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Exported MP4s now say which colour matrix they use. Until now no export encoder set it, so the file had no colr atom and no VUI colour description, and each player guessed.

Why it matters

• macOS and Windows encode BT.709 limited. A player that assumes BT.601 for an untagged file, ffmpeg among them, shifted saturated colours by up to 22 levels on a macOS export of v2.2.0-rc.3 (measured on a 12-patch chart).
• Linux encodes BT.601 limited, so players that assume BT.709 for HD misread it the other way.

Change

• ffi::tag_export_color sets primaries and transfer BT.709 (the compositor renders sRGB), the platform's matrix, and limited range, before avcodec_open2.
• Called by every export encoder: macOS (BT.709), Windows (BT.709), Linux software and VAAPI (BT.601, the matrix of yuv.wgsl).

Tests

• Windows: export_encoder_tags_its_colour opens the real encoder and checks codecpar. Passes locally.
• Linux: l_export_h264_porte_son_etiquette_couleur, same check through the real try_open. Left to CI.
• macOS: one line, compiled by CI. An export from a CI build will be checked on the Mac before rc.4.

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• Improvements
  • Video exports now include explicit color primaries, transfer characteristics, color-space matrix, and range metadata.
  • Exported H.264 video reports BT.709 primaries and transfer characteristics, with the applicable color-space matrix and MPEG range.

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Tag the transfer curve the exported values actually use.

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Review comments at @crates/compositor/src/ffi.rs:
- Line 79: Update tag_export_color to tag the exported values with the sRGB
transfer characteristic instead of BT.709, matching the transfer curve the YUV
conversion actually uses.

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Walkthrough

The compositor now sets color metadata on export encoder contexts across Linux, macOS, and Windows. Linux and Windows tests check the color metadata reported in encoded codec parameters.

Changes: Export encoder color metadata

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Color metadata tagging helper crates/compositor/src/ffi.rs	Adds tag_export_color to set BT.709 primaries and transfer, a supplied color matrix, and MPEG range on an encoder context.
Encoder wiring and metadata checks crates/compositor/src/pipeline_linux.rs, crates/compositor/src/pipeline_macos.rs, crates/compositor/src/pipeline_windows.rs	Linux software and VAAPI encoders pass SMPTE 170M as the matrix. macOS and Windows encoders pass BT.709. Linux and Windows tests check the resulting codec parameters; the Linux test helper captures the color metadata from codec parameters.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Possibly related PRs

• getopenscreen/openscreen#1200: Updates the Linux VAAPI export path with BT.601 limited-range tags. This PR also adds BT.601 matrix tagging to the Linux VAAPI encoder context.

Suggested reviewers: beetix, my-denia

Merge Risk: Low · up to d6549

Exported videos can show shifted brightness in players that honor the transfer metadata. Correcting that declaration is recommended; the test improvements would also prevent encoder-opening regressions from passing unnoticed. The remaining risk is bounded.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 71.43% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documenta…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

Passed checks: 4 passed

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Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding colour metadata to exported MP4 files.
Description check		The description clearly explains the problem, implementation, affected platforms, colour metadata, and testing status. It does not use all template headings or explicitly state the change type and rel…
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R4 measurement on macOS (M1, Darwin 27): metadata only, pixels unchanged. ✅

Same 30 s 1080p30 screen + webcam export through the real pipeline (pipeline::run_composited_multi, H.264 VideoToolbox), main (bfd5bc3) vs this PR (d6549cd), 3 runs each, interleaved.

	main	PR
YUV framemd5 (-pix_fmt yuv420p, 900 frames)	a33e463d… ×3	a33e463d… ×3, identical
ffprobe range / space / transfer / primaries	unknown ×4	tv / bt709 / bt709 / bt709
colr atom	absent	nclx 1/1/1, limited range
Export time (s)	4.783, 4.672, 4.667	4.668, 4.684, 4.704
Median	4.672	4.684 (+0.3 %)

Commands: ffmpeg -i out.mp4 -map 0:v -f framemd5 -pix_fmt yuv420p - and ffprobe -select_streams v:0 -show_entries stream=pix_fmt,color_range,color_space,color_transfer,color_primaries.

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Actionable comments posted: 1

Nitpick comments: 2

crates/compositor/src/pipeline_linux.rs: 1

2110-2113: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Fail on unexpected encoder open errors in the color test helper.

encode returns None for every VideoEncoder::open error. The color test then returns early and passes. If the tagging added before avcodec_open2 makes the open fail on a host that has libopenh264, this test passes without checking the color fields. The same helper also feeds the two sibling H.264 tests.

Return None only when the encoder is absent from the build. Propagate other open errors as failures.

🔧 Suggested fix

-        let mut enc = VideoEncoder::open(&ExportCodec::H264, W, H, fps, 1_000_000).ok()?;
+        let mut enc = match VideoEncoder::open(&ExportCodec::H264, W, H, fps, 1_000_000) {
+            Ok(enc) => enc,
+            // Build ffmpeg sans libopenh264 : on se saute.
+            Err(e) if e.to_string().contains("absent de ce build ffmpeg") => return None,
+            // Toute autre erreur d'ouverture est un échec du test.
+            Err(e) => panic!("ouverture de l'encodeur H.264 : {e}"),
+        };

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Review comment at @crates/compositor/src/pipeline_linux.rs around lines 2110 -
2113:
Update the `encode` helper so it returns `None` only when H.264 is unavailable
in the build; propagate or fail on other `VideoEncoder::open` errors instead of
letting the color test and sibling H.264 tests pass without running.

crates/compositor/src/pipeline_windows.rs: 1

2021-2024: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Poor tradeoff

Separate "no H.264 candidate" from "candidate refused to open" in the colour test.

The test returns early on every Err from VideoEncoder::open. If the BT.709 tagging makes avcodec_open2 fail for each system-memory candidate, open returns Err, and the test passes without checking the tagged parameters. The skip should apply only when no system-memory H.264 candidate exists in the build. A candidate that refuses to open should fail the test.

Making the expect unconditional is not a safe change on its own. The skip exists for hosts without such a candidate, and those hosts would panic. The open error currently carries refusal reasons only as a formatted message, so a reliable distinction needs a structured signal from open first.

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Review comment at @crates/compositor/src/pipeline_windows.rs around lines 2021 -
2024:
Update VideoEncoder::open to expose a structured distinction between having no
system-memory H.264 candidate and a candidate refusing to open; in the colour
test, skip only for the no-candidate outcome and fail when a candidate returns
an open error.

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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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Inline comments:
Review comments at @crates/compositor/src/ffi.rs:
- Line 79: Update tag_export_color to tag the exported values with the sRGB
transfer characteristic instead of BT.709, matching the transfer curve the YUV
conversion actually uses.

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Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @crates/compositor/src/pipeline_linux.rs:
- Around line 2110-2113: Update the `encode` helper so it returns `None` only
when H.264 is unavailable in the build; propagate or fail on other
`VideoEncoder::open` errors instead of letting the color test and sibling H.264
tests pass without running.

Review comments at @crates/compositor/src/pipeline_windows.rs:
- Around line 2021-2024: Update VideoEncoder::open to expose a structured
distinction between having no system-memory H.264 candidate and a candidate
refusing to open; in the colour test, skip only for the no-candidate outcome and
fail when a candidate returns an open error.

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