Version 6.0.0 (#713)

Major Updates

---------

Co-authored-by: luzpaz <luzpaz@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: JacobDev1 <65915437+JacobDev1@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: anne-o-pixel <81879599+anne-o-pixel@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Dude <398394+mikeSGman@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: 5 people

.github/workflows/build.yaml

@@ -9,15 +9,15 @@ jobs:
   build-nix:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ ubuntu-22.04, ubuntu-24.04, macos-13, macos-14 ]
+        os: [ ubuntu-22.04, ubuntu-24.04, macos-14 ]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.12"
+          python-version: "3.13"
 
       - name: Install the latest version of uv and activate the environment
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: "3.12"
+        python-version: "3.13"
 
     - name: Install the latest version of uv and activate the environment
       uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6

.github/workflows/pythonpublish.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: '3.12'
+        python-version: '3.13'
 
     - name: Install Dependencies
       run: |

.github/workflows/test.yaml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: "3.12"
+        python-version: "3.13"
 
     - name: Install the latest version of uv and activate the environment
       uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: "3.12"
+        python-version: "3.13"
 
     - name: Install the latest version of uv and activate the environment
       uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6

.gitignore

@@ -124,3 +124,5 @@ test.html
 iso-639-3.*
 build-dir/
 benchmarking/
+
+./.claude/settings.local.json

CHANGES

@@ -1,5 +1,71 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Version 6.0.0
+
+* Adding #709 PGS to SRT OCR subtitle extraction feature (thanks to mikeSGman)
+* Adding #712 audio profile title options: No Title, Generate Title, and Custom Title (thanks to gaalos)
+* Adding gifski GIF encoder support with automatic PATH detection and manual path configuration
+* Adding external subtitle file support - import .srt, .ass, .ssa, .vtt, and .sup files into the subtitle track list
+* Adding AVC (x264) encoder options: AQ Mode, Psy-RD, Level, and custom x264 params
+* Adding "Detected External Programs" section to Settings showing status of NVEncC, QSVEncC, VCEEncC, HDR10+ Parser, and PGS OCR tools
+* Adding resizable columns to Concatenation Builder window with minimum widths based on header text
+* Adding Keyframe checkbox to Settings menu as "Use keyframes for preview images" option (default enabled)
+* Adding video info bar below file area showing bit depth, color space, chroma subsampling, HDR10, and HDR10+ at a glance
+* Adding HDR10+ passthrough awareness for AOM AV1 encoder with FFmpeg 8.0+ version detection and UI indicators
+* Adding HDR10+ tool auto-download on Windows startup and Help menu
+* Adding AOM AV1 encoder options: Tune (psnr/ssim), Denoise, AQ Mode, allintra usage mode, and custom aom-params pass-through
+* Adding rav1e encoder options: Tune (Psychovisual/Psnr), Photon Noise (film grain synthesis), Scene Detection toggle, HDR10 metadata passthrough, and custom rav1e-params pass-through
+* Adding Dolby Vision copy support for NVEncC, QSVEncC, and VCEEncC HEVC/AV1 encoders
+* Adding preview time slider to overlay at bottom of preview image
+* Adding time display next to preview slider in H:MM:SS format
+* Adding async queue saving to prevent GUI blocking during queue operations
+* Adding atomic file writes for queue to prevent corruption from interrupted saves
+* Adding file-based locking for queue operations to prevent race conditions between instances
+* Adding graceful shutdown handling for worker process and background threads
+* Adding Start/End Time tab to right-side options panel between Size and Crop tabs with compact 3-column layout
+* Adding save dialog for subtitle extraction allowing users to choose output location, defaulting to the output directory
+* Adding VVC encoder options: Perceptual QPA toggle, Intra Period, Threads, IFP (inter-frame parallelism), 8-bit pixel format support, and HDR10 metadata passthrough (mastering display, content light level, color signaling, chroma location)
+* Adding VP9 encoder options: Auto Alt-Ref Frames, Lag in Frames, Tune Content, AQ Mode, and Sharpness
+* Fixing #337 #700 #597 refactoring all FFmpeg command building from string concatenation to List[str] to fix shlex.split() failures with quotes, special characters in titles, and Windows path handling issues (thanks to Xoanon88 and Buzz0016)
+* Fixing #481 MP4 subtitle copy mode using wrong codec - now uses mov_text instead of copy for MP4 containers (thanks to wmonte75)
+* Fixing #687 dialogs staying on top of all windows and unable to minimize by removing WindowStaysOnTopHint flag (thanks to Krawk)
+* Fixing #688 typo in changelog (thanks to luzpaz)
+* Fixing #695 Qt6 decimal input fields enforcing locale-specific decimal separators (comma vs dot) by forcing C locale (thanks to isben)
+* Fixing #696 RAW command display boxes too small on macOS by using actual document size for height calculation (thanks to isben)
+* Fixing #707 Rigaya encoder binary detection with case-insensitive search (thanks to anne-o-pixel)
+* Fixing #708 process priority niceness values inverted on Linux and removed Realtime option on non-Windows (thanks to JacobDev1)
+* Fixing encoding incorrectly reported as successful when FFmpeg fails immediately (e.g. VAAPI on Windows) due to race condition between worker and output reader thread
+* Fixing copy encoder failing when OpenCL is enabled by not adding hardware device flags when filters are disabled
+* Fixing zscale "no path between colorspaces" error during HDR tonemapping by explicitly specifying input transfer characteristic
+* Fixing thumbnail generation failing on non-full-range YUV sources (e.g. HDR AV1) with FFmpeg 8.0+ by adding -strict unofficial to mjpeg encoder
+* Fixing FFmpeg download failing when destination directories (e.g. presets) already exist from a previous install
+* Fixing HDR10+ detection to use ffprobe for non-HEVC codecs (AV1, VP9, etc.) and as fallback when hdr10plus_tool is unavailable
+* Fixing Windows taskbar showing generic icon instead of FastFlix icon by setting AppUserModelID and deferring blocking version check until after event loop starts
+* Fixing Settings browse buttons column being too wide by setting fixed width and column stretch
+* Fixing PGS OCR requiring manual checkbox enable - now auto-detects availability from tesseract and pgsrip
+* Fixing PGS OCR subtitle extraction using pgsrip.Sup to process already-extracted .sup file instead of re-extracting from MKV (fixes wrong file path and mkvextract failures)
+* Fixing extract dropdown arrow being oversized by scaling the menu-indicator to match up/down button proportions
+* Fixing QFont::setPointSize warnings in PyInstaller executables by using pt instead of px for stylesheet font sizes
+* Fixing video track selector showing unnecessarily when source video has only one video track
+* Fixing rav1e and AOM AV1 custom params list being corrupted to "[]" string on profile load/reload, breaking HDR10+ metadata passthrough
+* Fixing visual border between filename area and video track selector
+* Fixing test suite hanging due to missing QApplication in PySide6 widget tests
+* Fixing window resizing beyond screen boundaries when switching profiles on macOS
+* Fixing potential GUI freeze when log queue fills up during encoding
+* Fixing file handle leaks in command runner when process startup fails
+* Fixing crash when dragging non-video content over the main window
+* Fixing rotation setting not being applied correctly when loading profiles
+* Fixing flip settings not restoring correctly when returning video from queue
+* Fixing GIF encoder not applying resolution scaling
+* Fixing audio profile loading - validator returned wrong enum type (MatchType instead of MatchItem)
+* Fixing "monoo" typo in downmix mapping that caused mono downmix to fail
+* Fixing undefined variable crash when creating duplicate audio tracks via profile filters
+* Fixing IndexError when applying profile audio filters to videos with non-sequential track indices
+* Fixing TypeError crash with Rigaya encoders when audio quality not explicitly set
+* Fixing AttributeError crash when audio track metadata is incomplete
+* Fixing queue file generation mismatch errors due to redundant save calls on startup and when adding to queue
+
+
 ## Version 5.12.4
 
 * Fixing #675 "Default Source Folder" not used when adding Complete Folders (thanks to Krawk)
@@ -10,7 +76,7 @@
 
 ## Version 5.12.3
 
-* Fixing #673 changing subtitle langauge in the UI did not take effect in the command (thanks to danielly2020)
+* Fixing #673 changing subtitle language in the UI did not take effect in the command (thanks to danielly2020)
 * Fixing #673 extract subtitle command was looking for subtitle index, not absolute index (thanks to danielly2020)
 
 ## Version 5.12.2

CLAUDE.md

@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+# CLAUDE.md
+
+This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.
+
+## Project Overview
+
+FastFlix is a Python GUI application for video encoding/transcoding using PySide6 (Qt6). It wraps FFmpeg and supports 25+ encoder backends including x264, x265, AV1 variants, VP9, VVC, and hardware encoders (NVIDIA NVEncC, Intel QSVEncC, AMD VCEEncC).
+
+**Requirements:** Python 3.13+, FFmpeg 4.3+ (5.0+ recommended)
+
+## Build & Development Commands
+
+```bash
+# Install dependencies
+uv sync --frozen
+
+# Lint and format
+uv run ruff check              # Check for violations
+uv run ruff check --fix        # Auto-fix issues
+uv run ruff format             # Format code
+
+# Run tests
+uv run pytest tests -v
+PYTEST_QT_API=pyside6 uv run pytest tests -v  # Linux with Qt
+
+# Run specific test file
+uv run pytest tests/encoders/test_hevc_x265_command_builder.py -v
+
+# Run the application
+python -m fastflix
+
+# Build executables
+uv run pyinstaller FastFlix_Windows_OneFile.spec
+uv run pyinstaller FastFlix_Nix_OneFile.spec
+```
+
+## Code Style
+
+- Line length: 120 characters
+- Double quotes for strings
+- Ruff for linting and formatting (Black-compatible)
+- Type hints via Pydantic models
+
+## Architecture
+
+### Multi-Process Design
+- **Main process** (`entry.py`): Sets up queues and spawns worker subprocess
+- **GUI process** (`application.py`): Qt application (prevents UI blocking)
+- **Worker process** (`conversion_worker.py`): Processes conversion queue
+- Queue communication between processes for status/logging
+
+### Encoder Plugin System
+Each encoder lives in `fastflix/encoders/{encoder_name}/` with:
+- `__init__.py`: Encoder metadata/registration
+- `command_builder.py`: Implements `build(fastflix) -> List[Command]`
+- Settings model in `models/encode.py` (Pydantic)
+- UI panel in `widgets/panels/{encoder_name}/`
+
+### Key Modules
+| Module | Purpose |
+|--------|---------|
+| `flix.py` | Core FFmpeg/FFprobe interaction |
+| `widgets/main.py` | Main GUI window |
+| `models/config.py` | Configuration management |
+| `models/encode.py` | Encoder settings models |
+| `encoders/common/helpers.py` | Shared command building utilities |
+
+### Data Flow
+1. User loads video → `parse()` via FFprobe
+2. Encoding options set → Pydantic model validation
+3. Video queued → Added to `conversion_list`
+4. Worker processes → Encoder's `build()` generates FFmpeg commands
+5. `command_runner.py` executes → Progress streamed to GUI
+
+## Adding a New Encoder
+
+1. Create directory: `fastflix/encoders/{encoder_name}/`
+2. Add settings class to `models/encode.py`
+3. Implement `command_builder.py` with `build(fastflix) -> List[Command]`
+4. Create UI panel in `widgets/panels/{encoder_name}/`
+5. Add tests in `tests/encoders/test_{encoder_name}_command_builder.py`
+
+## Configuration
+
+- Config file: `~/.config/FastFlix/fastflix.yaml`
+- Portable mode: Place `fastflix.yaml` in app directory
+- Environment overrides: `FF_FFMPEG`, `FF_FFPROBE`, `FF_HDR10PLUS`, `FF_CONFIG`
+
+## FFmpeg Command Research
+
+**IMPORTANT:** Always research FFmpeg commands online before implementing or modifying encoder command builders. FFmpeg options and filter syntax can change between versions.
+
+Resources to consult:
+- Official FFmpeg documentation: https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.html
+- FFmpeg filters documentation: https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html
+- FFmpeg wiki: https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki
+
+Key considerations:
+- Filter order matters (e.g., scale before palettegen for GIFs)
+- Use appropriate scale flags (lanczos/bicubic over bilinear)
+- Verify filter_complex syntax for multi-input/output chains
+- Check encoder-specific options in official docs
+
+## Changelog
+
+**IMPORTANT:** Always update the `CHANGES` file when making significant additions or bug fixes during a session. Add entries under the current version section at the top of the file using the format:
+- `* Adding {feature description}` for new features
+- `* Fixing {bug description}` for bug fixes
+
+## Branching
+
+- `master`: Release branch
+- `develop`: Development branch (PRs merge here)

FastFlix_Nix_OneFile.spec

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- mode: python ; coding: utf-8 -*-
-from PyInstaller.utils.hooks import collect_submodules
+from PyInstaller.utils.hooks import collect_submodules, copy_metadata, collect_data_files
 import toml
 import os
 import platform
@@ -26,9 +26,12 @@ all_imports.remove("python-box")
 all_imports.append("box")
 all_imports.append("iso639")
 
+# Add pgsrip for OCR support
+all_imports.extend(["pgsrip", "pytesseract", "cv2", "numpy", "pysrt", "babelfish", "babelfish.converters", "babelfish.converters.alpha2", "babelfish.converters.alpha3b", "babelfish.converters.alpha3t", "babelfish.converters.name", "babelfish.converters.opensubtitles", "cleanit"])
+
 a = Analysis(['fastflix/__main__.py'],
              binaries=[],
-             datas=[('CHANGES', 'fastflix/.'), ('docs/build-licenses.txt', 'docs')] + all_fastflix_files,
+             datas=[('CHANGES', 'fastflix/.'), ('docs/build-licenses.txt', 'docs')] + all_fastflix_files + copy_metadata('pgsrip') + copy_metadata('pytesseract') + copy_metadata('babelfish') + copy_metadata('cleanit') + copy_metadata('trakit') + collect_data_files('babelfish') + collect_data_files('cleanit'),
              hiddenimports=all_imports,
              hookspath=[],
              runtime_hooks=[],

FastFlix_Windows_Installer.spec

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- mode: python ; coding: utf-8 -*-
-from PyInstaller.utils.hooks import collect_submodules
+from PyInstaller.utils.hooks import collect_submodules, copy_metadata, collect_data_files
 import toml
 
 block_cipher = None
@@ -24,9 +24,12 @@ all_imports.remove("python-box")
 all_imports.append("box")
 all_imports.append("iso639")
 
+# Add pgsrip for OCR support
+all_imports.extend(["pgsrip", "pytesseract", "cv2", "numpy", "pysrt", "babelfish", "babelfish.converters", "babelfish.converters.alpha2", "babelfish.converters.alpha3b", "babelfish.converters.alpha3t", "babelfish.converters.name", "babelfish.converters.opensubtitles", "cleanit"])
+
 a = Analysis(['fastflix\\__main__.py'],
              binaries=[],
-             datas=[('CHANGES', 'fastflix\\.'), ('docs\\build-licenses.txt', 'docs')] + all_fastflix_files,
+             datas=[('CHANGES', 'fastflix\\.'), ('docs\\build-licenses.txt', 'docs')] + all_fastflix_files + copy_metadata('pgsrip') + copy_metadata('pytesseract') + copy_metadata('babelfish') + copy_metadata('cleanit') + copy_metadata('trakit') + collect_data_files('babelfish') + collect_data_files('cleanit'),
              hiddenimports=all_imports,
              hookspath=[],
              runtime_hooks=[],

FastFlix_Windows_OneFile.spec

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import os
 import toml
 
-from PyInstaller.utils.hooks import collect_submodules
+from PyInstaller.utils.hooks import collect_submodules, copy_metadata, collect_data_files
 
 block_cipher = None
 
@@ -27,13 +27,16 @@ all_imports.remove("python-box")
 all_imports.append("box")
 all_imports.append("iso639")
 
+# Add pgsrip for OCR support
+all_imports.extend(["pgsrip", "pytesseract", "cv2", "numpy", "pysrt", "babelfish", "babelfish.converters", "babelfish.converters.alpha2", "babelfish.converters.alpha3b", "babelfish.converters.alpha3t", "babelfish.converters.name", "babelfish.converters.opensubtitles", "cleanit"])
+
 portable_file = "fastflix\\portable.py"
 with open(portable_file, "w") as portable:
     portable.write(" ")
 
 a = Analysis(['fastflix\\__main__.py'],
              binaries=[],
-             datas=[('CHANGES', 'fastflix\\.'), ('docs\\build-licenses.txt', 'docs')] + all_fastflix_files,
+             datas=[('CHANGES', 'fastflix\\.'), ('docs\\build-licenses.txt', 'docs')] + all_fastflix_files + copy_metadata('pgsrip') + copy_metadata('pytesseract') + copy_metadata('babelfish') + copy_metadata('cleanit') + copy_metadata('trakit') + collect_data_files('babelfish') + collect_data_files('cleanit'),
              hiddenimports=all_imports,
              hookspath=[],
              runtime_hooks=[],