Named timeline markers

[mvanhorn]

Add named cue points on the video timeline.

Declare them on Video::markers with the same duration units as scenes and audio:

fn markers(&self) -> Markers<'_> {
    Markers::from([
        ("title-hit", Duration::Seconds(1.8)),
        ("cta", Duration::Seconds(12.0)),
    ])
}

They show up in timeline (and --json), resolve as time specs (title-hit, title-hit..cta, case-insensitive like scene names), and are always included when inspect samples frames. From render_frame, look a cue up with ctx.marker("title-hit"). Duplicate names fail at timeline resolve; a cue past the end of the video clamps to the last frame.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Added named timeline markers that resolve to video frames and can be used in time specifications.
  • Markers are available during rendering and preview, and appear in timeline reports and command-line timeline output.
• Bug Fixes
  • Invalid or duplicate marker names now produce clear errors. Marker positions are constrained to the video’s duration.

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📝 Walkthrough

The change adds named timeline markers to videos. It resolves marker names and durations to frame positions, supports markers in time specs and timeline output, and passes resolved markers to rendering contexts and the WebAssembly editor.

Changes: Timeline markers

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Define and resolve markers fframes/src/markers.rs, fframes/src/video.rs, fframes/src/error.rs, fframes/src/lib.rs, fframes/src/tests.rs	Videos can define named markers using marker collections and duration inputs. Resolution validates names, resolves durations against media and video timing, clamps frames to the video duration, and stores the resolved markers in the timeline.
Resolve marker time specs fframes/src/time_spec.rs, fframes/src/renderer/cli.rs	Timeline time specs can use marker names as points and range endpoints. Timeline output lists marker names, frames, and seconds; inspect checks marker frames within the selected range.
Pass markers to render contexts fframes/src/fframes_context.rs, fframes/src/renderer/*, fframes/src/renderer/tests/preview_tests.rs, fframes-native-player/src/lib.rs, fframes-skia-renderer/*, render-bench/src/main.rs, examples/marketing/src/tests.rs	Rendering contexts receive resolved markers. Preview timeline reports include markers, and tests cover marker resolution, reporting, and rendering.
Expose markers in the editor fframes-editor-controller/src/wasm_audio.rs, fframes-editor-controller/src/wasm_editor.rs, fframes-editor-controller/src/video_metadata.rs	The editor resolves media durations referenced by markers, stores resolved markers for rendering, and exposes them through VideoMetadata.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Video
  participant resolve_timeline
  participant FFramesContext
  participant Renderer
  Video->>resolve_timeline: provide marker definitions
  resolve_timeline->>Renderer: return resolved timeline markers
  Renderer->>FFramesContext: supply markers for frame rendering

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Suggested reviewers: dmtrkovalenko

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 879f6

Named markers mostly work, but there are two problems to fix before merging. In the editor, an invalid marker name appears to crash preparation instead of returning an error. In the end-to-end benchmark, videos lose their markers when rendered.

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🟠 Major · Forward markers through Truncated. · main.rs:135-140

render-bench/src/main.rs:135-140
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Forward markers through Truncated.

When a benchmark video uses ctx.marker(...), stage rendering receives its markers, but end-to-end rendering does not. Bench::run renders Truncated, whose default Video::markers returns no markers; Truncated::render_frame then calls the inner video with an empty marker context. Override Video::markers in Truncated to forward the inner video's markers.

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Review comment at @render-bench/src/main.rs around lines 135 - 140:
Override Video::markers for Truncated to forward the markers from its inner
video, so end-to-end rendering passes benchmark markers into
Truncated::render_frame instead of using the default empty marker context.

🧹 Nitpick comments: 2

fframes/src/time_spec.rs: 1

315-320: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

A marker named like a scene is shadowed by the scene.

resolve_point tries find_scene first. A marker with the same normalized name as a scene never resolves, and no error reports the conflict. find_scene also strips the scene suffix, so a marker named intro is shadowed by the scene IntroScene. Detect scene and marker name collisions in resolve_markers or document the precedence.

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Review comment at @fframes/src/time_spec.rs around lines 315 - 320:
Update resolve_markers to detect normalized-name collisions between scenes and
markers, including names matched after find_scene strips the “scene” suffix, and
report the conflict instead of silently allowing find_scene precedence to shadow
the marker.

fframes/src/markers.rs: 1

112-114: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Clarify that normalize_marker_name treats title-hit, title_hit and titlehit as the same name.

The normalization removes separators. Two distinct names such as a-b and ab are therefore reported as duplicates. This behavior is intentional and tested, but the public Video::markers docs do not mention it. Add one sentence to the docs so users do not hit a surprising InvalidMarker.

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Review comment at @fframes/src/markers.rs around lines 112 - 114:
Add a sentence to the public `Video::markers` documentation clarifying that
names such as `title-hit`, `title_hit`, and `titlehit` normalize to the same
name and are treated as duplicates. Leave `normalize_marker_name` behavior
unchanged.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @fframes-editor-controller/src/wasm_audio.rs:
- Line 202: Update WasmEditor::prepare to propagate InvalidMarker errors from
resolve_timeline instead of panicking at unwrap; make prepare_video_with_audio
return the resolution error and convert it to JsValue at the editor boundary.

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Outside diff comments:
Review comments at @render-bench/src/main.rs:
- Around line 135-140: Override Video::markers for Truncated to forward the
markers from its inner video, so end-to-end rendering passes benchmark markers
into Truncated::render_frame instead of using the default empty marker context.

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Review comments at @fframes/src/markers.rs:
- Around line 112-114: Add a sentence to the public `Video::markers`
documentation clarifying that names such as `title-hit`, `title_hit`, and
`titlehit` normalize to the same name and are treated as duplicates. Leave
`normalize_marker_name` behavior unchanged.

Review comments at @fframes/src/time_spec.rs:
- Around line 315-320: Update resolve_markers to detect normalized-name
collisions between scenes and markers, including names matched after find_scene
strips the “scene” suffix, and report the conflict instead of silently allowing
find_scene precedence to shadow the marker.

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• examples/marketing/src/tests.rs
• fframes-editor-controller/src/video_metadata.rs
• fframes-editor-controller/src/wasm_audio.rs
• fframes-editor-controller/src/wasm_editor.rs
• fframes-native-player/src/lib.rs
• fframes-skia-renderer/examples/svgr_vs_skia.rs
• fframes-skia-renderer/src/instant_rendering.rs
• fframes/src/error.rs
• fframes/src/fframes_context.rs
• fframes/src/lib.rs
• fframes/src/markers.rs
• fframes/src/renderer/cli.rs
• fframes/src/renderer/preview.rs
• fframes/src/renderer/renderer.rs
• fframes/src/renderer/tests/preview_tests.rs
• fframes/src/tests.rs
• fframes/src/time_spec.rs
• fframes/src/video.rs
• render-bench/src/main.rs

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Return marker validation errors from editor preparation.

If a video declares a blank marker name or duplicate normalized names, resolve_timeline returns InvalidMarker. The subsequent unwrap() panics, so WasmEditor::prepare cannot return an error to its caller. Propagate the resolution error through prepare_video_with_audio and convert it to JsValue at the editor boundary.

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Review comment at @fframes-editor-controller/src/wasm_audio.rs at line 202:
Update WasmEditor::prepare to propagate InvalidMarker errors from
resolve_timeline instead of panicking at unwrap; make prepare_video_with_audio
return the resolution error and convert it to JsValue at the editor boundary.

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[dmtrKovalenko]

Not against it but what is the point of having them?