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fix(mac): preserve microphone audio in recordings and captions - #825
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In `@electron/ipc/captions/generate.ts`:
- Around line 127-145: The companion-audio candidate selection must pair the
embedded recording with the microphone sidecar when fallback paths include
videoPath but no .system. path. In the fallback handling around
getCompanionAudioFallbackInfo and pushCandidate, add the combined
videoPath/microphone candidate before microphone-only and recording-only
fallbacks, applying the microphone delay to the secondary input, and add
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| const companionAudio = await getCompanionAudioFallbackInfo(videoPath); | ||
| const companionPaths = companionAudio.candidatePaths ?? companionAudio.paths; | ||
| const systemPath = companionPaths.find((path) => path.toLowerCase().includes(".system.")); | ||
| const microphonePath = companionPaths.find((path) => path.toLowerCase().includes(".mic.")); | ||
| if (systemPath && microphonePath) { | ||
| pushCandidate( | ||
| systemPath, | ||
| "system and microphone recording", | ||
| companionAudio.startDelayMsByPath[systemPath], | ||
| microphonePath, | ||
| companionAudio.startDelayMsByPath[microphonePath], | ||
| ); | ||
| } else if (microphonePath) { | ||
| pushCandidate( | ||
| microphonePath, | ||
| "microphone recording", | ||
| companionAudio.startDelayMsByPath[microphonePath], | ||
| ); | ||
| } |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Pair embedded recording audio with the microphone sidecar.
If fallback info contains videoPath and a .mic.wav path but no .system. path, this code adds microphone-only and recording-only candidates. extractCaptionAudioSource accepts the first audible candidate. Captions can then omit either embedded system audio or microphone audio.
Add a combined videoPath and microphone candidate before the individual fallbacks when fallback paths includes the recording video. Apply the microphone start delay to the secondary input. Add coverage for this fallback layout.
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In `@electron/ipc/captions/generate.ts` around lines 127 - 145, The
companion-audio candidate selection must pair the embedded recording with the
microphone sidecar when fallback paths include videoPath but no .system. path.
In the fallback handling around getCompanionAudioFallbackInfo and pushCandidate,
add the combined videoPath/microphone candidate before microphone-only and
recording-only fallbacks, applying the microphone delay to the secondary input,
and add coverage for this layout.
The helper announced "Recording started" as soon as SCStream.startCapture() returned, but the video timeline's zero point is the first frame AVAssetWriter accepts. The renderer microphone starts before the video helper and its pre-roll is trimmed by (first-frame time - microphone start), so using the pre-frame readiness signal left that announcement-to-first-frame gap in the sidecar and made the microphone play ahead of the video by up to a few hundred milliseconds. Only a complete frame that the writer can accept may establish time zero, and readiness is now reported after that frame is appended (matching the upstream native capture behavior). Audio is dropped until the first video frame so it cannot create negative timestamps. Rebuilt the ScreenCaptureKit helpers for both macOS architectures.
MediaRecorder containers normally start at PTS 0, but normalizing first keeps the pre-roll trim exact if a platform emits a non-zero start time.
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Pushed two follow-up commits that fix the residual A/V lag in this branch. Root causeThe helper printed Changes
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Receiving "Recording started" over stdout adds queue and IPC latency to the microphone pre-roll calculation. Emit the host-clock capture time of the first accepted frame alongside the readiness line and use it when present, so the trim targets when the frame was actually captured. Falls back to receipt time for helpers that do not include the timestamp.
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Review comments at @electron/ipc/recording/mac.ts:
- Line 46: Update the readiness match in the recording startup parser so it only
accepts a complete “Recording started” line, including its terminating newline,
before parsing the timestamp. Preserve support for readiness without a
timestamp, and add a test that splits the timestamp digits across stdout chunks
and verifies parsing waits for the rest.
Review comments at @electron/native/ScreenCaptureKitRecorder.swift:
- Line 334: In the frame-append flow around
videoInput.append(retimedSampleBuffer), check the append result before updating
frameCount or reporting “Recording started.” If the first append fails, reset
firstSampleTime so a later accepted frame establishes time zero; only accepted
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| const onStdout = (chunk: Buffer) => { | ||
| stdoutBuffer += chunk.toString(); | ||
| if (stdoutBuffer.includes("Recording started")) { | ||
| const readiness = stdoutBuffer.match(/Recording started(?:\s+(\d+))?/); |
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Wait for the complete readiness line.
If stdout splits Recording started 1761234567890\n after 176, this regex accepts 176 and resolves before the remaining digits arrive. The incorrect capture time can make microphone pre-roll trimming remove the entire sidecar. Match the terminating newline before parsing the timestamp, and test a split within the digits. Node streams deliver chunks, not complete application messages. (nodejs.org)
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--- "a/electron/ipc/recording/mac.ts"
+++ "b/electron/ipc/recording/mac.ts"
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
let stdoutBuffer = "";
const onStdout = (chunk: Buffer) => {
stdoutBuffer += chunk.toString();
- const readiness = stdoutBuffer.match(/Recording started(?:\s+(\d+))?/);
+ const readiness = stdoutBuffer.match(/(?:^|\n)Recording started(?:[ \t]+(\d+))?\r?\n/);
if (readiness) {
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| const readiness = stdoutBuffer.match(/Recording started(?:\s+(\d+))?/); | |
| const readiness = stdoutBuffer.match(/(?:^|\n)Recording started(?:[ \t]+(\d+))?\r?\n/); |
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Review comment at @electron/ipc/recording/mac.ts at line 46:
Update the readiness match in the recording startup parser so it only accepts a
complete “Recording started” line, including its terminating newline, before
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| let now = CMClockGetTime(CMClockGetHostTimeClock()) | ||
| let captureLatency = max(0, CMTimeGetSeconds(now - sampleBuffer.presentationTimeStamp)) | ||
| let captureEpochMs = Int((Date().timeIntervalSince1970 * 1000).rounded() - captureLatency * 1000) | ||
| print("Recording started \(captureEpochMs)") |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Report readiness only after the first frame appends.
If videoInput.append(retimedSampleBuffer) returns false, the code still increments frameCount and prints Recording started. The rejected frame then sets the video time base used for audio, although it is not in the recording. Check the append result before updating frame state or reporting readiness. If the first append fails, reset firstSampleTime so a later accepted frame can establish time zero. Apple documents append returning false when it does not append a sample. (developer.apple.com)
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Review comment at @electron/native/ScreenCaptureKitRecorder.swift at line 334:
In the frame-append flow around videoInput.append(retimedSampleBuffer), check
the append result before updating frameCount or reporting “Recording started.”
If the first append fails, reset firstSampleTime so a later accepted frame
establishes time zero; only accepted frames should establish the video time base
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The Insta360/USB microphone used in testing delivered its first sample ~0.8s after getUserMedia resolved. MediaRecorder's file timeline starts with that first sample, so the video started (and the recorder clock was anchored) ~0.8s too early. The pre-roll trim then removed audio that was never at the front of the file, leaving the microphone consistently late (source 172,578 B / 5.43s WAV for a 6.07s video in the reported capture). Read the first AudioData through MediaStreamTrackProcessor before creating the recorder and starting the video, bounded by a 4s timeout. The track is then already flowing, so recorder.start() and the video share a real time zero. Store the applied pre-roll in the sidecar metadata for future diagnostics.
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Found the remaining lag with a real capture on an Insta360 Link 2. MeasurementFrom the app's renderer, after
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🟠 Major · Stop the microphone stream when preparation fails. · useScreenRecorder.ts:1573-1576
src/hooks/useScreenRecorder.ts:1573-1576
🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winStop the microphone stream when preparation fails.
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getUserMediasucceeds butnew MediaRecorderthrows,prepareMicFallbackRecorderrejects before assigningmicFallbackRecorder.current. The macOS catch continues to native capture, butcleanupCapturedMediacannot stop that stream. The microphone can remain active after the failed attempt. Stop the acquired stream in the preparation helper before rethrowing. An unsupported MIME type is one documented cause of the constructor failure. (developer.mozilla.org)🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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getUserMediaand persist its sidecar before editor initializationValidation
npm test(109 files, 1011 tests)npx tsc --noEmitnpm run lint(passes with existing warnings)smoke:electron-main-cjsAddresses #253 and #220.
This complements #712: that PR improves the broader Whisper runtime/setup flow, while this change focuses on macOS microphone sidecar capture, timing, source selection, and managed-model lifecycle.
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