@ciphore/radiocli 0.2.4 → 0.2.5

package/dist/player/player-controller.js

@@ -2,14 +2,17 @@ import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
 import { existsSync, unlinkSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { dirname, join } from 'node:path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
-import { airPlayMacOSOnlyMessage, detectPlaybackBackends, ffplayLimitedControlsMessage, isAirPlayPlatformSupported, playbackBackendInstallHint, vlcLimitedControlsMessage } from './backend-install.js';
+import { airPlayLocalDeviceLabel, detectPlaybackBackends, ffplayLimitedControlsMessage, playbackBackendInstallHint, vlcLimitedControlsMessage } from './backend-install.js';
 import { resolveCommand } from '../platform/executables.js';
+import { airPlayPolicy, airPlaySetupRequiredMessage } from './airplay-policy.js';
 import { discoverAirPlayDevices } from './airplay-discovery.js';
 import { airPlaySenderHealth } from './airplay-sender-health.js';
 import { encodeWorkerStart, parseWorkerMessage, serializeWorkerMessage } from './airplay-worker-protocol.js';
 import { safeMediaTarget, sanitizeTerminalText } from '../safety.js';
 import { MpvIpcClient } from './mpv-ipc-client.js';
 import { mpvIpcPath } from '../platform/ipc.js';
+import { desktopMediaPolicy } from '../platform/desktop-media.js';
+import { canRetryPlainHttp, ffmpegCertificateFailure, ffmpegInputArguments, ffmpegInputFailure } from './ffmpeg-input.js';
 const minAirPlayTuneTimeoutSeconds = 30;
 const maxPlayerDiagnosticCharacters = 4096;
 export class PlaybackOutputError extends Error {
@@ -44,11 +47,13 @@ export class PlayerController {
     airPlayPasscodes = new Map();
     currentAirPlayDevice = null;
     currentAirPlayDeviceId = null;
+    selectedAirPlayDeviceId = null;
     pendingAirPlayPasscode = null;
     currentMpvMediaTitle = null;
     metadataPollInFlight = false;
     playbackStatePollInFlight = false;
     mpvLiveRetuneInFlight = false;
+    mpvRetuneFailure;
     pendingMpvVolume = null;
     mpvVolumeFlush = null;
     confirmedMpvVolume = 70;
@@ -56,6 +61,15 @@ export class PlayerController {
     playbackSessionId = 0;
     stopPromise = null;
     lastPlayerExit = null;
+    activePlayerDiagnostic = '';
+    compatibleDesktopMedia = true;
+    playRequestId = 0;
+    mpvObserved = false;
+    stationIsRadio = false;
+    mpvMediaIsLive = false;
+    mpvProgress = null;
+    mpvStallTimer;
+    fallbackAudioStarted = false;
     constructor(getSettings, runtime = { platform: process.platform, arch: process.arch, env: process.env }) {
         this.getSettings = getSettings;
         this.runtime = runtime;
@@ -72,11 +86,24 @@ export class PlayerController {
     getState() {
         return { ...this.state };
     }
+    desktopMediaCompatible() { return this.compatibleDesktopMedia; }
+    /** Retry diagnosed transport failures and interrupted live radio, never
+     * completed recordings, authentication or device/decoder initialization. */
+    recoverableFailure() {
+        const exit = this.lastPlayerExit;
+        if (!exit || exit.spawnError || exit.signal || exit.code === 0 || !/^https?:\/\//i.test(this.state.streamUrl ?? ''))
+            return false;
+        const detail = `${exit.diagnostic} ${this.state.message ?? ''}`;
+        if (ffmpegCertificateFailure(detail) || ffmpegInputFailure(detail))
+            return false;
+        return (exit.transportFailure === true || /timed? out|connection (?:reset|refused|closed)|network (?:is )?unreachable|temporary failure|unexpected (?:end|eof)|http (?:error )?50[234]/i.test(detail))
+            && !/password|passcode|authentication|unauthori[sz]ed|forbidden|certificate|tls.*verif|audio output|audio device|decoder|unknown option/i.test(detail);
+    }
     diagnostics() {
         return {
             backend: this.state.backend,
             availableBackends: this.detectedBackends(),
-            preferredBackend: this.getSettings().preferredBackend,
+            preferredBackend: this.effectivePreferredBackend(),
             active: Boolean(this.process),
             streamUrl: this.state.streamUrl,
             stationName: this.state.stationName,
@@ -87,43 +114,73 @@ export class PlayerController {
         };
     }
     detectedBackends() {
-        return [...(this.availableBackends ?? [])];
+        return [...(this.availableBackends ?? [])].filter(backend => backend !== 'airplay' || this.airPlayPolicy().enabled);
     }
     refreshDetectedBackends() {
-        this.availableBackends = detectPlaybackBackends({ platform: this.runtime.platform });
+        this.availableBackends = detectPlaybackBackends({ settings: this.getSettings(), platform: this.runtime.platform, env: this.runtime.env });
         return this.detectedBackends();
     }
-    async play(station, url) {
+    async play(station, url, options = {}) {
+        const requestId = ++this.playRequestId;
+        const assertCurrent = () => {
+            options.signal?.throwIfAborted();
+            if (requestId !== this.playRequestId)
+                throw new DOMException('Playback request was superseded.', 'AbortError');
+        };
+        assertCurrent();
+        const abort = () => { if (requestId === this.playRequestId)
+            void this.stop().catch(() => undefined); };
+        options.signal?.addEventListener('abort', abort, { once: true });
+        try {
+            await this.playTarget(station, url, options, assertCurrent);
+            assertCurrent();
+        }
+        finally {
+            options.signal?.removeEventListener('abort', abort);
+        }
+    }
+    async playTarget(station, url, options, assertCurrent) {
         const target = safeMediaTarget(url);
         if (!target) {
             throw new Error(`Station ${station.name} returned an unsupported stream URL.`);
         }
         url = target;
+        if (this.stopPromise) {
+            await this.stopPromise;
+            assertCurrent();
+        }
         const backend = this.selectBackend();
+        if (options.startPaused && backend !== 'mpv')
+            throw new PlaybackOutputError('This output cannot start a station paused.');
         if (!backend) {
-            await this.stop();
+            await this.stopPlayback();
             throw new PlaybackOutputError(this.playbackUnavailableMessage());
         }
         if (backend === 'airplay') {
             const activeDevice = this.activeAirPlayDeviceForRetune();
             if (activeDevice) {
                 await this.retuneAirPlay(url, station.name, activeDevice);
+                assertCurrent();
                 return;
             }
             let device;
             try {
                 device = await this.resolveAirPlayDevice();
+                assertCurrent();
             }
             catch (error) {
+                assertCurrent();
                 const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Could not resolve AirPlay receiver.';
                 this.setState({ ...this.state, backend, state: 'error', message, ready: false });
                 throw error;
             }
             if (this.canRetuneAirPlay(device)) {
                 await this.retuneAirPlay(url, station.name, device);
+                assertCurrent();
                 return;
             }
-            await this.stop();
+            await this.stopPlayback();
+            assertCurrent();
             this.backend = backend;
             this.currentAirPlayDevice = device;
             this.currentAirPlayDeviceId = device.id;
@@ -139,6 +196,7 @@ export class PlayerController {
             });
             this.setState({ ...this.state, airPlayDeviceName: device.name });
             const result = await this.playWithAirPlay(url, station.name, device);
+            assertCurrent();
             if (result === 'password-required') {
                 if (this.pendingAirPlayPasscode) {
                     return;
@@ -167,8 +225,12 @@ export class PlayerController {
             });
             return;
         }
-        await this.stop();
+        await this.stopPlayback();
+        assertCurrent();
         this.backend = backend;
+        this.stationIsRadio = station.provider !== 'playlist';
+        this.mpvMediaIsLive = false;
+        this.mpvProgress = null;
         this.setState({
             backend,
             state: 'loading',
@@ -180,14 +242,17 @@ export class PlayerController {
             ready: false
         });
         if (backend === 'mpv') {
-            this.playWithMpv(url, station.name);
+            this.playWithMpv(url, station.name, undefined, options.startPaused);
             try {
                 await this.waitForReady(backend);
+                assertCurrent();
             }
             catch (error) {
+                assertCurrent();
                 if (!this.shouldRetryMpvWithAlsa(error))
                     throw error;
-                await this.stop();
+                await this.stopPlayback();
+                assertCurrent();
                 this.backend = backend;
                 this.setState({
                     backend,
@@ -199,21 +264,45 @@ export class PlayerController {
                     streamUrl: url,
                     ready: false
                 });
-                this.playWithMpv(url, station.name, 'alsa,');
+                this.playWithMpv(url, station.name, 'alsa,', options.startPaused);
                 await this.waitForReady(backend);
+                assertCurrent();
             }
         }
         else if (backend === 'ffplay') {
-            this.playWithFfplay(url);
-            await this.waitForReady(backend);
+            const closed = this.playWithFfplay(url);
+            try {
+                await this.waitForReady(backend);
+            }
+            catch (error) {
+                assertCurrent();
+                if (this.process || this.lastPlayerExit?.spawnError || this.lastPlayerExit?.signal)
+                    throw error;
+                // close follows stderr drain; exit can precede the diagnostic that
+                // distinguishes an unused TLS option from an actual network failure.
+                await Promise.race([closed, delay(250)]);
+                assertCurrent();
+                const inputFailure = ffmpegInputFailure(this.lastPlayerExit?.diagnostic ?? '');
+                if (inputFailure)
+                    throw new PlaybackOutputError(inputFailure);
+                if (this.fallbackAudioStarted || !canRetryPlainHttp(url, this.lastPlayerExit?.diagnostic ?? ''))
+                    throw error;
+                await this.stopPlayback();
+                assertCurrent();
+                this.setState({ ...this.state, state: 'loading', ready: false, message: `Opening ${station.name}` });
+                this.playWithFfplay(url, true);
+                await this.waitForReady(backend);
+            }
+            assertCurrent();
         }
         else if (backend === 'vlc') {
             this.playWithVlc(url);
             await this.waitForReady(backend);
+            assertCurrent();
         }
         this.setState({
             backend,
-            state: 'playing',
+            state: options.startPaused ? 'paused' : 'playing',
             message: station.name,
             volume: this.getSettings().volume,
             muted: false,
@@ -279,27 +368,53 @@ export class PlayerController {
         const url = this.state.streamUrl ? safeMediaTarget(this.state.streamUrl) : null;
         if (!url)
             return { ok: false, message: 'The paused station no longer has a usable stream URL.' };
+        const client = this.mpvIpcClient;
+        const session = this.mpvSessionId;
+        if (!client)
+            return { ok: false, message: 'mpv is no longer connected.' };
         this.mpvLiveRetuneInFlight = true;
+        this.mpvRetuneFailure = undefined;
         try {
             // Reloading the same URL discards mpv's delayed live buffer and opens a
             // fresh stream connection. This keeps radio pause/play semantics at the
             // live edge instead of behaving like time-shifted on-demand audio.
-            await this.sendMpv({ command: ['loadfile', url, 'replace'] });
-            await this.sendMpv({ command: ['set_property', 'pause', false] });
+            await client.query({ command: ['loadfile', url, 'replace'] });
+            if (session !== this.mpvSessionId)
+                return { ok: false, message: 'Playback changed during resume.' };
+            await client.query({ command: ['set_property', 'pause', false] });
+            if (session !== this.mpvSessionId)
+                return { ok: false, message: 'Playback changed during resume.' };
+            if (this.mpvRetuneFailure)
+                throw new Error(this.mpvRetuneFailure);
+            await this.waitForReady('mpv');
+            const idle = await client.query({ command: ['get_property', 'idle-active'] }).catch(() => null);
+            if (this.mpvRetuneFailure || idle === true)
+                throw new Error(this.mpvRetuneFailure ?? 'The station ended while reconnecting.');
         }
         catch {
+            if (session === this.mpvSessionId) {
+                const terminal = { ...this.state, state: 'error', ready: false, buffering: false, message: this.mpvRetuneFailure ?? 'mpv could not reconnect the paused station at the live edge.' };
+                void this.retireMpvStream(terminal).catch(() => undefined);
+            }
             return { ok: false, message: 'mpv could not reconnect the paused station at the live edge.' };
         }
         finally {
-            this.mpvLiveRetuneInFlight = false;
+            if (session === this.mpvSessionId)
+                this.mpvLiveRetuneInFlight = false;
         }
+        if (session !== this.mpvSessionId)
+            return { ok: false, message: 'Playback changed during resume.' };
         this.currentMpvMediaTitle = cleanMediaTitle(this.state.stationName ?? '') ?? 'RadioCLI';
         this.emitMetadata({ updatedAt: new Date().toISOString() });
         this.setState({ ...this.state, state: 'playing', ready: true, startedAt: new Date().toISOString() });
         return { ok: true, message: 'Reconnected at the live broadcast.' };
     }
-    setVolume(volume) {
+    setVolume(volume, options = {}) {
         const clamped = clampVolume(volume);
+        if (options.allowStopped && !this.process && ['idle', 'stopped'].includes(this.state.state)) {
+            this.setState({ ...this.state, volume: clamped });
+            return Promise.resolve({ ok: true });
+        }
         const unsupported = this.unsupportedFfplayControl();
         if (unsupported) {
             return Promise.resolve(unsupported);
@@ -340,7 +455,11 @@ export class PlayerController {
         this.setState({ ...this.state, muted });
         return { ok: true };
     }
-    async setMuted(muted) {
+    async setMuted(muted, options = {}) {
+        if (options.allowStopped && !this.process && ['idle', 'stopped'].includes(this.state.state)) {
+            this.setState({ ...this.state, muted });
+            return { ok: true };
+        }
         const unsupported = this.unsupportedFfplayControl();
         if (unsupported)
             return this.state.muted === muted ? { ok: true } : unsupported;
@@ -367,6 +486,10 @@ export class PlayerController {
         return { ok: true };
     }
     stop() {
+        this.playRequestId++;
+        return this.stopPlayback();
+    }
+    stopPlayback() {
         if (this.stopPromise)
             return this.stopPromise;
         const operation = this.performStop();
@@ -377,6 +500,7 @@ export class PlayerController {
     }
     async performStop() {
         const child = this.process;
+        this.mpvMediaIsLive = false;
         const startupInProgress = this.state.state === 'loading' && !this.state.ready;
         this.stopMpvPolling();
         this.rejectPendingAirPlayReady(new Error('AirPlay playback stopped.'));
@@ -409,7 +533,11 @@ export class PlayerController {
             ready: false
         });
     }
+    airPlayPolicy() { return airPlayPolicy(this.getSettings(), this.runtime); }
     submitAirPlayPasscode(code) {
+        const policy = this.airPlayPolicy();
+        if (!policy.enabled)
+            return { ok: false, message: policy.message };
         if (this.backend !== 'airplay') {
             return { ok: false, message: 'No active AirPlay playback is waiting for a code.' };
         }
@@ -428,15 +556,34 @@ export class PlayerController {
         return { ok: true, message };
     }
     async refreshAirPlayDevices() {
-        this.availableAirPlayDevices = await discoverAirPlayDevices({ platform: this.runtime.platform });
+        const policy = this.airPlayPolicy();
+        if (!policy.enabled)
+            throw new PlaybackOutputError(policy.message);
+        this.availableAirPlayDevices = await discoverAirPlayDevices({ platform: this.runtime.platform, env: this.runtime.env });
         return [...this.availableAirPlayDevices];
     }
     detectedAirPlayDevices() {
         return [...this.availableAirPlayDevices];
     }
+    selectAirPlayDevice(deviceId) {
+        if (deviceId !== null && !this.airPlayPolicy().enabled)
+            return false;
+        if (deviceId !== null && !this.availableAirPlayDevices.some(device => device.id === deviceId && !device.local))
+            return false;
+        this.selectedAirPlayDeviceId = deviceId;
+        return true;
+    }
+    airPlaySelectionRequired() {
+        return this.runtime.platform === 'linux' && (!this.selectedAirPlayDeviceId || this.selectedAirPlayDeviceId !== this.getSettings().preferredAirPlayDevice);
+    }
+    effectivePreferredBackend() {
+        // A persisted receiver is a convenience for the picker, never consent to
+        // open a Linux network output again in a new process.
+        return this.getSettings().preferredBackend === 'airplay' && (this.runtime.platform === 'linux' && !this.airPlayPolicy().enabled || this.airPlaySelectionRequired()) ? 'auto' : this.getSettings().preferredBackend;
+    }
     selectBackend() {
-        const preferred = this.getSettings().preferredBackend;
-        const backends = this.availableBackends ?? this.refreshDetectedBackends();
+        const preferred = this.effectivePreferredBackend();
+        const backends = this.availableBackends ? this.detectedBackends() : this.refreshDetectedBackends();
         if (preferred === 'mpv') {
             return backends.includes('mpv') ? 'mpv' : null;
         }
@@ -463,17 +610,17 @@ export class PlayerController {
     playbackUnavailableMessage() {
         const preferred = this.getSettings().preferredBackend;
         if (preferred === 'airplay') {
-            if (!isAirPlayPlatformSupported(this.runtime.platform)) {
-                return airPlayMacOSOnlyMessage;
-            }
-            return `AirPlay is not ready on this install. Run radiocli doctor. ${airPlaySenderHealth().message}`;
+            const policy = this.airPlayPolicy();
+            if (!policy.enabled)
+                return policy.message;
+            return `${this.runtime.platform === 'linux' ? airPlaySetupRequiredMessage : 'AirPlay is not ready on this install. Run radiocli doctor.'} ${airPlaySenderHealth().message}`;
         }
         if (preferred === 'mpv' || preferred === 'ffplay') {
             return `Preferred playback backend ${preferred} is unavailable. ${playbackBackendInstallHint()}`;
         }
         return `No playback backend found. ${playbackBackendInstallHint()}`;
     }
-    playWithMpv(url, initialTitle, recoveredAudioOutput) {
+    playWithMpv(url, initialTitle, recoveredAudioOutput, startPaused = false) {
         this.playbackSessionId += 1;
         this.ipcPath = mpvIpcPath();
         this.mpvIpcClient = new MpvIpcClient(this.ipcPath);
@@ -481,10 +628,20 @@ export class PlayerController {
         this.confirmedMpvVolume = clampVolume(this.getSettings().volume);
         this.pendingMpvVolume = null;
         this.currentMpvMediaTitle = cleanMediaTitle(initialTitle) ?? 'RadioCLI';
+        const desktopMedia = desktopMediaPolicy(this.getSettings(), this.runtime);
+        this.compatibleDesktopMedia = desktopMedia.enabled;
+        // Release the application service before an incompatible mpv process can
+        // autoload its own service, including config changes made between tunes.
+        this.setState({ ...this.state });
         this.process = spawn(resolveCommand('mpv') ?? 'mpv', [
             '--no-video',
             '--msg-level=all=warn',
             '--force-window=no',
+            // Several supported mpv/FFmpeg builds default to accepting any certificate.
+            // Apply to every input, including HTTP redirects and nested playlists.
+            '--tls-verify=yes',
+            ...(startPaused ? ['--pause=yes'] : []),
+            ...desktopMedia.mpvArgs,
             ...(recoveredAudioOutput || this.runtime.env.RADIOCLI_MPV_AUDIO_OUTPUT
                 ? [`--ao=${recoveredAudioOutput ?? this.runtime.env.RADIOCLI_MPV_AUDIO_OUTPUT}`]
                 : []),
@@ -497,12 +654,13 @@ export class PlayerController {
         });
         this.wireProcess();
     }
-    playWithFfplay(url) {
+    playWithFfplay(url, plainHttp = false) {
         this.playbackSessionId += 1;
-        this.process = spawn(resolveCommand('ffplay') ?? 'ffplay', ['-nodisp', '-hide_banner', '-loglevel', 'error', '-volume', String(this.getSettings().volume), '-autoexit', url], {
+        this.process = spawn(resolveCommand('ffplay') ?? 'ffplay', ['-nodisp', '-hide_banner', '-loglevel', 'error', '-stats', ...ffmpegInputArguments(url, { plainHttp }), '-volume', String(this.getSettings().volume), '-autoexit', url], {
             stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe']
         });
         this.wireProcess();
+        return new Promise(resolve => this.process.once('close', resolve));
     }
     playWithVlc(url) {
         this.playbackSessionId += 1;
@@ -510,7 +668,8 @@ export class PlayerController {
         // binary (resolved from app bundles when off PATH) with a dummy interface.
         const binary = resolveCommand('cvlc') ?? resolveCommand('vlc') ?? 'cvlc';
         const gain = (clampVolume(this.getSettings().volume) / 100).toFixed(2);
-        this.process = spawn(binary, ['--intf', 'dummy', '--no-video', '--quiet', '--play-and-exit', `--gain=${gain}`, url], { stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'] });
+        this.process = spawn(binary, ['--intf', 'dummy', '--no-video', '--no-quiet', '--verbose=2', '--no-color', '--play-and-exit',
+            ...(this.runtime.env.RADIOCLI_VLC_AUDIO_OUTPUT ? [`--aout=${this.runtime.env.RADIOCLI_VLC_AUDIO_OUTPUT}`] : []), `--gain=${gain}`, url], { stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'] });
         this.wireProcess();
     }
     canRetuneAirPlay(device) {
@@ -593,7 +752,7 @@ export class PlayerController {
             throw new PlaybackOutputError('Selected AirPlay receiver was not found. Refresh AirPlay receivers in Settings.');
         }
         if (device.local) {
-            throw new PlaybackOutputError(`${device.name} is this Mac. Use Audio output: This device instead of AirPlay.`);
+            throw new PlaybackOutputError(`${device.name} is ${airPlayLocalDeviceLabel(this.runtime.platform)}. Use Audio output: This device instead of AirPlay.`);
         }
         return device;
     }
@@ -738,17 +897,48 @@ export class PlayerController {
             return;
         }
         this.lastPlayerExit = null;
+        this.activePlayerDiagnostic = '';
+        this.fallbackAudioStarted = false;
+        let progressBuffer = '';
+        let vlcAudioOutput = false;
+        let vlcDecoderStarted = false;
         let diagnostic = '';
+        let exitRecord;
         child.stdout.on('data', chunk => {
             diagnostic = appendPlayerDiagnostic(diagnostic, String(chunk));
+            if (this.process === child)
+                this.activePlayerDiagnostic = diagnostic;
         });
         child.stderr.on('data', chunk => {
             diagnostic = appendPlayerDiagnostic(diagnostic, String(chunk));
+            if (this.process === child)
+                this.activePlayerDiagnostic = diagnostic;
+            if (backend === 'ffplay' && this.process === child && !this.fallbackAudioStarted) {
+                progressBuffer = appendPlayerDiagnostic(progressBuffer, String(chunk));
+                const lines = progressBuffer.split(/[\r\n]/);
+                progressBuffer = lines.pop() ?? '';
+                // ffplay's audio-master clock is nan until audio reaches its output.
+                // Explicit -stats keeps this signal even with error-only diagnostics.
+                this.fallbackAudioStarted = lines.some(line => /^\s*-?\d+(?:\.\d+)?\s+M-A:\s*-?\d+(?:\.\d+)?\s+/.test(line));
+            }
+            else if (backend === 'vlc' && this.process === child && !this.fallbackAudioStarted) {
+                // Keep the portable dummy interface. RC stdin opens a separate console
+                // on Windows, and a loopback RC port would expose unauthenticated control.
+                // Both output initialization and released decoder buffering are needed;
+                // input headers or a surviving process alone never establish readiness.
+                vlcAudioOutput ||= /main audio output debug: output '[^'\r\n]+' \d+ Hz/.test(diagnostic);
+                vlcDecoderStarted ||= /main input debug: Decoder wait done in \d+ ms/.test(diagnostic);
+                this.fallbackAudioStarted = vlcAudioOutput && vlcDecoderStarted;
+            }
         });
         // Local players can write diagnostics indefinitely. Drain both pipes so a
         // full OS pipe buffer can never stall playback.
         child.stdout.resume?.();
         child.stderr.resume?.();
+        child.once('close', () => {
+            if (exitRecord && this.lastPlayerExit === exitRecord)
+                exitRecord.diagnostic = diagnostic;
+        });
         child.on('error', error => {
             diagnostic = appendPlayerDiagnostic(diagnostic, error.message);
             if (this.process !== child)
@@ -775,7 +965,11 @@ export class PlayerController {
         });
         child.on('exit', (code, signal) => {
             if (this.process === child) {
-                this.lastPlayerExit = { backend, code, signal, diagnostic };
+                // Worker failures carry receiver/pairing guidance before cleanup exits.
+                // Keep that reason while still clearing the exited process and session.
+                const workerError = backend === 'airplay' && this.state.state === 'error' ? this.state.message || undefined : undefined;
+                const liveEof = backend === 'mpv' && this.mpvMediaIsLive && this.state.ready && code === 0 && !signal;
+                this.lastPlayerExit = exitRecord = { backend, code: liveEof ? 1 : code, signal, diagnostic, transportFailure: liveEof };
                 this.rejectPendingAirPlayRetune(new Error('AirPlay worker exited.'));
                 if (this.backend === 'airplay') {
                     this.currentAirPlayDevice = null;
@@ -789,8 +983,9 @@ export class PlayerController {
                 this.setState({
                     ...this.state,
                     backend: this.backend ?? 'none',
-                    state: code === 0 || code === null ? 'stopped' : 'error',
-                    message: code === 0 || code === null ? undefined : `player exited with code ${code}`,
+                    state: workerError || liveEof || (code !== 0 && code !== null) ? 'error' : 'stopped',
+                    message: workerError ?? (liveEof ? 'Live stream connection ended unexpectedly.' : code === 0 || code === null ? undefined : `player exited with code ${code}`),
+                    buffering: false,
                     ready: false
                 });
             }
@@ -903,20 +1098,16 @@ export class PlayerController {
         const wasSuperseded = () => this.playbackSessionId !== playbackSessionId;
         const isCurrent = () => !wasSuperseded() && this.process === child;
         while (Date.now() - started < timeoutMs) {
+            if (backend === 'mpv' && this.mpvLiveRetuneInFlight && this.mpvRetuneFailure)
+                throw new Error(this.mpvRetuneFailure);
             if (wasSuperseded()) {
                 throw new Error(`${backend} playback request was superseded.`);
             }
             if (!child || this.process !== child) {
                 throw this.playerExitedBeforeReady(backend);
             }
-            if (backend === 'ffplay' || backend === 'vlc') {
-                await waitForStartupWindow(() => this.process === child ? child : null, Math.min(500, timeoutMs), () => this.playerExitedBeforeReady(backend));
-                if (wasSuperseded())
-                    throw new Error(`${backend} playback request was superseded.`);
-                if (!isCurrent())
-                    throw this.playerExitedBeforeReady(backend);
+            if ((backend === 'ffplay' || backend === 'vlc') && this.fallbackAudioStarted)
                 return;
-            }
             if (mpvClient) {
                 try {
                     await mpvClient.query({ command: ['get_property', 'path'] });
@@ -935,8 +1126,16 @@ export class PlayerController {
         }
         if (this.process !== child)
             throw this.playerExitedBeforeReady(backend);
-        await this.stop();
-        throw new Error(`Timed out while opening stream after ${this.getSettings().tuneTimeoutSeconds}s.`);
+        const requestId = this.playRequestId;
+        const diagnostic = this.activePlayerDiagnostic;
+        await this.stopPlayback();
+        if (requestId !== this.playRequestId || wasSuperseded())
+            throw new DOMException('Playback request was superseded.', 'AbortError');
+        const detail = concisePlayerDiagnostic(diagnostic);
+        const message = `Timed out while opening stream after ${this.getSettings().tuneTimeoutSeconds}s.${detail ? ` ${detail}` : ''}`;
+        this.lastPlayerExit = { backend, code: 1, signal: null, diagnostic };
+        this.setState({ ...this.state, state: 'error', ready: false, buffering: false, message });
+        throw new Error(message);
     }
     shouldRetryMpvWithAlsa(error) {
         return this.runtime.platform === 'linux' &&
@@ -951,6 +1150,9 @@ export class PlayerController {
             ? exit.signal ? `signal ${exit.signal}` : exit.code === null ? 'without an exit code' : `code ${exit.code}`
             : 'before its exit status was available';
         const diagnostic = concisePlayerDiagnostic(exit?.diagnostic ?? '');
+        const inputFailure = backend === 'ffplay' ? ffmpegInputFailure(exit?.diagnostic ?? '') : undefined;
+        if (inputFailure)
+            return new PlaybackOutputError(inputFailure);
         const message = `${backend} exited before the stream became ready (${reason})${diagnostic ? `: ${diagnostic}` : '.'}`;
         return isBackendInitializationFailure(backend, exit, diagnostic)
             ? new PlaybackOutputError(message)
@@ -961,10 +1163,65 @@ export class PlayerController {
             client.query({ command: ['get_property', 'time-pos'] }).catch(() => null),
             client.query({ command: ['get_property', 'audio-pts'] }).catch(() => null)
         ]);
-        return typeof timePos === 'number' || typeof audioPts === 'number';
+        if (!Number.isFinite(timePos) && !Number.isFinite(audioPts))
+            return false;
+        const [duration, seekable] = await Promise.all([
+            client.query({ command: ['get_property', 'duration'] }).catch(() => null),
+            client.query({ command: ['get_property', 'seekable'] }).catch(() => null)
+        ]);
+        if (client === this.mpvIpcClient) {
+            // Directory stations are live even when HLS exposes a finite window.
+            // For imported URLs, a known duration denotes a recording; nonseekable
+            // inputs without a duration can still be live radio.
+            this.mpvMediaIsLive = /^https?:\/\//i.test(this.state.streamUrl ?? '') &&
+                (this.stationIsRadio || seekable === false && !(typeof duration === 'number' && Number.isFinite(duration) && duration > 0));
+        }
+        return true;
     }
     startMpvMetadataPolling() {
         this.stopMpvPolling();
+        const client = this.mpvIpcClient;
+        const session = this.mpvSessionId;
+        this.mpvObserved = false;
+        client?.onEvent(event => {
+            if (client !== this.mpvIpcClient || session !== this.mpvSessionId)
+                return;
+            if (event.event === 'end-file' && this.state.ready && ['eof', 'error'].includes(event.reason ?? '')) {
+                if (this.mpvLiveRetuneInFlight) {
+                    this.mpvRetuneFailure = event.error ?? 'The station ended while reconnecting.';
+                    return;
+                }
+                const liveEof = event.reason === 'eof' && this.mpvMediaIsLive;
+                const terminal = { ...this.state, state: event.reason === 'error' || liveEof ? 'error' : 'stopped', ready: false, buffering: false,
+                    message: event.reason === 'error' ? event.error ?? 'mpv could not continue the stream.' : liveEof ? 'Live stream connection ended unexpectedly.' : 'Stream ended.' };
+                // User mpv configuration may keep an idle process alive after EOF.
+                // Retire it through the same bounded lifecycle as an explicit Stop.
+                void this.retireMpvStream(terminal, liveEof).catch(() => undefined);
+                return;
+            }
+            if (event.event !== 'property-change')
+                return;
+            if (event.name === 'pause' && typeof event.data === 'boolean' && this.state.ready) {
+                void this.applyMpvPause(event.data).catch(() => undefined);
+            }
+            else if (event.name === 'metadata' && event.data && typeof event.data === 'object') {
+                void this.applyMpvMetadata(event.data, client, session);
+            }
+            else if (event.name === 'paused-for-cache' && typeof event.data === 'boolean' && this.state.buffering !== event.data) {
+                this.setState({ ...this.state, buffering: event.data });
+            }
+        });
+        if (client)
+            void Promise.all(['pause', 'metadata', 'paused-for-cache'].map((property, id) => client.observe(id + 1, property)))
+                .then(() => {
+                if (client !== this.mpvIpcClient || session !== this.mpvSessionId)
+                    return;
+                this.mpvObserved = true;
+                if (this.playbackStateTimer)
+                    clearInterval(this.playbackStateTimer);
+                this.playbackStateTimer = setInterval(() => { if (!this.playbackStatePollInFlight)
+                    void this.syncMpvPlaybackState(); }, 5000);
+            }).catch(() => undefined);
         this.metadataTimer = setInterval(() => {
             if (!this.metadataPollInFlight)
                 void this.pollMpvMetadata();
@@ -975,8 +1232,11 @@ export class PlayerController {
         }, 500);
         void this.pollMpvMetadata();
         void this.syncMpvPlaybackState();
+        this.updateMpvStallTimer();
     }
     stopMpvPolling() {
+        clearTimeout(this.mpvStallTimer);
+        this.mpvStallTimer = undefined;
         if (this.metadataTimer) {
             clearInterval(this.metadataTimer);
             this.metadataTimer = null;
@@ -986,27 +1246,59 @@ export class PlayerController {
             this.playbackStateTimer = null;
         }
     }
+    async retireMpvStream(terminal, transportFailure = false) {
+        const request = this.playRequestId;
+        const failure = terminal.state === 'error' ? { backend: 'mpv', code: 1, signal: null, diagnostic: terminal.message ?? '', transportFailure } : null;
+        this.lastPlayerExit = failure;
+        this.stopMpvPolling();
+        this.setState(terminal);
+        await this.stopPlayback();
+        if (request === this.playRequestId) {
+            this.lastPlayerExit = failure;
+            this.setState(terminal);
+        }
+    }
     async pollMpvMetadata() {
         if (this.backend !== 'mpv' || !this.process) {
             return;
         }
+        const client = this.mpvIpcClient;
+        const session = this.mpvSessionId;
+        if (!client)
+            return;
         this.metadataPollInFlight = true;
         try {
-            const metadata = await this.queryMpv({ command: ['get_property', 'metadata'] }).catch(() => null);
-            const elapsed = await this.queryMpv({ command: ['get_property', 'time-pos'] }).catch(() => null);
-            if (typeof elapsed === 'number') {
+            const metadata = this.mpvObserved ? null : await client.query({ command: ['get_property', 'metadata'] }).catch(() => null);
+            let elapsed = await client.query({ command: ['get_property', 'time-pos'] }).catch(() => null);
+            if (!Number.isFinite(elapsed))
+                elapsed = await client.query({ command: ['get_property', 'audio-pts'] }).catch(() => null);
+            if (client !== this.mpvIpcClient || session !== this.mpvSessionId)
+                return;
+            if (typeof elapsed === 'number' && Number.isFinite(elapsed)) {
+                if (elapsed !== this.mpvProgress) {
+                    this.mpvProgress = elapsed;
+                    clearTimeout(this.mpvStallTimer);
+                    this.mpvStallTimer = undefined;
+                }
                 this.setState({ ...this.state, elapsedSeconds: Math.floor(elapsed) });
             }
-            const title = extractMpvTitle(metadata);
-            if (title) {
-                await this.setMpvMediaTitle(title);
-                this.emitMetadata({ title, raw: JSON.stringify(metadata), updatedAt: new Date().toISOString() });
-            }
+            if (metadata)
+                await this.applyMpvMetadata(metadata, client, session);
         }
         finally {
-            this.metadataPollInFlight = false;
+            if (session === this.mpvSessionId)
+                this.metadataPollInFlight = false;
         }
     }
+    async applyMpvMetadata(metadata, client, session) {
+        const title = extractMpvTitle(metadata);
+        if (!title)
+            return;
+        await this.setMpvMediaTitle(title);
+        if (client !== this.mpvIpcClient || session !== this.mpvSessionId)
+            return;
+        this.emitMetadata({ title, raw: JSON.stringify(metadata), updatedAt: new Date().toISOString() });
+    }
     async setMpvMediaTitle(title) {
         const cleaned = cleanMediaTitle(title);
         if (!cleaned || cleaned === this.currentMpvMediaTitle) {
@@ -1021,25 +1313,35 @@ export class PlayerController {
         }
         if (this.playbackStatePollInFlight)
             return false;
+        const client = this.mpvIpcClient;
+        const session = this.mpvSessionId;
+        if (!client)
+            return false;
         this.playbackStatePollInFlight = true;
         try {
-            const paused = await this.queryMpv({ command: ['get_property', 'pause'] }).catch(() => null);
-            if (typeof paused !== 'boolean') {
+            const paused = await client.query({ command: ['get_property', 'pause'] }).catch(() => null);
+            if (typeof paused !== 'boolean' || session !== this.mpvSessionId || !this.state.ready) {
                 return false;
             }
-            if (!paused && this.state.state === 'paused' && !this.mpvLiveRetuneInFlight) {
-                return (await this.resumeMpvAtLiveEdge()).ok;
-            }
-            const state = paused ? 'paused' : 'playing';
-            if (this.state.state !== state) {
-                this.setState({ ...this.state, state });
-            }
-            return true;
+            return this.applyMpvPause(paused);
         }
         finally {
-            this.playbackStatePollInFlight = false;
+            if (session === this.mpvSessionId)
+                this.playbackStatePollInFlight = false;
         }
     }
+    async applyMpvPause(paused) {
+        // Unpausing the decoder is only the first step of a live-edge reload.
+        // Publish audible playback after the new stream passes readiness checks.
+        if (this.mpvLiveRetuneInFlight)
+            return true;
+        if (!paused && this.state.state === 'paused' && !this.mpvLiveRetuneInFlight)
+            return (await this.resumeMpvAtLiveEdge()).ok;
+        const state = paused ? 'paused' : 'playing';
+        if (this.state.state !== state)
+            this.setState({ ...this.state, state });
+        return true;
+    }
     emitMetadata(metadata) {
         for (const listener of this.metadataListeners) {
             try {
@@ -1056,6 +1358,11 @@ export class PlayerController {
         this.mpvIpcClient = null;
         this.pendingMpvVolume = null;
         this.mpvVolumeFlush = null;
+        this.metadataPollInFlight = false;
+        this.playbackStatePollInFlight = false;
+        this.mpvLiveRetuneInFlight = false;
+        this.mpvRetuneFailure = undefined;
+        this.mpvObserved = false;
         if (this.ipcPath && !isWindowsNamedPipePath(this.ipcPath) && existsSync(this.ipcPath)) {
             try {
                 unlinkSync(this.ipcPath);
@@ -1069,10 +1376,29 @@ export class PlayerController {
     }
     setState(state) {
         this.state = state;
+        this.updateMpvStallTimer();
         for (const listener of this.listeners) {
             listener(state);
         }
     }
+    updateMpvStallTimer() {
+        if (!this.mpvMediaIsLive || this.backend !== 'mpv' || !this.state.ready || this.state.state !== 'playing' || this.mpvLiveRetuneInFlight) {
+            clearTimeout(this.mpvStallTimer);
+            this.mpvStallTimer = undefined;
+            return;
+        }
+        if (this.mpvStallTimer)
+            return;
+        const session = this.mpvSessionId;
+        this.mpvStallTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+            this.mpvStallTimer = undefined;
+            if (session !== this.mpvSessionId || !this.mpvMediaIsLive || !this.state.ready || this.state.state !== 'playing')
+                return;
+            void this.retireMpvStream({ ...this.state, state: 'error', ready: false, buffering: false,
+                message: 'Live stream timed out without audio progress.' }, true).catch(() => undefined);
+        }, Math.max(15_000, this.getSettings().tuneTimeoutSeconds * 1000));
+        this.mpvStallTimer.unref();
+    }
 }
 function airPlayWorkerPath() {
     const currentPath = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
@@ -1133,15 +1459,6 @@ export function extractMpvTitle(metadata) {
     }
     return undefined;
 }
-async function waitForStartupWindow(getProcess, ms, exitedError = () => new Error('Player exited before the stream became ready.')) {
-    const started = Date.now();
-    while (Date.now() - started < ms) {
-        if (!getProcess()) {
-            throw exitedError();
-        }
-        await delay(Math.min(100, ms - (Date.now() - started)));
-    }
-}
 function appendPlayerDiagnostic(current, chunk) {
     const combined = current + chunk;
     return combined.length <= maxPlayerDiagnosticCharacters