fix: reduce prefetched subtitle annotation delay

launcher/aniskip-metadata.test.ts

@@ -145,19 +145,25 @@ test('resolveAniSkipMetadataForFile emits missing_mal_id when MAL search misses'
 });
 
 test('buildSubminerScriptOpts includes aniskip payload fields', () => {
-  const opts = buildSubminerScriptOpts('/tmp/SubMiner.AppImage', '/tmp/subminer.sock', {
-    title: "Frieren: Beyond Journey's End",
-    season: 1,
-    episode: 5,
-    source: 'guessit',
-    malId: 1234,
-    introStart: 30.5,
-    introEnd: 62,
-    lookupStatus: 'ready',
-  });
+  const opts = buildSubminerScriptOpts(
+    '/tmp/SubMiner.AppImage',
+    '/tmp/subminer.sock',
+    {
+      title: "Frieren: Beyond Journey's End",
+      season: 1,
+      episode: 5,
+      source: 'guessit',
+      malId: 1234,
+      introStart: 30.5,
+      introEnd: 62,
+      lookupStatus: 'ready',
+    },
+    'debug',
+  );
   const payloadMatch = opts.match(/subminer-aniskip_payload=([^,]+)/);
   assert.match(opts, /subminer-binary_path=\/tmp\/SubMiner\.AppImage/);
   assert.match(opts, /subminer-socket_path=\/tmp\/subminer\.sock/);
+  assert.match(opts, /subminer-log_level=debug/);
   assert.match(opts, /subminer-aniskip_title=Frieren: Beyond Journey's End/);
   assert.match(opts, /subminer-aniskip_season=1/);
   assert.match(opts, /subminer-aniskip_episode=5/);

launcher/aniskip-metadata.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import path from 'node:path';
 import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
+import type { LogLevel } from './types.js';
 import { commandExists } from './util.js';
 
 export type AniSkipLookupStatus =
@@ -551,11 +552,15 @@ export function buildSubminerScriptOpts(
   appPath: string,
   socketPath: string,
   aniSkipMetadata: AniSkipMetadata | null,
+  logLevel: LogLevel = 'info',
 ): string {
   const parts = [
     `subminer-binary_path=${sanitizeScriptOptValue(appPath)}`,
     `subminer-socket_path=${sanitizeScriptOptValue(socketPath)}`,
   ];
+  if (logLevel !== 'info') {
+    parts.push(`subminer-log_level=${sanitizeScriptOptValue(logLevel)}`);
+  }
   if (aniSkipMetadata && aniSkipMetadata.title) {
     parts.push(`subminer-aniskip_title=${sanitizeScriptOptValue(aniSkipMetadata.title)}`);
   }

launcher/main.test.ts

@@ -387,6 +387,76 @@ ${bunBinary} -e "const net=require('node:net'); const fs=require('node:fs'); con
   });
 });
 
+test('launcher forwards non-info log level into mpv plugin script opts', { timeout: 15000 }, () => {
+  withTempDir((root) => {
+    const homeDir = path.join(root, 'home');
+    const xdgConfigHome = path.join(root, 'xdg');
+    const binDir = path.join(root, 'bin');
+    const appPath = path.join(root, 'fake-subminer.sh');
+    const videoPath = path.join(root, 'movie.mkv');
+    const mpvArgsPath = path.join(root, 'mpv-args.txt');
+    const socketPath = path.join(root, 'mpv.sock');
+    const bunBinary = JSON.stringify(process.execPath.replace(/\\/g, '/'));
+
+    fs.mkdirSync(binDir, { recursive: true });
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.join(xdgConfigHome, 'SubMiner'), { recursive: true });
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.join(xdgConfigHome, 'mpv', 'script-opts'), { recursive: true });
+    fs.writeFileSync(videoPath, 'fake video content');
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      path.join(xdgConfigHome, 'SubMiner', 'setup-state.json'),
+      JSON.stringify({
+        version: 1,
+        status: 'completed',
+        completedAt: '2026-03-08T00:00:00.000Z',
+        completionSource: 'user',
+        lastSeenYomitanDictionaryCount: 0,
+        pluginInstallStatus: 'installed',
+        pluginInstallPathSummary: null,
+      }),
+    );
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      path.join(xdgConfigHome, 'mpv', 'script-opts', 'subminer.conf'),
+      `socket_path=${socketPath}\nauto_start=yes\nauto_start_visible_overlay=yes\nauto_start_pause_until_ready=yes\n`,
+    );
+    fs.writeFileSync(appPath, '#!/bin/sh\nexit 0\n');
+    fs.chmodSync(appPath, 0o755);
+
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      path.join(binDir, 'mpv'),
+      `#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+printf '%s\\n' "$@" > "$SUBMINER_TEST_MPV_ARGS"
+socket_path=""
+for arg in "$@"; do
+  case "$arg" in
+    --input-ipc-server=*)
+      socket_path="\${arg#--input-ipc-server=}"
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+${bunBinary} -e "const net=require('node:net'); const fs=require('node:fs'); const path=require('node:path'); const socket=process.argv[1]||''; try{ if (socket) fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(socket),{recursive:true}); }catch{} try{ if (socket) fs.rmSync(socket,{force:true}); }catch{} if(!socket) process.exit(0); const server=net.createServer((c)=>c.end()); server.on('error',()=>process.exit(0)); try{ server.listen(socket,()=>setTimeout(()=>server.close(()=>process.exit(0)),250)); } catch { process.exit(0); }" "$socket_path"
+`,
+      'utf8',
+    );
+    fs.chmodSync(path.join(binDir, 'mpv'), 0o755);
+
+    const env = {
+      ...makeTestEnv(homeDir, xdgConfigHome),
+      PATH: `${binDir}${path.delimiter}${process.env.Path || process.env.PATH || ''}`,
+      Path: `${binDir}${path.delimiter}${process.env.Path || process.env.PATH || ''}`,
+      SUBMINER_APPIMAGE_PATH: appPath,
+      SUBMINER_TEST_MPV_ARGS: mpvArgsPath,
+    };
+    const result = runLauncher(['--log-level', 'debug', videoPath], env);
+
+    assert.equal(result.status, 0, `stdout:\n${result.stdout}\nstderr:\n${result.stderr}`);
+    assert.match(
+      fs.readFileSync(mpvArgsPath, 'utf8'),
+      /--script-opts=.*subminer-log_level=debug/,
+    );
+  });
+});
+
 test('dictionary command forwards --dictionary and --dictionary-target to app command path', () => {
   withTempDir((root) => {
     const homeDir = path.join(root, 'home');

launcher/mpv.ts

@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ export async function startMpv(
   const aniSkipMetadata = shouldResolveAniSkipMetadata(target, targetKind, preloadedSubtitles)
     ? await resolveAniSkipMetadataForFile(target)
     : null;
-  const scriptOpts = buildSubminerScriptOpts(appPath, socketPath, aniSkipMetadata);
+  const scriptOpts = buildSubminerScriptOpts(appPath, socketPath, aniSkipMetadata, args.logLevel);
   if (aniSkipMetadata) {
     log(
       'debug',
@@ -939,9 +939,7 @@ export function launchMpvIdleDetached(
       mpvArgs.push(...parseMpvArgString(args.mpvArgs));
     }
     mpvArgs.push('--idle=yes');
-    mpvArgs.push(
-      `--script-opts=subminer-binary_path=${appPath},subminer-socket_path=${socketPath}`,
-    );
+    mpvArgs.push(`--script-opts=${buildSubminerScriptOpts(appPath, socketPath, null, args.logLevel)}`);
     mpvArgs.push(`--log-file=${getMpvLogPath()}`);
     mpvArgs.push(`--input-ipc-server=${socketPath}`);
     const mpvTarget = resolveCommandInvocation('mpv', mpvArgs);