Issue: File list only used half the vertical space, wasting screen real estate.
Changed left panel from VBox to Border layout:
- Top: "Clips to Merge" label and Add/Clear buttons (fixed size)
- Center: File list scroll area (expands to fill remaining space)
The border layout gives the scroll area priority to expand vertically,
maximizing the visible file list area. This is especially important
when merging many clips.
User reports progress jumps to 100% within 10 seconds but merge continues for 45s total.
Added comprehensive debug logging to track:
- Individual clip durations as they're summed
- Total expected duration for the merge
- Exact moment when progress hits 100% with actual vs expected times
- Only update progress when it changes by ≥0.1% (reduces callback spam)
This will help diagnose whether:
- Clip durations are being calculated incorrectly
- FFmpeg's out_time_ms doesn't match expected total duration
- Concat demuxer reports different output duration than sum of inputs
Logging appears in logs/videotools.log with CatFFMPEG category.
To view: tail -f logs/videotools.log | grep FFMPEG
Issues fixed:
- Missing file extensions caused FFmpeg errors (user's job 234 failure)
- Limited codec options (only copy or H.265)
- Manual codec mode selector was redundant
Changes:
1. Auto file extension handling:
- Automatically adds/corrects extension based on selected format
- .mkv for MKV/Blu-ray formats
- .mpg for DVD formats
- .mp4 for MP4 formats
- Validates and fixes extension in addMergeToQueue
2. Expanded format options:
- MKV (Copy streams) - stream copy, no re-encoding
- MKV (H.264) - re-encode with H.264, CRF 23
- MKV (H.265) - re-encode with H.265, CRF 28
- MP4 (H.264) - H.264 + AAC audio, web-optimized
- MP4 (H.265) - H.265 + AAC audio, web-optimized
- DVD NTSC/PAL (16:9 and 4:3)
- Blu-ray (H.264)
3. Removed redundant codec mode selector:
- Format dropdown now explicitly includes codec choice
- Cleaner, more intuitive UI
- Backward compatible with old queue jobs
Extension is auto-updated when:
- User selects a different format (updates existing path extension)
- User adds merge to queue (validates/fixes before encoding)
- Prevents errors from missing or wrong file extensions
Long FFmpeg error messages were pushing the queue UI off screen, making
the interface unusable when jobs failed with verbose errors.
Changes:
- Truncate error messages to 150 characters maximum in status text
- Add helpful message indicating full error is available via Copy Error button
- Enable text wrapping on status labels to handle multi-line content gracefully
- Prevents UI layout breakage while maintaining error visibility
Users can still access the full error message via:
- Copy Error button (copies full error to clipboard)
- View Log button (opens per-job conversion log)
The -progress flag was being added AFTER the output path in the FFmpeg command,
causing FFmpeg to not recognize it and therefore not output progress information.
Moved -progress pipe:1 -nostats to appear BEFORE the output path.
Now merge jobs will correctly report progress as they encode:
- Progress starts at 0%
- Updates based on out_time_ms from FFmpeg progress output
- Calculates percentage based on total duration of all clips
- Shows accurate real-time progress in queue view and stats bar
The Merge module's ui.NewDroppable wrappers weren't receiving drop events
because the window-level handleDrop function was intercepting them first.
Added merge module handling to handleDrop function:
- Accepts individual video files and adds them sequentially to merge clips
- Accepts multiple files at once and processes all in order
- Accepts folders and recursively finds all video files
- Probes each video to get duration and metadata
- Sets chapter names defaulting to filename
- Auto-sets output path to "merged.mkv" once 2+ clips are added
- Refreshes UI after each clip is added
Now drag-and-drop works consistently across all modules (Convert, Compare, Inspect, Merge).
Files Module:
- Built-in video file explorer/manager
- Metadata table view with sortable columns (size, codec, resolution, fps, bitrate)
- Right-click context menu for file operations
- Integration with Convert, Compare, and Inspect modules
- Delete with confirmation and recycle bin safety
- SQLite-based metadata caching for performance
Color-Coded Module Navigation:
- Apply module signature colors to cross-module buttons/links
- Creates visual consistency across the application
- Helps users intuitively understand module relationships
Both features designed to integrate cleanly with existing architecture.
