diff --git a/changes/fix-animated-word-audio-sync.md b/changes/fix-animated-word-audio-sync.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f4508cc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/fix-animated-word-audio-sync.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+type: fixed
+area: anki
+
+- Added `ankiConnect.fields.wordAudio` to read word audio separately from the generated sentence-audio destination, fixing animated images that start moving immediately when `fields.audio` points to `SentenceAudio`.
diff --git a/changes/word-audio-mapping-docs.md b/changes/word-audio-mapping-docs.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cea4e453
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/word-audio-mapping-docs.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+type: docs
+area: anki
+
+- Documented the separate word-audio mapping for animated-image synchronization and that existing images need regeneration to pick up the corrected freeze.
diff --git a/config.example.jsonc b/config.example.jsonc
index 1119873c..6eed9b71 100644
--- a/config.example.jsonc
+++ b/config.example.jsonc
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@
// ==========================================
// AnkiConnect Integration
// Automatic Anki updates and media generation options.
- // Hot-reload: ankiConnect.ai.enabled, media.normalizeAudio/mirrorMpvVolume/reviewTiming, knownWords, nPlusOne, fields.word/audio/image/sentence/miscInfo, behavior.autoUpdateNewCards, isLapis.sentenceCardModel, isKiku.fieldGrouping, isSenren.fieldGrouping, and lapisKiku.wordCardKind update live while SubMiner is running.
+ // Hot-reload: ankiConnect.ai.enabled, media.normalizeAudio/mirrorMpvVolume/reviewTiming, knownWords, nPlusOne, fields.word/audio/wordAudio/image/sentence/miscInfo, behavior.autoUpdateNewCards, isLapis.sentenceCardModel, isKiku.fieldGrouping, isSenren.fieldGrouping, and lapisKiku.wordCardKind update live while SubMiner is running.
// Shared AI provider transport settings are read from top-level ai and typically require restart.
// Most other AnkiConnect settings still require restart.
// ==========================================
@@ -562,6 +562,7 @@
"fields": {
"word": "Expression", // Card field for the mined word or expression text.
"audio": "ExpressionAudio", // Card field that receives generated sentence audio.
+ "wordAudio": "ExpressionAudio", // Existing word-audio field read to time the frozen first frame of animated images. This mapping is only used for synchronization.
"image": "Picture", // Card field that receives the captured screenshot or animated image.
"sentence": "Sentence", // Card field that receives the source sentence text.
"miscInfo": "MiscInfo", // Card field that receives the miscellaneous info pattern (see ankiConnect.metadata.pattern).
diff --git a/docs-site/anki-integration.md b/docs-site/anki-integration.md
index 235dd2d6..113bb314 100644
--- a/docs-site/anki-integration.md
+++ b/docs-site/anki-integration.md
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ SubMiner maps its data to your Anki note fields. Configure these under `ankiConn
"fields": {
"word": "Expression", // mined word / expression text
"audio": "SentenceAudio", // sentence audio clip cut from the video
+ "wordAudio": "ExpressionAudio", // existing Yomitan word audio, read for animation sync
"image": "Picture", // screenshot or animated clip
"sentence": "Sentence", // subtitle text
"miscInfo": "MiscInfo" // metadata (filename, timestamp)
@@ -136,6 +137,8 @@ SubMiner maps its data to your Anki note fields. Configure these under `ankiConn
Field names are matched against your Anki note type case-insensitively (an exact match wins, then a lowercase comparison). If a configured field does not exist on the note type, SubMiner skips it without error.
+`fields.wordAudio` selects the existing dictionary-audio field used to calculate the animated image's opening freeze. This mapping only reads audio; `fields.audio` still controls where generated sentence audio is written. See [config.example.jsonc](/config.example.jsonc) for defaults.
+
These mappings always control normal word-card enrichment, including Yomitan proxy/polling updates and manual clipboard updates. Enabling Lapis or Kiku does not replace the configured word-card sentence and audio fields with `Sentence` and `SentenceAudio`. The dedicated sentence-card and audio-card shortcuts still use those Lapis/Kiku field names.
Two related options live alongside `fields`: `ankiConnect.deck` (target deck; empty falls back as described above) and `ankiConnect.tags` (tags added to mined cards, default `["SubMiner"]`; set `[]` to disable tagging). The `miscInfo` content is controlled by `ankiConnect.metadata.pattern` (default `[SubMiner] %f (%t)`; tokens: `%f` filename, `%F` filename with extension, `%t` timestamp, `%T` timestamp with milliseconds, `
` newline).
@@ -241,7 +244,7 @@ SubMiner can produce an animated AVIF spanning the subtitle duration instead of
}
```
-Animated AVIF requires an AV1 encoder (`libaom-av1`, `libsvtav1`, or `librav1e`) in your FFmpeg build. Generation timeout is 60 seconds. `media.syncAnimatedImageToWordAudio` (default `true`) prepends a frozen first frame matching the existing word-audio duration, so the motion starts together with the sentence audio.
+Animated AVIF requires an AV1 encoder (`libaom-av1`, `libsvtav1`, or `librav1e`) in your FFmpeg build. Generation timeout is 60 seconds. `media.syncAnimatedImageToWordAudio` (default `true`) prepends a frozen first frame matching the existing audio duration in `fields.wordAudio`, so the motion starts together with the sentence audio. The freeze is baked into the image when mined; changing the mapping does not repair previously generated images.
### Behavior options
diff --git a/docs-site/configuration.md b/docs-site/configuration.md
index 879d3f77..12321710 100644
--- a/docs-site/configuration.md
+++ b/docs-site/configuration.md
@@ -975,7 +975,8 @@ This example is intentionally compact. The option table below documents availabl
| `tags` | array of strings | Tags automatically added to cards mined/updated by SubMiner (default: `['SubMiner']`; set `[]` to disable automatic tagging). |
| `ankiConnect.deck` | string | Restrict duplicate detection and card enrichment to this Anki deck. Leave empty to use the Yomitan mining deck when available. In Settings, this dropdown auto-fills and persists Yomitan's current mining deck when available. |
| `fields.word` | string | Card field for mined word / expression text (default: `Expression`) |
-| `fields.audio` | string | Card field for the generated sentence audio clip (default: `ExpressionAudio`). Set this to a dedicated field such as `SentenceAudio` so it does not collide with the word audio Yomitan writes. |
+| `fields.audio` | string | Card field for the generated sentence audio clip (default: `ExpressionAudio`). Set this to a dedicated field such as `SentenceAudio` so it does not collide with the word audio Yomitan writes. |
+| `fields.wordAudio` | string | Existing word-audio field read for the animated image's opening freeze. Independent of the sentence-audio destination in `fields.audio`; this mapping does not write audio. See [config.example.jsonc](/config.example.jsonc) for defaults. |
| `fields.image` | string | Card field for images (default: `Picture`) |
| `fields.sentence` | string | Card field for sentences (default: `Sentence`) |
| `fields.miscInfo` | string | Card field for metadata (default: `"MiscInfo"`, set to `null` to disable) |
diff --git a/docs-site/public/config.example.jsonc b/docs-site/public/config.example.jsonc
index 1119873c..6eed9b71 100644
--- a/docs-site/public/config.example.jsonc
+++ b/docs-site/public/config.example.jsonc
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@
// ==========================================
// AnkiConnect Integration
// Automatic Anki updates and media generation options.
- // Hot-reload: ankiConnect.ai.enabled, media.normalizeAudio/mirrorMpvVolume/reviewTiming, knownWords, nPlusOne, fields.word/audio/image/sentence/miscInfo, behavior.autoUpdateNewCards, isLapis.sentenceCardModel, isKiku.fieldGrouping, isSenren.fieldGrouping, and lapisKiku.wordCardKind update live while SubMiner is running.
+ // Hot-reload: ankiConnect.ai.enabled, media.normalizeAudio/mirrorMpvVolume/reviewTiming, knownWords, nPlusOne, fields.word/audio/wordAudio/image/sentence/miscInfo, behavior.autoUpdateNewCards, isLapis.sentenceCardModel, isKiku.fieldGrouping, isSenren.fieldGrouping, and lapisKiku.wordCardKind update live while SubMiner is running.
// Shared AI provider transport settings are read from top-level ai and typically require restart.
// Most other AnkiConnect settings still require restart.
// ==========================================
@@ -562,6 +562,7 @@
"fields": {
"word": "Expression", // Card field for the mined word or expression text.
"audio": "ExpressionAudio", // Card field that receives generated sentence audio.
+ "wordAudio": "ExpressionAudio", // Existing word-audio field read to time the frozen first frame of animated images. This mapping is only used for synchronization.
"image": "Picture", // Card field that receives the captured screenshot or animated image.
"sentence": "Sentence", // Card field that receives the source sentence text.
"miscInfo": "MiscInfo", // Card field that receives the miscellaneous info pattern (see ankiConnect.metadata.pattern).
diff --git a/src/anki-integration/animated-image-sync.test.ts b/src/anki-integration/animated-image-sync.test.ts
index 6f18cba5..2bfe309a 100644
--- a/src/anki-integration/animated-image-sync.test.ts
+++ b/src/anki-integration/animated-image-sync.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ test('resolveAnimatedImageLeadInSeconds sums configured word audio durations for
const leadInSeconds = await resolveAnimatedImageLeadInSeconds({
config: {
fields: {
- audio: 'ExpressionAudio',
+ audio: 'SentenceAudio',
+ wordAudio: 'Pronunciation',
},
media: {
imageType: 'avif',
@@ -25,7 +26,8 @@ test('resolveAnimatedImageLeadInSeconds sums configured word audio durations for
noteInfo: {
noteId: 42,
fields: {
- ExpressionAudio: {
+ SentenceAudio: { value: '[sound:sentence.mp3]' },
+ Pronunciation: {
value: '[sound:word.mp3][sound:alt.ogg]',
},
},
@@ -121,3 +123,32 @@ test('resolveAnimatedImageLeadInSeconds falls back to zero when sync is disabled
assert.equal(leadInSeconds, 0);
});
+
+for (const sentenceAudio of ['', '[sound:sentence.mp3]']) {
+ test(`word audio defaults independently of sentence audio (${sentenceAudio ? 'existing' : 'new'} note)`, async () => {
+ const retrieved: string[] = [];
+ const leadInSeconds = await resolveAnimatedImageLeadInSeconds({
+ config: {
+ fields: { audio: 'SentenceAudio' },
+ media: { imageType: 'avif' },
+ },
+ noteInfo: {
+ noteId: 42,
+ fields: {
+ ExpressionAudio: { value: '[sound:word.mp3]' },
+ SentenceAudio: { value: sentenceAudio },
+ },
+ },
+ resolveConfiguredFieldName: (noteInfo, ...preferredNames) =>
+ preferredNames.find((name) => name !== undefined && name in noteInfo.fields) ?? null,
+ retrieveMediaFileBase64: async (filename) => {
+ retrieved.push(filename);
+ return 'd29yZA==';
+ },
+ probeAudioDurationSeconds: async (_buffer, filename) => (filename === 'word.mp3' ? 0.6 : 4),
+ });
+
+ assert.equal(leadInSeconds, 0.6);
+ assert.deepEqual(retrieved, ['word.mp3']);
+ });
+}
diff --git a/src/anki-integration/animated-image-sync.ts b/src/anki-integration/animated-image-sync.ts
index 25282873..96d81809 100644
--- a/src/anki-integration/animated-image-sync.ts
+++ b/src/anki-integration/animated-image-sync.ts
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ export async function resolveAnimatedImageLeadInSeconds {
);
});
+test('word audio mapping defaults and validates independently of sentence audio', () => {
+ for (const wordAudio of [undefined, 'Pronunciation', 7]) {
+ const { context, warnings } = makeContext({
+ fields: {
+ audio: 'SentenceAudio',
+ ...(wordAudio !== undefined ? { wordAudio } : {}),
+ },
+ });
+ applyAnkiConnectResolution(context);
+
+ assert.equal(context.resolved.ankiConnect.fields.audio, 'SentenceAudio');
+ assert.equal(
+ context.resolved.ankiConnect.fields.wordAudio,
+ typeof wordAudio === 'string' ? wordAudio : DEFAULT_CONFIG.ankiConnect.fields.wordAudio,
+ );
+ assert.deepEqual(
+ warnings.map((warning) => warning.path),
+ typeof wordAudio === 'number' ? ['ankiConnect.fields.wordAudio'] : [],
+ );
+ }
+});
+
test('invalid modern Anki subtrees warn and keep resolved defaults', () => {
const { context, warnings } = makeContext({
fields: { word: 7 },
diff --git a/src/config/resolve/anki-connect/modern-fields.ts b/src/config/resolve/anki-connect/modern-fields.ts
index c8d30ad1..228d8615 100644
--- a/src/config/resolve/anki-connect/modern-fields.ts
+++ b/src/config/resolve/anki-connect/modern-fields.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,15 @@ export function applyModernFieldsResolution(
context: ResolveContext,
fields: Record,
): void {
- for (const key of ['word', 'audio', 'image', 'sentence', 'miscInfo', 'translation'] as const) {
+ for (const key of [
+ 'word',
+ 'audio',
+ 'wordAudio',
+ 'image',
+ 'sentence',
+ 'miscInfo',
+ 'translation',
+ ] as const) {
applyModernValue(
context,
fields,
diff --git a/src/config/settings/registry.test.ts b/src/config/settings/registry.test.ts
index cc33f30a..023bc1d5 100644
--- a/src/config/settings/registry.test.ts
+++ b/src/config/settings/registry.test.ts
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ test('settings registry marks safe live config paths as hot-reloadable', () => {
'ankiConnect.nPlusOne.minSentenceWords',
'ankiConnect.fields.word',
'ankiConnect.fields.audio',
+ 'ankiConnect.fields.wordAudio',
'ankiConnect.fields.image',
'ankiConnect.fields.sentence',
'ankiConnect.fields.miscInfo',
diff --git a/src/types/anki.ts b/src/types/anki.ts
index 2874b1a4..1ddcc732 100644
--- a/src/types/anki.ts
+++ b/src/types/anki.ts
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ export interface AnkiConnectConfig {
fields?: {
word?: string;
audio?: string;
+ wordAudio?: string;
image?: string;
sentence?: string;
miscInfo?: string;
diff --git a/src/types/config.ts b/src/types/config.ts
index 628c6d04..b6607be2 100644
--- a/src/types/config.ts
+++ b/src/types/config.ts
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ export interface ResolvedConfig {
fields: {
word: string;
audio: string;
+ wordAudio: string;
image: string;
sentence: string;
miscInfo: string;