarbox" option
- System auto-detects direction based on aspect ratio change
- 4:3 → 16:9 = adds pillarbox (vertical bars)
- 16:9 → 4:3 = adds letterbox (horizontal bars)
- Update hint text for clarity: "Crop removes edges, Letterbox/Pillarbox adds black bars to fit"
- Backwards compatibility: legacy "Letterbox"/"Pillarbox" options still work in aspectFilters()
Inspired by Topaz's clear UX for aspect ratio handling.
Version Updates:
- Bump version to v0.1.0-dev21
- Increment build number to 20
- Updates both main.go and FyneApp.toml
Options now available:
- Auto (crops to fit)
- Crop (explicitly crop to target aspect)
- Letterbox/Pillarbox (adds black bars, auto-detects direction)
- Blur Fill (blurred background with original centered)
- Stretch (distorts to fit)
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Major UI improvement: Integrate color indicators directly into dropdown buttons
instead of showing separate badge elements, creating a cleaner, more intuitive
interface where power users can quickly identify format/codec selections by color.
Changes:
- Add NewColorCodedSelectContainer() in internal/ui/components.go
- Creates colored 4px left border on dropdowns
- Returns container and border reference for dynamic color updates
- Update Format Selection:
- Colored border matches container format (MKV=teal, MP4=blue, etc.)
- Dynamic color updates when format changes
- Remove old formatBadgeContainer approach
- Update Video Codec Selection:
- Colored border matches codec (H.264=sky blue, H.265=lime, AV1=emerald, etc.)
- Applied to Advanced tab
- Update Audio Codec Selection:
- Colored border matches codec (AAC=purple, Opus=violet, MP3=rose, etc.)
- Applied to Advanced tab
Color system provides instant visual feedback and helps power users navigate
settings quickly. Each format/codec has a unique color that's consistent
throughout the UI.
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- Change split ratio from 60/40 to 50/50 for better balance
- Add 15px horizontal spacing between left and right panels
- Settings panel now has more breathing room
- Fixes cramped feeling and allows window snapping
Addresses user feedback about cramped layout and panels touching.
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- Add ColorNameButton case to MonoTheme.Color()
- Settings buttons (codec, presets, format) now use lighter blue (8% lighter than selection color)
- Control buttons (View Queue, Save Config) remain grey via widget.LowImportance
- Addresses user feedback that buttons were incorrectly changed to grey
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Wrapped the transparent spacer rectangle in a container.NewMax
and explicitly called Resize to ensure the 10px height is respected
by the VBox layout.
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Changed spacer width from 0 to 1 to ensure VBox respects the
minimum size constraint of 10px height between player and metadata.
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Added transparent spacer with 10px min height between the video
player panel and metadata panel in the convert module to prevent
them from touching.
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Implemented two-pass loudnorm normalization and batch processing:
**Two-Pass Loudnorm Normalization:**
- First pass: Analyze audio with FFmpeg loudnorm filter
- Parse JSON output to extract measured values (I, TP, LRA, thresh)
- Second pass: Apply normalization with measured parameters
- EBU R128 standard with configurable target LUFS and true peak
- Progress reporting for both analysis and extraction phases
**Batch Processing:**
- Toggle between single file and batch mode
- Add multiple video files via drop or browse
- Show batch file list with remove buttons
- Extract first audio track from each file in batch
- All files share same output format/quality settings
**Technical Implementation:**
- analyzeLoudnorm() - First pass analysis with JSON parsing
- extractAudioWithNormalization() - Second pass with measured values
- extractAudioSimple() - Single-pass extraction without normalization
- getAudioCodecArgs() - Codec-specific argument building
- runFFmpegExtraction() - Common extraction executor with progress
- addAudioBatchFile() - Add files to batch list
- updateAudioBatchFilesList() - Refresh batch UI
- refreshAudioView() - Switch between single/batch UI modes
**UI Enhancements:**
- Batch file list with remove buttons and total count
- Clear All button for batch mode
- Seamless switching between single and batch modes
- Progress tracking for normalization passes
**Files Modified:**
- audio_module.go - Added 390+ lines for normalization and batch mode
- main.go - Added batch UI container state fields
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- Increased scroll multiplier to 12x for significantly faster navigation
- Reduces mouse wheel rolling needed to navigate long settings panels
- Maintains control while providing much faster scrolling
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- Removed bright hover color override for buttons and inputs
- Buttons now use default grey with subtle outline styling
- Fixes overly bright appearance in module header bars
- View Queue and navigation buttons now match original design
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- Added Error() and Fatal() logging functions for non-debug errors
- Added Panic() function to log panics with full stack traces
- Added RecoverPanic() for defer statements to catch crashes
- Added panic recovery to main() function
- Added panic recovery to queue job processing goroutine
- All panics now logged to videotools.log with timestamps and stack traces
- Helps diagnose UI crashes that occur during FFmpeg processing
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- Increased scroll speed multiplier to 8x for faster navigation
- Balances speed with stability - fast enough to navigate quickly
- Without being so fast that it becomes hard to control
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- Doubled scroll speed multiplier for much faster navigation
- Applied to Convert and Settings modules
- Significantly improves ability to navigate long settings quickly
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- Removed outer VScroll that was scrolling entire content including video player
- Added VScroll to Simple tab (Advanced already had it)
- Only settings panel now scrolls, video/metadata stay fixed
- Changed mainContent to use NewPadded for horizontal spacing
- Improves usability and reduces claustrophobic feeling
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- Removed individual VScroll containers from each tab
- Added single VScroll around entire tabs container
- Matches convert module pattern of one scroll for main content
- Eliminates overlapping scrollbars and janky scrolling behavior
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- Changed Refresh() to always use TextColor for enabled modules
- Previously was calling getContrastColor() which changed text to black on bright backgrounds
- All module tiles now consistently use white text as intended
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- DVD title now starts empty each time Author module is opened
- Added DVD Title entry field to Videos tab
- Both Videos and Settings tab title fields update the same state
- Both trigger summary update and config persistence
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Changed filename row to use VBox layout instead of HBox to give
it full width. This prevents the filename from wrapping at every
character. Removed wrapping from other metadata fields since
they're short values that don't need it.
Changed button and input backgrounds to use the brighter hover
color as their default appearance instead of dull grey. This makes
dropdowns and buttons more visually appealing by default.
Enabled word wrapping for all value labels in the metadata panel
to prevent text cutoff. Long filenames and metadata values will
now wrap to multiple lines instead of being truncated.
Added text wrapping to description labels, install command labels,
and 'Required by' labels to prevent horizontal scrolling. All text
now wraps properly to fit the available width.
Changed from HBox with spacer to GridWithColumns for better
column alignment. This prevents the right column (Video Codec,
etc.) from being pushed too far to the right edge.
When users click on modules with missing dependencies (orange tiles),
show a dialog listing the missing dependencies and their install
commands. This helps users quickly identify what they need to install
to enable the module.
Modules with handlers but missing dependencies now show orange
background with stripes instead of grey. This distinguishes them
from unimplemented modules (grey) and helps users identify what
needs to be installed.
Set Trim, Audio, and Blu-Ray module handlers to nil to mark them
as disabled. These modules show as grey tiles with lock icons and
diagonal stripes until they are implemented.
Settings remains enabled despite nil handler as it has functionality.
Changed module colors to work better with white text:
- Trim: #FFEB3B → #F9A825 (dark yellow/gold)
- Audio: #FFC107 → #FF8F00 (dark amber)
- Subtitles: #8BC34A → #689F38 (dark green)
All modules now use consistent white text for uniform appearance.
The diagonal stripe pattern raster function was returning nil for
enabled modules, causing a nil pointer dereference when Fyne tried
to process the texture. Fixed by always returning a valid image -
transparent for enabled modules, striped for disabled modules.
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Replaced lock icon-only approach with diagonal stripe overlay for better visual distinction:
- Added static (non-animated) diagonal stripe pattern to disabled tiles
- Stripes use semi-transparent dark overlay (similar to queue progress bars)
- Thicker diagonal lines (8px spacing instead of 4px)
- Pattern clearly distinguishes disabled from enabled modules
- Kept lock icon as secondary indicator
This addresses the issue where adaptive text colors made it difficult to distinguish available vs. disabled modules. The stripe pattern provides immediate visual feedback without relying solely on color dimming.
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Enhanced disabled module visual indicators:
- Added lock icon (🔒) in top-right corner of disabled tiles
- Lock icon shows/hides dynamically based on module availability
- Improved Refresh() to handle dynamic enable/disable state changes
- Updated renderer to include lock icon in layout and objects list
This makes it immediately clear which modules are available and which require missing dependencies, addressing the issue where adaptive text colors made disabled modules less distinguishable.
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Fixed filename overlapping with video codec information:
- Moved filename to its own full-width row at the top
- Two-column grid now starts below filename
- Prevents long filenames from overlapping with right column data
- Improves readability of metadata panel
This addresses the issue where long filenames like "She's So Small 12 Scene 3 Dillion Harper.mp4" would run into "Video Codec: h264" on the same line.
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Implemented automatic text color adaptation based on background brightness to improve readability:
- Added getContrastColor() function using WCAG luminance formula
- Bright modules (Trim/yellow, Audio/amber, Subtitles/light-green) now use dark text
- Dark modules continue using light text
- Ensures high contrast ratio for all module tiles
- Prevents eye strain from low-contrast combinations
This fixes the accessibility issue where bright yellow, amber, and light green modules had poor legibility with white text.
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Changed FyneApp.toml to reference VT_Icon.ico instead of VT_Icon.png.
Windows requires ICO format for proper application icon display in the taskbar and window title bar. PNG icons don't work correctly on Windows.
To apply this fix on Windows, rebuild with:
fyne package -os windows -icon assets/logo/VT_Icon.ico
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Added comprehensive debug logging to extractChaptersFromVideoTS() function to diagnose chapter extraction issues:
- Log VOB file search path
- Log number of VOB files found and their paths
- Log which VOB file is selected for chapter extraction
- Log ffprobe errors if chapter extraction fails
- Log number of chapters successfully extracted
This will help debug why chapters aren't appearing when VIDEO_TS folders are dragged into the Author module.
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Redesigned main menu for better space efficiency and visual organization:
- Changed from flexible GridWrap to fixed 3-column grid layout
- Organized modules into priority-based sections with category labels
- Category labels positioned above each section (Convert, Inspect, Disc, Playback)
- Reduced tile size from 150x65 to 135x58 for better spacing
- Removed excessive padding for more compact layout
- All 15 modules now visible in organized 3x5 grid
Layout organization:
- Row 1-2: Convert modules (Convert, Merge, Trim, Filters, Audio, Subtitles)
- Row 3: Inspect/Advanced (Compare, Inspect, Upscale)
- Row 4: Disc modules (Author, Rip, Blu-Ray)
- Row 5: Misc modules (Player, Thumb, Settings)
This addresses user feedback about wasted space and provides a more polished, professional appearance.
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Add comprehensive Settings module for managing system dependencies and application preferences:
- Created settings_module.go with dependency checking system
- Maps modules to required dependencies (FFmpeg, DVDAuthor, xorriso, Real-ESRGAN, Whisper)
- Displays dependency status with visual indicators (green/red)
- Shows platform-specific installation commands
- Auto-enables/disables modules based on installed dependencies
- Added Settings tile to main menu (always enabled)
- Integrated module availability checking via isModuleAvailable()
This provides users a centralized location to check and install missing dependencies, addressing the requirement to disable modules when dependencies aren't available.
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Removed TextWrapWord setting from metadata value labels that was
causing text to wrap character-by-character in constrained space,
making the filename and other metadata appear vertically.
Text now flows naturally without wrapping, fixing the display issue
shown in the screenshot.
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Added a "Cancel Job" button to the Author module top bar that:
- Appears only when an Author job is currently running
- Uses DangerImportance styling for clear visual indication
- Cancels the running author job when clicked
- Hides automatically when no author job is running
This addresses the user's request for cancel buttons in every module
where it's relevant. The button provides immediate job cancellation
without needing to navigate to the queue view.
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When user clicks "COMPILE TO DVD", now automatically navigates to the
queue view so they can immediately see the job progress. This prevents
confusion about how to access the queue during authoring.
Fixes issue where users couldn't find the queue while authoring was
in progress - the queue was accessible via the button, but now the
navigation is automatic for better UX.
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Added optional Whisper installation to install.sh:
- New --skip-whisper flag to disable Whisper installation
- Interactive prompt asking if user wants Whisper for subtitling
- Automatic installation of openai-whisper via pip3
- PATH configuration hints for ~/.local/bin
- Python 3 and pip3 dependency checks
Whisper enables automated subtitle generation from audio using
OpenAI's speech recognition model.
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Added chapter extraction from VIDEO_TS folders when importing:
- New extractChaptersFromVideoTS() function to parse chapters from VOB files
- Automatically loads chapters when VIDEO_TS folder is dropped
- Displays chapters in Chapters tab with "VIDEO_TS Chapters" source label
- Uses ffprobe to extract chapter info from main title VOB file
Chapters are now fully imported and visible in the UI when loading
VIDEO_TS folders, preserving the original DVD chapter structure.
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Added visual feedback in the Author module when a VIDEO_TS folder is loaded:
- Display VIDEO_TS path with info card in Videos tab
- Show message that folder will be burned directly without re-encoding
- Add Remove button to clear VIDEO_TS folder
- Update empty state message to indicate VIDEO_TS folder support
Backend support for VIDEO_TS burning was already implemented, this adds
the missing UI elements to show users when a VIDEO_TS folder is loaded.
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