ffmpeg-skill 1.5.1 → 1.5.2

package/SKILL.md

@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ commands work with `talk.wav` in place of `talk.mp4`. What changes:
 
 ## Report format
 
-Reply in the language the user wrote their request in — a Japanese request gets a Japanese report, English gets English, Chinese gets Chinese, and so on for any other language. Keep the shape below and the field labels (`Done:`, `Steps:`, `Check:`, `Look:`, `Notes:`) in English (they read like log fields, not prose, and stay recognisable across languages); the sentences around them, any question asked, and any explanation of a judgement call are in the user's language. Never default to English because the tool names and flags happen to be English. A mid-conversation language switch follows the user's latest message, not the first one.
+Reply in the language the user wrote their request in — a Japanese request gets a Japanese report, English gets English, Chinese gets Chinese, and so on for any other language. Keep the shape below and the field labels (`Done:`, `Steps:`, `Check:`, `Look:`, `Notes:`) in English (they read like log fields, not prose, and stay recognisable across languages); the sentences around them, any question asked, and any explanation of a judgement call are in the user's language. Never default to English because the tool names and flags happen to be English. A mid-conversation language switch follows the user's latest message, not the first one. This holds for a one-command job too: a three-second audio trim answered with English labels, numbers and one Japanese word in `Notes:` is an English report; the `Done:` line's own description (what was cut, from where) and `Steps:` are written in the user's language even when the values are technical.
 
 Finish every job with this shape (numbers from `probe.py`/`check.py`, not memory):
 

package/docs/contract.md

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ The contract is derived from the code that runs, not maintained beside it:
 | Field | Meaning | Changes when |
 |---|---|---|
 | `contract_version` | shape of this document (`1.0`) | a key is renamed, removed or changes meaning |
-| `skill.version` | the npm / package.json version (`1.5.1`) | any release |
+| `skill.version` | the npm / package.json version (`1.5.2`) | any release |
 
 A release that adds a tool or a flag keeps `contract_version`; a breaking change to the
 ToolSpec shape bumps it. Consumers pin on `contract_version` and read `skill.version`
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ on, the line says so.
 ```json
 {
   "contract_version": "1.0",
-  "skill": {"id": "ffmpeg-skill", "version": "1.5.1", "execution_mode": "local", "kind": "execution",
+  "skill": {"id": "ffmpeg-skill", "version": "1.5.2", "execution_mode": "local", "kind": "execution",
             "entrypoints": {"cli": "...", "mcp": "...", "contract": "...", "doctor": "..."},
             "not_provided": ["AI reasoning", "decisions", "production plans", "project IR", "approvals", "network access", "transcription engine"]},
   "requirements": {"python": ">=3.9 (standard library only)", "ffmpeg": ">=5.0", "ffprobe": ">=5.0"},

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ffmpeg-skill",
-  "version": "1.5.1",
+  "version": "1.5.2",
   "description": "Agent Skill that gives coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex) a local video editor: 42 FFmpeg tools with a machine-readable contract, contract-derived MCP server, FFmpeg capability detection, probe-first / verify-last workflow. Cut, join, silence removal, fit, captions and karaoke, overlays, motion graphics, HDR to SDR, LUTs, audio clean-up and typed dynamics, sync with drift correction, multicam, loudness, delivery checks, project rendering, batch. No API keys, no cloud, no dependencies.",
   "keywords": [
     "ffmpeg",

package/references/scripts.md

@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ keyframes, instant, lossless); if the snapped result deviates more than
 `--tolerance` (0.5 s) from the request, that segment is re-encoded automatically
 (x264 CRF 18). `--accurate` always re-encodes; `--tolerance -1` never does.
 Multiple segments are concatenated in the order given. stderr reports whether
-the result was "lossless stream copy" or "re-encoded".
+the result was "lossless stream copy" or "re-encoded"; when the snap forced a
+re-encode, the result's `lossless_alternative` names the nearest keyframe
+`--start` that would stream-copy instead, so the trade can be offered.
 
 ### fit.py — target duration and/or aspect, rotate/flip
 ```
@@ -534,6 +536,9 @@ playing. `--video` composites a second video as a picture-in-picture layer
 input's audio is kept, the PiP layer's own audio is dropped. `--chromakey`
 (with `--video`) keys out that colour first for green-screen compositing.
 
+`--fade S` fades the overlay in at `--start` (or 0); the fade-out happens
+only at `--end`, so a logo with no `--end` stays to the last frame.
+
 ### sync.py — offset detection, alignment, drift correction
 ```
 sync.py REFERENCE SECOND [--json] [--max-offset 30] [--analyze-seconds 120] [--fix-drift [--drift-window 60]]
@@ -629,7 +634,11 @@ export.py INPUT --preset youtube|youtube4k|reels|x|prores|h265|gif [--fit pad|cr
 export.py --list
 ```
 Scales into the preset frame (pad by default), tags BT.709, sets `+faststart`,
-trims to platform maximums (Reels 90 s, X 140 s) unless `--allow-long`.
+trims to platform maximums (Reels 90 s, X 140 s) unless `--allow-long`. It
+does not touch levels: for youtube / youtube4k / reels / x the written file is
+measured and the result's `loudness` (and a `notes` line) says when it is
+outside the platform's LUFS / true-peak spec, naming the `loudness.py` call
+that fixes it -- plan that pass instead of discovering it from `check.py`.
 
 ### proxy.py — low-bitrate proxy for analysis/preview
 ```

package/scripts/_contract.py

@@ -181,7 +181,8 @@ TOOL_META: Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]] = {
     "export": dict(role="execution", inputs=["video asset"], outputs=["delivery artifact in the preset's format"],
                    required=FF, optional=[{"capability": X264, "when": "preset youtube / youtube4k / reels / x"}, {"capability": AAC, "when": "preset youtube / youtube4k / reels / x / h265 (prores uses pcm_s16le, copy stream-copies, gif has no audio)"},
                                           {"capability": X265, "when": "preset h265"}, {"capability": "encoder:prores_ks", "when": "preset prores"},
-                                          {"capability": "filter:palettegen", "when": "preset gif"}, {"capability": "encoder:gif", "when": "preset gif"}, {"capability": "filter:boxblur", "when": "--pad-fill blur"}],
+                                          {"capability": "filter:palettegen", "when": "preset gif"}, {"capability": "encoder:gif", "when": "preset gif"}, {"capability": "filter:boxblur", "when": "--pad-fill blur"},
+                                          {"capability": "filter:loudnorm", "when": "preset youtube / youtube4k / reels / x with audio: the written file is measured against the platform's loudness target (result `loudness`)"}],
                    video_required=True, audio_only=False, visual=False, verify=["probe", "check"], produces_artifact=True, idempotency="content_equivalent", deterministic=True),
     "check": dict(role="verification", inputs=["media artifact"], outputs=["compliance rows JSON on stdout (no file)"],
                   required=["ffprobe"], optional=[{"capability": "ffmpeg", "when": "loudness rows (default)"}, {"capability": "filter:loudnorm", "when": "loudness rows (default)"}],
@@ -392,6 +393,9 @@ def output_schema(name: str, meta: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         extra = {"results": {"type": "array"}, "processed": {"type": "integer"}, "total": {"type": "integer"}}
     elif name == "report":
         extra = {"report": {"type": "string"}, "check": {"type": ["object", "null"]}}
+    elif name == "export":
+        extra = {"loudness": {"type": "object", "description": "platform presets with audio: the written file's lufs/tp against the platform's target_lufs/target_tp, ok true when inside the spec"},
+                 "notes": {"type": "array", "items": {"type": "string"}}}
     elif name == "loudness":
         extra = {"measured": {"type": "object", "description": "--measure-only prints the loudnorm measurement instead (input_i, input_tp, input_lra, input_thresh, target_offset)"}}
     elif name == "cut":
@@ -399,7 +403,8 @@ def output_schema(name: str, meta: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
                  "duration_error_ms": {"type": ["number", "null"], "description": "written minus requested, measured by ffprobe (null under --dry-run)"},
                  "precision": {"enum": ["packet", "sample", "codec_frame", "frame"],
                                "description": "packet: stream copy on a packet/keyframe boundary; sample: decoded audio trimmed to the sample, lossless output; codec_frame: sample-trimmed then framed by a lossy encoder (priming delay adds to the length); frame: re-encoded video"},
-                 "reencoded": {"type": "boolean"}}
+                 "reencoded": {"type": "boolean"},
+                 "lossless_alternative": {"type": ["string", "null"], "description": "when a lossless cut re-encoded because of the keyframe snap: the --start that would stream-copy instead, and how far it is from the request"}}
     elif name == "join":
         extra = {"mode": {"enum": ["video", "audio"]}, "clips": {"type": "integer"}, "transition": {"type": "string"}, "expected_duration": {"type": "number"},
                  "sample_rate": {"type": "integer", "description": "audio mode only"}, "channels": {"type": "integer", "description": "audio mode only"},

package/scripts/cut.py

@@ -245,7 +245,11 @@ def main() -> int:
          requested_duration=round(expected, 6), output_duration=round(got, 6) if got is not None else None,
          duration_delta_seconds=round(error_ms / 1000, 6) if error_ms is not None else None,
          mode=mode, keyframe_snapped=keyframe_snapped,
-         nearest_keyframes=sorted(NEAREST_KEYFRAMES) if NEAREST_KEYFRAMES else None)
+         nearest_keyframes=sorted(NEAREST_KEYFRAMES) if NEAREST_KEYFRAMES else None,
+         # the trade the caller can offer instead of a re-encode (eval e02: "without losing quality")
+         lossless_alternative=(f"--start {min(NEAREST_KEYFRAMES, key=lambda k: abs(k - segments[0][0])):.3f} lands on a keyframe: "
+                               f"stream copy with no re-encode, {abs(min(NEAREST_KEYFRAMES, key=lambda k: abs(k - segments[0][0])) - segments[0][0]):.2f}s off the requested start")
+         if mode == "hybrid" and NEAREST_KEYFRAMES and len(segments) == 1 else None)
     return 0
 
 

package/scripts/export.py

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Dict, List
 
 from _common import STATE, add_common, apply_common, bt709_tag_args, emit, cfr_args, default_output, die, ffmpeg_base, info, probe, run, validate_color, pad_filters, add_pad_fill_args, fmt_secs
+from check import SPECS as PLATFORMS, measure_loudness
 PRESETS: Dict[str, Dict] = {
     "youtube": {"w": 1920, "h": 1080, "ext": "mp4", "video": ["-c:v", "libx264", "-preset", "slow", "-crf", "18", "-profile:v", "high", "-pix_fmt", "yuv420p"], "audio": ["-c:a", "aac", "-b:a", "192k", "-ar", "48000"], "max": None, "desc": "1080p H.264, AAC 192k"},
     "youtube4k": {"w": 3840, "h": 2160, "ext": "mp4", "video": ["-c:v", "libx264", "-preset", "slow", "-crf", "18", "-profile:v", "high", "-pix_fmt", "yuv420p"], "audio": ["-c:a", "aac", "-b:a", "192k", "-ar", "48000"], "max": None, "desc": "2160p H.264, AAC 192k"},
@@ -40,6 +41,10 @@ PRESETS: Dict[str, Dict] = {
 
 
 
+# which check.py platform a preset targets (its loudness spec is measured after the write)
+PLATFORM_OF = {"youtube": "youtube", "youtube4k": "youtube", "reels": "reels", "x": "x"}
+
+
 def main() -> int:
     ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__, formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)
     ap.add_argument("input", nargs="?")
@@ -123,7 +128,24 @@ def main() -> int:
     result = probe(output, role="output")
     v = result["video"]
     info(f"wrote {output} ({fmt_secs(result['duration'])}, {v['width']}x{v['height']}, {v['codec']})")
-    emit(output, **({"notes": notes} if notes else {}))
+    extra: Dict[str, object] = {}
+    platform = PLATFORM_OF.get(args.preset)
+    if platform and has_audio and not STATE.dry_run:
+        # Every eval run that exported for a platform then had to come back with loudness.py: the
+        # preset scales and tags but does not touch levels, and only check.py said so. Measure the
+        # written file here so the result names the gap and the caller plans one pass, not two.
+        spec = PLATFORMS[platform]
+        m = measure_loudness(output)
+        if m:
+            ok = abs(m["lufs"] - spec["lufs"]) <= spec["lufs_tol"] and m["tp"] <= spec["tp"]
+            extra["loudness"] = {"lufs": m["lufs"], "tp": m["tp"], "target_lufs": spec["lufs"], "target_tp": spec["tp"], "ok": ok}
+            if not ok:
+                notes.append(f"loudness {m['lufs']:.1f} LUFS / {m['tp']:+.1f} dBTP is outside {platform}'s {spec['lufs']:g} LUFS / {spec['tp']:g} dBTP; "
+                             f"run loudness.py -I {spec['lufs']:g} --tp {spec['tp']:g} on this file (or before export)")
+                info("warning: " + notes[-1])
+    if notes:
+        extra["notes"] = notes
+    emit(output, **extra)
     return 0
 
 

package/scripts/overlay.py

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def main() -> int:
     ap.add_argument("--margin", type=int, default=24, help="margin from the edges in px (default 24)")
     ap.add_argument("--start", help="show from this time (default: whole video)")
     ap.add_argument("--end", help="hide after this time")
-    ap.add_argument("--fade", type=float, default=0.0, help="fade in/out duration in seconds")
+    ap.add_argument("--fade", type=float, default=0.0, help="fade-in duration in seconds (at --start or 0); the fade-out happens only at --end")
     ap.add_argument("--opacity", type=float, default=1.0, help="0..1 (default 1)")
     img = ap.add_argument_group("image options")
     img.add_argument("--scale", type=int, help="scale the image to this width in px (keeps aspect)")
@@ -188,12 +188,13 @@ def main() -> int:
         if args.opacity < 1:
             chain.append(f"colorchannelmixer=aa={args.opacity:g}")
         if args.fade > 0:
-            # no --start/--end: fade in at 0 and out at the end of the video
+            # no --start: fade in at 0. The fade-out only exists when --end names a moment the
+            # overlay leaves; without --end it stays to the last frame ("fade in at the start" is
+            # the common ask, and a matching fade-out at the very end surprised every eval run)
             s = start if start is not None else 0.0
-            e = end if end is not None else (meta.get("duration") or 0.0)
             chain.append(f"fade=t=in:st={s:.3f}:d={args.fade:g}:alpha=1")
-            if e > args.fade:
-                chain.append(f"fade=t=out:st={e - args.fade:.3f}:d={args.fade:g}:alpha=1")
+            if end is not None and end > args.fade:
+                chain.append(f"fade=t=out:st={end - args.fade:.3f}:d={args.fade:g}:alpha=1")
         x, y = position_exprs(args.position, args.margin, text_mode=False)
         ov = f"overlay={x}:{y}:format=auto"
         if enable:
@@ -249,8 +250,7 @@ def main() -> int:
             opts.append(f"fontfile={escape_filter_path(args.font_file)}")
         else:
             opts.append(f"font='{escape_drawtext(args.font)}'")
-        alpha = alpha_expr(args.opacity, start if start is not None else (0.0 if args.fade > 0 else None),
-                           end if end is not None else ((meta.get("duration") or None) if args.fade > 0 else None), args.fade)
+        alpha = alpha_expr(args.opacity, start if start is not None else (0.0 if args.fade > 0 else None), end, args.fade)
         opts.append(f"fontcolor={args.font_color}")
         if alpha != "1":
             opts.append(f"alpha='{alpha}'")