When exporting H.264 with audio, try the gpu-video-encoder ZeroCopyEncoder:
render each frame to RGBA and hardware-encode it into a VAAPI surface
inline, on the encoder's own VAAPI-capable wgpu device — no GPU->CPU
readback, no swscale, no software-encoder thread. Falls back to the
existing software path verbatim when VAAPI/the device is unavailable
(non-Linux, non-H264, or init failure), so it's additive.
- VideoExportState gains zero_copy: Option<ZeroCopyVideo> (encoder + its own
vello renderer + ExportGpuResources + a reused RGBA target, all on the
encoder's device).
- start_video_with_audio_export builds it for H.264 and skips spawning the
software encoder thread when present.
- render_next_video_frame routes to a zero-copy arm that reuses
render_frame_to_gpu_rgba on the encoder's device, then encode_rgba; on the
last frame finish() writes the temp .mp4 and sets video_progress=Complete
so the existing mux runs. video_thread=None makes the mux join a no-op.
Separate export device (vs modifying the eframe device) keeps this contained
to export. Video-only export stays on the software path for now. Runtime
verification (an actual H.264 export) is pending — cannot run the editor in
the dev container.
New workspace crate isolating the unsafe GPU<->encoder interop for
zero-copy hardware video encoding. Every link is validated by a test on
real Intel/Mesa/iHD hardware:
- nv12: GPU RGBA->NV12 compute (BT.709 full-range), byte-exact vs a CPU
reference.
- vaapi: VAAPI hwcontext + h264_vaapi encode (CPU-fed NV12 -> valid H.264),
and DRM-PRIME surface layout probing.
- vk_device: a custom wgpu Vulkan device that adds
VK_EXT_image_drm_format_modifier (+ external-memory fd/dma-buf) via the
wgpu-hal device-from-raw path, so a tiled VAAPI surface can be imported.
- dmabuf: import a VAAPI NV12 surface's tiled DMA-BUF as two aliasing wgpu
textures (Y=R8, UV=RG8) at the plane offsets.
- zerocopy test: render values via Vulkan straight into the VAAPI surface
and read them back 100% correct -- proving the GPU writes into the
encoder surface with no CPU copy.
Not yet wired into the editor; real-frame render + encode-from-surface +
fallback wiring follow. Linux-only (libva); other platforms fall back.
Video was the only media type always kept external (VideoClip.file_path),
so a project with video wasn't self-contained. Now video packs into the
SQLite container under the same large-media policy as audio (pack < 2 GB
unless the user chose Reference), and both the frames and the embedded audio
track decode by streaming directly from the blob — no temp files.
- New crate ffmpeg-blob-io: an AVIOContext-over-Read+Seek shim (BlobInput)
that lets ffmpeg demux from an arbitrary byte source. Isolates all the
unsafe FFI + ffmpeg ABI coupling (version-pinned =8.0.0/=8.0.1). Manual
Drop teardown order; AVSEEK_SIZE restores the read position (FFmpeg assumes
a size query doesn't move it — required for MP4 moov-at-end).
- Schema/save/load: VideoClip.media_id; save_beam packs/references video as
MediaKind::Video (keyed by clip id); load resolves packed vs referenced and
reports missing sources. A packed clip points its linked video-audio pool
entry's media_id at the video row so the audio streams from the same blob.
- Frames: video.rs VideoSource{Path,Packed} threaded through new/seek/scan/
probe/thumbnails (a fresh BlobReader per open); editor builds the source
from current_file_path (now set before register_loaded_videos).
- Audio: VideoAudioReader::open_source via BlobInput; the disk_reader
StreamSource block on packed video-audio is removed; the engine's existing
factory activation routes it unchanged.
Tests: ffmpeg-blob-io AVIO unit tests (WAV via Cursor, seek, open/drop loop);
core packed_video_stream (blob->AVIO->Input) and beam_archive video round-trip;
daw-backend open_source test (compiles; links/runs only off-container).
Runtime-verified: a packed video plays frames + audio after the source file
is removed.
Migrate the .beam container to SQLite and stream media from it instead of
decoding whole files into RAM on import/load.
Container & large files:
- SQLite .beam container (beam_archive) with in-place transactional saves and an
incremental BlobReader; supports both packed (chunked blobs) and referenced
(external path) media, with a user preference + first-import prompt for files
over the large-media threshold.
Audio streaming:
- Stream packed compressed audio on load via an inversion-of-control blob factory
(AudioBlobSourceFactory): daw-backend defines the trait, core implements it
over BlobReader, so the audio engine stays container-agnostic.
- Bulk-activate disk streaming for all loaded clips after SetProject.
- Sample-accurate compressed seek (SeekMode::Accurate; Coarse mislands on VBR).
Video:
- Video frames decoded/streamed on demand; thumbnails generated asynchronously
on a dedicated decoder so import/load never blocks the UI.
- The video's audio track is streamed on demand via an ffmpeg VideoAudioReader
as a separate editable AudioClip (no /tmp WAV extraction).
Waveform overview:
- Streaming min/max LOD pyramid (waveform_pyramid), bounded memory, configurable
floor B; serialized into the container and restored on load (or generated in
the background from the packed blob when absent), so no re-decode on reload.
- GPU min/max upload path; integer-LOD textureLoad fixes zoom-dependent wobble.
Implemented foundational pane system using eframe/egui:
- Workspace structure with lightningbeam-core and lightningbeam-editor
- Layout data structures matching existing JSON schema
- All 8 predefined layouts (Animation, Video Editing, Audio/DAW, etc.)
- Recursive pane rendering with visual dividers
- Layout switcher menu
- Color-coded pane types for visualization
Foundation complete for interactive pane operations (resize, split, join).
Skyler Lehmkuhl