Major features in this release:
1. Fixed merge job progress reporting
- Progress counter was jumping to 100% immediately due to incorrect
time unit conversion (microseconds vs milliseconds)
- Now shows accurate real-time progress throughout merge operations
2. Hardware encoder benchmarking system
- Automatic test video generation (30s 1080p test pattern)
- Detects available hardware encoders (NVENC, QSV, AMF, VideoToolbox)
- Tests all available encoders with multiple presets
- Measures FPS performance and ranks results
- Provides optimal encoder recommendation for user's hardware
- Real-time progress tracking with live results display
3. Benchmark history tracking
- Stores up to 10 most recent benchmark runs
- Browse past benchmark results with detailed comparisons
- View all encoder/preset combinations tested in each run
- Compare performance across different presets and encoders
- Apply recommendations from any past benchmark
- Persistent storage in ~/.config/VideoTools/benchmark.json
UI improvements:
- "Run Benchmark" button in main menu
- "View Results" button to browse benchmark history
- Live progress view showing current test and results
- Comprehensive results view with all encoder data
- Fixed merge module file list to use full vertical space
Bug fixes:
- Fixed merge progress calculation (microseconds issue)
- Fixed Fyne threading errors in benchmark UI updates
- Fixed progress bar percentage display (0-100 range)
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The progress bar was configured with Max=100 but we were setting
values in the 0.0-1.0 range, causing it to always show ~0%.
Fixed by multiplying the percentage by 100 before setting the value,
so 4/22 = 0.18 becomes 18% instead of 0.18%.
Also fixed SetComplete() to set 100.0 instead of 1.0.
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All UI updates from the benchmark goroutine were causing threading
errors because they weren't wrapped in DoFromGoroutine. Fixed:
- UpdateProgress: progress bar and label updates
- AddResult: adding result cards to the display
- SetComplete: final status updates
These methods are called from background goroutines running the
benchmark tests, so all UI updates must be dispatched to the main
thread using fyne.CurrentApp().Driver().DoFromGoroutine().
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Extended the benchmark system to maintain a complete history of all
benchmark runs (up to last 10) with full results for each encoder/preset
combination tested.
Features:
- Stores complete benchmark run data including all test results
- History browser UI to view past benchmark runs
- Click any run to see detailed results for all encoders tested
- Compare performance across different presets and encoders
- Apply recommendations from past benchmarks
- Automatic history limit (keeps last 10 runs)
UI Changes:
- Renamed "Benchmark" button to "Run Benchmark"
- Added "View Results" button to main menu
- New benchmark history view showing all past runs
- Each run displays timestamp, recommended encoder, and test count
- Clicking a run shows full results with all encoder/preset combinations
Data Structure:
- benchmarkRun: stores single test run with all results
- benchmarkConfig: maintains array of benchmark runs
- Saves to ~/.config/VideoTools/benchmark.json
This allows users to review past benchmark results and make informed
decisions about which encoder settings to use by comparing FPS across
all available options on their hardware.
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Implemented a full benchmark system that automatically detects available
hardware encoders, tests them with different presets, measures FPS
performance, and recommends optimal settings for the user's system.
Features:
- Automatic test video generation (30s 1080p test pattern)
- Hardware encoder detection (NVENC, QSV, AMF, VideoToolbox)
- Comprehensive encoder testing across multiple presets
- Real-time progress UI with live results
- Performance scoring based on FPS metrics
- Top 10 results display with recommendation
- Config persistence for benchmark results
- One-click apply to use recommended settings
UI Components:
- Benchmark button in main menu header
- Progress view showing current test and results
- Final results view with ranked encoders
- Apply/Close actions for recommendation
Integration:
- Added to main menu between "Benchmark" and "Logs" buttons
- Saves results to ~/.config/VideoTools/benchmark.json
- Comprehensive debug logging for troubleshooting
This allows users to optimize their encoding settings based on their
specific hardware capabilities rather than guessing which encoder
will work best.
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The issue was that FFmpeg's out_time_ms field is actually in microseconds
(not milliseconds despite the name). We were dividing by 1,000 when we
should have been dividing by 1,000,000 to convert to seconds.
This caused the progress calculation to be off by 1000x, making it
immediately jump to 100% even though the job was just starting.
Also added comprehensive debug logging to track progress samples and
identify calculation issues in the future.
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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.
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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).
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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.
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