Sidecars now spawn at recorder CREATE time instead of /start time.
The container boots in STANDBY=1 mode (idle preview only, no ffmpeg master).
On /start, mam-api sends per-session params (CLIP_NAME, ASSET_ID, PROJECT_ID)
to the running sidecar via HTTP POST /capture/start — ffmpeg starts in <1s.
On /stop, mam-api calls HTTP POST /capture/stop — container stays alive in
standby, ready for the next take immediately.
Container is only killed on recorder DELETE.
This eliminates: Docker create/start overhead (~1-2s), bridge startup (~2-5s),
and pre-roll wait (~5s). Latency from 'record' click to first encoded frame
drops from ~10s to ~1s.
Changes:
- capture/src/index.js: boot in standby when STANDBY=1 env is set; still
start idle preview (live thumbnail visible before recording)
- capture/src/routes/capture.js: POST /start accepts full codec params and
asset_id in body (skips mam-api asset creation when asset_id provided)
- node-agent/index.js: handleSidecarStandby() + POST /sidecar/standby route;
warms bridge at recorder create time
- recorders.js POST /: spawn standby sidecar after DB insert (non-fatal)
- recorders.js POST /:id/start: HTTP fast-path to standby sidecar; falls
back to on-demand spawn if standby not available
- recorders.js POST /:id/stop: HTTP /capture/stop, keep container in standby
- recorders.js GET /:id/status: use port-based URL for local capture status
ROOT CAUSE of 'connecting' hangs and intermittent port failures:
The DELTA-12G-e-h 8c is a bidirectional card. Without calling
VHD_SetBiDirCfg(board_index, VHD_BIDIR_80) before streaming, the
board remains in its default bi-dir config (likely 4RX/4TX) — so
RX stream opens fail with VHDERR_RESOURCEUNAVAILABLE on channels
configured as TX, causing random 'connecting' hangs per the SDK docs.
Per SDK Tools.cpp SetNbChannels() pattern:
1. Open temporary board handle
2. Check IS_BIDIR + channel counts
3. Call VHD_SetBiDirCfg(board_index, VHD_BIDIR_80) for 8ch bidir
4. Close temp handle, then open real board handle for streaming
Also add VHD_SetChannelProperty(VHD_CHANNEL_MODE_SDI) for ASI-type
channels per Sample_RX.cpp — required for 12G-ASI/3G-ASI channel
types to correctly detect incoming video standard.
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Parse the recorder's SOURCE_CONFIG JSON in the bootstrap and pass the deltacast
capture channel (`port`) and optional `board` into captureManager.start(), so a
recorder can select which of the board's 8 channels to capture.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Root cause: MXF OP1a writes its index/duration only in the footer partition
on finalize, so a growing MXF has no footer and VLC/Premiere/ffmpeg-strict
refuse it ("Unable to open file on disk"). Separately the proxy job pointed
at a .mov S3 key that never existed (promotion worker watched a local empty
disk, not the SMB share), so stop -> instant proxy failure.
Fix: growing master is now MPEG-TS (H.264 high422 all-intra + AAC), which is
readable from the first PAT/PMT while still growing (verified mid-write decode).
hiresKey derives from the actual produced extension. Capture skips finalize for
growing recorders (leaves asset live for promotion). Promotion worker CIFS-
mounts the same growing_smb share before scanning; worker image gets cifs-utils
and worker-p4 runs privileged (local /growing bind removed). /live-path uses .ts.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Stuck-live fix: capture sidecar now finalises the pre-created live asset by id (new POST /assets/:id/finalize) instead of POSTing a new asset (409 collision); node-agent gives the sidecar a 180s stop grace so the S3 upload + callback complete; node-agent logs sidecar start/stop for diagnostics.
Live SDI monitor: HLS preview is now a 2nd output of the hires ffmpeg (single DeckLink read, split to ProRes/S3 + H.264/HLS); node-agent serves /live over HTTP; mam-api proxies GET /recorders/:id/live/* to the recorder node; web-ui HlsPreview loads from the proxied URL.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- capture/src/index.js: read MAM_API_TOKEN from env; include
Authorization: Bearer header in shutdown callback fetches to mam-api
(POST /assets and POST /assets/:id/mark-empty). Without this, mam-api
AUTH_ENABLED=true rejects the callback with 401, leaving assets stuck in live
- recorders.js: pass MAM_API_TOKEN=${CAPTURE_TOKEN} in sidecar env so the
capture container receives the token at boot
- api_tokens: inserted capture-sidecar token (unbound, prefix b3d3d3c4)
Proxy failures ("moov atom not found"):
- root cause: failed/aborted SRT/RTMP recordings still uploaded 0-byte
(or ftyp-only ~1KB) objects to S3, which ffmpeg can't probe
- worker proxy.js now bails on inputs < 4 KiB with a clear message
before handing the file to ffmpeg
- capture-manager.stop() returns framesReceived + empty flag
- capture shutdown handler skips POST /assets entirely on empty
sessions, instead calls new POST /assets/:id/mark-empty to flip
the pre-created live asset to 'error' with a note
Library asset right-click menu:
- new AssetContextMenu component on screens-library.jsx; right-click
any asset in grid or list view to open
- actions: Open, Rename, Move to bin (lists up to 10 bins), Remove
from bin, Copy asset ID, Delete permanently (hard=true)
- viewport-aware positioning (won't clip past window edges)
- dismisses on outside click / contextmenu / scroll
- Library now refreshes via /assets after mutations; normalizeAsset
exposed on window so the re-fetch shape matches boot
- ctx-menu styles in styles-rest.css
While a recorder is running, the capture container tees an HLS
stream into /live/<assetId>/ alongside the ProRes master upload.
The asset row is pre-created at recorder start with status='live'
so the clip appears in the library immediately. /api/v1/assets/:id/stream
returns the HLS playlist URL until recording stops, then proxy.
* docker-compose: shared wild-dragon-live mount on api/capture/web-ui
* migration 001-add-live-status: idempotent ALTER TYPE for asset_status
* mam-api: runMigrations() on boot; recorders.js pre-creates live asset
+ passes ASSET_ID; assets.js POST upserts on existing live row instead
of inserting a duplicate, and stream route returns HLS for live assets
* capture: parallel HLS ffmpeg into /live/<assetId>/; ASSET_ID env
* web-ui: nginx serves /live/, preview.js loads hls.js, LIVE badge added
