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Summary

Resolves the decision in #1146 by giving the lossless timestamp repair the same MkvMerge pass as every other rewrite.

• TryLosslessTimestampRepair() runs Convert.ReMux() on the FfMpeg setts output (.tmp14) before TimestampRepairRegressionGate(). So the stream-hash and sync gate and the re-verify judge the remuxed file, and the repair drops global tags, track tags, attachments, and buttons whatever RemoveTags says. The DtsTimestampRepair plugin calls the same method, so it gets the same pass.
• The gate compares only media streams. ffprobe and the streamhash muxer list each Matroska attachment as a stream, and cover art as an attached_pic video stream, while the MkvMerge pass drops both. Without this change, the stream-count check would reject the repair of every file that carries an attachment. GetStreamHashes() maps them out with -map -0:t -map -0:disp:attached_pic, which FFmpeg 7.1 and 8.1 both accept. GetStreamTimings() skips them through StreamTimingsProbe.MediaStreamTimings(). Matroska demuxing lists attachments after the tracks, so the media stream indices match on both sides.
• ARCHITECTURE.md "Remux and Container Steps" no longer names the lossless repair as an exception, the repair flowchart shows the MkvMerge pass, and the MkvMergeBuilder.InputOptions.Default() comment loses its pointer to the exception.
• Adds a dts-audio-tagged synthetic fixture: an audio-only DTS step back under a global tag and an attachment, with healthy B-frame video. It exercises the successful lossless repair end to end, which dts-mixed cannot, since its video break fails re-verify. dts-mixed and the new fixture share one builder.

Real-media check

The issue asked for a check that the MkvMerge pass keeps the repaired timestamps. On the synthetic fixture, before it carried an attachment, with FFmpeg's setts command and then mkvmerge with the default input options:

File	Global tags	Stream hashes	Audio DTS step backs	ffmpeg non-monotonic warnings
Original	COMMENT	baseline	1	1
setts output	COMMENT, FfMpeg ENCODER	equal	0	0
setts then MkvMerge	none	equal	0	0

MkvMerge moves one audio packet 2 ms forward, the one after the packet setts repaired. setts places the repaired packet 1 ms after its predecessor, and with 23 ms packets the next one then overlaps it. The 2 ms move removes that overlap and stays inside the 40 ms sync tolerance the gate checks.

End to end, a framework-dependent publish of this branch ran process in the ptr727/plexcleaner:develop image with RemoveTags set to false, on the fixture with its tag and attachment. The log shows the lossless tier run, Remux using MkvMerge on the .tmp14 file, and Timestamp repair succeeded, with the sidecar set to Repaired, Verified. The output carries no global or track tags and no attachments. Its per-stream MD5 matches the original, and an ffmpeg decode of it reports no warnings.

Verification

• dotnet build: 0 warnings, 0 errors. CSharpier and dotnet format style --verify-no-changes --severity=info are clean.
• dotnet test: 452 passed, including a new StreamTimingsProbeTests case for the attachment and cover art filter.
• RegressionTests unittest: 31 passed. ruff, ruff format, and mypy are clean on synthesize.py.
• markdownlint, cspell, and the prose gate over the diff are clean. The comments label covers the added code comments.

Dropped findings

• PlexCleanerTests/StreamTimingsProbeTests.cs:45, style: the new test spells the Roslyn language marker // Lang=json, while the file's older markers read // lang=json. The prose gate's comment-case rule reads the lowercase marker as a sentence, and removing it fails dotnet format style with JSON002. Roslyn recognizes the capitalized spelling.

Part of #1146. The promotion PR carries the closing keyword.

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Walkthrough

Lossless timestamp repair now remuxes its temporary output before regression checks. Timing and hash comparisons exclude attachment streams. A synthetic fixture covers an audio-only timestamp break beneath a global tag and attachment, and documentation describes the metadata dropped by the remux.

Changes: Lossless timestamp repair

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Remux and regression checks PlexCleaner/ProcessFile.cs, PlexCleaner/FfProbeTool.cs, PlexCleaner/FfMpegTool.cs, PlexCleaner/FfMpegToolJsonSchema.cs, PlexCleaner/MkvMergeBuilder.cs, PlexCleanerTests/StreamTimingsProbeTests.cs, ARCHITECTURE.md, HISTORY.md	The repair flow remuxes its temporary output before regression checks and returns false if remuxing fails. Probe timings and stream hashes exclude attachments. The documentation states that the MkvMerge pass drops metadata regardless of RemoveTags.
Synthetic regression fixture RegressionTests/synthetic/synthesize.py, RegressionTests/README.md	The generator adds an audio-only DTS timestamp-break fixture with a global COMMENT tag and text attachment. The regression notes describe the lossless repair and media-stream comparison.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ProcessFile
  participant Convert
  participant FfProbeTool
  participant FfMpegTool
  ProcessFile->>Convert: Remux timestamp-rewritten temporary file
  Convert-->>ProcessFile: Remux result
  ProcessFile->>FfProbeTool: GetStreamTimings for regression checks
  FfProbeTool-->>ProcessFile: Timings excluding attachment streams
  ProcessFile->>FfMpegTool: GetStreamHashes for regression checks
  FfMpegTool-->>ProcessFile: Hashes excluding attachment streams

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Possibly related issues

• ptr727/PlexCleaner#1146 identifies the missing MkvMerge pass in TryLosslessTimestampRepair(), which this PR adds.
• ptr727/PlexCleaner#1148 concerns LanguageIETF values on the same repair path; this PR adds a remux but does not restore those values.
• ptr727/PlexCleaner#1141 asks whether remux operations drop tags when RemoveTags is off; this PR documents that the MkvMerge defaults drop tags and attachments regardless.

Possibly related PRs

• ptr727/PlexCleaner#1060 changes timestamp verification and the repair ladder; this PR changes the file passed to the regression gate.
• ptr727/PlexCleaner#1091 changes failure handling in timestamp repair, which also applies to the new remux step.
• ptr727/PlexCleaner#1062 changes DTS classification and repair behavior in the same timestamp-repair flow.

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Merge Risk: Low · previous review fb34e

Files with embedded cover art can unnecessarily skip lossless timestamp repair and enter fallback repair, potentially re-encoding. This is a bounded edge case suitable for owner awareness or follow-up.

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PR Summary by Qodo

Drop tags and attachments during lossless timestamp repair

🐞 Bug fix 🧪 Tests 📝 Documentation 🕐 20-40 Minutes

AI Description

• Remux lossless timestamp repairs through MkvMerge so rewrites consistently drop tags and
 attachments.
• Compare only media streams when validating repaired payloads and timing.
• Add a tagged, attachment-bearing fixture and document the revised repair flow.

Diagram

graph TD
  A["Original file"] --> B["FFmpeg setts"] --> C["MkvMerge pass"] --> D{"Media stream gate"} -->|pass| E{"Reverify clean"} -->|yes| F["Replace original"]
  B -->|fails| G["Repair ladder"]
  C -->|fails| G
  D -->|fails| G
  E -->|no| G

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High-Level Assessment

Reuse Convert.ReMux() as proposed: it gives lossless repair the same tag-removal behavior as other rewrites and lets the existing gate validate the file that will actually replace the original. Explicitly stripping metadata from the FFmpeg output was considered, but would duplicate container policy and omit the common remux path.

Files changed (10) +97 / -21

Bug fix (4) +32 / -10

FfMpegTool.csExclude attachments from stream hashes +9/-3

Exclude attachments from stream hashes

• Adds an FFmpeg negative stream map for attachments so payload hashes compare only streams retained by MkvMerge. Clarifies what matching hashes establish.

PlexCleaner/FfMpegTool.cs

FfMpegToolJsonSchema.csFilter attachment streams from probe timings +12/-0

Filter attachment streams from probe timings

• Deserializes codec_type and adds a media-stream timing projection that excludes attachments.

PlexCleaner/FfMpegToolJsonSchema.cs

FfProbeTool.csRequest and compare media-stream timings +4/-7

Request and compare media-stream timings

• Requests codec_type from ffprobe and uses the new attachment-filtered timing projection for repair validation.

PlexCleaner/FfProbeTool.cs

ProcessFile.csRemux before validating lossless timestamp repair +7/-0

Remux before validating lossless timestamp repair

• Runs Convert.ReMux() on the FFmpeg temporary output before the regression gate and re-verification. On remux failure, deletes the temporary file and leaves the original untouched.

PlexCleaner/ProcessFile.cs

Tests (2) +60 / -8

StreamTimingsProbeTests.csTest attachment exclusion from stream timings +19/-0

Test attachment exclusion from stream timings

• Adds a probe JSON case asserting that video and audio retain their indices and timing while an attachment is omitted.

PlexCleanerTests/StreamTimingsProbeTests.cs

synthesize.pyBuild a tagged, attachment-bearing DTS fixture +41/-8

Build a tagged, attachment-bearing DTS fixture

• Extracts the shared audio/video DTS fixture builder and adds dts-audio-tagged with healthy B-frame video, an audio timestamp step-back, a global tag, and an attachment. Registers the new synthetic target.

RegressionTests/synthetic/synthesize.py

Documentation (4) +5 / -3

ARCHITECTURE.mdDocument lossless repair as a remuxed rewrite +2/-2

Document lossless repair as a remuxed rewrite

• Removes the lossless-repair exception from the container policy and adds Convert.ReMux() to the repair flowchart.

ARCHITECTURE.md

HISTORY.mdRecord tag removal during lossless repair +1/-0

Record tag removal during lossless repair

• Notes that lossless timestamp repair drops tags and attachments regardless of RemoveTags.

HISTORY.md

MkvMergeBuilder.csRemove obsolete remux exception comment +0/-1

Remove obsolete remux exception comment

• Drops the comment pointing to lossless repair as an exception; MkvMerge's default tag- and attachment-removal options remain unchanged.

PlexCleaner/MkvMergeBuilder.cs

README.mdDescribe the tagged audio-DTS fixture +2/-0

Describe the tagged audio-DTS fixture

• Adds the fixture command and explains how the fixture exercises successful lossless repair with a tag and attachment.

RegressionTests/README.md

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What changed in this PR

This pull request applies the standard MkvMerge rewrite path to lossless timestamp repair, removing tags and attachments while validating the remuxed media output.

Changes:

• Remuxes FFmpeg timestamp-repair output before regression gating and re-verification.
• Excludes Matroska attachments from stream-hash and timing comparisons.
• Adds the tagged DTS synthetic fixture and attachment-filtering test coverage.
• Updates regression documentation, architecture guidance, and history.

File	Description
RegressionTests/​synthetic/​synthesize.py	Adds the tagged DTS fixture and shares media construction logic with dts-mixed.
RegressionTests/​README.md	Documents the new synthetic fixture and its validation behavior.
PlexCleanerTests/​StreamTimingsProbeTests.cs	Tests that attachment streams are excluded from timing comparisons.
PlexCleaner/​ProcessFile.cs	Remuxes lossless timestamp-repair output before validation.
PlexCleaner/​MkvMergeBuilder.cs	Removes the obsolete exception reference from the input-options comment.
PlexCleaner/​FfProbeTool.cs	Probes stream types and filters timing results to media streams.
PlexCleaner/​FfMpegToolJsonSchema.cs	Adds stream-type parsing and attachment filtering for timing data.
PlexCleaner/​FfMpegTool.cs	Excludes attachments from stream-hash comparisons.
HISTORY.md	Records the updated lossless-repair behavior.
ARCHITECTURE.md	Updates remux documentation and the timestamp-repair flowchart.

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Follow-up Comments

Lossless timestamp repair rejects Matroska files with embedded cover art.

55-61: Minor · Functional Correctness · Poor tradeoff

Lossless timestamp repair rejects Matroska files with embedded cover art.

For a Matroska file with an embedded cover image, ffprobe can report that image as a video stream with attached_pic. When SetTimestamps copies that stream and its attached_pic.data is populated, ffmpeg's Matroska muxer writes it as an attachment, not a track. Convert.ReMux then runs mkvmerge with --no-attachments before the gate, which removes the image. The original file still reports it as a video stream. TimestampRepairRegressionGate then compares the counts, so beforeHash.Count != afterHash.Count rejects the lossless repair for these files.

The affected files go to RepairAndReVerify. Its TryRemuxRepair also removes attachments, so the cover art is lost on that path too. The lossless tier is skipped only for these files. The fallback can re-encode if its remux does not verify clean.

The stream selections in MediaStreamTimings() and GetStreamHashes must treat attached-picture streams the same way. Otherwise the original and remuxed files do not compare the same media streams.

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Review comment at @PlexCleaner/FfMpegToolJsonSchema.cs around lines 55 - 61:
Update MediaStreamTimings and GetStreamHashes to exclude streams marked as
attached pictures, just as they exclude attachment streams, so both comparisons
include the same media streams before and after remuxing.

Add a duration assertion to the timing-map test.

48-58: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Add a duration assertion to the timing-map test.

MediaStreamTimings() maps each media stream's Duration, but this test does not check that value. A regression that drops or changes durations would still pass. Asserting the duration makes that regression fail here.

🧪 Suggested test change

-              { "index": 1, "codec_type": "audio", "start_time": "0.010000" },
+              { "index": 1, "codec_type": "audio", "start_time": "0.010000", "duration": "10.000000" },

         _ = timings[1].Start.Should().Be(0.01);
+        _ = timings[1].Duration.Should().Be(10.0);

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Review comment at @PlexCleanerTests/StreamTimingsProbeTests.cs around lines 48 -
58:
Update the timing-map test using MediaStreamTimings() to verify mapped
durations: give the audio stream an explicit duration in the JSON fixture and
assert that timings[1].Duration matches it, alongside the existing start-time
assertion.

Add an automated check for the dts-audio-tagged fixture.

284-284: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Poor tradeoff

Add an automated check for the dts-audio-tagged fixture.

No automated run builds or checks this fixture. regression-test.sh runs the plugins only on the troublesome corpus. synthesize.py writes the file and does not check its output. As a result, an automated run does not detect a regression in the lossless repair, tag removal, or attachment removal for this input.

Add a check that repairs the generated file and asserts:

• The sidecar state is Repaired, Verified.
• The output has no global tags and no attachments.
• The media-stream hashes match the input.

The dts-audio-tagged builder already produces the input. The check needs an entry point that runs the DtsTimestampRepair path on the generated file, then reads the repair state and the streams.

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Review comment at @RegressionTests/synthetic/synthesize.py at line 284:
Add an automated check for the file produced by build_dts_audio_tagged that runs
the DtsTimestampRepair path, then verifies the sidecar state is Repaired,
Verified, the output has no global tags or attachments, and the media-stream
hashes match the input.

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CodeRabbit follow-ups on fb34ed7, both fixed in 03b4575:

• Cover art in the lossless repair gate: GetStreamHashes() also maps out -0:disp:attached_pic, and MediaStreamTimings() skips streams whose ffprobe disposition is attached_pic. So the gate compares the same media streams before and after the MkvMerge pass. The specifier works on FFmpeg 7.1 and 8.1. On the main pipeline, RemoveCoverArt() runs before verify, so this matters where cover art survives that step or a plugin calls RepairTimestamps() directly.
• Duration assertion: MediaStreamTimings_AttachmentAndCoverArt_Skipped now asserts the audio stream's duration, and it covers a cover-art stream too.