voxflow 1.18.0 → 1.18.2

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 +14,33 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 
 let _resolvedFfmpegPath = null;
 
+/**
+ * Resolve the bundled `ffmpeg-static` binary path.
+ *
+ * ffmpeg-static is marked external in our ncc build (see package.json
+ * `build` script: `-e ffmpeg-static`), so at runtime `require('ffmpeg-static')`
+ * goes through Node's actual module resolution algorithm rather than the
+ * bundled-module map. That matters because ffmpeg-static's index.js computes
+ * its binary path with `path.join(__dirname, ...)` — and only when the module
+ * is loaded by the real Node loader does `__dirname` resolve to the actual
+ * package directory (e.g. `<install>/voxflow/node_modules/ffmpeg-static/`).
+ *
+ * If we let ncc inline ffmpeg-static, `__dirname` collapses to the bundle's
+ * own directory and the returned path points at a file that does not exist.
+ * Worse, `require.resolve(...)` inside an ncc bundle is rewritten to return
+ * a numeric module ID, so it cannot be used to recover the real package
+ * directory. The only robust fix is keeping ffmpeg-static external.
+ *
+ * Returns: a binary path that exists, or null when ffmpeg-static is not
+ *          installed at all.
+ */
+function resolveFfmpegStaticBin() {
+  let p = null;
+  try { p = require('ffmpeg-static'); } catch { /* not installed */ }
+  if (p && fs.existsSync(p)) return p;
+  return null;
+}
+
 /**
  * Resolve the ffmpeg binary path. Priority:
  *   1. System `ffmpeg` on PATH
@@ -30,13 +57,11 @@ 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 +561,6 @@ 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": "1.18.2",
   "description": "AI audio content creation CLI — stories, podcasts, narration, dubbing, transcription, translation, and video translation with TTS",
   "bin": {
     "voxflow": "./dist/index.js"
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     "voxflow"
   ],
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "ncc build bin/voxflow.js -o dist --minify -e @remotion/renderer && rm -rf dist/cli && node scripts/check-no-asset-rewrite.js",
+    "build": "ncc build bin/voxflow.js -o dist --minify -e @remotion/renderer -e ffmpeg-static && rm -rf dist/cli && node scripts/check-no-asset-rewrite.js",
     "build:bundle": "node scripts/build-bundle.mjs",
     "prepublishOnly": "npm run build:bundle && npm run build",
     "lint": "eslint lib/ bin/ tests/",

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

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "voxflow",
-  "version": "1.18.0",
+  "version": "1.18.2",
   "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",