Timers: built-in LTC listener, configured in the admin page

The LTC listener now lives inside the module: it spawns the native
ltc-capture helper (moved into the module folder, compiled on first use,
exact-name device matching) for the admin-selected input device, extracts
the configured channel, and decodes SMPTE LTC in-process (ltc.js — the
engine, shared with tools/ltc-reader.js, which remains the remote-machine
option posting to /ltc).

Admin config: an "LTC listener" switch, an audio-device select populated
live from the new GET /ltc/devices route, and a 1-based channel number.
The switch off means LTC is gone entirely: no LTC entry in the Add-tile
picker, no LTC row in the Timers menu or All-timers grid, no stage/API
probes, and POST /ltc answers 409. Source precedence with it on:
listener-with-data, fresh remote reader, listener's own no-signal verdict,
then the legacy API/stage chain.

Shell (admin page): `select` fields learn `optionsRoute` — options fetched
from a module route at render, saved value kept selectable when the route
or device is gone. Documented in MODULE-GUIDE; backward compatible.
Coordinate with the shell lane before its next admin.js change.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Waters Church
2026-09-08 17:21:48 -04:00
co-authored by Claude Fable 5
parent c4db412014
commit b95aa7dc34
11 changed files with 770 additions and 404 deletions
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@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ dist/
# runtime state written by the admin page / layout saves
config/modules.json
config/layouts/
# compiled per-machine, source sits next to it
modules/propresenter-timers/ltc-capture
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@@ -92,20 +92,29 @@ are written by the app itself.
discovered timer (and the LTC card) as its own tile, or add "All timers"
and pick a selection via the tile's "Timers ▾" menu; overruns are
unmistakably red. Read-only — no start/stop controls. Admin config:
ProPresenter endpoint (host : port), API password, stage display
password, LTC reader token.
ProPresenter endpoint (host : port), API password, the LTC listener
switch + audio device + channel, LTC reader token, stage display
password.
LTC sources, best first (ProPresenter's HTTP API has no timecode route):
1. **The LTC audio feed itself** — run `tools/ltc-reader.js` on any
machine that can hear the LTC signal; it decodes the SMPTE frames from
a PCM pipe (ffmpeg/sox one-liners in its header) and POSTs
running/stopped/no-signal, the timecode, and the frame rate (incl.
29.97 drop-frame) to the module's `/ltc` ingest route. LTC on one
input of a multichannel interface: capture all channels and pick one
with `--channels 18 --ch 5` — never downmix LTC into program audio.
`--selftest` checks the decoder; `--demo` feeds synthetic LTC
end-to-end with no audio hardware.
2. A stage-display layout field labeled "LTC", read over ProPresenter's
LTC lives behind the admin **LTC listener** switch — off means no LTC
tile in the picker at all. On, the sources, best first (ProPresenter's
HTTP API has no timecode route):
1. **Built-in listener** — the module captures the admin-selected audio
input device/channel on the ProdDash machine (native `ltc-capture`
helper, compiled on first use) and decodes the SMPTE frames
in-process: running/stopped/no-signal, timecode, frame rate (incl.
29.97 drop-frame). macOS note: the ProdDash server needs microphone
permission — launch it from a logged-in session (Start
ProdDash.command) and approve the one-time prompt; a server started
over SSH or by bare launchd silently captures zeros.
2. **Remote reader** — when a *different* machine hears the LTC, run
`tools/ltc-reader.js` there; it decodes the same way from a PCM pipe
(`ltc-capture`, ffmpeg, or sox; `--channels 18 --ch 5` picks one
input of a multichannel interface — never downmix LTC into program
audio) and POSTs to the module's `/ltc` route. `--selftest` checks
the decoder; `--demo` feeds synthetic LTC end-to-end with no audio
hardware.
3. A stage-display layout field labeled "LTC", read over ProPresenter's
stage websocket — value and freshness only, no frame rate.
- **Clock** — a big booth clock; also the smallest possible module and the
reference for module authors.
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@@ -67,10 +67,19 @@ Both schemas map field names to specs:
{ "type": "string" | "number" | "boolean" | "select" | "password" | "endpoint",
"label": "Shown next to the field",
"default": <value>,
"options": [ { "value": "a", "label": "A" }, … ] // "select" only
"options": [ { "value": "a", "label": "A" }, … ], // "select" only
"optionsRoute": "/devices" // "select" only, admin config only
}
```
A `select` whose choices are only knowable at runtime (audio devices, serial
ports, discovered sources) sets `optionsRoute` instead of — or as a fallback
refresh of — static `options`: the admin page GETs
`/api/modules/<id><optionsRoute>` and expects `{ "options": [ { "value",
"label" }, … ] }` from one of the module's own server routes. The saved value
stays selectable even when the route is down or the option has vanished. (See
`propresenter-timers`' "LTC audio device" for a worked example.)
`password` fields are admin-config only in practice: their values are stored
in `config/modules.json`, handed to your *server* entry, and **never sent to
browsers** — not in `/api/modules`, and never echoed back into the admin
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@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ export default function create({ root, moduleApi }) {
function menuRows() {
const rows = (state?.timers || []).map((t) => ({ key: t.uuid, name: t.name }));
rows.push({ key: LTC_KEY, name: 'LTC timecode' });
// No LTC row while the listener is off in Admin — the item shouldn't
// even be offerable.
if (state?.ltcEnabled) rows.push({ key: LTC_KEY, name: 'LTC timecode' });
return rows;
}
@@ -159,7 +161,7 @@ export default function create({ root, moduleApi }) {
for (const t of state?.timers || []) {
if (!hiddenItems.has(t.uuid)) items.push({ key: t.uuid, timer: t });
}
if (!hiddenItems.has(LTC_KEY)) items.push({ key: LTC_KEY, ltc: ltcState });
if (state?.ltcEnabled && !hiddenItems.has(LTC_KEY)) items.push({ key: LTC_KEY, ltc: ltcState });
return items;
}
@@ -235,9 +237,10 @@ export default function create({ root, moduleApi }) {
card.timeEl.textContent = '—';
card.stateEl.textContent = 'No signal';
}
// The reader posts independently of ProPresenter, so its card must not
// gray out with the rest when only ProPresenter is unreachable.
const live = ltc.source === 'reader' ? ' src-reader' : '';
// The built-in listener and the remote reader are independent of
// ProPresenter, so their card must not gray out with the rest when
// only ProPresenter is unreachable.
const live = ltc.source === 'reader' || ltc.source === 'listener' ? ' src-reader' : '';
card.el.className = `tm-card tm-card-ltc is-ltc-${mode}${live}`;
}
@@ -261,9 +264,9 @@ export default function create({ root, moduleApi }) {
}
if (!state.enabled) {
bannerEl.hidden = true;
// The LTC reader feeds us with or without ProPresenter — an LTC-only
// setup is working, not broken.
if (state.ltc?.supported) moduleApi.setStatus('ok', 'LTC via reader — no ProPresenter host configured');
// The LTC listener/reader feed us with or without ProPresenter — an
// LTC-only setup is working, not broken.
if (state.ltc?.supported) moduleApi.setStatus('ok', 'LTC only — no ProPresenter host configured');
else moduleApi.setStatus('error', 'No ProPresenter host configured — set one in Admin');
return;
}
@@ -1,19 +1,23 @@
// ltc-capture — minimal CoreAudio input capture for the LTC reader.
// ltc-capture — minimal CoreAudio input capture for the Timers module's
// LTC listener.
//
// ProdDash's LTC reader (tools/ltc-reader.js) eats raw PCM on stdin and is
// normally fed by ffmpeg or sox — but production machines rarely have
// either, and shipping a third-party binary just to move samples from an
// input device to a pipe is overkill. This is the whole job, natively:
// The module decodes LTC in-process (ltc.js) and spawns this to move
// samples from an input device to a pipe. Production machines rarely have
// ffmpeg/sox, and shipping a third-party binary for that one job is
// overkill — this is the whole job, natively. The module compiles it on
// first use when swiftc is available; otherwise build it once on any
// same-architecture Mac and copy the binary next to this source:
//
// swiftc -O -o tools/ltc-capture tools/ltc-capture.swift (once, ~5 s)
// swiftc -O -o modules/propresenter-timers/ltc-capture \
// modules/propresenter-timers/ltc-capture.swift (once, ~5 s)
//
// tools/ltc-capture --list
// ltc-capture --list
// every input-capable device: name, input channels, sample rate
// tools/ltc-capture --device "Dante Via 16" \
// | node tools/ltc-reader.js --sr 48000 --channels 16 --ch 5 ...
// ltc-capture --device "Dante Via 16 Channel"
// streams the device's inputs as interleaved s16le to stdout, at the
// device's own sample rate and channel count (both printed to stderr
// at start — pass them to the reader as --sr / --channels).
// at start). The name matches exactly first, then as a substring.
// The remote reader (tools/ltc-reader.js) pipes from it the same way.
//
// --device matches case-insensitively on a substring of the device name or
// UID; ambiguity is an error listing the candidates. Capture uses an
@@ -144,7 +148,12 @@ if wantList || wantDevice == nil {
}
let query = wantDevice!.lowercased()
let matches = devices.filter { $0.name.lowercased().contains(query) || $0.uid.lowercased().contains(query) }
// An exact name/uid match wins outright — device lists like "Media",
// "Media 2", "Media Key" make substring-only matching ambiguous for the
// very names a picker hands us verbatim.
let exact = devices.filter { $0.name.lowercased() == query || $0.uid.lowercased() == query }
let matches = exact.count == 1 ? exact
: devices.filter { $0.name.lowercased().contains(query) || $0.uid.lowercased().contains(query) }
guard matches.count == 1 else {
if matches.isEmpty { fail("no input device matches \"\(wantDevice!)\" — see --list") }
fail("\"\(wantDevice!)\" is ambiguous: " + matches.map { $0.name }.joined(separator: ", "))
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@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
'use strict';
/**
* Built-in LTC listener — capture child + in-process decode.
*
* Spawns the module's native capture tool (ltc-capture, compiled from
* ltc-capture.swift beside it) for the admin-configured audio device, reads
* the interleaved s16le stream, extracts the configured channel, and decodes
* SMPTE LTC with ltc.js — all inside the module server. Reports upward via
* onUpdate roughly 4×/s:
*
* { state: 'running'|'stopped'|'nosignal', time, fps, df } healthy
* { error: '<what is wrong and how to fix it>' } not capturing
*
* The capture binary is per-machine (gitignored): if it is missing this
* tries one swiftc compile of the source next to it, and otherwise says to
* build it on any same-architecture Mac and copy it over. A dead child is
* restarted with backoff — fast for a crash, slow for config-shaped
* failures (unknown device, ambiguous name) that never fix themselves.
*
* macOS gotcha this file can't fix: microphone permission. A ProdDash
* server launched over SSH or from a bare launchd job gets SILENT ZEROS
* from every input (no error!), which shows up here as endless 'nosignal'.
* Launch ProdDash from a logged-in GUI context (Start ProdDash.command)
* and approve the mic prompt once.
*/
const path = require('path');
const fs = require('fs');
const { spawn, spawnSync } = require('child_process');
const { LtcDecoder, ChannelExtractor, fmtTc } = require('./ltc');
const RESTART_MS = 5000;
/** An immediate exit is config-shaped (bad device name, ambiguity) — a fast
retry loop would just spam the log. */
const BAD_CONFIG_RETRY_MS = 30000;
const EVAL_MS = 250;
/** Frames must decode AND advance this recently to count as running. */
const RUNNING_WINDOW_MS = 400;
/** stderr line the capture prints once the device is open. */
const CAPTURING_RE = /capturing "(.+)": (\d+) channels @ (\d+) Hz/;
/**
* @param {{device:string, channel:number, moduleDir:string, log:Function,
* onUpdate:(u:object)=>void}} opts
* @returns {{stop:()=>void}}
*/
function createLtcListener({ device, channel, moduleDir, log, onUpdate }) {
const bin = path.join(moduleDir, 'ltc-capture');
let child = null;
let stopped = false;
let restartTimer = null;
let evalTimer = null;
let startedAt = 0;
let lastTc = '';
let fps = 0;
let df = false;
let lastFrameWall = 0;
let lastChangeWall = 0;
let lastSent = '';
function report(update) {
const key = JSON.stringify(update);
if (key === lastSent) return;
lastSent = key;
onUpdate(update);
}
function snapshotState() {
const now = Date.now();
if (now - lastFrameWall < RUNNING_WINDOW_MS && now - lastChangeWall < RUNNING_WINDOW_MS) return 'running';
if (lastTc) return 'stopped';
return 'nosignal';
}
function ensureBinary() {
if (fs.existsSync(bin)) return '';
const src = bin + '.swift';
log('ltc-capture binary missing — trying a one-time swiftc build');
const built = spawnSync('swiftc', ['-O', '-o', bin, src], { timeout: 120000 });
if (built.status === 0 && fs.existsSync(bin)) {
log('ltc-capture compiled');
return '';
}
return 'LTC capture tool missing — build it on any Apple Silicon Mac with '
+ '`swiftc -O -o modules/propresenter-timers/ltc-capture modules/propresenter-timers/ltc-capture.swift` '
+ 'and copy it here';
}
function start() {
if (stopped) return;
const missing = ensureBinary();
if (missing) {
report({ error: missing });
scheduleRestart(BAD_CONFIG_RETRY_MS);
return;
}
startedAt = Date.now();
let extractor = null;
let decoder = null;
let stderrTail = '';
child = spawn(bin, ['--device', device], { stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe'] });
child.stderr.setEncoding('utf8');
child.stderr.on('data', (text) => {
stderrTail = (stderrTail + text).slice(-500);
const m = text.match(CAPTURING_RE);
if (!m) return;
const channels = Number(m[2]);
const rate = Number(m[3]);
if (channel > channels) {
report({ error: `"${m[1]}" has ${channels} input channels — channel ${channel} is configured. Fix it in Admin.` });
try { child.kill(); } catch { /* exiting anyway */ }
return;
}
log(`LTC listener: capturing "${m[1]}" (${channels} ch @ ${rate} Hz), decoding channel ${channel}`);
extractor = new ChannelExtractor(channels, channel);
decoder = new LtcDecoder(rate, (frame) => {
const tc = fmtTc(frame);
const now = Date.now();
if (tc !== lastTc) lastChangeWall = now;
lastTc = tc;
fps = frame.fps;
df = frame.df;
lastFrameWall = now;
});
});
child.stdout.on('data', (buf) => {
if (extractor && decoder) decoder.push(extractor.push(buf));
});
child.on('error', (err) => {
report({ error: `LTC capture failed to start: ${err.message}` });
});
child.on('exit', (code) => {
child = null;
if (stopped) return;
// The capture's own failure text (unknown device, ambiguous name,
// permission hint) is the most useful thing we can show.
const said = stderrTail.split('\n').reverse().find((l) => l.includes('ltc-capture:') && !CAPTURING_RE.test(l));
const quickDeath = Date.now() - startedAt < 3000;
report({ error: (said ? said.replace(/^.*ltc-capture:\s*/, '') : `LTC capture exited (code ${code})`) + (quickDeath ? '' : ' — restarting') });
scheduleRestart(quickDeath ? BAD_CONFIG_RETRY_MS : RESTART_MS);
});
}
function scheduleRestart(ms) {
if (stopped || restartTimer) return;
restartTimer = setTimeout(() => {
restartTimer = null;
start();
}, ms);
restartTimer.unref?.();
}
evalTimer = setInterval(() => {
if (stopped || !child) return;
report({ state: snapshotState(), time: lastTc, fps, df });
}, EVAL_MS);
evalTimer.unref?.();
start();
return {
stop() {
stopped = true;
clearTimeout(restartTimer);
clearInterval(evalTimer);
if (child) {
try { child.kill(); } catch { /* already gone */ }
child = null;
}
},
};
}
module.exports = { createLtcListener };
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'use strict';
/**
* LTC engine for the propresenter-timers module — SMPTE LTC decode from PCM,
* interleaved-channel extraction, and an encoder for tests and demos.
*
* Used in-process by the module's built-in LTC listener (ltc-listener.js),
* and by the standalone remote reader (tools/ltc-reader.js) for machines
* other than the ProdDash server. All design notes and the full protocol
* commentary live with the classes below; the encoder exists so the decode
* path can be proven end-to-end without timecode hardware (see the reader's
* --selftest).
*/
/* ══ decoder ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ */
/** Sync word as bits 64–79 (0011111111111101) shift into a 16-bit register. */
const SYNC_WORD = 0x3ffd;
class LtcDecoder {
/**
* @param {number} sampleRate stdin PCM rate in Hz
* @param {(f:{h:number,m:number,s:number,f:number,df:boolean,fps:number})=>void} onFrame
*/
constructor(sampleRate, onFrame) {
this.sr = sampleRate;
this.onFrame = onFrame;
this.mean = 0; // DC offset tracker
this.env = 0; // decaying |sample| envelope, scales the comparator
this.level = 0; // comparator state: 1 / -1 (0 = not seen a crossing yet)
this.n = 0; // absolute sample clock
this.lastEdge = 0;
this.lastEdgeSeen = 0; // for signal-presence checks
// Samples per LTC bit. Start at the 30 fps value (the shortest possible
// bit) and let the interval EMA walk it up to the true rate.
this.T = sampleRate / (80 * 30);
this.halfAt = 0; // first half-interval of a suspected 1 bit, else 0
this.bits = new Uint8Array(80); // last 80 decoded bits, newest at [79]
this.sync = 0; // last 16 bits as an integer, newest at bit 0
this.fresh = 0; // bits decoded since the last reset — see bit()
this.prev = null; // previous valid frame, for rollover observation
this.nominal = 0; // nominal fps locked by two agreeing rollovers
this.rollCandidate = 0;
this.df = false; // drop-frame with two-frame hysteresis
this.dfPending = null;
this.dfRun = 0;
}
/** @param {Int16Array} samples */
push(samples) {
for (let i = 0; i < samples.length; i += 1) {
this.n += 1;
const raw = samples[i];
// Seed the DC tracker from the first sample — a real offset would
// otherwise take ~0.5 s to settle and cost the opening frames.
if (this.n === 1) this.mean = raw;
this.mean += (raw - this.mean) / 8192;
const v = raw - this.mean;
const mag = v < 0 ? -v : v;
this.env = mag > this.env ? mag : this.env * 0.9996;
// Floor keeps line noise from registering as signal during silence.
const th = Math.max(this.env * 0.3, 500);
let crossed = false;
if (this.level >= 0 && v < -th) {
this.level = -1;
crossed = true;
} else if (this.level <= 0 && v > th) {
this.level = 1;
crossed = true;
}
if (!crossed) continue;
const t = this.n - this.lastEdge;
this.lastEdge = this.n;
this.lastEdgeSeen = this.n;
this.interval(t);
}
}
/** One transition-to-transition gap, in samples. */
interval(t) {
if (t > 1.9 * this.T) {
// Silence gap or garbage — drop bit state, keep the period estimate
// (the stream that resumes is usually the same deck). Frame
// continuity broke, so rollover observation restarts too; the locked
// nominal survives — two agreeing rollovers re-lock a changed rate.
this.halfAt = 0;
this.sync = 0;
this.fresh = 0;
this.prev = null;
return;
}
if (t < 0.75 * this.T) {
// Half period: one of a 1-bit's pair.
if (this.halfAt) {
this.T += (this.halfAt + t - this.T) * 0.05;
this.halfAt = 0;
this.bit(1);
} else {
this.halfAt = t;
}
} else {
// Full period: a 0 bit. A lone preceding half means we slipped —
// shed it and let the sync-word search re-align.
this.halfAt = 0;
this.T += (t - this.T) * 0.05;
this.bit(0);
}
}
bit(b) {
this.bits.copyWithin(0, 1);
this.bits[79] = b;
this.sync = ((this.sync << 1) | b) & 0xffff;
if (this.fresh < 80) this.fresh += 1;
// Sync word just completed → bits[0..63] are one whole frame's data —
// but only once 80 real bits have displaced the cold-start/pre-gap
// buffer, or a phantom frame decodes from the padding.
if (this.sync === SYNC_WORD && this.fresh >= 80) this.frame();
}
frame() {
const bits = this.bits;
// Every LTC field is BCD, transmitted LSB-first.
const bcd = (start, len) => {
let v = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < len; i += 1) v |= bits[start + i] << i;
return v;
};
// Strict validation: LTC has no parity worth the name, so a bit error
// can produce a frame that "parses" — every field must be a legal BCD
// digit AND inside its hard ceiling, or the frame is dropped whole.
// (A lax check here once let a corrupt frames field of 35 through, and
// downstream fps logic reported 36 fps to the dashboard.)
const fu = bcd(0, 4);
const su = bcd(16, 4);
const mu = bcd(32, 4);
const hu = bcd(48, 4);
if (fu > 9 || su > 9 || mu > 9 || hu > 9) return;
const f = fu + bcd(8, 2) * 10;
const s = su + bcd(24, 3) * 10;
const m = mu + bcd(40, 3) * 10;
const h = hu + bcd(56, 2) * 10;
if (f > 29 || s > 59 || m > 59 || h > 23) return;
// Drop-frame flag with two-frame hysteresis — one corrupt-but-legal
// frame must not flash 29.97 DF across the dashboard.
const dfBit = bits[10] === 1;
this.dfRun = dfBit === this.dfPending ? this.dfRun + 1 : 1;
this.dfPending = dfBit;
if (this.dfRun >= 2) this.df = dfBit;
// Nominal rate from observed rollovers: the frame number that precedes
// an f=0-with-seconds-advance IS the rate minus one. Two consecutive
// agreeing rollovers lock it — a single corrupt frame can't fake two
// valid, correctly-successive frames twice, and a genuine rate change
// re-locks itself within two seconds.
if (this.prev && f === 0 && s === (this.prev.s + 1) % 60) {
const cand = this.prev.f + 1;
if (cand === 24 || cand === 25 || cand === 30) {
if (cand === this.rollCandidate) this.nominal = cand;
this.rollCandidate = cand;
}
}
this.prev = { h, m, s, f };
this.onFrame({ h, m, s, f, df: this.df, fps: this.fps(this.df) });
}
/**
* Nominal rate: locked by rollover consensus once two second-boundaries
* agree; until then snap the measured bit clock to a standard rate.
* 29.97 vs 30 non-drop differ by 0.1% — beyond the bit-clock estimate's
* accuracy — so non-drop 29.97 reads as 30. Drop-frame is exact: the DF
* bit means 29.97.
*/
fps(df) {
if (df) return 29.97;
if (this.nominal) return this.nominal;
const measured = this.sr / (this.T * 80);
return [24, 25, 30].reduce((a, b) => (Math.abs(b - measured) < Math.abs(a - measured) ? b : a));
}
/** True while transitions are actually arriving (sample-clock based). */
signalPresent() {
return this.n - this.lastEdgeSeen < this.sr * 0.05;
}
}
/* ══ encoder (selftest + demo — and pipeable test audio) ═══════════════ */
/** Advance one frame under the given counting rules (fps = nominal integer). */
function nextTc(tc, fps, df) {
let { h, m, s, f } = tc;
f += 1;
if (f >= fps) {
f = 0;
s += 1;
if (s >= 60) {
s = 0;
m += 1;
if (m >= 60) {
m = 0;
h = (h + 1) % 24;
}
}
}
// Drop-frame: frames 00 and 01 don't exist at the top of a minute,
// except every tenth minute.
if (df && f === 0 && s === 0 && m % 10 !== 0) f = 2;
return { h, m, s, f };
}
/** The 80 bits of one frame, in transmission order. User bits stay zero;
the polarity-correction/parity bit is legal to leave clear. */
function frameBits(tc, df) {
const bits = new Uint8Array(80);
const put = (start, len, v) => {
for (let i = 0; i < len; i += 1) bits[start + i] = (v >> i) & 1;
};
put(0, 4, tc.f % 10);
put(8, 2, Math.floor(tc.f / 10));
bits[10] = df ? 1 : 0;
put(16, 4, tc.s % 10);
put(24, 3, Math.floor(tc.s / 10));
put(32, 4, tc.m % 10);
put(40, 3, Math.floor(tc.m / 10));
put(48, 4, tc.h % 10);
put(56, 2, Math.floor(tc.h / 10));
const sync = [0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1];
for (let i = 0; i < 16; i += 1) bits[64 + i] = sync[i];
return bits;
}
class LtcEncoder {
/** @param {number} fps true rate (29.97 allowed); counting uses its rounding */
constructor(sampleRate, fps, df, startTc, amplitude = 12000) {
this.nominal = Math.round(fps);
this.df = df;
this.amp = amplitude;
this.spb = sampleRate / (fps * 80); // samples per bit, fractional
this.tc = { ...startTc };
this.bits = frameBits(this.tc, df);
this.bitIdx = 0;
this.halfPending = false;
this.level = 1;
this.t = 0; // sample clock
this.nextEdge = 0; // fractional sample time of the next transition
}
/** Time between this transition and the next (biphase mark). */
nextInterval() {
if (this.halfPending) {
this.halfPending = false;
return this.spb / 2;
}
if (this.bitIdx >= 80) {
this.tc = nextTc(this.tc, this.nominal, this.df);
this.bits = frameBits(this.tc, this.df);
this.bitIdx = 0;
}
const bit = this.bits[this.bitIdx];
this.bitIdx += 1;
if (bit) {
this.halfPending = true;
return this.spb / 2;
}
return this.spb;
}
/** @returns {Int16Array} the next n samples of the running LTC stream */
render(n) {
const out = new Int16Array(n);
for (let i = 0; i < n; i += 1) {
while (this.t >= this.nextEdge) {
this.level = -this.level;
this.nextEdge += this.nextInterval();
}
out[i] = this.level * this.amp;
this.t += 1;
}
return out;
}
}
/* ══ shared bits ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════ */
/**
* Turns a raw s16le byte stream of interleaved channels into one channel's
* samples. Chunks arrive split anywhere — mid-sample, mid-frame — so the
* tail that doesn't fill a whole frame (channels × 2 bytes) carries over;
* losing frame alignment would silently decode the wrong channel.
*/
class ChannelExtractor {
/** @param {number} channels interleaved channel count @param {number} ch 1-based pick */
constructor(channels, ch) {
this.frameBytes = channels * 2;
this.offset = (ch - 1) * 2;
this.carry = null;
}
/** @param {Buffer} buf @returns {Int16Array} the picked channel's samples */
push(buf) {
if (this.carry) buf = Buffer.concat([this.carry, buf]);
const usable = buf.length - (buf.length % this.frameBytes);
this.carry = buf.length > usable ? buf.subarray(usable) : null;
const out = new Int16Array(usable / this.frameBytes);
for (let i = 0, off = this.offset; i < out.length; i += 1, off += this.frameBytes) {
out[i] = buf.readInt16LE(off);
}
return out;
}
}
const pad2 = (v) => String(v).padStart(2, '0');
const fmtTc = (tc) => `${pad2(tc.h)}:${pad2(tc.m)}:${pad2(tc.s)}:${pad2(tc.f)}`;
module.exports = { LtcDecoder, LtcEncoder, ChannelExtractor, frameBits, nextTc, fmtTc, SYNC_WORD };
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
{
"id": "propresenter-timers",
"name": "Timers",
"version": "1.1.0",
"version": "1.2.0",
"description": "Live ProPresenter timers and LTC timecode",
"client": "client.js",
"server": "server.js",
@@ -19,14 +19,30 @@
"label": "API password (only if set in ProPresenter)",
"default": ""
},
"stagePassword": {
"type": "password",
"label": "Stage display password (for LTC — ProPresenter Settings → Network)",
"default": ""
"ltcEnabled": {
"type": "boolean",
"label": "LTC listener — decode timecode from an audio input on this machine",
"default": false
},
"ltcDevice": {
"type": "select",
"label": "LTC audio device",
"default": "",
"optionsRoute": "/ltc/devices"
},
"ltcChannel": {
"type": "number",
"label": "LTC channel on that device (1-based)",
"default": 1
},
"ingestToken": {
"type": "password",
"label": "LTC reader token (optional — must match tools/ltc-reader.js --token)",
"label": "LTC reader token (optional — for tools/ltc-reader.js on another machine)",
"default": ""
},
"stagePassword": {
"type": "password",
"label": "Stage display password (LTC fallback via a stage field labeled \"LTC\")",
"default": ""
}
}
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@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@
* fans one merged state object out to every tile over SSE. Browsers never
* talk to ProPresenter directly.
*
* GET /state → { state: <state> } (instant paint for new tiles)
* GET /stream → SSE, `state` events (change-detected, heartbeated)
* POST /ltc → LTC ingest: tools/ltc-reader.js decodes the actual LTC
* audio signal and reports { state, time, fps, df } here.
* GET /state → { state: <state> } (instant paint for new tiles)
* GET /stream → SSE, `state` events (change-detected, heartbeated)
* POST /ltc → remote LTC ingest: tools/ltc-reader.js on another
* machine reports { state, time, fps, df } here.
* GET /ltc/devices → this machine's audio input devices, for the admin
* page's device picker (select + optionsRoute).
*
* Endpoints used, verified against openapi.propresenter.com (API v1):
* GET /v1/timers → [ { id:{uuid,name,index}, allows_overrun,
@@ -30,13 +32,19 @@
* once per connection anyway so a future ProPresenter that adds it
* lights up without a module update.
*
* Because the HTTP API has no timecode, LTC comes from two real sources:
* the external reader (POST /ltc — tools/ltc-reader.js decoding the LTC
* audio feed itself, ground truth while its reports are fresh) and the
* classic stage-display websocket (see stage-ws.js): a stage layout field
* labeled "LTC" streams its text to us. Source precedence: fresh reader
* ingest, else the HTTP route if it ever answers, else the stage field,
* else "not available".
* Because the HTTP API has no timecode, LTC comes from the audio signal
* itself. The whole LTC feature sits behind the admin "LTC listener"
* switch — off means no LTC tile in the picker, no probes, and the ingest
* route answers 409. When on, the sources in precedence order:
* 1. the built-in listener (ltc-listener.js — this machine captures the
* admin-selected device/channel and decodes in-process) while it has
* actual data;
* 2. a fresh remote reader report (POST /ltc, tools/ltc-reader.js on the
* machine that can hear the LTC when this one can't);
* 3. the listener's own "no signal" verdict (healthy capture, silent
* feed — believed over the indirect sources below);
* 4. the HTTP timecode route if some future ProPresenter answers it;
* 5. a stage-display field labeled "LTC" (see stage-ws.js).
*
* ProPresenter's built-in HTTP server is easily overwhelmed (see the hot-path
* notes in ../propresenter-now-next/propresenter-core). So: requests run
@@ -60,14 +68,17 @@ const HEARTBEAT_MS = 15000;
the reader posts at least 1×/s, so 6s of silence means it died. */
const INGEST_STALE_MS = 6000;
const { spawn } = require('child_process');
const { createStageLtcClient } = require('./stage-ws');
const { createLtcListener } = require('./ltc-listener');
/** Set by init(), read by the routes — both are rebuilt together on remount. */
let current = null;
function clearedState(enabled) {
function clearedState(enabled, ltcEnabled = false) {
return {
enabled,
ltcEnabled,
reachable: false,
lastError: '',
timers: [],
@@ -91,8 +102,11 @@ module.exports = {
const port = Number(config.port ?? ep.port) || 1025;
const password = String(config.password || '');
const enabled = Boolean(host && port);
const ltcEnabled = Boolean(config.ltcEnabled);
const ltcDevice = String(config.ltcDevice || '');
const ltcChannel = Math.max(1, Math.trunc(Number(config.ltcChannel)) || 1);
let latest = clearedState(enabled);
let latest = clearedState(enabled, ltcEnabled);
let lastFrame = '';
let stopped = false;
let pollTimer = null;
@@ -105,27 +119,42 @@ module.exports = {
let ltcLast = { time: '', receiving: false };
/** Live view of the stage-display websocket's LTC field (stage-ws.js). */
let stageLtc = { bound: false, time: '', receiving: false, note: '' };
/** Latest POST /ltc report from the external reader, null until one lands. */
/** Latest POST /ltc report from a remote reader, null until one lands. */
let ingest = null; // { state, time, fps, df, source, at }
let ingestExpiry = null;
/** Built-in listener's latest word: { state, time, fps, df } | { error }. */
let listenerLtc = null;
/** One LTC verdict from all three sources. The external reader decodes
the LTC audio itself, so a fresh report from it is ground truth;
then the HTTP route if it ever answers; then the stage-display
field. Text sources don't know fps — receiving/frozen/empty maps
onto the same status vocabulary the reader uses. */
/** One LTC verdict from every source, in the precedence the header
comment explains. Text sources don't know fps — receiving/frozen/
empty maps onto the same status vocabulary the audio decode uses. */
function composeLtc() {
if (!ltcEnabled) {
return { supported: false, source: '', time: '', receiving: false, status: '', fps: 0, df: false, note: 'LTC listener disabled' };
}
const audioVerdict = (src, tag) => ({
supported: true,
source: tag,
time: src.time,
receiving: src.state === 'running',
status: src.state,
fps: src.fps,
df: src.df,
note: '',
});
// The built-in listener while it has actual data …
if (listenerLtc && !listenerLtc.error && listenerLtc.state !== 'nosignal') {
return audioVerdict(listenerLtc, 'listener');
}
// … else a fresh remote reader (during migrations both may run —
// real data beats no data) …
if (ingest && Date.now() - ingest.at < INGEST_STALE_MS) {
return {
supported: true,
source: 'reader',
time: ingest.time,
receiving: ingest.state === 'running',
status: ingest.state,
fps: ingest.fps,
df: ingest.df,
note: '',
};
return audioVerdict(ingest, 'reader');
}
// … else a healthy-but-silent listener is believed over the indirect
// sources: no audio means the LTC really stopped.
if (listenerLtc && !listenerLtc.error) {
return audioVerdict(listenerLtc, 'listener');
}
const textStatus = (src) => (src.receiving ? 'running' : src.time ? 'stopped' : 'nosignal');
if (ltcSupported === true) {
@@ -139,10 +168,10 @@ module.exports = {
// story than anything the stage feed has to say.
return { supported: false, source: '', time: '', receiving: false, status: '', fps: 0, df: false, note: 'LTC reader offline' };
}
if (ltcSupported === null && !stageLtc.note && enabled) {
if (!listenerLtc?.error && ltcSupported === null && !stageLtc.note && enabled) {
return { supported: null, source: '', time: '', receiving: false, status: '', fps: 0, df: false, note: '' };
}
return { supported: false, source: '', time: '', receiving: false, status: '', fps: 0, df: false, note: stageLtc.note || '' };
return { supported: false, source: '', time: '', receiving: false, status: '', fps: 0, df: false, note: listenerLtc?.error || stageLtc.note || '' };
}
/** Timecode-shaped text — same shape rule as the other sources. */
@@ -284,6 +313,7 @@ module.exports = {
}
async function pollLtc() {
if (!ltcEnabled) return;
// A 404 verdict is retried once a minute — an endpoint appearing
// without an unreachable spell (ProPresenter hot-swapped in testing,
// or some future in-place upgrade) must not stay invisible forever.
@@ -308,6 +338,7 @@ module.exports = {
function broadcast() {
latest = {
enabled,
ltcEnabled,
reachable: latest.reachable,
lastError: latest.lastError,
timers: latest.timers,
@@ -365,23 +396,46 @@ module.exports = {
if (enabled) {
pollTick();
log(`polling timers on ${host}:${port}`);
stageClient = createStageLtcClient({
host,
port,
password: String(config.stagePassword || ''),
log,
// The HTTP poller knows every configured timer's uuid — anything
// else streaming timecode-shaped text can be heuristically bound.
isTimerUid: (uid) => timerConfigs.has(uid),
onUpdate(update) {
stageLtc = update;
broadcast();
},
});
if (ltcEnabled) {
stageClient = createStageLtcClient({
host,
port,
password: String(config.stagePassword || ''),
log,
// The HTTP poller knows every configured timer's uuid — anything
// else streaming timecode-shaped text can be heuristically bound.
isTimerUid: (uid) => timerConfigs.has(uid),
onUpdate(update) {
stageLtc = update;
broadcast();
},
});
}
} else {
log('no ProPresenter host configured — set one in /admin');
}
// The built-in listener is independent of ProPresenter — LTC-only
// setups (no host configured) still get the LTC card.
let ltcListener = null;
if (ltcEnabled) {
if (ltcDevice) {
ltcListener = createLtcListener({
device: ltcDevice,
channel: ltcChannel,
moduleDir: __dirname,
log,
onUpdate(update) {
listenerLtc = update;
broadcast();
},
});
} else {
listenerLtc = { error: 'LTC listener is on but no audio device is selected — pick one in Admin' };
broadcast();
}
}
const heartbeat = setInterval(() => {
for (const res of streams) {
try {
@@ -402,6 +456,7 @@ module.exports = {
clearTimeout(ingestExpiry);
clearInterval(heartbeat);
stageClient?.stop();
ltcListener?.stop();
for (const res of streams) {
try { res.end(); } catch { /* already gone */ }
}
@@ -409,18 +464,20 @@ module.exports = {
if (current && current.streams === streams) current = null;
},
health() {
const ltcSource = { reader: ', LTC via reader', api: ', LTC via API', stage: ', LTC via stage display' };
const ltcSource = { listener: ', LTC via listener', reader: ', LTC via remote reader', api: ', LTC via API', stage: ', LTC via stage display' };
if (!enabled) {
// The LTC reader posts to us regardless of ProPresenter — an
// The LTC listener/reader work regardless of ProPresenter — an
// LTC-only setup is half-configured but working.
if (latest.ltc.source === 'reader') return { status: 'ok', message: 'No ProPresenter host configured — LTC via reader only' };
if (latest.ltc.supported) return { status: 'ok', message: `No ProPresenter host configured — LTC only${ltcSource[latest.ltc.source] || ''}` };
return { status: 'error', message: 'No ProPresenter host configured' };
}
if (latest.reachable) {
const ltc = latest.ltc;
const ltcNote = ltc.supported
? (ltcSource[ltc.source] || '')
: (ltc.note ? ` (${ltc.note})` : '');
const ltcNote = !ltcEnabled
? ''
: ltc.supported
? (ltcSource[ltc.source] || '')
: (ltc.note ? ` (LTC: ${ltc.note})` : '');
return { status: 'ok', message: `Polling ${host}:${port}, ${latest.timers.length} timer(s)${ltcNote}` };
}
return {
@@ -442,7 +499,7 @@ module.exports = {
*/
tiles() {
const state = current ? current.getLatest() : null;
if (!state || !state.enabled) return []; // unconfigured → classic single entry
if (!state || (!state.enabled && !state.ltcEnabled)) return []; // unconfigured → classic single entry
const TYPE_LABEL = {
countdown: 'Countdown timer',
countdown_to_time: 'Countdown to a time of day',
@@ -451,14 +508,23 @@ module.exports = {
};
const oneCard = { defaultSize: { w: 3, h: 2 }, minSize: { w: 2, h: 1 } };
return [
{ id: 'all', name: 'All timers', description: 'Every timer and the LTC timecode, selectable per tile' },
{
id: 'all',
name: 'All timers',
description: state.ltcEnabled
? 'Every timer and the LTC timecode, selectable per tile'
: 'Every timer, selectable per tile',
},
...state.timers.map((t) => ({
id: `timer:${t.uuid}`,
name: t.name,
description: TYPE_LABEL[t.type] || 'Timer',
...oneCard,
})),
{ id: 'ltc', name: 'LTC timecode', description: 'Incoming timecode (HH:MM:SS:FF)', ...oneCard },
// The LTC entry exists only while the admin switch is on.
...(state.ltcEnabled
? [{ id: 'ltc', name: 'LTC timecode', description: 'Incoming timecode (HH:MM:SS:FF)', ...oneCard }]
: []),
];
},
@@ -472,10 +538,36 @@ module.exports = {
sendJson(res, 200, { state: current ? current.getLatest() : clearedState(false) });
},
// The external LTC reader (tools/ltc-reader.js) reports here — the
// one route on this module that accepts writes, so it optionally
// carries a shared token (Admin → "LTC reader token").
// The admin device picker asks this machine what it can hear. The
// options shape matches the admin select's optionsRoute contract.
'GET /ltc/devices': (req, res) => {
const bin = require('path').join(__dirname, 'ltc-capture');
const child = spawn(bin, ['--list'], { stdio: ['ignore', 'ignore', 'pipe'], timeout: 4000 });
let err = '';
child.stderr.setEncoding('utf8');
child.stderr.on('data', (t) => { err += t; });
child.on('error', () => {
sendJson(res, 200, { options: [], error: 'LTC capture tool missing — see modules/propresenter-timers/ltc-capture.swift' });
});
child.on('exit', () => {
if (res.writableEnded) return;
const options = [];
for (const line of err.split('\n')) {
const m = line.match(/^ltc-capture:\s+(.*?)\s+(\d+) ch\s+(\d+) Hz\s+uid=/);
if (m) options.push({ value: m[1], label: `${m[1]} — ${m[2]} ch @ ${(Number(m[3]) / 1000)} kHz` });
}
sendJson(res, 200, { options });
});
},
// A remote LTC reader (tools/ltc-reader.js, on the machine that can
// hear the LTC when this one can't) reports here — the one route on
// this module that accepts writes, so it optionally carries a shared
// token (Admin → "LTC reader token").
'POST /ltc': (req, res) => {
if (!config.ltcEnabled) {
return void sendJson(res, 409, { error: 'LTC listener is disabled in Admin — enable it to accept reader reports' });
}
const token = String(config.ingestToken || '');
if (token) {
const given = String(req.headers.authorization || '').replace(/^Bearer\s+/i, '');
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@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ function healthText(mod) {
return mod.hasServer ? 'Mounted.' : 'Client-only module (no server part).';
}
function fieldFor(key, spec, value, passwordSet) {
function fieldFor(key, spec, value, passwordSet, moduleId) {
const type = spec?.type || 'string';
const label = spec?.label || key;
const field = document.createElement('label');
@@ -122,17 +122,38 @@ function fieldFor(key, spec, value, passwordSet) {
row.append(host, sep, port);
field.append(span, row);
read = () => ({ host: host.value.trim(), port: Number(port.value) || 0 });
} else if (type === 'select' && Array.isArray(spec.options)) {
} else if (type === 'select' && (Array.isArray(spec.options) || spec.optionsRoute)) {
const span = document.createElement('span');
span.textContent = label;
const select = document.createElement('select');
for (const opt of spec.options) {
const o = document.createElement('option');
o.value = String(typeof opt === 'object' ? opt.value : opt);
o.textContent = String(typeof opt === 'object' ? (opt.label ?? opt.value) : opt);
select.appendChild(o);
const fill = (options) => {
select.innerHTML = '';
// The saved value must stay selectable even when it isn't among the
// live options (device unplugged, module route down).
const saved = String(value ?? '');
if (saved && !options.some((opt) => String(typeof opt === 'object' ? opt.value : opt) === saved)) {
options = [{ value: saved, label: `${saved} (saved)` }, ...options];
}
if (!saved) options = [{ value: '', label: '— choose —' }, ...options];
for (const opt of options) {
const o = document.createElement('option');
o.value = String(typeof opt === 'object' ? opt.value : opt);
o.textContent = String(typeof opt === 'object' ? (opt.label ?? opt.value) : opt);
select.appendChild(o);
}
select.value = saved;
};
fill(Array.isArray(spec.options) ? spec.options : []);
if (spec.optionsRoute && moduleId) {
// Options discovered at runtime (audio devices, ports, sources…):
// the module serves them from one of its own routes.
fetch(`/api/modules/${encodeURIComponent(moduleId)}${spec.optionsRoute}`)
.then((res) => (res.ok ? res.json() : null))
.then((body) => {
if (Array.isArray(body?.options)) fill(body.options);
})
.catch(() => { /* keep the static/saved options */ });
}
select.value = String(value ?? '');
field.append(span, select);
read = () => select.value;
} else {
@@ -227,7 +248,7 @@ function buildModuleCard(mod) {
form.className = 'module-form';
const readers = new Map();
for (const [key, spec] of schemaKeys) {
const { field, read } = fieldFor(key, spec, mod.config[key], mod.passwordSet[key]);
const { field, read } = fieldFor(key, spec, mod.config[key], mod.passwordSet[key], mod.id);
readers.set(key, read);
form.appendChild(field);
}
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@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@
* tracks transitions with an envelope-scaled hysteresis comparator (so
* input level doesn't matter), classifies the transition gaps as full/half
* bit periods against an adaptive period estimate, shifts bits until the
* sync word appears, then reads the BCD fields. Frame rate is snapped from
* the measured bit clock and the highest frame number seen; the drop-frame
* sync word appears, then reads the BCD fields. Frame rate locks from
* second-rollover consensus (bit clock until then); the drop-frame
* bit distinguishes 29.97 DF. Reverse play is not decoded (the sync word
* never matches backwards) — for booth status that reads as "stopped",
* which is the honest summary anyway.
@@ -57,306 +57,13 @@
const os = require('os');
/* ══ decoder ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ */
/** Sync word as bits 64–79 (0011111111111101) shift into a 16-bit register. */
const SYNC_WORD = 0x3ffd;
/* The LTC engine (decoder, encoder, channel extractor) lives with the
Timers module and is shared from there — one implementation, used both
by the module's built-in listener and by this standalone reader. */
const { LtcDecoder, LtcEncoder, ChannelExtractor, frameBits, fmtTc } =
require('../modules/propresenter-timers/ltc.js');
class LtcDecoder {
/**
* @param {number} sampleRate stdin PCM rate in Hz
* @param {(f:{h:number,m:number,s:number,f:number,df:boolean,fps:number})=>void} onFrame
*/
constructor(sampleRate, onFrame) {
this.sr = sampleRate;
this.onFrame = onFrame;
this.mean = 0; // DC offset tracker
this.env = 0; // decaying |sample| envelope, scales the comparator
this.level = 0; // comparator state: 1 / -1 (0 = not seen a crossing yet)
this.n = 0; // absolute sample clock
this.lastEdge = 0;
this.lastEdgeSeen = 0; // for signal-presence checks
// Samples per LTC bit. Start at the 30 fps value (the shortest possible
// bit) and let the interval EMA walk it up to the true rate.
this.T = sampleRate / (80 * 30);
this.halfAt = 0; // first half-interval of a suspected 1 bit, else 0
this.bits = new Uint8Array(80); // last 80 decoded bits, newest at [79]
this.sync = 0; // last 16 bits as an integer, newest at bit 0
this.fresh = 0; // bits decoded since the last reset — see bit()
this.prev = null; // previous valid frame, for rollover observation
this.nominal = 0; // nominal fps locked by two agreeing rollovers
this.rollCandidate = 0;
this.df = false; // drop-frame with two-frame hysteresis
this.dfPending = null;
this.dfRun = 0;
}
/** @param {Int16Array} samples */
push(samples) {
for (let i = 0; i < samples.length; i += 1) {
this.n += 1;
const raw = samples[i];
// Seed the DC tracker from the first sample — a real offset would
// otherwise take ~0.5 s to settle and cost the opening frames.
if (this.n === 1) this.mean = raw;
this.mean += (raw - this.mean) / 8192;
const v = raw - this.mean;
const mag = v < 0 ? -v : v;
this.env = mag > this.env ? mag : this.env * 0.9996;
// Floor keeps line noise from registering as signal during silence.
const th = Math.max(this.env * 0.3, 500);
let crossed = false;
if (this.level >= 0 && v < -th) {
this.level = -1;
crossed = true;
} else if (this.level <= 0 && v > th) {
this.level = 1;
crossed = true;
}
if (!crossed) continue;
const t = this.n - this.lastEdge;
this.lastEdge = this.n;
this.lastEdgeSeen = this.n;
this.interval(t);
}
}
/** One transition-to-transition gap, in samples. */
interval(t) {
if (t > 1.9 * this.T) {
// Silence gap or garbage — drop bit state, keep the period estimate
// (the stream that resumes is usually the same deck). Frame
// continuity broke, so rollover observation restarts too; the locked
// nominal survives — two agreeing rollovers re-lock a changed rate.
this.halfAt = 0;
this.sync = 0;
this.fresh = 0;
this.prev = null;
return;
}
if (t < 0.75 * this.T) {
// Half period: one of a 1-bit's pair.
if (this.halfAt) {
this.T += (this.halfAt + t - this.T) * 0.05;
this.halfAt = 0;
this.bit(1);
} else {
this.halfAt = t;
}
} else {
// Full period: a 0 bit. A lone preceding half means we slipped —
// shed it and let the sync-word search re-align.
this.halfAt = 0;
this.T += (t - this.T) * 0.05;
this.bit(0);
}
}
bit(b) {
this.bits.copyWithin(0, 1);
this.bits[79] = b;
this.sync = ((this.sync << 1) | b) & 0xffff;
if (this.fresh < 80) this.fresh += 1;
// Sync word just completed → bits[0..63] are one whole frame's data —
// but only once 80 real bits have displaced the cold-start/pre-gap
// buffer, or a phantom frame decodes from the padding.
if (this.sync === SYNC_WORD && this.fresh >= 80) this.frame();
}
frame() {
const bits = this.bits;
// Every LTC field is BCD, transmitted LSB-first.
const bcd = (start, len) => {
let v = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < len; i += 1) v |= bits[start + i] << i;
return v;
};
// Strict validation: LTC has no parity worth the name, so a bit error
// can produce a frame that "parses" — every field must be a legal BCD
// digit AND inside its hard ceiling, or the frame is dropped whole.
// (A lax check here once let a corrupt frames field of 35 through, and
// downstream fps logic reported 36 fps to the dashboard.)
const fu = bcd(0, 4);
const su = bcd(16, 4);
const mu = bcd(32, 4);
const hu = bcd(48, 4);
if (fu > 9 || su > 9 || mu > 9 || hu > 9) return;
const f = fu + bcd(8, 2) * 10;
const s = su + bcd(24, 3) * 10;
const m = mu + bcd(40, 3) * 10;
const h = hu + bcd(56, 2) * 10;
if (f > 29 || s > 59 || m > 59 || h > 23) return;
// Drop-frame flag with two-frame hysteresis — one corrupt-but-legal
// frame must not flash 29.97 DF across the dashboard.
const dfBit = bits[10] === 1;
this.dfRun = dfBit === this.dfPending ? this.dfRun + 1 : 1;
this.dfPending = dfBit;
if (this.dfRun >= 2) this.df = dfBit;
// Nominal rate from observed rollovers: the frame number that precedes
// an f=0-with-seconds-advance IS the rate minus one. Two consecutive
// agreeing rollovers lock it — a single corrupt frame can't fake two
// valid, correctly-successive frames twice, and a genuine rate change
// re-locks itself within two seconds.
if (this.prev && f === 0 && s === (this.prev.s + 1) % 60) {
const cand = this.prev.f + 1;
if (cand === 24 || cand === 25 || cand === 30) {
if (cand === this.rollCandidate) this.nominal = cand;
this.rollCandidate = cand;
}
}
this.prev = { h, m, s, f };
this.onFrame({ h, m, s, f, df: this.df, fps: this.fps(this.df) });
}
/**
* Nominal rate: locked by rollover consensus once two second-boundaries
* agree; until then snap the measured bit clock to a standard rate.
* 29.97 vs 30 non-drop differ by 0.1% — beyond the bit-clock estimate's
* accuracy — so non-drop 29.97 reads as 30. Drop-frame is exact: the DF
* bit means 29.97.
*/
fps(df) {
if (df) return 29.97;
if (this.nominal) return this.nominal;
const measured = this.sr / (this.T * 80);
return [24, 25, 30].reduce((a, b) => (Math.abs(b - measured) < Math.abs(a - measured) ? b : a));
}
/** True while transitions are actually arriving (sample-clock based). */
signalPresent() {
return this.n - this.lastEdgeSeen < this.sr * 0.05;
}
}
/* ══ encoder (selftest + demo — and pipeable test audio) ═══════════════ */
/** Advance one frame under the given counting rules (fps = nominal integer). */
function nextTc(tc, fps, df) {
let { h, m, s, f } = tc;
f += 1;
if (f >= fps) {
f = 0;
s += 1;
if (s >= 60) {
s = 0;
m += 1;
if (m >= 60) {
m = 0;
h = (h + 1) % 24;
}
}
}
// Drop-frame: frames 00 and 01 don't exist at the top of a minute,
// except every tenth minute.
if (df && f === 0 && s === 0 && m % 10 !== 0) f = 2;
return { h, m, s, f };
}
/** The 80 bits of one frame, in transmission order. User bits stay zero;
the polarity-correction/parity bit is legal to leave clear. */
function frameBits(tc, df) {
const bits = new Uint8Array(80);
const put = (start, len, v) => {
for (let i = 0; i < len; i += 1) bits[start + i] = (v >> i) & 1;
};
put(0, 4, tc.f % 10);
put(8, 2, Math.floor(tc.f / 10));
bits[10] = df ? 1 : 0;
put(16, 4, tc.s % 10);
put(24, 3, Math.floor(tc.s / 10));
put(32, 4, tc.m % 10);
put(40, 3, Math.floor(tc.m / 10));
put(48, 4, tc.h % 10);
put(56, 2, Math.floor(tc.h / 10));
const sync = [0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1];
for (let i = 0; i < 16; i += 1) bits[64 + i] = sync[i];
return bits;
}
class LtcEncoder {
/** @param {number} fps true rate (29.97 allowed); counting uses its rounding */
constructor(sampleRate, fps, df, startTc, amplitude = 12000) {
this.nominal = Math.round(fps);
this.df = df;
this.amp = amplitude;
this.spb = sampleRate / (fps * 80); // samples per bit, fractional
this.tc = { ...startTc };
this.bits = frameBits(this.tc, df);
this.bitIdx = 0;
this.halfPending = false;
this.level = 1;
this.t = 0; // sample clock
this.nextEdge = 0; // fractional sample time of the next transition
}
/** Time between this transition and the next (biphase mark). */
nextInterval() {
if (this.halfPending) {
this.halfPending = false;
return this.spb / 2;
}
if (this.bitIdx >= 80) {
this.tc = nextTc(this.tc, this.nominal, this.df);
this.bits = frameBits(this.tc, this.df);
this.bitIdx = 0;
}
const bit = this.bits[this.bitIdx];
this.bitIdx += 1;
if (bit) {
this.halfPending = true;
return this.spb / 2;
}
return this.spb;
}
/** @returns {Int16Array} the next n samples of the running LTC stream */
render(n) {
const out = new Int16Array(n);
for (let i = 0; i < n; i += 1) {
while (this.t >= this.nextEdge) {
this.level = -this.level;
this.nextEdge += this.nextInterval();
}
out[i] = this.level * this.amp;
this.t += 1;
}
return out;
}
}
/* ══ shared bits ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════ */
/**
* Turns a raw s16le byte stream of interleaved channels into one channel's
* samples. Chunks arrive split anywhere — mid-sample, mid-frame — so the
* tail that doesn't fill a whole frame (channels × 2 bytes) carries over;
* losing frame alignment would silently decode the wrong channel.
*/
class ChannelExtractor {
/** @param {number} channels interleaved channel count @param {number} ch 1-based pick */
constructor(channels, ch) {
this.frameBytes = channels * 2;
this.offset = (ch - 1) * 2;
this.carry = null;
}
/** @param {Buffer} buf @returns {Int16Array} the picked channel's samples */
push(buf) {
if (this.carry) buf = Buffer.concat([this.carry, buf]);
const usable = buf.length - (buf.length % this.frameBytes);
this.carry = buf.length > usable ? buf.subarray(usable) : null;
const out = new Int16Array(usable / this.frameBytes);
for (let i = 0, off = this.offset; i < out.length; i += 1, off += this.frameBytes) {
out[i] = buf.readInt16LE(off);
}
return out;
}
}
const pad2 = (v) => String(v).padStart(2, '0');
const fmtTc = (tc) => `${pad2(tc.h)}:${pad2(tc.m)}:${pad2(tc.s)}:${pad2(tc.f)}`;
function log(msg) {
console.log(`[${new Date().toLocaleTimeString()}] ${msg}`);