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Description

Fix clip selection after splitting and pause preview media during source seeks. Resume microphone and other source audio when an asynchronous seek completes.

Motivation

After two cuts, Delete could leave the intended middle section in place because it was not selected. Seeking or playing across cuts could replay removed footage or double audio in the editor preview.

Type of Change

  • Bug Fix

Related Issue(s)

None. This PR addresses a reported editor preview problem.

Screenshots / Video

No visual UI changes. The browser test covers the timeline and preview behavior.

Testing Guide

  1. Open a Recordly screen recording with microphone audio in the editor.
  2. Split a clip at two points, press Delete, and verify only the middle section is removed.
  3. Seek and play across the join. Verify video and microphone audio follow the retained source footage once.
  4. Run npm test -- src/components/video-editor/hooks/useClipRegionCommands.test.ts src/components/video-editor/audio/useAudioPreviewSync.test.ts src/components/video-editor/videoPlayback/clipPlayback.test.ts (26 passed).
  5. Run npm run typecheck and npx biome lint on the changed files (passed).
  6. Run npm run test:ui -- tests/ui/clip-cut-delete.spec.ts (1 passed using system Chrome).

The browser test uses the repository video fixture. The reported microphone recording has not been available for direct validation.

Checklist

  • I have performed a self-review of my code.
  • I have added browser and unit coverage for the changed behavior.
  • Related issues, screenshots, and changelog are not applicable to this fix.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Audio and video playback now pauses while a seek is in progress and resumes after seeking finishes, preventing playback from starting before the new position is ready.
    • After splitting a clip, the left segment is selected. Deleting a selected segment preserves the remaining clips’ positions and playback timing, including when playing a clip after the deleted segment.

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  • src/components/video-editor/audio/useAudioPreviewSync.test.ts
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Audio and video playback now pause before seeks and resume after seeking ends. Clip splits now select the newly created left clip. Unit and UI tests cover pending seeks, split selection, deletion, retained clip boundaries, and playback position.

Changes

Playback during seeks

Layer / File(s) Summary
Audio preview seek handling
src/components/video-editor/audio/useAudioPreviewSync.ts, src/components/video-editor/audio/useAudioPreviewSync.test.ts
The audio preview pauses before applying a seek and starts playback only when the audio is paused and not seeking. Tests cover pending seeks, playback resumption, and listener cleanup.
Clip playback seek handling
src/components/video-editor/videoPlayback/clipPlayback.ts, src/components/video-editor/videoPlayback/clipPlayback.test.ts
Clip playback pauses before applying a seek, avoids restarting while seeking, and retries playback on a later tick when seeking ends. Tests cover this behavior.

Clip split selection and deletion

Layer / File(s) Summary
Selection after splitting clips
src/components/video-editor/hooks/useClipRegionCommands.ts, src/components/video-editor/hooks/useClipRegionCommands.test.ts, tests/ui/clip-cut-delete.spec.ts
Each split selects the newly created left clip. Unit and UI tests cover split selection, deletion, retained clip boundaries, source offset, and playback position.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

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

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: webadderall

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 54727

No actionable issue remains in the supplied changes; the PR is ready to merge after normal checks.

Architecture Summary

Architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 54727

The change affects 2 systems.

Changed systems: src, tests

Architecture concerns
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Systems and components

  • observed — src (ui) was modified; 6 changed files map to changed impact.
  • observed — tests (ui) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

  • observed — Modified behavior in src/components/video-editor/hooks/useClipRegionCommands.test.ts: Adds a test that supplies clip-command dependencies, performs two splits, checks that each split selects the expected clip, then deletes the selected middle clip and checks the remaining clip ranges and source offset.
  • observed — Modified behavior in src/components/video-editor/hooks/useClipRegionCommands.ts: handleClipSplit now always selects the newly created left clip via handleSelectClip(plan.left.id) instead of only updating selection when the split target was the currently selected clip; the dependency array now lists handleSelectClip instead of selectedClipId and setSelectedClipId.
  • observed — Modified behavior in src/components/video-editor/videoPlayback/clipPlayback.test.ts: The video mock now sets paused: true and replaces the no-op play/pause mocks with implementations that set paused to false/true respectively.
  • observed — Modified behavior in src/components/video-editor/videoPlayback/clipPlayback.test.ts: Adds a test verifying createClipPlayback pauses source playback during a cut seek: with a currentTime setter that flips seeking on at the cut, playback triggers video.pause, does not call play again while seeking, and calls play once more after seeking is cleared.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly summarizes the two main changes: fixing clip deletion after cuts and correcting preview playback during seeks.
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Inline comments:
In `@src/components/video-editor/audio/useAudioPreviewSync.ts`:
- Around line 457-458: In the playback effect in useAudioPreviewSync, ensure
source audio resumes when an asynchronous seek completes: add a seeked listener
that calls play only if playback is still requested and the effect has not been
cancelled. Remove the listener during effect cleanup, and retain the existing
guard against playing while the audio is seeking.

In `@tests/ui/clip-cut-delete.spec.ts`:
- Around line 25-27: Update the Delete assertions in the clip-cut-delete test to
verify clip identity, not only count and boundary values. Capture identifying
attributes or source ranges for the original first, middle, and last clips
before Delete; afterward assert the original first and last remain and the
middle clip is gone.
- Around line 31-35: Update the playback assertion in this test to verify actual
advancement: click within the clip, capture the video’s currentTime after
selection, start playback with the Play button, and poll until currentTime
exceeds the captured value.

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  • src/components/video-editor/hooks/useClipRegionCommands.test.ts
  • src/components/video-editor/hooks/useClipRegionCommands.ts
  • src/components/video-editor/videoPlayback/clipPlayback.test.ts
  • src/components/video-editor/videoPlayback/clipPlayback.ts
  • tests/ui/clip-cut-delete.spec.ts

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