buzz-me-in 2.2.0-beta.0 → 2.2.0-beta.1

package/README.md

@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ The health endpoints are deliberately unauthenticated so systemd checks, uptime
 - Node.js >= 20
   - Runtime is tested on Node 20+.
   - Repo tooling/CI currently runs on Node 20, 22, and 24.
-- ffmpeg with libx264 and libopus: `sudo apt install ffmpeg`
+- ffmpeg >= 5.1 with libx264 and libopus: `sudo apt install ffmpeg`
+  - The 5.1 floor is the `-ch_layout` option used on the inbound audio pipeline. Debian 12 (bookworm) ships 5.1 and Raspberry Pi OS based on Debian 13 ships 7.1, so apt satisfies this on any currently supported release.
 
 ### Accounts and services
 

package/homekit.js

@@ -291,6 +291,10 @@ function _startSession(sessionID, s, request, callback) {
   // Input 0  – raw mulaw/8kHz from Twilio via stdin
   //   Let the raw audio demuxer derive PTS from sample count. Using wall-clock
   //   timestamps breaks when ffmpeg drains the buffered startup audio burst.
+  //   -ch_layout declares mono rather than -ac counting one channel: a count
+  //   leaves the layout unset, so the decoder guesses it and logs "Guessed
+  //   Channel Layout: mono" on every call. Our stderr handler is a warn, so
+  //   that guess looked like a fault in the journal. Needs ffmpeg >= 5.1.
   //
   // Input 1  – synthetic black video (lavfi color source)
   //   Generates H.264 Baseline/3.1 frames at 15 fps.
@@ -313,8 +317,8 @@ function _startSession(sessionID, s, request, callback) {
     'mulaw',
     '-ar',
     '8000',
-    '-ac',
-    '1',
+    '-ch_layout',
+    'mono',
     '-i',
     'pipe:0',
 

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "buzz-me-in",
-  "version": "2.2.0-beta.0",
+  "version": "2.2.0-beta.1",
   "description": "HomeKit-compatible apartment intercom via Twilio media streams",
   "main": "server.js",
   "bin": {