H7 Transcoding

Requirements

1. H7-R1acceptedMUST

   The transcoding engine MUST be open-source and self-hostable, with no capability gated behind a paid tier or external coordinator; a freemium tool MUST NOT be configured as the built-in path.

   locked by

   0.21.0 ○ open

2. H7-R2acceptedMUST

   Transcoding MUST NOT be reported as available until a worker or node has actually registered with the engine.

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   0.21.0 ○ open

3. H7-R3acceptedMUST

   The tool MUST run a test transcode of a known file end to end and assert a valid output before handing the library to the pipeline.

   locked by

   0.21.0 ○ open

4. H7-R4acceptedMUST

   When hardware acceleration is requested, the tool MUST verify the GPU device is mapped into the worker and used by a real transcode, and MUST NOT assume it from configuration.

   locked by

   0.21.0 ○ open

5. H7-R5acceptedMUST

   A requested accelerator that is not usable MUST be reported as a software fallback with its cause, and MUST NOT be presented as an accelerated path.

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   0.21.0 ○ open

6. H7-R6acceptedMUST

   HW-accel verification MUST re-run on start and after driver or kernel updates, so a broken accelerator drops to reported fallback rather than silent CPU encoding.

   locked by

   0.21.0 ○ open

7. H7-R7acceptedMUST

   A source file MUST NOT be replaced until its transcode is verified valid; a corrupt or failed output MUST NOT overwrite the original.

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   0.21.0 ○ open

8. H7-R8acceptedMUST

   A conversion MUST be reversible to its source, so a degraded transcode can be rolled back.

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   0.21.0 ○ open

9. H7-R9acceptedMUST

   On platforms without hardware acceleration, the tool MUST run on CPU and state so, and MUST NOT advertise an accelerator the platform cannot provide.

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   0.21.0 ○ open

10. H7-R10acceptedMUST

    Work MUST be queued and rate-limited so a backlog cannot saturate the host, and MUST yield to live playback transcode demand.

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    0.21.0 ○ open

11. H7-R11acceptedMUST

    A worker that disappears mid-job MUST leave the source preserved and the file requeued, never a half-written output as the library copy.

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    0.21.0 ○ open

12. H7-R12acceptedMUST

    A conversion that would enlarge or lower the quality of a file MUST be skipped or flagged rather than silently degrade it.

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    0.21.0 ○ open

13. H7-R13acceptedMUST

    An unsupported or DRM-locked source MUST be skipped with a clear reason and MUST NOT leave a partial output in place of the original.

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    0.21.0 ○ open

14. H7-R14acceptedMUST

    Queue depth and per-file transcode outcomes MUST be readable.

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    0.21.0 ○ open

15. H7-R15acceptedMUST

    Worker status, the test transcode, HW-accel verification, and a library run MUST each be reachable non-interactively.

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    0.21.0 ○ open