@torrent-tv/proxy 2.88.4 → 2.88.5

package/test/soundtrack-rate-bound.test.js

@@ -1,289 +1,289 @@
-/**
- * @file The most a soundtrack's codec allows it to carry, how it is read from
- * the containers, how a later reading is merged, and how the mode a track is
- * produced in is chosen from it.
- *
- * Plain values and buffers built here: no process, no torrent, no file on disk.
- */
-
-import test from "node:test";
-import assert from "node:assert/strict";
-import {
-  codecParametersOf,
-  parseAudioSpecificConfig,
-  peakKbpsOf
-} from "../services/media/tracks/audio-bound.js";
-import { AudioTrack } from "../services/media/tracks/AudioTrack.js";
-import { Mp4Container } from "../services/media/container/Mp4Container.js";
-import { Container } from "../services/media/container/Container.js";
-import { buildAudioInventory, mergeInventoryEntry } from "../services/media/audio-inventory.js";
-import {
-  chooseSoundtrackMode,
-  LINK_VERDICT,
-  linkCouldCarry,
-  linkRefusalReason,
-  loadOf,
-  PEAK_CLASS,
-  SOUNDTRACK_MODE_CAUSE,
-  soundtrackLoadOf
-} from "../services/encode/quality/link-budget.js";
-import { AUDIO_TRANSCODE_KBPS } from "../services/encode/args.js";
-
-// AudioSpecificConfig, ISO/IEC 14496-3 §1.6.2.1: objectType(5) frequencyIndex(4)
-// channelConfiguration(4) then, for AAC-LC, frameLengthFlag(1) dependsOnCoreCoder(1)
-// extensionFlag(1).
-const LC_48K_STEREO = Buffer.from([0x11, 0x90]);
-const LC_44K_STEREO = Buffer.from([0x12, 0x10]);
-const LC_48K_SIX = Buffer.from([0x11, 0xb0]);
-const LC_48K_STEREO_960 = Buffer.from([0x11, 0x94]);
-// objectType 5 (SBR) signalled explicitly: HE-AAC, which has no confirmed bound here.
-const HE_AAC = Buffer.from([0x2b, 0x92, 0x08, 0x00]);
-
-const aacParams = (bytes) => codecParametersOf({ codec: "aac", codecPrivateB64: bytes.toString("base64") });
-
-test("an AudioSpecificConfig gives its object type, frequency, channels and frame length", () => {
-  assert.deepEqual(parseAudioSpecificConfig(LC_48K_STEREO), { objectType: 2, sampleRate: 48000, channels: 2, frameLength: 1024 });
-  assert.deepEqual(parseAudioSpecificConfig(LC_44K_STEREO), { objectType: 2, sampleRate: 44100, channels: 2, frameLength: 1024 });
-  assert.equal(parseAudioSpecificConfig(LC_48K_STEREO_960).frameLength, 960);
-  assert.equal(parseAudioSpecificConfig(LC_48K_SIX).channels, 6);
-  assert.equal(parseAudioSpecificConfig(HE_AAC).objectType, 5);
-  assert.equal(parseAudioSpecificConfig(Buffer.from([0x11])), null, "too short to be a config");
-});
-
-test("AAC-LC with 1024-sample frames is bounded at 6144 bits per channel per frame", () => {
-  assert.equal(peakKbpsOf(aacParams(LC_48K_STEREO)), 576);
-  assert.equal(peakKbpsOf(aacParams(LC_44K_STEREO)), 529.2);
-  assert.equal(peakKbpsOf(aacParams(LC_48K_SIX)), 1728, "every channel the config states");
-});
-
-test("an AAC configuration no source confirms a bound for has none", () => {
-  assert.equal(peakKbpsOf(aacParams(LC_48K_STEREO_960)), null, "960-sample frames");
-  assert.equal(peakKbpsOf(aacParams(HE_AAC)), null, "explicit HE-AAC");
-  assert.equal(peakKbpsOf(codecParametersOf({ codec: "aac" })), null, "no config at all");
-});
-
-test("AC-3 is bounded by the largest syncframe of A/52 Table 5.18", () => {
-  assert.equal(peakKbpsOf(codecParametersOf({ codec: "ac3", samplingFrequency: 48000 })), 640);
-  assert.equal(peakKbpsOf(codecParametersOf({ codec: "ac3", samplingFrequency: 44100 })), 640.36875);
-  assert.equal(peakKbpsOf(codecParametersOf({ codec: "ac3" })), 640.36875, "with no frequency, the largest of the three");
-});
-
-test("codecs with no confirmed bound give none", () => {
-  for (const codec of ["opus", "mp3", "eac3", "dts", "flac", "vorbis"]) {
-    assert.equal(peakKbpsOf(codecParametersOf({ codec, channels: 2, samplingFrequency: 48000 })), null, codec);
-  }
-});
-
-test("a Matroska audio track takes its bound from its own CodecPrivate, not the container's channel count", () => {
-  const track = new AudioTrack({
-    trackNumber: 2,
-    declaredIndex: 0,
-    codecId: "A_AAC",
-    codecPrivateB64: LC_48K_STEREO.toString("base64"),
-    // What a Matroska Audio element may state for an HE-AAC stream's output,
-    // or simply get wrong; the config is what a frame is.
-    channels: 6,
-    samplingFrequency: 96000
-  });
-  assert.equal(track.peakKbps, 576);
-  assert.equal(track.codecParameters.channels, 2);
-});
-
-// ---- MP4: the AudioSpecificConfig inside `esds` ----
-
-function box(type, payload) {
-  const header = Buffer.alloc(8);
-  header.writeUInt32BE(payload.length + 8, 0);
-  header.write(type, 4, "latin1");
-  return Buffer.concat([header, payload]);
-}
-
-function fullBox(type, payload) {
-  return box(type, Buffer.concat([Buffer.from([0, 0, 0, 0]), payload]));
-}
-
-function u32(...values) {
-  const buffer = Buffer.alloc(values.length * 4);
-  values.forEach((value, index) => buffer.writeUInt32BE(value, index * 4));
-  return buffer;
-}
-
-function descriptor(tag, payload) {
-  return Buffer.concat([Buffer.from([tag, payload.length]), payload]);
-}
-
-function mp4WithAac(config) {
-  const decoderSpecificInfo = descriptor(0x05, config);
-  const decoderConfig = descriptor(0x04, Buffer.concat([
-    Buffer.from([0x40, 0x15, 0, 0, 0]), u32(0, 0), decoderSpecificInfo
-  ]));
-  const esDescriptor = descriptor(0x03, Buffer.concat([Buffer.from([0, 1, 0]), decoderConfig]));
-  const esds = fullBox("esds", esDescriptor);
-  const entry = Buffer.alloc(28);
-  entry.writeUInt16BE(1, 6); // data_reference_index
-  entry.writeUInt16BE(2, 16); // channelcount
-  entry.writeUInt16BE(16, 18); // samplesize
-  entry.writeUInt32BE(48000 * 65536, 24); // samplerate, 16.16
-  const mp4a = box("mp4a", Buffer.concat([entry, esds]));
-  const stsd = fullBox("stsd", Buffer.concat([u32(1), mp4a]));
-  const trak = box("trak", Buffer.concat([
-    fullBox("tkhd", Buffer.concat([u32(0, 0, 1, 0, 0), Buffer.alloc(60)])),
-    box("mdia", Buffer.concat([
-      fullBox("mdhd", Buffer.concat([u32(0, 0, 48000, 48000), Buffer.from([0x15, 0xc7, 0, 0])])),
-      fullBox("hdlr", Buffer.concat([u32(0), Buffer.from("soun", "latin1"), u32(0, 0, 0)])),
-      box("minf", box("stbl", stsd))
-    ]))
-  ]));
-  // tkhd flag "enabled" so the track is offered.
-  const tkhd = trak.indexOf("tkhd", 0, "latin1");
-  trak[tkhd + 7] = 1;
-  const ftyp = box("ftyp", Buffer.from("isom\0\0\0\0isom", "latin1"));
-  return Buffer.concat([ftyp, box("moov", trak), box("mdat", Buffer.alloc(4))]);
-}
-
-test("an MP4 soundtrack's AudioSpecificConfig is read out of its esds", async () => {
-  const file = mp4WithAac(LC_48K_STEREO);
-  const container = new Mp4Container({
-    readRange: async (start, end) => file.subarray(start, Math.min(end, file.length - 1) + 1),
-    fileSize: file.length
-  });
-
-  const tracks = await container.readTracks();
-  const audio = tracks.find((track) => track.type === "audio");
-
-  assert.ok(audio, "the sound track is read");
-  assert.equal(audio.codecId, "mp4a");
-  assert.equal(audio.codecPrivateB64, LC_48K_STEREO.toString("base64"));
-  assert.equal(audio.channels, 2);
-  assert.equal(audio.samplingFrequency, 48000);
-  assert.equal(audio.peakKbps, 576);
-});
-
-// ---- The inventory, and what a later reading adds ----
-
-test("the bound travels from the container through the merge into the inventory", () => {
-  const declared = new AudioTrack({
-    trackNumber: 2, declaredIndex: 0, codecId: "A_AAC", codecPrivateB64: LC_48K_STEREO.toString("base64"), language: "jpn"
-  });
-  const merged = Container.mergeAudioFlags([{ index: 0, language: "jpn", codec: "aac", bitrateKbps: 128 }], [declared]);
-  const [entry] = buildAudioInventory({ embedded: merged.tracks, videoFileIndex: 0, sidecars: [] });
-
-  assert.equal(entry.peakKbps, 576);
-  assert.equal(entry.bitrateKbps, 128, "the stated average stays beside it");
-});
-
-const entryWith = (codecParameters, extra = {}) => ({
-  index: 1,
-  fileIndex: 7,
-  sourceTrackIndex: 0,
-  kind: "sidecar",
-  language: "rus",
-  codecParameters,
-  peakKbps: peakKbpsOf(codecParameters),
-  ...extra
-});
-
-test("a later reading that says less keeps the bound already established", () => {
-  const known = entryWith(aacParams(LC_48K_STEREO));
-  const partial = entryWith({ codec: "aac", objectType: null, frameLength: null, channels: null, sampleRate: null }, { language: "" });
-
-  const merged = mergeInventoryEntry(known, partial);
-
-  assert.equal(merged.peakKbps, 576);
-  assert.equal(merged.language, "rus", "an empty field of the new reading does not erase the old value");
-});
-
-test("a later reading that contradicts the known configuration withdraws the bound", () => {
-  const known = entryWith(aacParams(LC_48K_STEREO));
-  const contradicting = entryWith({ codec: "aac", objectType: null, frameLength: null, channels: null, sampleRate: 44100 });
-
-  const merged = mergeInventoryEntry(known, contradicting);
-
-  assert.equal(merged.codecParameters, null);
-  assert.equal(merged.peakKbps, null);
-});
-
-test("a complete reading that contradicts the known one establishes neither, and the next complete one stands", () => {
-  const known = entryWith(aacParams(LC_48K_STEREO));
-  const other = entryWith(aacParams(LC_44K_STEREO));
-
-  const contradicted = mergeInventoryEntry(known, other);
-  assert.equal(contradicted.peakKbps, null, "two readings that disagree establish neither");
-
-  const settled = mergeInventoryEntry(contradicted, other);
-  assert.equal(settled.peakKbps, 529.2);
-});
-
-test("a complete reading that agrees replaces the configuration whole, and never moves the track", () => {
-  const known = entryWith({ codec: "aac", objectType: 2, frameLength: null, channels: 2, sampleRate: 48000 });
-  const complete = { ...entryWith(aacParams(LC_48K_STEREO)), index: 99, fileIndex: 99, sourceTrackIndex: 99, kind: "embedded" };
-
-  const merged = mergeInventoryEntry(known, complete);
-
-  assert.equal(merged.peakKbps, 576);
-  assert.deepEqual(
-    [merged.index, merged.fileIndex, merged.sourceTrackIndex, merged.kind],
-    [1, 7, 0, "sidecar"],
-    "the address a player uses stays"
-  );
-});
-
-// ---- What the link is asked, and how a track is produced ----
-
-test("a copied soundtrack weighs its codec's bound, else its stated rate, else nothing", () => {
-  assert.deepEqual(soundtrackLoadOf({ peakKbps: 576, bitrateKbps: 128 }, false), { mbps: 0.576, peakClass: PEAK_CLASS.KNOWN });
-  assert.deepEqual(soundtrackLoadOf({ peakKbps: null, bitrateKbps: 128 }, false), { mbps: 0.128, peakClass: PEAK_CLASS.ESTIMATED });
-  assert.deepEqual(soundtrackLoadOf({ peakKbps: null, bitrateKbps: null }, false), { mbps: null, peakClass: PEAK_CLASS.UNKNOWN });
-  assert.deepEqual(soundtrackLoadOf(null, false), { mbps: null, peakClass: PEAK_CLASS.UNKNOWN });
-});
-
-test("a re-encoded soundtrack weighs the rate it is asked for, as an estimate — ffmpeg's -b:a is a target", () => {
-  assert.deepEqual(
-    soundtrackLoadOf({ peakKbps: 576, bitrateKbps: 640 }, true),
-    { mbps: AUDIO_TRANSCODE_KBPS / 1000, peakClass: PEAK_CLASS.ESTIMATED }
-  );
-  assert.equal(soundtrackLoadOf({ peakKbps: 576 }, null), null, "no sound, no part");
-});
-
-test("the field case: a dub with no stated rate on an 80 Mbit/s link is now re-encoded and fits", () => {
-  // 2026-10-01, Drifters 06: picture 3.186 Mbit/s copied, the `Rus Sound` .mka
-  // stating nothing. Copied, nothing can be compared; re-encoded, it can.
-  const dub = { peakKbps: null, bitrateKbps: null };
-  const picture = { mbps: 3.186, peakClass: PEAK_CLASS.ESTIMATED };
-
-  const copied = linkCouldCarry(80.57, loadOf(picture, soundtrackLoadOf(dub, false)));
-  assert.equal(copied.verdict, LINK_VERDICT.NO_SAFE_BOUND);
-
-  const mode = chooseSoundtrackMode({ entry: dub, browserPlays: true, transcodeAllowed: true });
-  assert.equal(mode.transcode, true);
-  assert.equal(mode.cause, SOUNDTRACK_MODE_CAUSE.NO_FIGURE);
-  const sent = linkCouldCarry(80.57, loadOf(picture, soundtrackLoadOf(dub, mode.transcode)));
-  assert.equal(sent.admitted, true);
-  assert.equal(sent.verdict, LINK_VERDICT.ESTIMATED_TO_FIT);
-});
-
-test("a track's mode follows from what the browser plays, whether it has a figure, and whether re-encoding is allowed", () => {
-  const stated = { bitrateKbps: 128 };
-  const bounded = { peakKbps: 576 };
-  const silent = {};
-  const mode = (entry, browserPlays, transcodeAllowed = true) =>
-    chooseSoundtrackMode({ entry, browserPlays, transcodeAllowed });
-
-  assert.deepEqual(mode(stated, true), { transcode: false, cause: SOUNDTRACK_MODE_CAUSE.COPY });
-  assert.deepEqual(mode(bounded, true), { transcode: false, cause: SOUNDTRACK_MODE_CAUSE.COPY });
-  assert.deepEqual(mode(silent, true), { transcode: true, cause: SOUNDTRACK_MODE_CAUSE.NO_FIGURE });
-  assert.deepEqual(mode(stated, false), { transcode: true, cause: SOUNDTRACK_MODE_CAUSE.UNPLAYABLE });
-  assert.deepEqual(mode(silent, true, false), { transcode: false, cause: SOUNDTRACK_MODE_CAUSE.COPY_WITHOUT_FIGURE });
-  assert.deepEqual(mode(stated, false, false), { transcode: null, cause: SOUNDTRACK_MODE_CAUSE.CANNOT_SERVE });
-});
-
-test("a refusal with no figure names the part that has none", () => {
-  const picture = { mbps: null, peakClass: PEAK_CLASS.UNKNOWN };
-  const sound = { mbps: null, peakClass: PEAK_CLASS.UNKNOWN };
-  const known = { mbps: 1, peakClass: PEAK_CLASS.KNOWN };
-
-  assert.match(linkRefusalReason(linkCouldCarry(50, loadOf(known, sound)), "too big"), /how much the soundtrack would send/);
-  assert.match(linkRefusalReason(linkCouldCarry(50, loadOf(picture, known)), "too big"), /how much the picture would send/);
-  assert.match(linkRefusalReason(linkCouldCarry(50, loadOf(picture, sound)), "too big"), /the picture or the soundtrack/);
-  assert.equal(linkRefusalReason(linkCouldCarry(0.5, loadOf(known, known)), "too big"), "too big");
-});
+/**
+ * @file The most a soundtrack's codec allows it to carry, how it is read from
+ * the containers, how a later reading is merged, and how the mode a track is
+ * produced in is chosen from it.
+ *
+ * Plain values and buffers built here: no process, no torrent, no file on disk.
+ */
+
+import test from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import {
+  codecParametersOf,
+  parseAudioSpecificConfig,
+  peakKbpsOf
+} from "../services/media/tracks/audio-bound.js";
+import { AudioTrack } from "../services/media/tracks/AudioTrack.js";
+import { Mp4Container } from "../services/media/container/Mp4Container.js";
+import { Container } from "../services/media/container/Container.js";
+import { buildAudioInventory, mergeInventoryEntry } from "../services/media/audio-inventory.js";
+import {
+  chooseSoundtrackMode,
+  LINK_VERDICT,
+  linkCouldCarry,
+  linkRefusalReason,
+  loadOf,
+  PEAK_CLASS,
+  SOUNDTRACK_MODE_CAUSE,
+  soundtrackLoadOf
+} from "../services/encode/quality/link-budget.js";
+import { AUDIO_TRANSCODE_KBPS } from "../services/encode/args.js";
+
+// AudioSpecificConfig, ISO/IEC 14496-3 §1.6.2.1: objectType(5) frequencyIndex(4)
+// channelConfiguration(4) then, for AAC-LC, frameLengthFlag(1) dependsOnCoreCoder(1)
+// extensionFlag(1).
+const LC_48K_STEREO = Buffer.from([0x11, 0x90]);
+const LC_44K_STEREO = Buffer.from([0x12, 0x10]);
+const LC_48K_SIX = Buffer.from([0x11, 0xb0]);
+const LC_48K_STEREO_960 = Buffer.from([0x11, 0x94]);
+// objectType 5 (SBR) signalled explicitly: HE-AAC, which has no confirmed bound here.
+const HE_AAC = Buffer.from([0x2b, 0x92, 0x08, 0x00]);
+
+const aacParams = (bytes) => codecParametersOf({ codec: "aac", codecPrivateB64: bytes.toString("base64") });
+
+test("an AudioSpecificConfig gives its object type, frequency, channels and frame length", () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(parseAudioSpecificConfig(LC_48K_STEREO), { objectType: 2, sampleRate: 48000, channels: 2, frameLength: 1024 });
+  assert.deepEqual(parseAudioSpecificConfig(LC_44K_STEREO), { objectType: 2, sampleRate: 44100, channels: 2, frameLength: 1024 });
+  assert.equal(parseAudioSpecificConfig(LC_48K_STEREO_960).frameLength, 960);
+  assert.equal(parseAudioSpecificConfig(LC_48K_SIX).channels, 6);
+  assert.equal(parseAudioSpecificConfig(HE_AAC).objectType, 5);
+  assert.equal(parseAudioSpecificConfig(Buffer.from([0x11])), null, "too short to be a config");
+});
+
+test("AAC-LC with 1024-sample frames is bounded at 6144 bits per channel per frame", () => {
+  assert.equal(peakKbpsOf(aacParams(LC_48K_STEREO)), 576);
+  assert.equal(peakKbpsOf(aacParams(LC_44K_STEREO)), 529.2);
+  assert.equal(peakKbpsOf(aacParams(LC_48K_SIX)), 1728, "every channel the config states");
+});
+
+test("an AAC configuration no source confirms a bound for has none", () => {
+  assert.equal(peakKbpsOf(aacParams(LC_48K_STEREO_960)), null, "960-sample frames");
+  assert.equal(peakKbpsOf(aacParams(HE_AAC)), null, "explicit HE-AAC");
+  assert.equal(peakKbpsOf(codecParametersOf({ codec: "aac" })), null, "no config at all");
+});
+
+test("AC-3 is bounded by the largest syncframe of A/52 Table 5.18", () => {
+  assert.equal(peakKbpsOf(codecParametersOf({ codec: "ac3", samplingFrequency: 48000 })), 640);
+  assert.equal(peakKbpsOf(codecParametersOf({ codec: "ac3", samplingFrequency: 44100 })), 640.36875);
+  assert.equal(peakKbpsOf(codecParametersOf({ codec: "ac3" })), 640.36875, "with no frequency, the largest of the three");
+});
+
+test("codecs with no confirmed bound give none", () => {
+  for (const codec of ["opus", "mp3", "eac3", "dts", "flac", "vorbis"]) {
+    assert.equal(peakKbpsOf(codecParametersOf({ codec, channels: 2, samplingFrequency: 48000 })), null, codec);
+  }
+});
+
+test("a Matroska audio track takes its bound from its own CodecPrivate, not the container's channel count", () => {
+  const track = new AudioTrack({
+    trackNumber: 2,
+    declaredIndex: 0,
+    codecId: "A_AAC",
+    codecPrivateB64: LC_48K_STEREO.toString("base64"),
+    // What a Matroska Audio element may state for an HE-AAC stream's output,
+    // or simply get wrong; the config is what a frame is.
+    channels: 6,
+    samplingFrequency: 96000
+  });
+  assert.equal(track.peakKbps, 576);
+  assert.equal(track.codecParameters.channels, 2);
+});
+
+// ---- MP4: the AudioSpecificConfig inside `esds` ----
+
+function box(type, payload) {
+  const header = Buffer.alloc(8);
+  header.writeUInt32BE(payload.length + 8, 0);
+  header.write(type, 4, "latin1");
+  return Buffer.concat([header, payload]);
+}
+
+function fullBox(type, payload) {
+  return box(type, Buffer.concat([Buffer.from([0, 0, 0, 0]), payload]));
+}
+
+function u32(...values) {
+  const buffer = Buffer.alloc(values.length * 4);
+  values.forEach((value, index) => buffer.writeUInt32BE(value, index * 4));
+  return buffer;
+}
+
+function descriptor(tag, payload) {
+  return Buffer.concat([Buffer.from([tag, payload.length]), payload]);
+}
+
+function mp4WithAac(config) {
+  const decoderSpecificInfo = descriptor(0x05, config);
+  const decoderConfig = descriptor(0x04, Buffer.concat([
+    Buffer.from([0x40, 0x15, 0, 0, 0]), u32(0, 0), decoderSpecificInfo
+  ]));
+  const esDescriptor = descriptor(0x03, Buffer.concat([Buffer.from([0, 1, 0]), decoderConfig]));
+  const esds = fullBox("esds", esDescriptor);
+  const entry = Buffer.alloc(28);
+  entry.writeUInt16BE(1, 6); // data_reference_index
+  entry.writeUInt16BE(2, 16); // channelcount
+  entry.writeUInt16BE(16, 18); // samplesize
+  entry.writeUInt32BE(48000 * 65536, 24); // samplerate, 16.16
+  const mp4a = box("mp4a", Buffer.concat([entry, esds]));
+  const stsd = fullBox("stsd", Buffer.concat([u32(1), mp4a]));
+  const trak = box("trak", Buffer.concat([
+    fullBox("tkhd", Buffer.concat([u32(0, 0, 1, 0, 0), Buffer.alloc(60)])),
+    box("mdia", Buffer.concat([
+      fullBox("mdhd", Buffer.concat([u32(0, 0, 48000, 48000), Buffer.from([0x15, 0xc7, 0, 0])])),
+      fullBox("hdlr", Buffer.concat([u32(0), Buffer.from("soun", "latin1"), u32(0, 0, 0)])),
+      box("minf", box("stbl", stsd))
+    ]))
+  ]));
+  // tkhd flag "enabled" so the track is offered.
+  const tkhd = trak.indexOf("tkhd", 0, "latin1");
+  trak[tkhd + 7] = 1;
+  const ftyp = box("ftyp", Buffer.from("isom\0\0\0\0isom", "latin1"));
+  return Buffer.concat([ftyp, box("moov", trak), box("mdat", Buffer.alloc(4))]);
+}
+
+test("an MP4 soundtrack's AudioSpecificConfig is read out of its esds", async () => {
+  const file = mp4WithAac(LC_48K_STEREO);
+  const container = new Mp4Container({
+    readRange: async (start, end) => file.subarray(start, Math.min(end, file.length - 1) + 1),
+    fileSize: file.length
+  });
+
+  const tracks = await container.readTracks();
+  const audio = tracks.find((track) => track.type === "audio");
+
+  assert.ok(audio, "the sound track is read");
+  assert.equal(audio.codecId, "mp4a");
+  assert.equal(audio.codecPrivateB64, LC_48K_STEREO.toString("base64"));
+  assert.equal(audio.channels, 2);
+  assert.equal(audio.samplingFrequency, 48000);
+  assert.equal(audio.peakKbps, 576);
+});
+
+// ---- The inventory, and what a later reading adds ----
+
+test("the bound travels from the container through the merge into the inventory", () => {
+  const declared = new AudioTrack({
+    trackNumber: 2, declaredIndex: 0, codecId: "A_AAC", codecPrivateB64: LC_48K_STEREO.toString("base64"), language: "jpn"
+  });
+  const merged = Container.mergeAudioFlags([{ index: 0, language: "jpn", codec: "aac", bitrateKbps: 128 }], [declared]);
+  const [entry] = buildAudioInventory({ embedded: merged.tracks, videoFileIndex: 0, sidecars: [] });
+
+  assert.equal(entry.peakKbps, 576);
+  assert.equal(entry.bitrateKbps, 128, "the stated average stays beside it");
+});
+
+const entryWith = (codecParameters, extra = {}) => ({
+  index: 1,
+  fileIndex: 7,
+  sourceTrackIndex: 0,
+  kind: "sidecar",
+  language: "rus",
+  codecParameters,
+  peakKbps: peakKbpsOf(codecParameters),
+  ...extra
+});
+
+test("a later reading that says less keeps the bound already established", () => {
+  const known = entryWith(aacParams(LC_48K_STEREO));
+  const partial = entryWith({ codec: "aac", objectType: null, frameLength: null, channels: null, sampleRate: null }, { language: "" });
+
+  const merged = mergeInventoryEntry(known, partial);
+
+  assert.equal(merged.peakKbps, 576);
+  assert.equal(merged.language, "rus", "an empty field of the new reading does not erase the old value");
+});
+
+test("a later reading that contradicts the known configuration withdraws the bound", () => {
+  const known = entryWith(aacParams(LC_48K_STEREO));
+  const contradicting = entryWith({ codec: "aac", objectType: null, frameLength: null, channels: null, sampleRate: 44100 });
+
+  const merged = mergeInventoryEntry(known, contradicting);
+
+  assert.equal(merged.codecParameters, null);
+  assert.equal(merged.peakKbps, null);
+});
+
+test("a complete reading that contradicts the known one establishes neither, and the next complete one stands", () => {
+  const known = entryWith(aacParams(LC_48K_STEREO));
+  const other = entryWith(aacParams(LC_44K_STEREO));
+
+  const contradicted = mergeInventoryEntry(known, other);
+  assert.equal(contradicted.peakKbps, null, "two readings that disagree establish neither");
+
+  const settled = mergeInventoryEntry(contradicted, other);
+  assert.equal(settled.peakKbps, 529.2);
+});
+
+test("a complete reading that agrees replaces the configuration whole, and never moves the track", () => {
+  const known = entryWith({ codec: "aac", objectType: 2, frameLength: null, channels: 2, sampleRate: 48000 });
+  const complete = { ...entryWith(aacParams(LC_48K_STEREO)), index: 99, fileIndex: 99, sourceTrackIndex: 99, kind: "embedded" };
+
+  const merged = mergeInventoryEntry(known, complete);
+
+  assert.equal(merged.peakKbps, 576);
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    [merged.index, merged.fileIndex, merged.sourceTrackIndex, merged.kind],
+    [1, 7, 0, "sidecar"],
+    "the address a player uses stays"
+  );
+});
+
+// ---- What the link is asked, and how a track is produced ----
+
+test("a copied soundtrack weighs its codec's bound, else its stated rate, else nothing", () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(soundtrackLoadOf({ peakKbps: 576, bitrateKbps: 128 }, false), { mbps: 0.576, peakClass: PEAK_CLASS.KNOWN });
+  assert.deepEqual(soundtrackLoadOf({ peakKbps: null, bitrateKbps: 128 }, false), { mbps: 0.128, peakClass: PEAK_CLASS.ESTIMATED });
+  assert.deepEqual(soundtrackLoadOf({ peakKbps: null, bitrateKbps: null }, false), { mbps: null, peakClass: PEAK_CLASS.UNKNOWN });
+  assert.deepEqual(soundtrackLoadOf(null, false), { mbps: null, peakClass: PEAK_CLASS.UNKNOWN });
+});
+
+test("a re-encoded soundtrack weighs the rate it is asked for, as an estimate — ffmpeg's -b:a is a target", () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    soundtrackLoadOf({ peakKbps: 576, bitrateKbps: 640 }, true),
+    { mbps: AUDIO_TRANSCODE_KBPS / 1000, peakClass: PEAK_CLASS.ESTIMATED }
+  );
+  assert.equal(soundtrackLoadOf({ peakKbps: 576 }, null), null, "no sound, no part");
+});
+
+test("the field case: a dub with no stated rate on an 80 Mbit/s link is now re-encoded and fits", () => {
+  // 2026-10-01, Drifters 06: picture 3.186 Mbit/s copied, the `Rus Sound` .mka
+  // stating nothing. Copied, nothing can be compared; re-encoded, it can.
+  const dub = { peakKbps: null, bitrateKbps: null };
+  const picture = { mbps: 3.186, peakClass: PEAK_CLASS.ESTIMATED };
+
+  const copied = linkCouldCarry(80.57, loadOf(picture, soundtrackLoadOf(dub, false)));
+  assert.equal(copied.verdict, LINK_VERDICT.NO_SAFE_BOUND);
+
+  const mode = chooseSoundtrackMode({ entry: dub, browserPlays: true, transcodeAllowed: true });
+  assert.equal(mode.transcode, true);
+  assert.equal(mode.cause, SOUNDTRACK_MODE_CAUSE.NO_FIGURE);
+  const sent = linkCouldCarry(80.57, loadOf(picture, soundtrackLoadOf(dub, mode.transcode)));
+  assert.equal(sent.admitted, true);
+  assert.equal(sent.verdict, LINK_VERDICT.ESTIMATED_TO_FIT);
+});
+
+test("a track's mode follows from what the browser plays, whether it has a figure, and whether re-encoding is allowed", () => {
+  const stated = { bitrateKbps: 128 };
+  const bounded = { peakKbps: 576 };
+  const silent = {};
+  const mode = (entry, browserPlays, transcodeAllowed = true) =>
+    chooseSoundtrackMode({ entry, browserPlays, transcodeAllowed });
+
+  assert.deepEqual(mode(stated, true), { transcode: false, cause: SOUNDTRACK_MODE_CAUSE.COPY });
+  assert.deepEqual(mode(bounded, true), { transcode: false, cause: SOUNDTRACK_MODE_CAUSE.COPY });
+  assert.deepEqual(mode(silent, true), { transcode: true, cause: SOUNDTRACK_MODE_CAUSE.NO_FIGURE });
+  assert.deepEqual(mode(stated, false), { transcode: true, cause: SOUNDTRACK_MODE_CAUSE.UNPLAYABLE });
+  assert.deepEqual(mode(silent, true, false), { transcode: false, cause: SOUNDTRACK_MODE_CAUSE.COPY_WITHOUT_FIGURE });
+  assert.deepEqual(mode(stated, false, false), { transcode: null, cause: SOUNDTRACK_MODE_CAUSE.CANNOT_SERVE });
+});
+
+test("a refusal with no figure names the part that has none", () => {
+  const picture = { mbps: null, peakClass: PEAK_CLASS.UNKNOWN };
+  const sound = { mbps: null, peakClass: PEAK_CLASS.UNKNOWN };
+  const known = { mbps: 1, peakClass: PEAK_CLASS.KNOWN };
+
+  assert.match(linkRefusalReason(linkCouldCarry(50, loadOf(known, sound)), "too big"), /how much the soundtrack would send/);
+  assert.match(linkRefusalReason(linkCouldCarry(50, loadOf(picture, known)), "too big"), /how much the picture would send/);
+  assert.match(linkRefusalReason(linkCouldCarry(50, loadOf(picture, sound)), "too big"), /the picture or the soundtrack/);
+  assert.equal(linkRefusalReason(linkCouldCarry(0.5, loadOf(known, known)), "too big"), "too big");
+});