docs: catch up docs for anilist, anime browser, and subsync fixes

- Add changelog entries for the split-cour AniList season resolution fix and the subsync stream-track fixes - Document anime browser language filter, stream subtitle download-to-disk behavior, and series/season/episode metadata threading - Update domain ownership and knowledge-base catalog for the anime browser modules - Trim the credits table and clarify the M-Extension-Server licensing note in README
2026-08-02 07:21:33 -07:00 · 2026-08-02 00:11:02 -07:00
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@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ Browse sibling episode files and the active mpv queue in one overlay modal. Open
    <td><b>Jellyfin</b></td>
    <td>Browse, launch, and cast media from your Jellyfin server with setup and discovery controls in the app tray</td>
  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td><b>Anime Browser</b></td>
+    <td>Search anime sources you supply as <a href="https://github.com/aniyomiorg/aniyomi">Aniyomi</a> extension APKs and play an episode in mpv with the overlay attached (<code>subminer anime</code>); SubMiner ships no repositories and bundles no sources</td>
+  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><b>Jimaku</b></td>
    <td>Search and download Japanese subtitles</td>
@@ -256,27 +260,28 @@ Full guides on configuration, Anki setup, Jellyfin, immersion tracking, and more

 SubMiner builds on the work of these open-source projects:

-| Project                                                                                              | Role                                                                         |
-| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| [ani-skip](https://github.com/synacktraa/ani-skip)                                                   | AniSkip API client for anime intro/outro skip timestamps                     |
-| [Anacreon-Script](https://github.com/friedrich-de/Anacreon-Script)                                   | Inspiration for the mining workflow                                          |
-| [Aniyomi](https://github.com/aniyomiorg/aniyomi)                                                     | Anime extension API and data model the anime browser targets                 |
-| [asbplayer](https://github.com/killergerbah/asbplayer)                                               | Inspiration for subtitle sidebar and logic for YouTube subtitle parsing      |
-| [Bee's Character Dictionary](https://github.com/bee-san/Japanese_Character_Name_Dictionary)          | Character name recognition in subtitles                                      |
-| [GameSentenceMiner](https://github.com/bpwhelan/GameSentenceMiner)                                   | Inspiration for Electron overlay with Yomitan integration                    |
-| [jellyfin-mpv-shim](https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-mpv-shim)                                   | Jellyfin integration                                                         |
-| [Jimaku.cc](https://jimaku.cc)                                                                       | Japanese subtitle search and downloads                                       |
-| [M-Extension-Server](https://github.com/1Selxo/M-Extension-Server)                                   | Runs Aniyomi extension APKs off Android; the bridge the anime browser drives |
-| [Mangatan](https://github.com/1Selxo/Mangatan) / [Mangayomi](https://github.com/kodjodevf/mangayomi) | Reference implementation for the extension bridge protocol                   |
-| [Renji's Texthooker Page](https://github.com/Renji-XD/texthooker-ui)                                 | Base for the WebSocket texthooker integration                                |
-| [Yomitan](https://github.com/yomidevs/yomitan)                                                       | Dictionary engine powering all lookups and the morphological parser          |
-| [yomitan-jlpt-vocab](https://github.com/stephenmk/yomitan-jlpt-vocab)                                | JLPT level tags for vocabulary                                               |
+| Project                                                                                     | Role                                                                         |
+| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| [ani-skip](https://github.com/synacktraa/ani-skip)                                          | AniSkip API client for anime intro/outro skip timestamps                     |
+| [Anacreon-Script](https://github.com/friedrich-de/Anacreon-Script)                          | Inspiration for the mining workflow                                          |
+| [Aniyomi](https://github.com/aniyomiorg/aniyomi)                                            | Anime extension API and data model the anime browser targets                 |
+| [asbplayer](https://github.com/killergerbah/asbplayer)                                      | Inspiration for subtitle sidebar and logic for YouTube subtitle parsing      |
+| [Bee's Character Dictionary](https://github.com/bee-san/Japanese_Character_Name_Dictionary) | Character name recognition in subtitles                                      |
+| [GameSentenceMiner](https://github.com/bpwhelan/GameSentenceMiner)                          | Inspiration for Electron overlay with Yomitan integration                    |
+| [jellyfin-mpv-shim](https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-mpv-shim)                          | Jellyfin integration                                                         |
+| [Jimaku.cc](https://jimaku.cc)                                                              | Japanese subtitle search and downloads                                       |
+| [M-Extension-Server](https://github.com/1Selxo/M-Extension-Server)                          | Runs Aniyomi extension APKs off Android; the bridge the anime browser drives |
+| [Mangatan](https://github.com/1Selxo/Mangatan)                                              | Reference client for the bridge protocol the anime browser speaks            |
+| [Renji's Texthooker Page](https://github.com/Renji-XD/texthooker-ui)                        | Base for the WebSocket texthooker integration                                |
+| [Yomitan](https://github.com/yomidevs/yomitan)                                              | Dictionary engine powering all lookups and the morphological parser          |
+| [yomitan-jlpt-vocab](https://github.com/stephenmk/yomitan-jlpt-vocab)                       | JLPT level tags for vocabulary                                               |

 ## License

 [GNU General Public License v3.0](LICENSE)

-The anime browser drives [M-Extension-Server](https://github.com/1Selxo/M-Extension-Server)
-(Mozilla Public License 2.0), downloaded at runtime rather than bundled. MPL-2.0 is
-compatible with the GPL. Aniyomi and Mihon are Apache-2.0; Mangatan and Mangayomi are
-GPL-3.0. SubMiner ships no extension repositories and bundles no extensions.
+The anime browser drives [M-Extension-Server](https://github.com/1Selxo/M-Extension-Server),
+downloaded from its upstream releases at runtime rather than
+bundled or redistributed here; its bundles carry their own dependencies, including a JRE and
+GPL-3.0 NewPipe Extractor. SubMiner includes none of them and talks to the bridge
+over its own HTTP protocol. It ships no extensions or repositories by default.
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+type: fixed
+area: anilist
+
+- Resolving "season N" against AniList no longer lands one season short for franchises whose broadcast seasons are listed as several entries. AniList records the back half of a split cour ("… Season 2 Part 2", "… Cour 2", "第2クール") as its own sequel, and the resolver counted each as a season — so Mushoku Tensei season 3 resolved to the season 2 entry and Re:ZERO season 4 to season 3, which then drove the character dictionary and AniList progress updates to the wrong series. A sequel carrying a part or cour marker that matches the season it continues is now followed without advancing the season count, in both the relation walk and the air-order fallback. Titles are compared ignoring punctuation, and the marker is looked for in every title and synonym rather than just the display title. A wrong match cached before this fix is remembered in `character-dictionaries/anilist-resolution-cache.json` and needs removing (or overriding from the character dictionary picker) for the affected series.
+- A special or OVA sitting in a franchise's sequel chain is walked through without counting as a season. Dr. STONE links STONE WARS to New World through a one-episode special, which made New World resolve as season 4 and every later season shift with it.
+- An AniList rate limit or network failure while walking sequel relations is reported so the caller can retry, instead of falling through to the air-date fallback. That fallback is for a franchise with missing relation edges; running it after a failed lookup turned a transient 429 into a confidently wrong season.
+- The shared title parser recognizes spelled-out episode labels (`Episode 4`, `第4話`) and a season named at the end of the title (`… Season 3`, `… 3rd Season`, `… S3`), which now fill the Season field instead of being searched for as part of the series name. The TsukiHime modal gained a Season field to match Jimaku, and seasons after the first are included in its search query so a later season's releases are actually found.
@@ -20,3 +20,7 @@ area: anime
 - "Playing" is only reported once mpv actually configures a video output; when a stream fails to decode, the browser shows mpv's error instead of claiming playback started while no window ever appeared.
 - The Linux x64 bridge bundle is verified and pinned, so the anime browser starts on Linux instead of refusing with "No pinned checksum for linux-x64-bundle.zip".
 - The bridge bundle is fetched from the pinned release tag rather than whatever release is newest, so an upstream publish no longer breaks every install with a checksum mismatch.
+- The Extensions tab's available list has a language chip row: pick one or more languages to narrow a repository index that otherwise lists every language it knows, or "All" to clear the filter. Rows name the language ("Japanese" instead of `ja`) and the Available heading counts what the filter leaves.
+- A stream's subtitle tracks are downloaded to a temp directory and loaded into mpv as files rather than streamed from the source URL, so they can serve as the alass reference in Subsync the way Jellyfin subtitles do. The format is detected from the file's own content, a track that fails to download falls back to its URL so the episode still plays, and the directory is removed when the next episode starts or the app exits.
+- An episode launched from the browser carries its series, season and episode number through the app instead of a single joined string: stats group by series (every stream previously landed in one entry named `m3u8`), rewatching reuses the existing entry, the Jimaku and TsukiHime modals prefill Title/Season/Episode from the source's own listing, AniList updates use those fields directly, and the mpv title reads `Series S03E04 - Episode Name`.
+- Opening the browser shows a tray icon on every platform and — on macOS — puts the app in the Cmd+Tab switcher and Dock, so you can switch between it and mpv; the Dock icon is released again when the window closes during playback. Launching a video starts a regular SubMiner session, and in `subminer anime` standalone mode closing the window during playback no longer quits the app and kills the stream.
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+type: fixed
+area: subsync
+
+- Subsync now works when mpv loaded a subtitle track from a URL, which is how Aniyomi extension streams and Jellyfin add theirs. The track is downloaded to a temporary file first — reusing mpv's own request headers, so authenticated and referer-gated hosts stay reachable — instead of being rejected with "Subtitle file not found: https://…". This applies to both the sync target and the alass reference, so a Jimaku or TsukiHime download can be retimed against a stream's own subtitles. Internal tracks of a stream also pass mpv's headers through to `ffmpeg`.
+- Alass now works on tracks that arrive as WebVTT, which is what Aniyomi extension streams serve. Alass picks its parser from the file extension and has no WebVTT support, so it treated a `.vtt` reference as a video file and failed with "no audio stream in file". Both the target and the reference are rewritten as SRT for alass, keeping the cue text as-is, and the originals are left untouched.
+- Leaving `subsync.alass_path`, `ffsubsync_path`, or `ffmpeg_path` empty now actually auto-discovers the binary, as the config help has always claimed. Previously it fell back to a hard-coded `/usr/bin/<tool>`, which does not exist on macOS and broke subsync for every default-config install there. Discovery searches `PATH` plus the usual install prefixes (a GUI launch inherits a minimal `PATH`) and accepts `alass-cli` as well as `alass`. An explicitly configured path is still used verbatim and never silently substituted.
+- Subsync failures are written to the application log. Previously the only trace was an OSD toast that vanished after a few seconds, leaving nothing to diagnose from.
@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@ Extensions your repositories offer but you do not have appear under
 **Available**, each with **Install**. Repositories are stored in config under
 `anime.repos`, so you can also manage them there and keep them in a dotfile.

+A repository index lists every language it knows about, which is far more than
+any one person reads, so the **Available** list has a language chip row above
+it. Pick one or more languages to narrow it, or **All** to clear the filter;
+picking a language replaces **All** rather than sitting beside it. Rows name the
+language in full ("Japanese" rather than `ja`), extensions whose sources span
+languages are grouped under **Multi-language**, and the Available heading counts
+how many of the offered extensions the filter leaves.
+
 ### Managing what is installed

 The Extensions tab opens with an **Installed** section listing everything in the
@@ -140,6 +148,11 @@ its own loopback proxy so the extension's cookies and headers apply, which means
 those URLs stop working once it exits — the window keeps it alive for the whole
 session.

+If the bridge dies anyway (killed by hand, crashed, or stopped mid-operation),
+the exit is detected and named in the status bar, and the next request starts a
+new one. Playback already in flight still ends when its stream URL dies, but the
+browser recovers without an app restart.
+
 Two known limits:

 - There is no Android WebView, so extensions that need one (typically for
@@ -198,4 +211,28 @@ Every track is added, including the ones that are not selected, so all of them
 appear in mpv's track menu and can be switched by hand while watching
 (`#` cycles audio, `j` cycles subtitles by default).

+The extension hands over subtitle tracks as URLs, but SubMiner downloads each
+one to a temporary directory and gives mpv the local file. mpv is happy either
+way; [Subsync](/troubleshooting#subtitle-sync-subsync) is not, because alass
+needs a file on disk to use as the timing reference. A track that fails to
+download falls back to its URL so the episode still plays, the format is
+detected from the file's own content rather than its URL, and the directory is
+removed when the next episode starts or the app exits.
+
+### Series, season, and episode
+
+The episode's identity travels with it instead of being guessed back out of the
+stream URL, which carries nothing but a proxy path and a file extension. The
+title and episode label from the source's own listing are split into series,
+season, and episode number once, at launch, and everything downstream reads
+those fields:
+
+- mpv's title reads `Series S03E04 - Episode Name`.
+- Stats group by series, and rewatching an episode reuses its entry instead of
+  creating a new one.
+- The [Jimaku](/jimaku-integration) and [TsukiHime](/tsukihime-integration)
+  modals open with Title, Season, and Episode already filled in, so a subtitle
+  search is one keypress rather than a retype.
+- [AniList](/anilist-integration) progress updates use those fields directly.
+
 [mes]: https://github.com/1Selxo/M-Extension-Server
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ The configuration file includes several main sections:

 **External Integrations**

+- [**Anime Browser**](#anime-browser) - Extension repositories and stream preferences for the anime browser
 - [**Jimaku**](#jimaku) - Jimaku API configuration and defaults
 - [**TsukiHime**](#tsukihime) - Multi-language subtitle search and download
 - [**Subtitle Sync**](#subtitle-sync) - Sync current subtitle with `alass`/`ffsubsync`
@@ -1154,6 +1155,30 @@ When the manual merge popup opens, SubMiner pauses playback and closes any open

 ## External Integrations

+### Anime Browser
+
+Sources for the [anime browser](/anime-browser). SubMiner ships no extension repositories and bundles no sources, so these are empty until you add one:
+
+```json
+{
+  "anime": {
+    "extensionsDir": "",
+    "repos": [],
+    "preferredQuality": ""
+  }
+}
+```
+
+| Option                   | Type       | Default | Description                                                                                                                                                                   |
+| ------------------------ | ---------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `anime.extensionsDir`    | `string`   | `""`    | Directory holding Aniyomi extension `.apk` files. Empty uses `<userData>/anime-extensions`.                                                                                   |
+| `anime.repos`            | `string[]` | `[]`    | Extension repository index URLs. Any `https` URL ending in `.json` works; `index.min.json` is only the common name.                                                           |
+| `anime.preferredQuality` | `string`   | `""`    | Preferred stream quality label, matched as a substring (for example `1080`). Empty keeps the source's own order. A Japanese-audio entry always outranks a higher-quality dub. |
+
+Repositories added from the browser's Extensions tab are written back to `anime.repos`, so the list can also be kept in a dotfile. Changes apply the next time the anime browser opens.
+
+Per-source settings (server addresses, credentials, per-extension quality or language options) are not part of `config.jsonc`. They belong to the extension, are edited in the browser's **Source settings** tab, and persist in `<userData>/anime-source-preferences.json` with owner-only permissions.
+
 ### Jimaku

 Configure Jimaku API access and defaults:
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ SubMiner extracts media info from the current video path to pre-fill the search

 - **Season + episode patterns:** `S01E03`, `1x03`
 - **Episode-only patterns:** `E03`, `EP03`, or dash-separated numbers like `Title - 03 -`
+- **Spelled-out episode labels:** `Episode 4`, `第4話`
+- **Season named at the end of the title:** `… Season 3`, `… 3rd Season`, `… S3`, `… 第3期` - the season goes in the Season field instead of being searched for as part of the series name
 - **Season folders:** a parent directory named `Season 2` or `S2` fills in the season when the filename lacks one
 - **Bracket tags:** `[SubGroup]`, `[1080p]`, `[HEVC]` - stripped before title extraction
 - **Year tags:** `(2024)` - stripped
@@ -87,6 +89,8 @@ SubMiner extracts media info from the current video path to pre-fill the search

 If the parser produces a high-confidence result (title + episode both detected), the search runs automatically when the modal opens. Otherwise, you can adjust the fields manually before searching.

+Episodes launched from the [anime browser](/anime-browser) skip parsing entirely: Title, Season, and Episode come from the source's own listing, which is why the search runs immediately even though the stream URL says nothing about the episode.
+
 ## Troubleshooting

 **"Jimaku API key not set"**
@@ -245,6 +245,30 @@ Internal subtitle tracks of a stream still go through `ffmpeg`, which has to rea

 Streams usually serve WebVTT, which alass cannot parse — it picks its parser from the file extension and treats a `.vtt` file as a video, failing with "no audio stream in file". SubMiner rewrites both the target and the reference as SRT for alass, so this is handled automatically; the retimed track mpv loads is that SRT.

+## Anime Browser
+
+See the [anime browser guide](/anime-browser) for how sources and the bridge work.
+
+**Nothing to search**
+
+SubMiner ships no extension repositories and bundles no sources. Until you add a repository index URL in the **Extensions** tab (or drop Aniyomi `.apk` files into the extensions directory) the browser has nothing to query.
+
+**"No pinned checksum for …"**
+
+The bridge bundle is verified against a SHA-256 that a maintainer has checked by hand. Bundles exist for macOS (arm64, x64), Linux (x64), and Windows (x64), but only macOS arm64 and Linux x64 are pinned so far; the rest stop with this message rather than running an unverified download. Other platforms are unsupported outright.
+
+**A source returns nothing, or asks for a login**
+
+Most extensions need configuration first - a server address, credentials, a preferred quality. Open the **Source settings** tab and fill them in; each save is handed straight back to the extension. Sources that need an Android WebView (typically for Cloudflare challenges) cannot work here, because the bridge has none.
+
+**"Playback failed" with an mpv error**
+
+"Playing" is only reported once mpv actually configures a video output, so this is a real failure rather than a silent one: a dead host, an expired stream URL, or an undecodable stream. Resolve the episode again; if it keeps failing, try another source or quality entry.
+
+**The browser starts failing every request**
+
+A bridge that dies (killed, crashed, stopped mid-operation) is named in the status bar and restarted on the next request. Anything already playing ends with it, since stream URLs point at its loopback proxy.
+
 ## TsukiHime

 **"xz binary not found"**
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ Unlike Jimaku, TsukiHime needs no account or API key. The only requirement is th

 The integration runs through an in-overlay modal opened with `Ctrl+Shift+T` by default. The modal has two tabs that filter the subtitle tracks of the selected release by role: the first follows `secondarySub.secondarySubLanguages` (English when unset), and the second is always **Japanese**, the currently supported primary subtitle language. Tracks with no language tag stay visible on the secondary tab.

-When you open the modal, SubMiner parses the current video filename to extract a title and episode number (same parser as Jimaku - `S01E03`, `1x03`, `E03`, and dash-separated numbers all work). If the filename yields a high-confidence match, SubMiner auto-searches immediately.
+When you open the modal, SubMiner parses the current video filename to extract a title, season, and episode number (same parser as Jimaku - `S01E03`, `1x03`, `E03`, and dash-separated numbers all work). If the filename yields a high-confidence match, SubMiner auto-searches immediately. Episodes launched from the [anime browser](/anime-browser) fill all three fields from the source's own listing instead of from a filename.

 From there:

-1. **Search** - SubMiner queries TsukiHime with `<title> <episode>`. Results appear as a list of releases (e.g. `[SubsPlease] ... - 28 (1080p)`), each showing size, file count, and the subtitle languages the release carries.
+1. **Search** - SubMiner queries TsukiHime with `<title> <season> <episode>`. Season 1 is left out on purpose: releases of a first season almost never carry `S01` in their name, so including it would match nothing. Later seasons are included, which is what makes their releases findable at all. Results appear as a list of releases (e.g. `[SubsPlease] ... - 28 (1080p)`), each showing size, file count, and the subtitle languages the release carries.
 2. **Browse releases** - Select a release to list the text subtitle tracks extracted from its files. English tracks sort first; image-based tracks (PGS/VobSub) are filtered out.
 3. **Download** - Selecting a track downloads the xz-compressed subtitle from TsukiHime's storage, decompresses it, saves it next to the video (or a temp directory for remote/streamed media), and loads it into mpv. Japanese tracks are selected as mpv's **primary** subtitle. Tracks from the configured secondary tab are assigned to mpv's **secondary** subtitle slot without replacing the primary. The filename carries the track's language - `<video basename>.en.<ext>` for English, `.ja` for Japanese, and so on - so mpv and media servers detect the language correctly.

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Domain Ownership

 Status: active
-Last verified: 2026-07-15
+Last verified: 2026-08-02
 Owner: Kyle Yasuda
 Read when: you need to find the owner module for a behavior or test surface

@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ Read when: you need to find the owner module for a behavior or test surface
  Includes stats storage/query schema such as `imm_videos`, `imm_media_art`, and `imm_youtube_videos` for per-video and YouTube-specific library metadata.
 - AniList tracking + character dictionary: `src/core/services/anilist/`, `src/main/runtime/composers/anilist-*`, `src/main/character-dictionary-runtime.ts`, `src/main/character-dictionary-runtime/`
 - Jellyfin integration: `src/core/services/jellyfin*.ts`, `src/main/runtime/composers/jellyfin-*`
+- Anime browser: extension bridge client, sidecar, and stream handling in `src/anime-bridge/`;
+  browser window UI in `src/animeui/` (preload `src/preload-animeui.ts`); runtime wiring in
+  `src/main/runtime/anime-browser-runtime.ts`, `src/main/runtime/anime-browser-ipc-handlers.ts`,
+  `src/main/runtime/anime-bridge-installer.ts`, `src/main/runtime/stream-playback-metadata.ts`
 - Window trackers: `src/window-trackers/`
 - Stats HTTP app: `src/core/services/stats-server.ts`, with route groups and shared route support
  in `src/core/services/stats-server/`
@@ -44,6 +48,7 @@ Read when: you need to find the owner module for a behavior or test surface
 - Settings UI contracts: `src/types/settings.ts`
 - Session-binding contracts: `src/types/session-bindings.ts`
 - Stats HTTP wire contracts: `src/types/stats-wire.ts`, `src/types/stats-http-contract.ts`
+- Anime browser contracts: `src/types/anime-browser.ts`, bridge wire types in `src/anime-bridge/types.ts`
 - Compatibility-only barrel: `src/types.ts`

 ## Ownership Heuristics
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Read when: finding internal docs or checking verification status
 | ------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------- | ------ | ------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
 | KB home                  | `docs/README.md`                                | active | 2026-05-23    | internal entrypoint                        |
 | Architecture index       | `docs/architecture/README.md`                   | active | 2026-05-23    | top-level runtime map                      |
-| Domain ownership         | `docs/architecture/domains.md`                  | active | 2026-05-23    | runtime and feature ownership              |
+| Domain ownership         | `docs/architecture/domains.md`                  | active | 2026-08-02    | runtime and feature ownership              |
 | Layering rules           | `docs/architecture/layering.md`                 | active | 2026-05-23    | dependency direction and smells            |
 | Subtitle overlay priming | `docs/architecture/subtitle-overlay-priming.md` | active | 2026-06-01    | visible-overlay subtitle startup flow      |
 | KB rules                 | `docs/knowledge-base/README.md`                 | active | 2026-05-23    | maintenance policy                         |