voxflow 1.18.0 → 1.18.1

package/lib/commands/card-subtitle.js

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const path = require('path');
 const { execFile } = require('child_process');
 
 const { parseFlag } = require('../core/args');
-const { runCommand, checkFfmpeg } = require('../core/ffmpeg');
+const { runCommand, checkFfmpeg, resolveFfmpegStaticBin } = require('../core/ffmpeg');
 
 // ── ffmpeg binary capability probe ────────────────────────────────────────────
 
@@ -62,10 +62,14 @@ function probeSubtitlesCapableFfmpeg() {
 
     // 1. System ffmpeg via PATH (or whatever core/ffmpeg.js already resolved)
     tryBinary('ffmpeg', 'system', () => {
-      // 2. Bundled ffmpeg-static
-      let staticPath = null;
-      try { staticPath = require('ffmpeg-static'); } catch { /* not installed */ }
-      if (!staticPath || !fs.existsSync(staticPath)) {
+      // 2. Bundled ffmpeg-static.
+      // NOTE: cannot use `require('ffmpeg-static')` directly here — when this
+      // module is ncc-bundled into dist/index.js, ffmpeg-static's own
+      // `path.join(__dirname, ...)` collapses to the bundle's directory and
+      // returns a non-existent path. resolveFfmpegStaticBin() handles the
+      // ncc-safe recovery via require.resolve('ffmpeg-static/package.json').
+      const staticPath = resolveFfmpegStaticBin();
+      if (!staticPath) {
         return reject(new Error(
           'No ffmpeg with libass / `subtitles` filter found.\n' +
           '  System ffmpeg lacks libass (e.g. Homebrew default formula).\n' +

package/lib/core/ffmpeg.js

@@ -14,6 +14,43 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 
 let _resolvedFfmpegPath = null;
 
+/**
+ * Resolve the bundled `ffmpeg-static` binary path.
+ *
+ * Naively, `require('ffmpeg-static')` returns the path of its sibling `ffmpeg`
+ * binary. But ffmpeg-static's index.js uses `path.join(__dirname, ...)` to
+ * compute that path — and when we ncc-bundle this CLI into a single
+ * `dist/index.js`, `__dirname` inside the inlined ffmpeg-static module
+ * collapses to the *bundle*'s directory (`<install>/voxflow/dist/`), not its
+ * real `<install>/voxflow/node_modules/ffmpeg-static/` location. The returned
+ * string then points at a file that doesn't exist.
+ *
+ * Recovery: `require.resolve('ffmpeg-static/package.json')` honors Node's
+ * runtime module resolution (not the `__dirname` baked in at bundle time), so
+ * it finds the real package directory. The binary lives next to that
+ * package.json. This works in both source-mode (npm test) and ncc-bundled
+ * mode (the published CLI).
+ *
+ * Returns: a path string (may or may not exist; caller should fs.existsSync).
+ *          Or null when ffmpeg-static is not installed at all.
+ */
+function resolveFfmpegStaticBin() {
+  // 1. Naive path — works in source mode and any non-ncc context.
+  let direct = null;
+  try { direct = require('ffmpeg-static'); } catch { /* not installed */ }
+  if (direct && fs.existsSync(direct)) return direct;
+
+  // 2. ncc-safe recovery via package.json resolution.
+  try {
+    const pkgJson = require.resolve('ffmpeg-static/package.json');
+    const exe = process.platform === 'win32' ? 'ffmpeg.exe' : 'ffmpeg';
+    const recovered = path.join(path.dirname(pkgJson), exe);
+    if (fs.existsSync(recovered)) return recovered;
+  } catch { /* not installed */ }
+
+  return null;
+}
+
 /**
  * Resolve the ffmpeg binary path. Priority:
  *   1. System `ffmpeg` on PATH
@@ -30,13 +67,11 @@ function resolveFfmpegBin() {
   } catch { /* not on PATH */ }
 
   // Fall back to ffmpeg-static
-  try {
-    const staticPath = require('ffmpeg-static');
-    if (staticPath && fs.existsSync(staticPath)) {
-      _resolvedFfmpegPath = staticPath;
-      return _resolvedFfmpegPath;
-    }
-  } catch { /* not installed */ }
+  const staticPath = resolveFfmpegStaticBin();
+  if (staticPath) {
+    _resolvedFfmpegPath = staticPath;
+    return _resolvedFfmpegPath;
+  }
 
   // Nothing found — return 'ffmpeg' and let it fail with a helpful error
   _resolvedFfmpegPath = 'ffmpeg';
@@ -536,4 +571,6 @@ module.exports = {
   concatVideos,
   normalizeVideo,
   detectCjkFont,
+  // ffmpeg-static path resolution (used by card-subtitle's libass fallback)
+  resolveFfmpegStaticBin,
 };

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "voxflow",
-  "version": "1.18.0",
+  "version": "1.18.1",
   "description": "AI audio content creation CLI — stories, podcasts, narration, dubbing, transcription, translation, and video translation with TTS",
   "bin": {
     "voxflow": "./dist/index.js"

package/skills/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "voxflow",
-  "version": "1.18.0",
+  "version": "1.18.1",
   "description": "AI voice CLI bundled as 6 skills (hub, podcast, transcribe, video, slice, card). Synthesize speech in 200+ voices across 40+ languages, generate multi-speaker AI podcasts, transcribe audio/video with word-level timestamps, dub videos from SRT subtitles, run end-to-end video translation, turn long articles into vertical card video reels via Remotion, and turn text into polished shareable card images or narrated card videos. Backed by a hosted TTS/ASR/LLM/render service with per-user quota (free tier 10K/mo).",
   "author": {
     "name": "VoxFlow",