diff --git a/src/anki-integration/anki-connect-proxy.ts b/src/anki-integration/anki-connect-proxy.ts
index 4ba236c..0d98a55 100644
--- a/src/anki-integration/anki-connect-proxy.ts
+++ b/src/anki-integration/anki-connect-proxy.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ export class AnkiConnectProxyServer {
   private pendingNoteIdSet = new Set<number>();
   private inFlightNoteIds = new Set<number>();
   private processingQueue = false;
+  private readyPromise: Promise<void> | null = null;
+  private resolveReady: (() => void) | null = null;
+  private rejectReady: ((error: Error) => void) | null = null;
 
   constructor(private readonly deps: AnkiConnectProxyServerDeps) {
     this.client = axios.create({
@@ -48,6 +51,13 @@ export class AnkiConnectProxyServer {
     return this.server !== null;
   }
 
+  waitUntilReady(): Promise<void> {
+    if (!this.server || this.server.listening) {
+      return Promise.resolve();
+    }
+    return this.readyPromise ?? Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
   start(options: StartProxyOptions): void {
     this.stop();
 
@@ -58,15 +68,26 @@ export class AnkiConnectProxyServer {
       return;
     }
 
+    this.readyPromise = new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+      this.resolveReady = resolve;
+      this.rejectReady = reject;
+    });
+
     this.server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
       void this.handleRequest(req, res, options.upstreamUrl);
     });
 
     this.server.on('error', (error) => {
+      this.rejectReady?.(error as Error);
+      this.resolveReady = null;
+      this.rejectReady = null;
       this.deps.logError('[anki-proxy] Server error:', (error as Error).message);
     });
 
     this.server.listen(options.port, options.host, () => {
+      this.resolveReady?.();
+      this.resolveReady = null;
+      this.rejectReady = null;
       this.deps.logInfo(
         `[anki-proxy] Listening on http://${options.host}:${options.port} -> ${options.upstreamUrl}`,
       );
@@ -79,6 +100,10 @@ export class AnkiConnectProxyServer {
       this.server = null;
       this.deps.logInfo('[anki-proxy] Stopped');
     }
+    this.rejectReady?.(new Error('AnkiConnect proxy stopped before becoming ready'));
+    this.readyPromise = null;
+    this.resolveReady = null;
+    this.rejectReady = null;
     this.pendingNoteIds = [];
     this.pendingNoteIdSet.clear();
     this.inFlightNoteIds.clear();
diff --git a/src/anki-integration/runtime.test.ts b/src/anki-integration/runtime.test.ts
index 017686f..e234f15 100644
--- a/src/anki-integration/runtime.test.ts
+++ b/src/anki-integration/runtime.test.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ function createRuntime(
       start: ({ host, port, upstreamUrl }) =>
         calls.push(`proxy:start:${host}:${port}:${upstreamUrl}`),
       stop: () => calls.push('proxy:stop'),
+      waitUntilReady: async () => undefined,
     }),
     logInfo: () => undefined,
     logWarn: () => undefined,
@@ -80,6 +81,44 @@ test('AnkiIntegrationRuntime starts proxy transport when proxy mode is enabled',
   assert.deepEqual(calls, ['known:start', 'proxy:start:127.0.0.1:9999:http://upstream:8765']);
 });
 
+test('AnkiIntegrationRuntime waits for proxy readiness when proxy mode is enabled', async () => {
+  let releaseReady!: () => void;
+  const waitUntilReadyCalls: string[] = [];
+  const readyPromise = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    releaseReady = resolve;
+  });
+  const { runtime } = createRuntime(
+    {
+      proxy: {
+        enabled: true,
+        host: '127.0.0.1',
+        port: 9999,
+        upstreamUrl: 'http://upstream:8765',
+      },
+    },
+    {
+      proxyServerFactory: () => ({
+        start: () => undefined,
+        stop: () => undefined,
+        waitUntilReady: async () => {
+          waitUntilReadyCalls.push('proxy:wait-until-ready');
+          await readyPromise;
+        },
+      }),
+    },
+  );
+
+  runtime.start();
+  const waitPromise = runtime.waitUntilReady().then(() => {
+    waitUntilReadyCalls.push('proxy:ready');
+  });
+
+  assert.deepEqual(waitUntilReadyCalls, ['proxy:wait-until-ready']);
+  releaseReady();
+  await waitPromise;
+  assert.deepEqual(waitUntilReadyCalls, ['proxy:wait-until-ready', 'proxy:ready']);
+});
+
 test('AnkiIntegrationRuntime switches transports and clears known words when runtime patch disables highlighting', () => {
   const { runtime, calls } = createRuntime({
     knownWords: {
diff --git a/src/anki-integration/runtime.ts b/src/anki-integration/runtime.ts
index 2661d02..df1ef9f 100644
--- a/src/anki-integration/runtime.ts
+++ b/src/anki-integration/runtime.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
 export interface AnkiIntegrationRuntimeProxyServer {
   start(options: { host: string; port: number; upstreamUrl: string }): void;
   stop(): void;
+  waitUntilReady(): Promise<void>;
 }
 
 interface AnkiIntegrationRuntimeDeps {
@@ -131,6 +132,13 @@ export class AnkiIntegrationRuntime {
     return this.config;
   }
 
+  waitUntilReady(): Promise<void> {
+    if (!this.started || !this.isProxyTransportEnabled()) {
+      return Promise.resolve();
+    }
+    return this.getOrCreateProxyServer().waitUntilReady();
+  }
+
   start(): void {
     if (this.started) {
       this.stop();
diff --git a/src/core/services/index.ts b/src/core/services/index.ts
index c46adb1..b63e7a7 100644
--- a/src/core/services/index.ts
+++ b/src/core/services/index.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,10 @@ export {
   handleOverlayWindowBeforeInputEvent,
   isTabInputForMpvForwarding,
 } from './overlay-window-input';
-export { initializeOverlayRuntime } from './overlay-runtime-init';
+export {
+  initializeOverlayAnkiIntegration,
+  initializeOverlayRuntime,
+} from './overlay-runtime-init';
 export { setVisibleOverlayVisible, updateVisibleOverlayVisibility } from './overlay-visibility';
 export {
   MPV_REQUEST_ID_SECONDARY_SUB_VISIBILITY,
diff --git a/src/core/services/overlay-runtime-init.test.ts b/src/core/services/overlay-runtime-init.test.ts
index b9f8354..63240a6 100644
--- a/src/core/services/overlay-runtime-init.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/services/overlay-runtime-init.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import test from 'node:test';
-import { initializeOverlayRuntime } from './overlay-runtime-init';
+import { initializeOverlayAnkiIntegration, initializeOverlayRuntime } from './overlay-runtime-init';
 
 test('initializeOverlayRuntime skips Anki integration when ankiConnect.enabled is false', () => {
   let createdIntegrations = 0;
@@ -109,6 +109,49 @@ test('initializeOverlayRuntime starts Anki integration when ankiConnect.enabled
   assert.equal(setIntegrationCalls, 1);
 });
 
+test('initializeOverlayAnkiIntegration can initialize Anki transport after overlay runtime already exists', () => {
+  let createdIntegrations = 0;
+  let startedIntegrations = 0;
+  let setIntegrationCalls = 0;
+
+  initializeOverlayAnkiIntegration({
+    getResolvedConfig: () => ({
+      ankiConnect: { enabled: true } as never,
+    }),
+    getSubtitleTimingTracker: () => ({}),
+    getMpvClient: () => ({
+      send: () => {},
+    }),
+    getRuntimeOptionsManager: () => ({
+      getEffectiveAnkiConnectConfig: (config) => config as never,
+    }),
+    createAnkiIntegration: (args) => {
+      createdIntegrations += 1;
+      assert.equal(args.config.enabled, true);
+      return {
+        start: () => {
+          startedIntegrations += 1;
+        },
+      };
+    },
+    setAnkiIntegration: () => {
+      setIntegrationCalls += 1;
+    },
+    showDesktopNotification: () => {},
+    createFieldGroupingCallback: () => async () => ({
+      keepNoteId: 11,
+      deleteNoteId: 12,
+      deleteDuplicate: false,
+      cancelled: false,
+    }),
+    getKnownWordCacheStatePath: () => '/tmp/known-words-cache.json',
+  });
+
+  assert.equal(createdIntegrations, 1);
+  assert.equal(startedIntegrations, 1);
+  assert.equal(setIntegrationCalls, 1);
+});
+
 test('initializeOverlayRuntime can skip starting Anki integration transport', () => {
   let createdIntegrations = 0;
   let startedIntegrations = 0;
diff --git a/src/core/services/overlay-runtime-init.ts b/src/core/services/overlay-runtime-init.ts
index bbe8405..85513fe 100644
--- a/src/core/services/overlay-runtime-init.ts
+++ b/src/core/services/overlay-runtime-init.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,24 @@ function createDefaultAnkiIntegration(args: CreateAnkiIntegrationArgs): AnkiInte
 }
 
 export function initializeOverlayRuntime(options: {
+  getMpvSocketPath: () => string;
+  getResolvedConfig: () => { ankiConnect?: AnkiConnectConfig; ai?: AiConfig };
+  getSubtitleTimingTracker: () => unknown | null;
+  getMpvClient: () => {
+    send?: (payload: { command: string[] }) => void;
+  } | null;
+  getRuntimeOptionsManager: () => {
+    getEffectiveAnkiConnectConfig: (config?: AnkiConnectConfig) => AnkiConnectConfig;
+  } | null;
+  getAnkiIntegration?: () => unknown | null;
+  setAnkiIntegration: (integration: unknown | null) => void;
+  showDesktopNotification: (title: string, options: { body?: string; icon?: string }) => void;
+  createFieldGroupingCallback: () => (
+    data: KikuFieldGroupingRequestData,
+  ) => Promise<KikuFieldGroupingChoice>;
+  getKnownWordCacheStatePath: () => string;
+  shouldStartAnkiIntegration?: () => boolean;
+  createAnkiIntegration?: (args: CreateAnkiIntegrationArgs) => AnkiIntegrationLike;
   backendOverride: string | null;
   createMainWindow: () => void;
   registerGlobalShortcuts: () => void;
@@ -60,23 +78,6 @@ export function initializeOverlayRuntime(options: {
     override?: string | null,
     targetMpvSocketPath?: string | null,
   ) => BaseWindowTracker | null;
-  getMpvSocketPath: () => string;
-  getResolvedConfig: () => { ankiConnect?: AnkiConnectConfig; ai?: AiConfig };
-  getSubtitleTimingTracker: () => unknown | null;
-  getMpvClient: () => {
-    send?: (payload: { command: string[] }) => void;
-  } | null;
-  getRuntimeOptionsManager: () => {
-    getEffectiveAnkiConnectConfig: (config?: AnkiConnectConfig) => AnkiConnectConfig;
-  } | null;
-  setAnkiIntegration: (integration: unknown | null) => void;
-  showDesktopNotification: (title: string, options: { body?: string; icon?: string }) => void;
-  createFieldGroupingCallback: () => (
-    data: KikuFieldGroupingRequestData,
-  ) => Promise<KikuFieldGroupingChoice>;
-  getKnownWordCacheStatePath: () => string;
-  shouldStartAnkiIntegration?: () => boolean;
-  createAnkiIntegration?: (args: CreateAnkiIntegrationArgs) => AnkiIntegrationLike;
 }): void {
   options.createMainWindow();
   options.registerGlobalShortcuts();
@@ -112,35 +113,64 @@ export function initializeOverlayRuntime(options: {
     windowTracker.start();
   }
 
+  initializeOverlayAnkiIntegration(options);
+
+  options.updateVisibleOverlayVisibility();
+}
+
+export function initializeOverlayAnkiIntegration(options: {
+  getResolvedConfig: () => { ankiConnect?: AnkiConnectConfig; ai?: AiConfig };
+  getSubtitleTimingTracker: () => unknown | null;
+  getMpvClient: () => {
+    send?: (payload: { command: string[] }) => void;
+  } | null;
+  getRuntimeOptionsManager: () => {
+    getEffectiveAnkiConnectConfig: (config?: AnkiConnectConfig) => AnkiConnectConfig;
+  } | null;
+  getAnkiIntegration?: () => unknown | null;
+  setAnkiIntegration: (integration: unknown | null) => void;
+  showDesktopNotification: (title: string, options: { body?: string; icon?: string }) => void;
+  createFieldGroupingCallback: () => (
+    data: KikuFieldGroupingRequestData,
+  ) => Promise<KikuFieldGroupingChoice>;
+  getKnownWordCacheStatePath: () => string;
+  shouldStartAnkiIntegration?: () => boolean;
+  createAnkiIntegration?: (args: CreateAnkiIntegrationArgs) => AnkiIntegrationLike;
+}): boolean {
+  if (options.getAnkiIntegration?.()) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   const config = options.getResolvedConfig();
   const subtitleTimingTracker = options.getSubtitleTimingTracker();
   const mpvClient = options.getMpvClient();
   const runtimeOptionsManager = options.getRuntimeOptionsManager();
 
   if (
-    config.ankiConnect?.enabled === true &&
-    subtitleTimingTracker &&
-    mpvClient &&
-    runtimeOptionsManager
+    config.ankiConnect?.enabled !== true ||
+    !subtitleTimingTracker ||
+    !mpvClient ||
+    !runtimeOptionsManager
   ) {
-    const effectiveAnkiConfig = runtimeOptionsManager.getEffectiveAnkiConnectConfig(
-      config.ankiConnect,
-    );
-    const createAnkiIntegration = options.createAnkiIntegration ?? createDefaultAnkiIntegration;
-    const integration = createAnkiIntegration({
-      config: effectiveAnkiConfig,
-      aiConfig: mergeAiConfig(config.ai, config.ankiConnect?.ai),
-      subtitleTimingTracker,
-      mpvClient,
-      showDesktopNotification: options.showDesktopNotification,
-      createFieldGroupingCallback: options.createFieldGroupingCallback,
-      knownWordCacheStatePath: options.getKnownWordCacheStatePath(),
-    });
-    if (options.shouldStartAnkiIntegration?.() !== false) {
-      integration.start();
-    }
-    options.setAnkiIntegration(integration);
+    return false;
   }
 
-  options.updateVisibleOverlayVisibility();
+  const effectiveAnkiConfig = runtimeOptionsManager.getEffectiveAnkiConnectConfig(
+    config.ankiConnect,
+  );
+  const createAnkiIntegration = options.createAnkiIntegration ?? createDefaultAnkiIntegration;
+  const integration = createAnkiIntegration({
+    config: effectiveAnkiConfig,
+    aiConfig: mergeAiConfig(config.ai, config.ankiConnect?.ai),
+    subtitleTimingTracker,
+    mpvClient,
+    showDesktopNotification: options.showDesktopNotification,
+    createFieldGroupingCallback: options.createFieldGroupingCallback,
+    knownWordCacheStatePath: options.getKnownWordCacheStatePath(),
+  });
+  if (options.shouldStartAnkiIntegration?.() !== false) {
+    integration.start();
+  }
+  options.setAnkiIntegration(integration);
+  return true;
 }
diff --git a/src/core/services/startup.test.ts b/src/core/services/startup.test.ts
index 246972d..7e6b098 100644
--- a/src/core/services/startup.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/services/startup.test.ts
@@ -194,3 +194,93 @@ test('runAppReadyRuntime headless refresh bootstraps Anki runtime without UI sta
     'run-headless-command',
   ]);
 });
+
+test('runAppReadyRuntime loads Yomitan before auto-initializing overlay runtime', async () => {
+  const calls: string[] = [];
+
+  await runAppReadyRuntime({
+    ensureDefaultConfigBootstrap: () => {
+      calls.push('bootstrap');
+    },
+    loadSubtitlePosition: () => {
+      calls.push('load-subtitle-position');
+    },
+    resolveKeybindings: () => {
+      calls.push('resolve-keybindings');
+    },
+    createMpvClient: () => {
+      calls.push('create-mpv');
+    },
+    reloadConfig: () => {
+      calls.push('reload-config');
+    },
+    getResolvedConfig: () => ({
+      websocket: { enabled: false },
+      annotationWebsocket: { enabled: false },
+      texthooker: { launchAtStartup: false },
+    }),
+    getConfigWarnings: () => [],
+    logConfigWarning: () => {},
+    setLogLevel: () => {
+      calls.push('set-log-level');
+    },
+    initRuntimeOptionsManager: () => {
+      calls.push('init-runtime-options');
+    },
+    setSecondarySubMode: () => {
+      calls.push('set-secondary-sub-mode');
+    },
+    defaultSecondarySubMode: 'hover',
+    defaultWebsocketPort: 0,
+    defaultAnnotationWebsocketPort: 0,
+    defaultTexthookerPort: 0,
+    hasMpvWebsocketPlugin: () => false,
+    startSubtitleWebsocket: () => {
+      calls.push('subtitle-ws');
+    },
+    startAnnotationWebsocket: () => {
+      calls.push('annotation-ws');
+    },
+    startTexthooker: () => {
+      calls.push('texthooker');
+    },
+    log: () => {
+      calls.push('log');
+    },
+    createMecabTokenizerAndCheck: async () => {},
+    createSubtitleTimingTracker: () => {
+      calls.push('subtitle-timing');
+    },
+    createImmersionTracker: () => {
+      calls.push('immersion');
+    },
+    startJellyfinRemoteSession: async () => {},
+    loadYomitanExtension: async () => {
+      calls.push('load-yomitan');
+    },
+    handleFirstRunSetup: async () => {
+      calls.push('first-run');
+    },
+    prewarmSubtitleDictionaries: async () => {},
+    startBackgroundWarmups: () => {
+      calls.push('warmups');
+    },
+    texthookerOnlyMode: false,
+    shouldAutoInitializeOverlayRuntimeFromConfig: () => true,
+    setVisibleOverlayVisible: () => {
+      calls.push('visible-overlay');
+    },
+    initializeOverlayRuntime: () => {
+      calls.push('init-overlay');
+    },
+    handleInitialArgs: () => {
+      calls.push('handle-initial-args');
+    },
+    shouldUseMinimalStartup: () => false,
+    shouldSkipHeavyStartup: () => false,
+  });
+
+  assert.ok(calls.indexOf('load-yomitan') !== -1);
+  assert.ok(calls.indexOf('init-overlay') !== -1);
+  assert.ok(calls.indexOf('load-yomitan') < calls.indexOf('init-overlay'));
+});
diff --git a/src/core/services/startup.ts b/src/core/services/startup.ts
index 206647d..fcb32b4 100644
--- a/src/core/services/startup.ts
+++ b/src/core/services/startup.ts
@@ -290,13 +290,14 @@ export async function runAppReadyRuntime(deps: AppReadyRuntimeDeps): Promise<voi
   if (deps.texthookerOnlyMode) {
     deps.log('Texthooker-only mode enabled; skipping overlay window.');
   } else if (deps.shouldAutoInitializeOverlayRuntimeFromConfig()) {
+    await deps.loadYomitanExtension();
     deps.setVisibleOverlayVisible(true);
     deps.initializeOverlayRuntime();
   } else {
     deps.log('Overlay runtime deferred: waiting for explicit overlay command.');
+    await deps.loadYomitanExtension();
   }
 
-  await deps.loadYomitanExtension();
   await deps.handleFirstRunSetup();
   deps.handleInitialArgs();
   deps.logDebug?.(`App-ready critical path finished in ${now() - startupStartedAtMs}ms.`);
diff --git a/src/core/services/youtube/generate.ts b/src/core/services/youtube/generate.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c76c115
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/services/youtube/generate.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import type { YoutubeFlowMode } from '../../../types';
+import type { YoutubeTrackOption } from './track-probe';
+import { downloadYoutubeSubtitleTrack, downloadYoutubeSubtitleTracks } from './track-download';
+
+export function isYoutubeGenerationMode(mode: YoutubeFlowMode): boolean {
+  return mode === 'generate';
+}
+
+export async function acquireYoutubeSubtitleTrack(input: {
+  targetUrl: string;
+  outputDir: string;
+  track: YoutubeTrackOption;
+  mode: YoutubeFlowMode;
+}): Promise<{ path: string }> {
+  return await downloadYoutubeSubtitleTrack(input);
+}
+
+export async function acquireYoutubeSubtitleTracks(input: {
+  targetUrl: string;
+  outputDir: string;
+  tracks: YoutubeTrackOption[];
+  mode: YoutubeFlowMode;
+}): Promise<Map<string, string>> {
+  return await downloadYoutubeSubtitleTracks(input);
+}
diff --git a/src/core/services/youtube/labels.ts b/src/core/services/youtube/labels.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cafd0d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/services/youtube/labels.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+export type YoutubeTrackKind = 'manual' | 'auto';
+
+export function normalizeYoutubeLangCode(value: string): string {
+  return value.trim().toLowerCase().replace(/_/g, '-').replace(/[^a-z0-9-]+/g, '');
+}
+
+export function isJapaneseYoutubeLang(value: string): boolean {
+  const normalized = normalizeYoutubeLangCode(value);
+  return (
+    normalized === 'ja' ||
+    normalized === 'jp' ||
+    normalized === 'jpn' ||
+    normalized === 'japanese' ||
+    normalized.startsWith('ja-') ||
+    normalized.startsWith('jp-')
+  );
+}
+
+export function isEnglishYoutubeLang(value: string): boolean {
+  const normalized = normalizeYoutubeLangCode(value);
+  return (
+    normalized === 'en' ||
+    normalized === 'eng' ||
+    normalized === 'english' ||
+    normalized === 'enus' ||
+    normalized === 'en-us' ||
+    normalized.startsWith('en-')
+  );
+}
+
+export function formatYoutubeTrackLabel(input: {
+  language: string;
+  kind: YoutubeTrackKind;
+  title?: string;
+}): string {
+  const language = input.language.trim() || 'unknown';
+  const base = input.title?.trim() || language;
+  return `${base} (${input.kind})`;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/core/services/youtube/retime.test.ts b/src/core/services/youtube/retime.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e4a1b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/services/youtube/retime.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import test from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import os from 'node:os';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { retimeYoutubeSubtitle } from './retime';
+
+test('retimeYoutubeSubtitle uses the downloaded subtitle path as-is', async () => {
+  if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const root = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'subminer-youtube-retime-'));
+  try {
+    const primaryPath = path.join(root, 'primary.vtt');
+    const referencePath = path.join(root, 'reference.vtt');
+    fs.writeFileSync(primaryPath, 'WEBVTT\n', 'utf8');
+    fs.writeFileSync(referencePath, 'WEBVTT\n', 'utf8');
+
+    const result = await retimeYoutubeSubtitle({
+      primaryPath,
+      secondaryPath: referencePath,
+    });
+
+    assert.equal(result.ok, true);
+    assert.equal(result.strategy, 'none');
+    assert.equal(result.path, primaryPath);
+    assert.equal(result.message, 'Using downloaded subtitle as-is (no automatic retime enabled)');
+    assert.equal(fs.readFileSync(result.path, 'utf8'), 'WEBVTT\n');
+  } finally {
+    fs.rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
diff --git a/src/core/services/youtube/retime.ts b/src/core/services/youtube/retime.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..878bb2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/services/youtube/retime.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+export async function retimeYoutubeSubtitle(input: {
+  primaryPath: string;
+  secondaryPath: string | null;
+}): Promise<{ ok: boolean; path: string; strategy: 'none'; message: string }> {
+  return {
+    ok: true,
+    path: input.primaryPath,
+    strategy: 'none',
+    message: `Using downloaded subtitle as-is${input.secondaryPath ? ' (no automatic retime enabled)' : ''}`,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/core/services/youtube/timedtext.ts b/src/core/services/youtube/timedtext.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35878cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/services/youtube/timedtext.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+interface YoutubeTimedTextRow {
+  startMs: number;
+  durationMs: number;
+  text: string;
+}
+
+const YOUTUBE_TIMEDTEXT_EXTENSIONS = new Set(['srv1', 'srv2', 'srv3', 'ytsrv3']);
+
+function decodeHtmlEntities(value: string): string {
+  return value
+    .replace(/&amp;/g, '&')
+    .replace(/&lt;/g, '<')
+    .replace(/&gt;/g, '>')
+    .replace(/&quot;/g, '"')
+    .replace(/&#39;/g, "'")
+    .replace(/&#(\d+);/g, (_match, codePoint) => String.fromCodePoint(Number(codePoint)))
+    .replace(/&#x([0-9a-f]+);/gi, (_match, codePoint) =>
+      String.fromCodePoint(Number.parseInt(codePoint, 16)),
+    );
+}
+
+function parseAttributeMap(raw: string): Map<string, string> {
+  const attrs = new Map<string, string>();
+  for (const match of raw.matchAll(/([a-zA-Z0-9:_-]+)="([^"]*)"/g)) {
+    attrs.set(match[1]!, match[2]!);
+  }
+  return attrs;
+}
+
+function extractYoutubeTimedTextRows(xml: string): YoutubeTimedTextRow[] {
+  const rows: YoutubeTimedTextRow[] = [];
+
+  for (const match of xml.matchAll(/<p\b([^>]*)>([\s\S]*?)<\/p>/g)) {
+    const attrs = parseAttributeMap(match[1] ?? '');
+    const startMs = Number(attrs.get('t'));
+    const durationMs = Number(attrs.get('d'));
+    if (!Number.isFinite(startMs) || !Number.isFinite(durationMs)) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    const inner = (match[2] ?? '')
+      .replace(/<br\s*\/?>/gi, '\n')
+      .replace(/<[^>]+>/g, '');
+    const text = decodeHtmlEntities(inner).trim();
+    if (!text) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    rows.push({ startMs, durationMs, text });
+  }
+
+  return rows;
+}
+
+function formatVttTimestamp(ms: number): string {
+  const totalMs = Math.max(0, Math.floor(ms));
+  const hours = Math.floor(totalMs / 3_600_000);
+  const minutes = Math.floor((totalMs % 3_600_000) / 60_000);
+  const seconds = Math.floor((totalMs % 60_000) / 1_000);
+  const millis = totalMs % 1_000;
+  return `${String(hours).padStart(2, '0')}:${String(minutes).padStart(2, '0')}:${String(seconds).padStart(2, '0')}.${String(millis).padStart(3, '0')}`;
+}
+
+export function isYoutubeTimedTextExtension(value: string | undefined): boolean {
+  if (!value) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return YOUTUBE_TIMEDTEXT_EXTENSIONS.has(value.trim().toLowerCase());
+}
+
+export function convertYoutubeTimedTextToVtt(xml: string): string {
+  const rows = extractYoutubeTimedTextRows(xml);
+  if (rows.length === 0) {
+    return 'WEBVTT\n';
+  }
+
+  const blocks = rows.map((row, index) => {
+    const nextRow = rows[index + 1];
+    const unclampedEnd = row.startMs + row.durationMs;
+    const clampedEnd =
+      nextRow && unclampedEnd > nextRow.startMs
+        ? Math.max(row.startMs, nextRow.startMs - 1)
+        : unclampedEnd;
+
+    return `${formatVttTimestamp(row.startMs)} --> ${formatVttTimestamp(clampedEnd)}\n${row.text}`;
+  });
+
+  return `WEBVTT\n\n${blocks.join('\n\n')}\n`;
+}
diff --git a/src/core/services/youtube/track-download.test.ts b/src/core/services/youtube/track-download.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..800dfd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/services/youtube/track-download.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,472 @@
+import test from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import os from 'node:os';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { downloadYoutubeSubtitleTrack, downloadYoutubeSubtitleTracks } from './track-download';
+
+async function withTempDir<T>(fn: (dir: string) => Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
+  const dir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'subminer-youtube-track-download-'));
+  try {
+    return await fn(dir);
+  } finally {
+    fs.rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+}
+
+function makeFakeYtDlpScript(dir: string): string {
+  const scriptPath = path.join(dir, 'yt-dlp');
+const script = `#!/usr/bin/env node
+const fs = require('node:fs');
+const path = require('node:path');
+
+const args = process.argv.slice(2);
+let outputTemplate = '';
+const wantsAutoSubs = args.includes('--write-auto-subs');
+const wantsManualSubs = args.includes('--write-subs');
+const subLangIndex = args.indexOf('--sub-langs');
+const subLang = subLangIndex >= 0 ? args[subLangIndex + 1] || '' : '';
+const subLangs = subLang ? subLang.split(',').filter(Boolean) : [];
+for (let i = 0; i < args.length; i += 1) {
+  if (args[i] === '-o' && typeof args[i + 1] === 'string') {
+    outputTemplate = args[i + 1];
+    i += 1;
+  }
+}
+
+if (process.env.YTDLP_EXPECT_AUTO_SUBS === '1' && !wantsAutoSubs) {
+  process.exit(2);
+}
+if (process.env.YTDLP_EXPECT_MANUAL_SUBS === '1' && !wantsManualSubs) {
+  process.exit(3);
+}
+if (process.env.YTDLP_EXPECT_SUB_LANG && subLang !== process.env.YTDLP_EXPECT_SUB_LANG) {
+  process.exit(4);
+}
+
+const prefix = outputTemplate.replace(/\.%\([^)]+\)s$/, '');
+if (!prefix) {
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(prefix), { recursive: true });
+
+if (process.env.YTDLP_FAKE_MODE === 'multi') {
+  for (const lang of subLangs) {
+    fs.writeFileSync(\`\${prefix}.\${lang}.vtt\`, 'WEBVTT\\n');
+  }
+} else if (process.env.YTDLP_FAKE_MODE === 'rolling-auto') {
+  fs.writeFileSync(
+    \`\${prefix}.vtt\`,
+    [
+      'WEBVTT',
+      '',
+      '00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:02.000',
+      '今日は',
+      '',
+      '00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:03.000',
+      '今日はいい天気ですね',
+      '',
+      '00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:04.000',
+      '今日はいい天気ですね本当に',
+      '',
+    ].join('\\n'),
+  );
+} else if (process.env.YTDLP_FAKE_MODE === 'multi-primary-only-fail') {
+  const primaryLang = subLangs[0];
+  if (primaryLang) {
+    fs.writeFileSync(\`\${prefix}.\${primaryLang}.vtt\`, 'WEBVTT\\n');
+  }
+  process.stderr.write("ERROR: Unable to download video subtitles for 'en': HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests\\n");
+  process.exit(1);
+} else if (process.env.YTDLP_FAKE_MODE === 'both') {
+  fs.writeFileSync(\`\${prefix}.vtt\`, 'WEBVTT\\n');
+  fs.writeFileSync(\`\${prefix}.orig.webp\`, 'webp');
+} else if (process.env.YTDLP_FAKE_MODE === 'webp-only') {
+  fs.writeFileSync(\`\${prefix}.orig.webp\`, 'webp');
+} else {
+  fs.writeFileSync(\`\${prefix}.vtt\`, 'WEBVTT\\n');
+}
+process.exit(0);
+`;
+  fs.writeFileSync(scriptPath, script, 'utf8');
+  fs.chmodSync(scriptPath, 0o755);
+  return scriptPath;
+}
+
+async function withFakeYtDlp<T>(
+  mode: 'both' | 'webp-only' | 'multi' | 'multi-primary-only-fail' | 'rolling-auto',
+  fn: (dir: string, binDir: string) => Promise<T>,
+): Promise<T> {
+  return await withTempDir(async (root) => {
+    const binDir = path.join(root, 'bin');
+    fs.mkdirSync(binDir, { recursive: true });
+    makeFakeYtDlpScript(binDir);
+
+    const originalPath = process.env.PATH ?? '';
+    process.env.PATH = `${binDir}${path.delimiter}${originalPath}`;
+    process.env.YTDLP_FAKE_MODE = mode;
+    try {
+      return await fn(root, binDir);
+    } finally {
+      process.env.PATH = originalPath;
+      delete process.env.YTDLP_FAKE_MODE;
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+async function withFakeYtDlpExpectations<T>(
+  expectations: Partial<Record<'YTDLP_EXPECT_AUTO_SUBS' | 'YTDLP_EXPECT_MANUAL_SUBS' | 'YTDLP_EXPECT_SUB_LANG', string>>,
+  fn: () => Promise<T>,
+): Promise<T> {
+  const previous = {
+    YTDLP_EXPECT_AUTO_SUBS: process.env.YTDLP_EXPECT_AUTO_SUBS,
+    YTDLP_EXPECT_MANUAL_SUBS: process.env.YTDLP_EXPECT_MANUAL_SUBS,
+    YTDLP_EXPECT_SUB_LANG: process.env.YTDLP_EXPECT_SUB_LANG,
+  };
+  Object.assign(process.env, expectations);
+  try {
+    return await fn();
+  } finally {
+    for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(previous)) {
+      if (value === undefined) {
+        delete process.env[key];
+      } else {
+        process.env[key] = value;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+async function withStubFetch<T>(
+  handler: (url: string) => Promise<Response> | Response,
+  fn: () => Promise<T>,
+): Promise<T> {
+  const originalFetch = globalThis.fetch;
+  globalThis.fetch = (async (input: string | URL | Request) => {
+    const url =
+      typeof input === 'string'
+        ? input
+        : input instanceof URL
+          ? input.toString()
+          : input.url;
+    return await handler(url);
+  }) as typeof fetch;
+  try {
+    return await fn();
+  } finally {
+    globalThis.fetch = originalFetch;
+  }
+}
+
+test('downloadYoutubeSubtitleTrack prefers subtitle files over later webp artifacts', async () => {
+  if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  await withFakeYtDlp('both', async (root) => {
+    const result = await downloadYoutubeSubtitleTrack({
+      targetUrl: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123',
+      outputDir: path.join(root, 'out'),
+      track: {
+        id: 'auto:ja-orig',
+        language: 'ja',
+        sourceLanguage: 'ja-orig',
+        kind: 'auto',
+        label: 'Japanese (auto)',
+      },
+      mode: 'download',
+    });
+
+    assert.equal(path.extname(result.path), '.vtt');
+    assert.match(path.basename(result.path), /^auto-ja-orig\./);
+  });
+});
+
+test('downloadYoutubeSubtitleTrack ignores stale subtitle files from prior runs', async () => {
+  if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  await withFakeYtDlp('webp-only', async (root) => {
+    const outputDir = path.join(root, 'out');
+    fs.mkdirSync(outputDir, { recursive: true });
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(outputDir, 'auto-ja.vtt'), 'stale subtitle');
+
+    await assert.rejects(
+      async () =>
+        await downloadYoutubeSubtitleTrack({
+          targetUrl: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123',
+          outputDir,
+          track: {
+            id: 'auto:ja',
+            language: 'ja',
+            sourceLanguage: 'ja',
+            kind: 'auto',
+            label: 'Japanese (auto)',
+          },
+          mode: 'download',
+        }),
+      /No subtitle file was downloaded/,
+    );
+  });
+});
+
+test('downloadYoutubeSubtitleTrack uses auto subtitle flags and raw source language for auto tracks', async () => {
+  if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  await withFakeYtDlp('both', async (root) => {
+    await withFakeYtDlpExpectations(
+      {
+        YTDLP_EXPECT_AUTO_SUBS: '1',
+        YTDLP_EXPECT_SUB_LANG: 'ja-orig',
+      },
+      async () => {
+        const result = await downloadYoutubeSubtitleTrack({
+          targetUrl: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123',
+          outputDir: path.join(root, 'out'),
+          track: {
+            id: 'auto:ja-orig',
+            language: 'ja',
+            sourceLanguage: 'ja-orig',
+            kind: 'auto',
+            label: 'Japanese (auto)',
+          },
+          mode: 'download',
+        });
+
+        assert.equal(path.extname(result.path), '.vtt');
+      },
+    );
+  });
+});
+
+test('downloadYoutubeSubtitleTrack keeps manual subtitle flag for manual tracks', async () => {
+  if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  await withFakeYtDlp('both', async (root) => {
+    await withFakeYtDlpExpectations(
+      {
+        YTDLP_EXPECT_MANUAL_SUBS: '1',
+        YTDLP_EXPECT_SUB_LANG: 'ja',
+      },
+      async () => {
+        const result = await downloadYoutubeSubtitleTrack({
+          targetUrl: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123',
+          outputDir: path.join(root, 'out'),
+          track: {
+            id: 'manual:ja',
+            language: 'ja',
+            sourceLanguage: 'ja',
+            kind: 'manual',
+            label: 'Japanese (manual)',
+          },
+          mode: 'download',
+        });
+
+        assert.equal(path.extname(result.path), '.vtt');
+      },
+    );
+  });
+});
+
+test('downloadYoutubeSubtitleTrack prefers direct download URL when available', async () => {
+  await withTempDir(async (root) => {
+    await withStubFetch(
+      async (url) => {
+        assert.equal(url, 'https://example.com/subs/ja.vtt');
+        return new Response('WEBVTT\n', { status: 200 });
+      },
+      async () => {
+        const result = await downloadYoutubeSubtitleTrack({
+          targetUrl: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123',
+          outputDir: path.join(root, 'out'),
+          track: {
+            id: 'auto:ja-orig',
+            language: 'ja',
+            sourceLanguage: 'ja-orig',
+            kind: 'auto',
+            label: 'Japanese (auto)',
+            downloadUrl: 'https://example.com/subs/ja.vtt',
+            fileExtension: 'vtt',
+          },
+          mode: 'download',
+        });
+
+        assert.equal(path.basename(result.path), 'auto-ja-orig.ja-orig.vtt');
+        assert.equal(fs.readFileSync(result.path, 'utf8'), 'WEBVTT\n');
+      },
+    );
+  });
+});
+
+test('downloadYoutubeSubtitleTrack converts srv3 auto subtitles into regular vtt', async () => {
+  await withTempDir(async (root) => {
+    await withStubFetch(
+      async (url) => {
+        assert.equal(url, 'https://example.com/subs/ja.srv3');
+        return new Response(
+          [
+            '<timedtext><body>',
+            '<p t="1000" d="2500">今日は</p>',
+            '<p t="2000" d="2500">今日はいい天気ですね</p>',
+            '<p t="3500" d="2500">今日はいい天気ですね本当に</p>',
+            '</body></timedtext>',
+          ].join(''),
+          { status: 200 },
+        );
+      },
+      async () => {
+        const result = await downloadYoutubeSubtitleTrack({
+          targetUrl: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123',
+          outputDir: path.join(root, 'out'),
+          track: {
+            id: 'auto:ja-orig',
+            language: 'ja',
+            sourceLanguage: 'ja-orig',
+            kind: 'auto',
+            label: 'Japanese (auto)',
+            downloadUrl: 'https://example.com/subs/ja.srv3',
+            fileExtension: 'srv3',
+          },
+          mode: 'download',
+        });
+
+        assert.equal(path.basename(result.path), 'auto-ja-orig.ja-orig.vtt');
+        assert.equal(
+          fs.readFileSync(result.path, 'utf8'),
+          [
+            'WEBVTT',
+            '',
+            '00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:01.999',
+            '今日は',
+            '',
+            '00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:03.499',
+            'いい天気ですね',
+            '',
+            '00:00:03.500 --> 00:00:06.000',
+            '本当に',
+            '',
+          ].join('\n'),
+        );
+      },
+    );
+  });
+});
+
+test('downloadYoutubeSubtitleTracks downloads primary and secondary in one invocation', async () => {
+  if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  await withFakeYtDlp('multi', async (root) => {
+    const outputDir = path.join(root, 'out');
+    const result = await downloadYoutubeSubtitleTracks({
+      targetUrl: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123',
+      outputDir,
+      tracks: [
+        {
+          id: 'auto:ja-orig',
+          language: 'ja',
+          sourceLanguage: 'ja-orig',
+          kind: 'auto',
+          label: 'Japanese (auto)',
+        },
+        {
+          id: 'auto:en',
+          language: 'en',
+          sourceLanguage: 'en',
+          kind: 'auto',
+          label: 'English (auto)',
+        },
+      ],
+      mode: 'download',
+    });
+
+    assert.match(path.basename(result.get('auto:ja-orig') ?? ''), /\.ja-orig\.vtt$/);
+    assert.match(path.basename(result.get('auto:en') ?? ''), /\.en\.vtt$/);
+  });
+});
+
+test('downloadYoutubeSubtitleTracks preserves successfully downloaded primary file on partial failure', async () => {
+  if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  await withFakeYtDlp('multi-primary-only-fail', async (root) => {
+    const outputDir = path.join(root, 'out');
+    const result = await downloadYoutubeSubtitleTracks({
+      targetUrl: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123',
+      outputDir,
+      tracks: [
+        {
+          id: 'auto:ja-orig',
+          language: 'ja',
+          sourceLanguage: 'ja-orig',
+          kind: 'auto',
+          label: 'Japanese (auto)',
+        },
+        {
+          id: 'auto:en',
+          language: 'en',
+          sourceLanguage: 'en',
+          kind: 'auto',
+          label: 'English (auto)',
+        },
+      ],
+      mode: 'download',
+    });
+
+    assert.match(path.basename(result.get('auto:ja-orig') ?? ''), /\.ja-orig\.vtt$/);
+    assert.equal(result.has('auto:en'), false);
+  });
+});
+
+test('downloadYoutubeSubtitleTracks prefers direct download URLs when available', async () => {
+  await withTempDir(async (root) => {
+    const seen: string[] = [];
+    await withStubFetch(
+      async (url) => {
+        seen.push(url);
+        return new Response(`WEBVTT\n${url}\n`, { status: 200 });
+      },
+      async () => {
+        const result = await downloadYoutubeSubtitleTracks({
+          targetUrl: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123',
+          outputDir: path.join(root, 'out'),
+          tracks: [
+            {
+              id: 'auto:ja-orig',
+              language: 'ja',
+              sourceLanguage: 'ja-orig',
+              kind: 'auto',
+              label: 'Japanese (auto)',
+              downloadUrl: 'https://example.com/subs/ja.vtt',
+              fileExtension: 'vtt',
+            },
+            {
+              id: 'auto:en',
+              language: 'en',
+              sourceLanguage: 'en',
+              kind: 'auto',
+              label: 'English (auto)',
+              downloadUrl: 'https://example.com/subs/en.vtt',
+              fileExtension: 'vtt',
+            },
+          ],
+          mode: 'download',
+        });
+
+        assert.deepEqual(seen, [
+          'https://example.com/subs/ja.vtt',
+          'https://example.com/subs/en.vtt',
+        ]);
+        assert.match(path.basename(result.get('auto:ja-orig') ?? ''), /\.ja-orig\.vtt$/);
+        assert.match(path.basename(result.get('auto:en') ?? ''), /\.en\.vtt$/);
+      },
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/core/services/youtube/track-download.ts b/src/core/services/youtube/track-download.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f446af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/services/youtube/track-download.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,256 @@
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
+import type { YoutubeFlowMode } from '../../../types';
+import type { YoutubeTrackOption } from './track-probe';
+import { convertYoutubeTimedTextToVtt, isYoutubeTimedTextExtension } from './timedtext';
+
+const YOUTUBE_SUBTITLE_EXTENSIONS = new Set(['.srt', '.vtt', '.ass']);
+const YOUTUBE_BATCH_PREFIX = 'youtube-batch';
+
+function runCapture(command: string, args: string[]): Promise<{ stdout: string; stderr: string }> {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const proc = spawn(command, args, { stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe'] });
+    let stdout = '';
+    let stderr = '';
+    proc.stdout.setEncoding('utf8');
+    proc.stderr.setEncoding('utf8');
+    proc.stdout.on('data', (chunk) => {
+      stdout += String(chunk);
+    });
+    proc.stderr.on('data', (chunk) => {
+      stderr += String(chunk);
+    });
+    proc.once('error', reject);
+    proc.once('close', (code) => {
+      if (code === 0) {
+        resolve({ stdout, stderr });
+        return;
+      }
+      reject(new Error(stderr.trim() || `yt-dlp exited with status ${code ?? 'unknown'}`));
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+function runCaptureDetailed(
+  command: string,
+  args: string[],
+): Promise<{ stdout: string; stderr: string; code: number }> {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const proc = spawn(command, args, { stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe'] });
+    let stdout = '';
+    let stderr = '';
+    proc.stdout.setEncoding('utf8');
+    proc.stderr.setEncoding('utf8');
+    proc.stdout.on('data', (chunk) => {
+      stdout += String(chunk);
+    });
+    proc.stderr.on('data', (chunk) => {
+      stderr += String(chunk);
+    });
+    proc.once('error', reject);
+    proc.once('close', (code) => {
+      resolve({ stdout, stderr, code: code ?? 1 });
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+function pickLatestSubtitleFile(dir: string, prefix: string): string | null {
+  const entries = fs.readdirSync(dir).map((name) => path.join(dir, name));
+  const candidates = entries.filter((candidate) => {
+    const basename = path.basename(candidate);
+    const ext = path.extname(basename).toLowerCase();
+    return basename.startsWith(prefix) && YOUTUBE_SUBTITLE_EXTENSIONS.has(ext);
+  });
+  candidates.sort((a, b) => fs.statSync(b).mtimeMs - fs.statSync(a).mtimeMs);
+  return candidates[0] ?? null;
+}
+
+function pickLatestSubtitleFileForLanguage(
+  dir: string,
+  prefix: string,
+  sourceLanguage: string,
+): string | null {
+  const entries = fs.readdirSync(dir).map((name) => path.join(dir, name));
+  const candidates = entries.filter((candidate) => {
+    const basename = path.basename(candidate);
+    const ext = path.extname(basename).toLowerCase();
+    return (
+      basename.startsWith(`${prefix}.`) &&
+      basename.includes(`.${sourceLanguage}.`) &&
+      YOUTUBE_SUBTITLE_EXTENSIONS.has(ext)
+    );
+  });
+  candidates.sort((a, b) => fs.statSync(b).mtimeMs - fs.statSync(a).mtimeMs);
+  return candidates[0] ?? null;
+}
+
+function buildDownloadArgs(input: {
+  targetUrl: string;
+  outputTemplate: string;
+  sourceLanguages: string[];
+  includeAutoSubs: boolean;
+  includeManualSubs: boolean;
+}): string[] {
+  const args = ['--skip-download', '--no-warnings'];
+  if (input.includeAutoSubs) {
+    args.push('--write-auto-subs');
+  }
+  if (input.includeManualSubs) {
+    args.push('--write-subs');
+  }
+  args.push(
+    '--sub-format',
+    'srt/vtt/best',
+    '--sub-langs',
+    input.sourceLanguages.join(','),
+    '-o',
+    input.outputTemplate,
+    input.targetUrl,
+  );
+  return args;
+}
+
+async function downloadSubtitleFromUrl(input: {
+  outputDir: string;
+  prefix: string;
+  track: YoutubeTrackOption;
+}): Promise<{ path: string }> {
+  if (!input.track.downloadUrl) {
+    throw new Error(`No direct subtitle URL available for ${input.track.sourceLanguage}`);
+  }
+  const ext = (input.track.fileExtension?.trim().toLowerCase() || 'vtt').replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, '');
+  const safeExt = isYoutubeTimedTextExtension(ext)
+    ? 'vtt'
+    : YOUTUBE_SUBTITLE_EXTENSIONS.has(`.${ext}`)
+      ? ext
+      : 'vtt';
+  const targetPath = path.join(input.outputDir, `${input.prefix}.${input.track.sourceLanguage}.${safeExt}`);
+  const response = await fetch(input.track.downloadUrl);
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status} while downloading ${input.track.sourceLanguage}`);
+  }
+  const body = await response.text();
+  const normalizedBody = isYoutubeTimedTextExtension(ext) ? convertYoutubeTimedTextToVtt(body) : body;
+  fs.writeFileSync(targetPath, normalizedBody, 'utf8');
+  return { path: targetPath };
+}
+
+function canDownloadSubtitleFromUrl(track: YoutubeTrackOption): boolean {
+  if (!track.downloadUrl) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const ext = (track.fileExtension?.trim().toLowerCase() || 'vtt').replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, '');
+  return isYoutubeTimedTextExtension(ext) || YOUTUBE_SUBTITLE_EXTENSIONS.has(`.${ext}`);
+}
+
+export async function downloadYoutubeSubtitleTrack(input: {
+  targetUrl: string;
+  outputDir: string;
+  track: YoutubeTrackOption;
+  mode: YoutubeFlowMode;
+}): Promise<{ path: string }> {
+  fs.mkdirSync(input.outputDir, { recursive: true });
+  const prefix = input.track.id.replace(/[^a-z0-9_-]+/gi, '-');
+  for (const name of fs.readdirSync(input.outputDir)) {
+    if (name.startsWith(prefix)) {
+      try {
+        fs.rmSync(path.join(input.outputDir, name), { force: true });
+      } catch {
+        // ignore stale files
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  if (canDownloadSubtitleFromUrl(input.track)) {
+    return await downloadSubtitleFromUrl({
+      outputDir: input.outputDir,
+      prefix,
+      track: input.track,
+    });
+  }
+  const outputTemplate = path.join(input.outputDir, `${prefix}.%(ext)s`);
+  const args = [
+    ...buildDownloadArgs({
+      targetUrl: input.targetUrl,
+      outputTemplate,
+      sourceLanguages: [input.track.sourceLanguage],
+      includeAutoSubs: input.mode === 'generate' || input.track.kind === 'auto',
+      includeManualSubs: input.track.kind === 'manual',
+    }),
+  ];
+
+  await runCapture('yt-dlp', args);
+  const subtitlePath = pickLatestSubtitleFile(input.outputDir, prefix);
+  if (!subtitlePath) {
+    throw new Error(`No subtitle file was downloaded for ${input.track.sourceLanguage}`);
+  }
+  return { path: subtitlePath };
+}
+
+export async function downloadYoutubeSubtitleTracks(input: {
+  targetUrl: string;
+  outputDir: string;
+  tracks: YoutubeTrackOption[];
+  mode: YoutubeFlowMode;
+}): Promise<Map<string, string>> {
+  fs.mkdirSync(input.outputDir, { recursive: true });
+  for (const name of fs.readdirSync(input.outputDir)) {
+    if (name.startsWith(`${YOUTUBE_BATCH_PREFIX}.`)) {
+      try {
+        fs.rmSync(path.join(input.outputDir, name), { force: true });
+      } catch {
+        // ignore stale files
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  if (input.tracks.every(canDownloadSubtitleFromUrl)) {
+    const results = new Map<string, string>();
+    for (const track of input.tracks) {
+      const download = await downloadSubtitleFromUrl({
+        outputDir: input.outputDir,
+        prefix: YOUTUBE_BATCH_PREFIX,
+        track,
+      });
+      results.set(track.id, download.path);
+    }
+    return results;
+  }
+
+  const outputTemplate = path.join(input.outputDir, `${YOUTUBE_BATCH_PREFIX}.%(ext)s`);
+  const includeAutoSubs =
+    input.mode === 'generate' || input.tracks.some((track) => track.kind === 'auto');
+  const includeManualSubs = input.tracks.some((track) => track.kind === 'manual');
+
+  const result = await runCaptureDetailed(
+    'yt-dlp',
+    buildDownloadArgs({
+      targetUrl: input.targetUrl,
+      outputTemplate,
+      sourceLanguages: input.tracks.map((track) => track.sourceLanguage),
+      includeAutoSubs,
+      includeManualSubs,
+    }),
+  );
+
+  const results = new Map<string, string>();
+  for (const track of input.tracks) {
+    const subtitlePath = pickLatestSubtitleFileForLanguage(
+      input.outputDir,
+      YOUTUBE_BATCH_PREFIX,
+      track.sourceLanguage,
+    );
+    if (subtitlePath) {
+      results.set(track.id, subtitlePath);
+    }
+  }
+  if (results.size > 0) {
+    return results;
+  }
+  if (result.code !== 0) {
+    throw new Error(result.stderr.trim() || `yt-dlp exited with status ${result.code}`);
+  }
+  throw new Error(
+    `No subtitle file was downloaded for ${input.tracks.map((track) => track.sourceLanguage).join(',')}`,
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/core/services/youtube/track-probe.test.ts b/src/core/services/youtube/track-probe.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf05ddc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/services/youtube/track-probe.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import test from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import os from 'node:os';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { probeYoutubeTracks } from './track-probe';
+
+async function withTempDir<T>(fn: (dir: string) => Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
+  const dir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'subminer-youtube-track-probe-'));
+  try {
+    return await fn(dir);
+  } finally {
+    fs.rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+}
+
+function makeFakeYtDlpScript(dir: string, payload: unknown): void {
+  const scriptPath = path.join(dir, 'yt-dlp');
+  const script = `#!/usr/bin/env node
+process.stdout.write(${JSON.stringify(JSON.stringify(payload))});
+`;
+  fs.writeFileSync(scriptPath, script, 'utf8');
+  fs.chmodSync(scriptPath, 0o755);
+}
+
+async function withFakeYtDlp<T>(payload: unknown, fn: () => Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
+  return await withTempDir(async (root) => {
+    const binDir = path.join(root, 'bin');
+    fs.mkdirSync(binDir, { recursive: true });
+    makeFakeYtDlpScript(binDir, payload);
+    const originalPath = process.env.PATH ?? '';
+    process.env.PATH = `${binDir}${path.delimiter}${originalPath}`;
+    try {
+      return await fn();
+    } finally {
+      process.env.PATH = originalPath;
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+test('probeYoutubeTracks prefers srv3 over vtt for automatic captions', async () => {
+  await withFakeYtDlp(
+    {
+      id: 'abc123',
+      title: 'Example',
+      automatic_captions: {
+        'ja-orig': [
+          { ext: 'vtt', url: 'https://example.com/ja.vtt', name: 'Japanese auto' },
+          { ext: 'srv3', url: 'https://example.com/ja.srv3', name: 'Japanese auto' },
+        ],
+      },
+    },
+    async () => {
+      const result = await probeYoutubeTracks('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123');
+      assert.equal(result.videoId, 'abc123');
+      assert.equal(result.tracks[0]?.downloadUrl, 'https://example.com/ja.srv3');
+      assert.equal(result.tracks[0]?.fileExtension, 'srv3');
+    },
+  );
+});
+
+test('probeYoutubeTracks keeps preferring srt for manual captions', async () => {
+  await withFakeYtDlp(
+    {
+      id: 'abc123',
+      title: 'Example',
+      subtitles: {
+        ja: [
+          { ext: 'srv3', url: 'https://example.com/ja.srv3', name: 'Japanese manual' },
+          { ext: 'srt', url: 'https://example.com/ja.srt', name: 'Japanese manual' },
+        ],
+      },
+    },
+    async () => {
+      const result = await probeYoutubeTracks('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123');
+      assert.equal(result.tracks[0]?.downloadUrl, 'https://example.com/ja.srt');
+      assert.equal(result.tracks[0]?.fileExtension, 'srt');
+    },
+  );
+});
diff --git a/src/core/services/youtube/track-probe.ts b/src/core/services/youtube/track-probe.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfad523
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/services/youtube/track-probe.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
+import type { YoutubeTrackOption } from '../../../types';
+import {
+  formatYoutubeTrackLabel,
+  normalizeYoutubeLangCode,
+  type YoutubeTrackKind,
+} from './labels';
+
+export type YoutubeTrackProbeResult = {
+  videoId: string;
+  title: string;
+  tracks: YoutubeTrackOption[];
+};
+
+type YtDlpSubtitleEntry = Array<{ ext?: string; name?: string; url?: string }>;
+
+type YtDlpInfo = {
+  id?: string;
+  title?: string;
+  subtitles?: Record<string, YtDlpSubtitleEntry>;
+  automatic_captions?: Record<string, YtDlpSubtitleEntry>;
+};
+
+function runCapture(command: string, args: string[]): Promise<{ stdout: string; stderr: string }> {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const proc = spawn(command, args, { stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe'] });
+    let stdout = '';
+    let stderr = '';
+    proc.stdout.setEncoding('utf8');
+    proc.stderr.setEncoding('utf8');
+    proc.stdout.on('data', (chunk) => {
+      stdout += String(chunk);
+    });
+    proc.stderr.on('data', (chunk) => {
+      stderr += String(chunk);
+    });
+    proc.once('error', reject);
+    proc.once('close', (code) => {
+      if (code === 0) {
+        resolve({ stdout, stderr });
+        return;
+      }
+      reject(new Error(stderr.trim() || `yt-dlp exited with status ${code ?? 'unknown'}`));
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+function choosePreferredFormat(
+  formats: YtDlpSubtitleEntry,
+  kind: YoutubeTrackKind,
+): { ext: string; url: string; title?: string } | null {
+  const preferredOrder =
+    kind === 'auto'
+      ? ['srv3', 'srv2', 'srv1', 'vtt', 'srt', 'ttml', 'json3']
+      : ['srt', 'vtt', 'srv3', 'srv2', 'srv1', 'ttml', 'json3'];
+  for (const ext of preferredOrder) {
+    const match = formats.find(
+      (format) => typeof format.url === 'string' && format.url && format.ext === ext,
+    );
+    if (match?.url) {
+      return { ext, url: match.url, title: match.name?.trim() || undefined };
+    }
+  }
+
+  const fallback = formats.find((format) => typeof format.url === 'string' && format.url);
+  if (!fallback?.url) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return {
+    ext: fallback.ext?.trim() || 'vtt',
+    url: fallback.url,
+    title: fallback.name?.trim() || undefined,
+  };
+}
+
+function toTracks(entries: Record<string, YtDlpSubtitleEntry> | undefined, kind: YoutubeTrackKind) {
+  const tracks: YoutubeTrackOption[] = [];
+  if (!entries) return tracks;
+  for (const [language, formats] of Object.entries(entries)) {
+    if (!Array.isArray(formats) || formats.length === 0) continue;
+    const preferredFormat = choosePreferredFormat(formats, kind);
+    if (!preferredFormat) continue;
+    const sourceLanguage = language.trim() || language;
+    const normalizedLanguage = normalizeYoutubeLangCode(sourceLanguage) || sourceLanguage;
+    const title = preferredFormat.title;
+    tracks.push({
+      id: `${kind}:${sourceLanguage}`,
+      language: normalizedLanguage,
+      sourceLanguage,
+      kind,
+      title,
+      label: formatYoutubeTrackLabel({ language: normalizedLanguage, kind, title }),
+      downloadUrl: preferredFormat.url,
+      fileExtension: preferredFormat.ext,
+    });
+  }
+  return tracks;
+}
+
+export type { YoutubeTrackOption };
+
+export async function probeYoutubeTracks(targetUrl: string): Promise<YoutubeTrackProbeResult> {
+  const { stdout } = await runCapture('yt-dlp', ['--dump-single-json', '--no-warnings', targetUrl]);
+  const info = JSON.parse(stdout) as YtDlpInfo;
+  const tracks = [...toTracks(info.subtitles, 'manual'), ...toTracks(info.automatic_captions, 'auto')];
+  return {
+    videoId: info.id || '',
+    title: info.title || '',
+    tracks,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/core/services/youtube/track-selection.ts b/src/core/services/youtube/track-selection.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..141b100
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/services/youtube/track-selection.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import { isEnglishYoutubeLang, isJapaneseYoutubeLang } from './labels';
+import type { YoutubeTrackOption } from './track-probe';
+
+function pickTrack(
+  tracks: YoutubeTrackOption[],
+  matcher: (value: string) => boolean,
+  excludeId?: string,
+): YoutubeTrackOption | null {
+  const matching = tracks.filter((track) => matcher(track.language) && track.id !== excludeId);
+  return matching[0] ?? null;
+}
+
+export function chooseDefaultYoutubeTrackIds(
+  tracks: YoutubeTrackOption[],
+): { primaryTrackId: string | null; secondaryTrackId: string | null } {
+  const primary =
+    pickTrack(
+      tracks.filter((track) => track.kind === 'manual'),
+      isJapaneseYoutubeLang,
+    ) ||
+    pickTrack(
+      tracks.filter((track) => track.kind === 'auto'),
+      isJapaneseYoutubeLang,
+    ) ||
+    tracks.find((track) => track.kind === 'manual') ||
+    tracks[0] ||
+    null;
+
+  const secondary =
+    pickTrack(
+      tracks.filter((track) => track.kind === 'manual'),
+      isEnglishYoutubeLang,
+      primary?.id ?? undefined,
+    ) ||
+    pickTrack(
+      tracks.filter((track) => track.kind === 'auto'),
+      isEnglishYoutubeLang,
+      primary?.id ?? undefined,
+    ) ||
+    null;
+
+  return {
+    primaryTrackId: primary?.id ?? null,
+    secondaryTrackId: secondary?.id ?? null,
+  };
+}
+
+export function normalizeYoutubeTrackSelection(input: {
+  primaryTrackId: string | null;
+  secondaryTrackId: string | null;
+}): {
+  primaryTrackId: string | null;
+  secondaryTrackId: string | null;
+} {
+  if (input.primaryTrackId && input.secondaryTrackId && input.primaryTrackId === input.secondaryTrackId) {
+    return {
+      primaryTrackId: input.primaryTrackId,
+      secondaryTrackId: null,
+    };
+  }
+  return input;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index be30496..2dc9daa 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ import {
 } from './cli/args';
 import type { CliArgs, CliCommandSource } from './cli/args';
 import { printHelp } from './cli/help';
+import { IPC_CHANNELS } from './shared/ipc/contracts';
 import {
   buildConfigParseErrorDetails,
   buildConfigWarningDialogDetails,
@@ -279,6 +280,7 @@ import {
   handleMultiCopyDigit as handleMultiCopyDigitCore,
   hasMpvWebsocketPlugin,
   importYomitanDictionaryFromZip,
+  initializeOverlayAnkiIntegration as initializeOverlayAnkiIntegrationCore,
   initializeOverlayRuntime as initializeOverlayRuntimeCore,
   jellyfinTicksToSecondsRuntime,
   listJellyfinItemsRuntime,
@@ -309,12 +311,19 @@ import {
   upsertYomitanDictionarySettings,
   updateLastCardFromClipboard as updateLastCardFromClipboardCore,
 } from './core/services';
+import {
+  acquireYoutubeSubtitleTrack,
+  acquireYoutubeSubtitleTracks,
+} from './core/services/youtube/generate';
+import { retimeYoutubeSubtitle } from './core/services/youtube/retime';
+import { probeYoutubeTracks } from './core/services/youtube/track-probe';
 import { startStatsServer } from './core/services/stats-server';
 import { registerStatsOverlayToggle, destroyStatsWindow } from './core/services/stats-window.js';
 import {
   createFirstRunSetupService,
   shouldAutoOpenFirstRunSetup,
 } from './main/runtime/first-run-setup-service';
+import { createYoutubeFlowRuntime } from './main/runtime/youtube-flow';
 import { resolveAutoplayReadyMaxReleaseAttempts } from './main/runtime/startup-autoplay-release-policy';
 import {
   buildFirstRunSetupHtml,
@@ -332,6 +341,7 @@ import {
   detectWindowsMpvShortcuts,
   resolveWindowsMpvShortcutPaths,
 } from './main/runtime/windows-mpv-shortcuts';
+import { createWindowsMpvLaunchDeps, launchWindowsMpv } from './main/runtime/windows-mpv-launch';
 import { createImmersionTrackerStartupHandler } from './main/runtime/immersion-startup';
 import { createBuildImmersionTrackerStartupMainDepsHandler } from './main/runtime/immersion-startup-main-deps';
 import {
@@ -442,7 +452,7 @@ import {
   resolveSubtitleSourcePath,
 } from './main/runtime/subtitle-prefetch-source';
 import { createSubtitlePrefetchInitController } from './main/runtime/subtitle-prefetch-init';
-import { codecToExtension } from './subsync/utils';
+import { codecToExtension, getSubsyncConfig } from './subsync/utils';
 
 if (process.platform === 'linux') {
   app.commandLine.appendSwitch('enable-features', 'GlobalShortcutsPortal');
@@ -787,6 +797,185 @@ const appState = createAppState({
   mpvSocketPath: getDefaultSocketPath(),
   texthookerPort: DEFAULT_TEXTHOOKER_PORT,
 });
+const startBackgroundWarmupsIfAllowed = (): void => {
+  if (appState.youtubePlaybackFlowPending) {
+    return;
+  }
+  startBackgroundWarmups();
+};
+const youtubeFlowRuntime = createYoutubeFlowRuntime({
+  probeYoutubeTracks: (url: string) => probeYoutubeTracks(url),
+  acquireYoutubeSubtitleTrack: (input) => acquireYoutubeSubtitleTrack(input),
+  acquireYoutubeSubtitleTracks: (input) => acquireYoutubeSubtitleTracks(input),
+  retimeYoutubePrimaryTrack: async ({ primaryTrack, primaryPath, secondaryTrack, secondaryPath }) => {
+    if (primaryTrack.kind !== 'auto') {
+      return primaryPath;
+    }
+    const result = await retimeYoutubeSubtitle({
+      primaryPath,
+      secondaryPath: secondaryTrack ? secondaryPath : null,
+    });
+    logger.info(`Using YouTube subtitle path: ${result.path} (${result.strategy})`);
+    return result.path;
+  },
+  openPicker: async (payload) => {
+    const preferDedicatedModalWindow = false;
+    const sendPickerOpen = (preferModalWindow: boolean): boolean =>
+      overlayModalRuntime.sendToActiveOverlayWindow('youtube:picker-open', payload, {
+        restoreOnModalClose: 'youtube-track-picker',
+        preferModalWindow,
+      });
+
+    if (!sendPickerOpen(preferDedicatedModalWindow)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    if (await overlayModalRuntime.waitForModalOpen('youtube-track-picker', 1500)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    logger.warn(
+      'YouTube subtitle picker did not acknowledge modal open on first attempt; retrying on visible overlay.',
+    );
+    if (!sendPickerOpen(!preferDedicatedModalWindow)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    return await overlayModalRuntime.waitForModalOpen('youtube-track-picker', 1500);
+  },
+  pauseMpv: () => {
+    sendMpvCommandRuntime(appState.mpvClient, ['set_property', 'pause', 'yes']);
+  },
+  resumeMpv: () => {
+    sendMpvCommandRuntime(appState.mpvClient, ['set_property', 'pause', 'no']);
+  },
+  sendMpvCommand: (command) => {
+    sendMpvCommandRuntime(appState.mpvClient, command);
+  },
+  requestMpvProperty: async (name: string) => {
+    const client = appState.mpvClient;
+    if (!client) return null;
+    return await client.requestProperty(name);
+  },
+  refreshCurrentSubtitle: (text: string) => {
+    subtitleProcessingController.refreshCurrentSubtitle(text);
+  },
+  startTokenizationWarmups: async () => {
+    await startTokenizationWarmups();
+  },
+  waitForTokenizationReady: async () => {
+    await currentMediaTokenizationGate.waitUntilReady(
+      appState.currentMediaPath?.trim() || appState.mpvClient?.currentVideoPath?.trim() || null,
+    );
+  },
+  waitForAnkiReady: async () => {
+    const integration = appState.ankiIntegration;
+    if (!integration) {
+      return;
+    }
+    try {
+      await Promise.race([
+        integration.waitUntilReady(),
+        new Promise<never>((_, reject) => {
+          setTimeout(() => reject(new Error('Timed out waiting for AnkiConnect integration')), 2500);
+        }),
+      ]);
+    } catch (error) {
+      logger.warn(
+        'Continuing YouTube playback before AnkiConnect integration reported ready:',
+        error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error),
+      );
+    }
+  },
+  wait: (ms: number) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms)),
+  waitForPlaybackWindowReady: async () => {
+    const deadline = Date.now() + 4000;
+    while (Date.now() < deadline) {
+      const tracker = appState.windowTracker;
+      if (tracker && tracker.isTracking() && tracker.getGeometry()) {
+        return;
+      }
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 100));
+    }
+    logger.warn('Timed out waiting for tracked playback window before opening YouTube subtitle picker.');
+  },
+  waitForOverlayGeometryReady: async () => {
+    const deadline = Date.now() + 4000;
+    while (Date.now() < deadline) {
+      const tracker = appState.windowTracker;
+      const trackerGeometry = tracker?.getGeometry() ?? null;
+      if (trackerGeometry && geometryMatches(lastOverlayWindowGeometry, trackerGeometry)) {
+        return;
+      }
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 50));
+    }
+    logger.warn('Timed out waiting for overlay geometry to match tracked playback window.');
+  },
+  focusOverlayWindow: () => {
+    const mainWindow = overlayManager.getMainWindow();
+    if (!mainWindow || mainWindow.isDestroyed()) {
+      return;
+    }
+    mainWindow.setIgnoreMouseEvents(false);
+    if (!mainWindow.isFocused()) {
+      mainWindow.focus();
+    }
+    if (!mainWindow.webContents.isFocused()) {
+      mainWindow.webContents.focus();
+    }
+  },
+  showMpvOsd: (text: string) => showMpvOsd(text),
+  warn: (message: string) => logger.warn(message),
+  log: (message: string) => logger.info(message),
+  getYoutubeOutputDir: () => path.join(os.homedir(), '.cache', 'subminer', 'youtube-subs'),
+});
+
+async function runYoutubePlaybackFlowMain(request: {
+  url: string;
+  mode: 'download' | 'generate';
+  source: CliCommandSource;
+}): Promise<void> {
+  const shouldResumeWarmupsAfterFlow = appState.youtubePlaybackFlowPending;
+  if (process.platform === 'win32' && !appState.mpvClient?.connected) {
+    const launchResult = launchWindowsMpv(
+      [request.url],
+      createWindowsMpvLaunchDeps({
+        showError: (title, content) => dialog.showErrorBox(title, content),
+      }),
+      [
+        '--pause=yes',
+        '--sub-auto=no',
+        '--sid=no',
+        '--secondary-sid=no',
+        '--script-opts=subminer-auto_start_pause_until_ready=no',
+        `--input-ipc-server=${appState.mpvSocketPath}`,
+      ],
+    );
+    if (!launchResult.ok) {
+      logger.warn('Unable to bootstrap Windows mpv for YouTube playback.');
+    }
+  }
+  if (!appState.mpvClient?.connected) {
+    appState.mpvClient?.connect();
+  }
+  await ensureOverlayRuntimeReady();
+  try {
+    await youtubeFlowRuntime.runYoutubePlaybackFlow({
+      url: request.url,
+      mode: request.mode,
+    });
+    logger.info(`YouTube playback flow completed from ${request.source}.`);
+  } finally {
+    if (shouldResumeWarmupsAfterFlow) {
+      appState.youtubePlaybackFlowPending = false;
+      startBackgroundWarmupsIfAllowed();
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+async function ensureOverlayRuntimeReady(): Promise<void> {
+  await ensureYomitanExtensionLoaded();
+  initializeOverlayRuntime();
+}
+
 let firstRunSetupMessage: string | null = null;
 const resolveWindowsMpvShortcutRuntimePaths = () =>
   resolveWindowsMpvShortcutPaths({
@@ -1045,6 +1234,9 @@ function maybeSignalPluginAutoplayReady(
   payload: SubtitleData,
   options?: { forceWhilePaused?: boolean },
 ): void {
+  if (appState.youtubePlaybackFlowPending) {
+    return;
+  }
   if (!payload.text.trim()) {
     return;
   }
@@ -3064,7 +3256,7 @@ const { appReadyRuntimeRunner } = composeAppReadyRuntime({
       await prewarmSubtitleDictionaries();
     },
     startBackgroundWarmups: () => {
-      startBackgroundWarmups();
+      startBackgroundWarmupsIfAllowed();
     },
     texthookerOnlyMode: appState.texthookerOnlyMode,
     shouldAutoInitializeOverlayRuntimeFromConfig: () =>
@@ -3242,6 +3434,7 @@ const {
   createMecabTokenizerAndCheck,
   prewarmSubtitleDictionaries,
   startBackgroundWarmups,
+  startTokenizationWarmups,
   isTokenizationWarmupReady,
 } = composeMpvRuntimeHandlers<
   MpvIpcClient,
@@ -3312,6 +3505,9 @@ const {
       immersionMediaRuntime.syncFromCurrentMediaState();
     },
     signalAutoplayReadyIfWarm: () => {
+      if (appState.youtubePlaybackFlowPending) {
+        return;
+      }
       if (!isTokenizationWarmupReady()) {
         return;
       }
@@ -3513,7 +3709,19 @@ const {
 tokenizeSubtitleDeferred = tokenizeSubtitle;
 
 function createMpvClientRuntimeService(): MpvIpcClient {
-  return createMpvClientRuntimeServiceHandler() as MpvIpcClient;
+  const client = createMpvClientRuntimeServiceHandler() as MpvIpcClient;
+  client.on('connection-change', ({ connected }) => {
+    if (connected) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!youtubeFlowRuntime.hasActiveSession()) {
+      return;
+    }
+    youtubeFlowRuntime.cancelActivePicker();
+    broadcastToOverlayWindows(IPC_CHANNELS.event.youtubePickerCancel, null);
+    overlayModalRuntime.handleOverlayModalClosed('youtube-track-picker');
+  });
+  return client;
 }
 
 function resetSubtitleSidebarEmbeddedLayoutRuntime(): void {
@@ -3546,6 +3754,11 @@ function getCurrentOverlayGeometry(): WindowGeometry {
   return getOverlayGeometryFallback();
 }
 
+function geometryMatches(a: WindowGeometry | null, b: WindowGeometry | null): boolean {
+  if (!a || !b) return false;
+  return a.x === b.x && a.y === b.y && a.width === b.width && a.height === b.height;
+}
+
 function applyOverlayRegions(geometry: WindowGeometry): void {
   lastOverlayWindowGeometry = geometry;
   overlayManager.setOverlayWindowBounds(geometry);
@@ -3690,6 +3903,21 @@ function destroyTray(): void {
 
 function initializeOverlayRuntime(): void {
   initializeOverlayRuntimeHandler();
+  initializeOverlayAnkiIntegrationCore({
+    getResolvedConfig: () => getResolvedConfig(),
+    getSubtitleTimingTracker: () => appState.subtitleTimingTracker,
+    getMpvClient: () => appState.mpvClient,
+    getRuntimeOptionsManager: () => appState.runtimeOptionsManager,
+    getAnkiIntegration: () => appState.ankiIntegration,
+    setAnkiIntegration: (integration) => {
+      appState.ankiIntegration = integration as AnkiIntegration | null;
+    },
+    showDesktopNotification,
+    createFieldGroupingCallback: () => createFieldGroupingCallback(),
+    getKnownWordCacheStatePath: () => path.join(USER_DATA_PATH, 'known-words-cache.json'),
+    shouldStartAnkiIntegration: () =>
+      !(appState.initialArgs && isHeadlessInitialCommand(appState.initialArgs)),
+  });
   appState.ankiIntegration?.setRecordCardsMinedCallback(recordTrackedCardsMined);
   syncOverlayMpvSubtitleSuppression();
 }
@@ -4189,6 +4417,7 @@ const { registerIpcRuntimeHandlers } = composeIpcRuntimeHandlers({
       onOverlayModalOpened: (modal) => {
         overlayModalRuntime.notifyOverlayModalOpened(modal);
       },
+      onYoutubePickerResolve: (request) => youtubeFlowRuntime.resolveActivePicker(request),
       openYomitanSettings: () => openYomitanSettings(),
       quitApp: () => requestAppQuit(),
       toggleVisibleOverlay: () => toggleVisibleOverlay(),
@@ -4403,6 +4632,7 @@ const createCliCommandContextHandler = createCliCommandContextFactory({
   runJellyfinCommand: (argsFromCommand: CliArgs) => runJellyfinCommand(argsFromCommand),
   runStatsCommand: (argsFromCommand: CliArgs, source: CliCommandSource) =>
     runStatsCliCommand(argsFromCommand, source),
+  runYoutubePlaybackFlow: (request) => runYoutubePlaybackFlowMain(request),
   openYomitanSettings: () => openYomitanSettings(),
   cycleSecondarySubMode: () => handleCycleSecondarySubMode(),
   openRuntimeOptionsPalette: () => openRuntimeOptionsPalette(),
@@ -4569,7 +4799,10 @@ const { initializeOverlayRuntime: initializeOverlayRuntimeHandler } =
         appState.overlayRuntimeInitialized = initialized;
       },
       startBackgroundWarmups: () => {
-        if (appState.initialArgs && isHeadlessInitialCommand(appState.initialArgs)) {
+        if (
+          (appState.initialArgs && isHeadlessInitialCommand(appState.initialArgs)) ||
+          appState.youtubePlaybackFlowPending
+        ) {
           return;
         }
         startBackgroundWarmups();
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/youtube-flow.test.ts b/src/main/runtime/youtube-flow.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d8bd3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/runtime/youtube-flow.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,451 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+import { createYoutubeFlowRuntime } from './youtube-flow';
+import type { YoutubePickerOpenPayload, YoutubeTrackOption } from '../../types';
+
+const primaryTrack: YoutubeTrackOption = {
+  id: 'auto:ja-orig',
+  language: 'ja',
+  sourceLanguage: 'ja-orig',
+  kind: 'auto',
+  label: 'Japanese (auto)',
+};
+
+const secondaryTrack: YoutubeTrackOption = {
+  id: 'manual:en',
+  language: 'en',
+  sourceLanguage: 'en',
+  kind: 'manual',
+  label: 'English (manual)',
+};
+
+test('youtube flow clears internal tracks and binds external primary+secondary subtitles', async () => {
+  const commands: Array<Array<string | number>> = [];
+  const osdMessages: string[] = [];
+  const order: string[] = [];
+  const refreshedSubtitles: string[] = [];
+  const waits: number[] = [];
+  const focusOverlayCalls: string[] = [];
+  let pickerPayload: YoutubePickerOpenPayload | null = null;
+  let trackListRequests = 0;
+
+  const runtime = createYoutubeFlowRuntime({
+    probeYoutubeTracks: async () => ({
+      videoId: 'video123',
+      title: 'Video 123',
+      tracks: [primaryTrack, secondaryTrack],
+    }),
+    acquireYoutubeSubtitleTracks: async ({ tracks }) => {
+      assert.deepEqual(
+        tracks.map((track) => track.id),
+        [primaryTrack.id, secondaryTrack.id],
+      );
+      return new Map<string, string>([
+        [primaryTrack.id, '/tmp/auto-ja-orig.vtt'],
+        [secondaryTrack.id, '/tmp/manual-en.vtt'],
+      ]);
+    },
+    acquireYoutubeSubtitleTrack: async ({ track }) => {
+      if (track.id === primaryTrack.id) {
+        return { path: '/tmp/auto-ja-orig.vtt' };
+      }
+      return { path: '/tmp/manual-en.vtt' };
+    },
+    retimeYoutubePrimaryTrack: async ({ primaryPath, secondaryPath }) => {
+      assert.equal(primaryPath, '/tmp/auto-ja-orig.vtt');
+      assert.equal(secondaryPath, '/tmp/manual-en.vtt');
+      return '/tmp/auto-ja-orig_retimed.vtt';
+    },
+    startTokenizationWarmups: async () => {
+      order.push('start-tokenization-warmups');
+    },
+    waitForTokenizationReady: async () => {
+      order.push('wait-tokenization-ready');
+    },
+    waitForAnkiReady: async () => {
+      order.push('wait-anki-ready');
+    },
+    waitForPlaybackWindowReady: async () => {
+      order.push('wait-window-ready');
+    },
+    waitForOverlayGeometryReady: async () => {
+      order.push('wait-overlay-geometry');
+    },
+    focusOverlayWindow: () => {
+      focusOverlayCalls.push('focus-overlay');
+    },
+    openPicker: async (payload) => {
+      assert.deepEqual(waits, [150]);
+      order.push('open-picker');
+      pickerPayload = payload;
+      queueMicrotask(() => {
+        void runtime.resolveActivePicker({
+          sessionId: payload.sessionId,
+          action: 'use-selected',
+          primaryTrackId: primaryTrack.id,
+          secondaryTrackId: secondaryTrack.id,
+        });
+      });
+      return true;
+    },
+    pauseMpv: () => {
+      commands.push(['set_property', 'pause', 'yes']);
+    },
+    resumeMpv: () => {
+      commands.push(['set_property', 'pause', 'no']);
+    },
+    sendMpvCommand: (command) => {
+      commands.push(command);
+    },
+    requestMpvProperty: async (name) => {
+      if (name === 'sub-text') {
+        return '字幕です';
+      }
+      assert.equal(name, 'track-list');
+      trackListRequests += 1;
+      if (trackListRequests === 1) {
+        return [{ type: 'sub', id: 1, lang: 'ja', external: false, title: 'internal' }];
+      }
+      return [
+        {
+          type: 'sub',
+          id: 5,
+          lang: 'ja-orig',
+          title: 'primary',
+          external: true,
+          'external-filename': '/tmp/auto-ja-orig_retimed.vtt',
+        },
+        {
+          type: 'sub',
+          id: 6,
+          lang: 'en',
+          title: 'secondary',
+          external: true,
+          'external-filename': '/tmp/manual-en.vtt',
+        },
+      ];
+    },
+    refreshCurrentSubtitle: (text) => {
+      refreshedSubtitles.push(text);
+    },
+    wait: async (ms) => {
+      waits.push(ms);
+    },
+    showMpvOsd: (text) => {
+      osdMessages.push(text);
+    },
+    warn: (message) => {
+      throw new Error(message);
+    },
+    log: () => {},
+    getYoutubeOutputDir: () => '/tmp',
+  });
+  await runtime.runYoutubePlaybackFlow({ url: 'https://example.com', mode: 'download' });
+
+  assert.ok(pickerPayload);
+  assert.deepEqual(order, [
+    'start-tokenization-warmups',
+    'wait-window-ready',
+    'wait-overlay-geometry',
+    'open-picker',
+    'wait-tokenization-ready',
+    'wait-anki-ready',
+  ]);
+  assert.deepEqual(osdMessages, [
+    'Opening YouTube video',
+    'Getting subtitles...',
+    'Downloading subtitles...',
+    'Loading subtitles...',
+    'Primary and secondary subtitles loaded.',
+  ]);
+  assert.deepEqual(commands, [
+    ['set_property', 'pause', 'yes'],
+    ['set_property', 'sub-delay', 0],
+    ['set_property', 'sid', 'no'],
+    ['set_property', 'secondary-sid', 'no'],
+    ['sub-add', '/tmp/auto-ja-orig_retimed.vtt', 'select', 'auto-ja-orig_retimed.vtt', 'ja-orig'],
+    ['sub-add', '/tmp/manual-en.vtt', 'cached', 'manual-en.vtt', 'en'],
+    ['set_property', 'sid', 5],
+    ['set_property', 'secondary-sid', 6],
+    ['script-message', 'subminer-autoplay-ready'],
+    ['set_property', 'pause', 'no'],
+  ]);
+  assert.deepEqual(focusOverlayCalls, ['focus-overlay']);
+  assert.deepEqual(refreshedSubtitles, ['字幕です']);
+});
+
+test('youtube flow can cancel active picker session', async () => {
+  const focusOverlayCalls: string[] = [];
+  const runtime = createYoutubeFlowRuntime({
+    probeYoutubeTracks: async () => ({
+      videoId: 'video123',
+      title: 'Video 123',
+      tracks: [primaryTrack],
+    }),
+    acquireYoutubeSubtitleTracks: async () => {
+      throw new Error('should not batch download after cancel');
+    },
+    acquireYoutubeSubtitleTrack: async () => {
+      throw new Error('should not download after cancel');
+    },
+    retimeYoutubePrimaryTrack: async ({ primaryPath }) => primaryPath,
+    startTokenizationWarmups: async () => {},
+    waitForTokenizationReady: async () => {},
+    waitForAnkiReady: async () => {},
+    waitForPlaybackWindowReady: async () => {},
+    waitForOverlayGeometryReady: async () => {},
+    focusOverlayWindow: () => {
+      focusOverlayCalls.push('focus-overlay');
+    },
+    openPicker: async (payload) => {
+      queueMicrotask(() => {
+        assert.equal(runtime.cancelActivePicker(), true);
+        void runtime.resolveActivePicker({
+          sessionId: payload.sessionId,
+          action: 'use-selected',
+          primaryTrackId: primaryTrack.id,
+          secondaryTrackId: null,
+        });
+      });
+      return true;
+    },
+    pauseMpv: () => {},
+    resumeMpv: () => {},
+    sendMpvCommand: () => {},
+    requestMpvProperty: async () => null,
+    refreshCurrentSubtitle: () => {},
+    wait: async () => {},
+    showMpvOsd: () => {},
+    warn: () => {},
+    log: () => {},
+    getYoutubeOutputDir: () => '/tmp',
+  });
+
+  await runtime.runYoutubePlaybackFlow({ url: 'https://example.com', mode: 'download' });
+  assert.equal(runtime.hasActiveSession(), false);
+  assert.equal(runtime.cancelActivePicker(), false);
+  assert.deepEqual(focusOverlayCalls, ['focus-overlay']);
+});
+
+test('youtube flow retries secondary after partial batch subtitle failure', async () => {
+  const acquireSingleCalls: string[] = [];
+  const commands: Array<Array<string | number>> = [];
+  const focusOverlayCalls: string[] = [];
+  const refreshedSubtitles: string[] = [];
+  const warns: string[] = [];
+  const waits: number[] = [];
+  let trackListRequests = 0;
+
+  const runtime = createYoutubeFlowRuntime({
+    probeYoutubeTracks: async () => ({
+      videoId: 'video123',
+      title: 'Video 123',
+      tracks: [primaryTrack, secondaryTrack],
+    }),
+    acquireYoutubeSubtitleTracks: async () => {
+      return new Map<string, string>([[primaryTrack.id, '/tmp/auto-ja-orig.vtt']]);
+    },
+    acquireYoutubeSubtitleTrack: async ({ track }) => {
+      acquireSingleCalls.push(track.id);
+      return { path: `/tmp/${track.id}.vtt` };
+    },
+    retimeYoutubePrimaryTrack: async ({ primaryPath, secondaryPath }) => {
+      assert.equal(primaryPath, '/tmp/auto-ja-orig.vtt');
+      assert.equal(secondaryPath, '/tmp/manual:en.vtt');
+      return primaryPath;
+    },
+    startTokenizationWarmups: async () => {},
+    waitForTokenizationReady: async () => {},
+    waitForAnkiReady: async () => {},
+    waitForPlaybackWindowReady: async () => {},
+    waitForOverlayGeometryReady: async () => {},
+    focusOverlayWindow: () => {
+      focusOverlayCalls.push('focus-overlay');
+    },
+    openPicker: async (payload) => {
+      queueMicrotask(() => {
+        void runtime.resolveActivePicker({
+          sessionId: payload.sessionId,
+          action: 'use-selected',
+          primaryTrackId: primaryTrack.id,
+          secondaryTrackId: secondaryTrack.id,
+        });
+      });
+      return true;
+    },
+    pauseMpv: () => {},
+    resumeMpv: () => {},
+    sendMpvCommand: (command) => {
+      commands.push(command);
+    },
+    requestMpvProperty: async (name) => {
+      if (name === 'sub-text') {
+        return '字幕です';
+      }
+      assert.equal(name, 'track-list');
+      trackListRequests += 1;
+      if (trackListRequests === 1) {
+        return [
+          {
+            type: 'sub',
+            id: 5,
+            lang: 'ja-orig',
+            title: 'primary',
+            external: true,
+            'external-filename': '/tmp/auto-ja-orig.vtt',
+          },
+        ];
+      }
+      return [
+        {
+          type: 'sub',
+          id: 5,
+          lang: 'ja-orig',
+          title: 'primary',
+          external: true,
+          'external-filename': '/tmp/auto-ja-orig.vtt',
+        },
+        {
+          type: 'sub',
+          id: 6,
+          lang: 'en',
+          title: 'secondary',
+          external: true,
+          'external-filename': '/tmp/manual:en.vtt',
+        },
+      ];
+    },
+    refreshCurrentSubtitle: (text) => {
+      refreshedSubtitles.push(text);
+    },
+    wait: async (ms) => {
+      waits.push(ms);
+    },
+    showMpvOsd: () => {},
+    warn: (message) => {
+      warns.push(message);
+    },
+    log: () => {},
+    getYoutubeOutputDir: () => '/tmp',
+  });
+
+  await runtime.runYoutubePlaybackFlow({ url: 'https://example.com', mode: 'download' });
+
+  assert.deepEqual(acquireSingleCalls, [secondaryTrack.id]);
+  assert.ok(waits.includes(150));
+  assert.deepEqual(focusOverlayCalls, ['focus-overlay']);
+  assert.deepEqual(refreshedSubtitles, ['字幕です']);
+  assert.ok(
+    commands.some(
+      (command) =>
+        command[0] === 'sub-add' &&
+        command[1] === '/tmp/manual:en.vtt' &&
+        command[2] === 'cached',
+    ),
+  );
+  assert.equal(warns.length, 0);
+});
+
+test('youtube flow waits for tokenization readiness before releasing playback', async () => {
+  const commands: Array<Array<string | number>> = [];
+  const releaseOrder: string[] = [];
+  let tokenizationReadyRegistered = false;
+  let resolveTokenizationReady: () => void = () => {
+    throw new Error('expected tokenization readiness waiter');
+  };
+
+  const runtime = createYoutubeFlowRuntime({
+    probeYoutubeTracks: async () => ({
+      videoId: 'video123',
+      title: 'Video 123',
+      tracks: [primaryTrack],
+    }),
+    acquireYoutubeSubtitleTracks: async () => new Map<string, string>(),
+    acquireYoutubeSubtitleTrack: async () => ({ path: '/tmp/auto-ja-orig.vtt' }),
+    retimeYoutubePrimaryTrack: async ({ primaryPath }) => primaryPath,
+    startTokenizationWarmups: async () => {
+      releaseOrder.push('start-warmups');
+    },
+    waitForTokenizationReady: async () => {
+      releaseOrder.push('wait-tokenization-ready:start');
+      await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+        tokenizationReadyRegistered = true;
+        resolveTokenizationReady = resolve;
+      });
+      releaseOrder.push('wait-tokenization-ready:end');
+    },
+    waitForAnkiReady: async () => {
+      releaseOrder.push('wait-anki-ready');
+    },
+    waitForPlaybackWindowReady: async () => {},
+    waitForOverlayGeometryReady: async () => {},
+    focusOverlayWindow: () => {
+      releaseOrder.push('focus-overlay');
+    },
+    openPicker: async (payload) => {
+      queueMicrotask(() => {
+        void runtime.resolveActivePicker({
+          sessionId: payload.sessionId,
+          action: 'use-selected',
+          primaryTrackId: primaryTrack.id,
+          secondaryTrackId: null,
+        });
+      });
+      return true;
+    },
+    pauseMpv: () => {},
+    resumeMpv: () => {
+      commands.push(['set_property', 'pause', 'no']);
+      releaseOrder.push('resume');
+    },
+    sendMpvCommand: (command) => {
+      commands.push(command);
+      if (command[0] === 'script-message' && command[1] === 'subminer-autoplay-ready') {
+        releaseOrder.push('autoplay-ready');
+      }
+    },
+    requestMpvProperty: async (name) => {
+      if (name === 'sub-text') {
+        return '字幕です';
+      }
+      return [
+        {
+          type: 'sub',
+          id: 5,
+          lang: 'ja-orig',
+          title: 'primary',
+          external: true,
+          'external-filename': '/tmp/auto-ja-orig.vtt',
+        },
+      ];
+    },
+    refreshCurrentSubtitle: () => {},
+    wait: async () => {},
+    showMpvOsd: () => {},
+    warn: (message) => {
+      throw new Error(message);
+    },
+    log: () => {},
+    getYoutubeOutputDir: () => '/tmp',
+  });
+
+  const flowPromise = runtime.runYoutubePlaybackFlow({ url: 'https://example.com', mode: 'download' });
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+
+  assert.equal(tokenizationReadyRegistered, true);
+  assert.deepEqual(releaseOrder, ['start-warmups', 'wait-tokenization-ready:start']);
+  assert.equal(commands.some((command) => command[1] === 'subminer-autoplay-ready'), false);
+
+  resolveTokenizationReady();
+  await flowPromise;
+
+  assert.deepEqual(releaseOrder, [
+    'start-warmups',
+    'wait-tokenization-ready:start',
+    'wait-tokenization-ready:end',
+    'wait-anki-ready',
+    'autoplay-ready',
+    'resume',
+    'focus-overlay',
+  ]);
+});
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/youtube-flow.ts b/src/main/runtime/youtube-flow.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9dcdd9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/runtime/youtube-flow.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,549 @@
+import os from 'node:os';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import type {
+  YoutubeFlowMode,
+  YoutubePickerOpenPayload,
+  YoutubePickerResolveRequest,
+  YoutubePickerResolveResult,
+} from '../../types';
+import type {
+  YoutubeTrackOption,
+  YoutubeTrackProbeResult,
+} from '../../core/services/youtube/track-probe';
+import {
+  chooseDefaultYoutubeTrackIds,
+  normalizeYoutubeTrackSelection,
+} from '../../core/services/youtube/track-selection';
+import {
+  acquireYoutubeSubtitleTrack,
+  acquireYoutubeSubtitleTracks,
+} from '../../core/services/youtube/generate';
+import { resolveSubtitleSourcePath } from './subtitle-prefetch-source';
+
+type YoutubeFlowOpenPicker = (payload: YoutubePickerOpenPayload) => Promise<boolean>;
+
+type YoutubeFlowDeps = {
+  probeYoutubeTracks: (url: string) => Promise<YoutubeTrackProbeResult>;
+  acquireYoutubeSubtitleTrack: typeof acquireYoutubeSubtitleTrack;
+  acquireYoutubeSubtitleTracks: typeof acquireYoutubeSubtitleTracks;
+  retimeYoutubePrimaryTrack: (input: {
+    targetUrl: string;
+    primaryTrack: YoutubeTrackOption;
+    primaryPath: string;
+    secondaryTrack: YoutubeTrackOption | null;
+    secondaryPath: string | null;
+  }) => Promise<string>;
+  openPicker: YoutubeFlowOpenPicker;
+  pauseMpv: () => void;
+  resumeMpv: () => void;
+  sendMpvCommand: (command: Array<string | number>) => void;
+  requestMpvProperty: (name: string) => Promise<unknown>;
+  refreshCurrentSubtitle: (text: string) => void;
+  startTokenizationWarmups: () => Promise<void>;
+  waitForTokenizationReady: () => Promise<void>;
+  waitForAnkiReady: () => Promise<void>;
+  wait: (ms: number) => Promise<void>;
+  waitForPlaybackWindowReady: () => Promise<void>;
+  waitForOverlayGeometryReady: () => Promise<void>;
+  focusOverlayWindow: () => void;
+  showMpvOsd: (text: string) => void;
+  warn: (message: string) => void;
+  log: (message: string) => void;
+  getYoutubeOutputDir: () => string;
+};
+
+type YoutubeFlowSession = {
+  sessionId: string;
+  resolve: (request: YoutubePickerResolveRequest) => void;
+  reject: (error: Error) => void;
+};
+
+const YOUTUBE_PICKER_SETTLE_DELAY_MS = 150;
+const YOUTUBE_SECONDARY_RETRY_DELAY_MS = 350;
+
+function createSessionId(): string {
+  return `yt-${Date.now().toString(36)}-${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 8)}`;
+}
+
+function getTrackById(tracks: YoutubeTrackOption[], id: string | null): YoutubeTrackOption | null {
+  if (!id) return null;
+  return tracks.find((track) => track.id === id) ?? null;
+}
+
+function normalizeOutputPath(value: string): string {
+  const trimmed = value.trim();
+  return trimmed || path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'subminer-youtube-subs');
+}
+
+function createYoutubeFlowOsdProgress(showMpvOsd: (text: string) => void) {
+  const frames = ['|', '/', '-', '\\'];
+  let timer: ReturnType<typeof setInterval> | null = null;
+  let frame = 0;
+
+  const stop = (): void => {
+    if (!timer) {
+      return;
+    }
+    clearInterval(timer);
+    timer = null;
+  };
+
+  const setMessage = (message: string): void => {
+    stop();
+    frame = 0;
+    showMpvOsd(message);
+    timer = setInterval(() => {
+      showMpvOsd(`${message} ${frames[frame % frames.length]}`);
+      frame += 1;
+    }, 180);
+  };
+
+  return {
+    setMessage,
+    stop,
+  };
+}
+
+function releasePlaybackGate(deps: YoutubeFlowDeps): void {
+  deps.sendMpvCommand(['script-message', 'subminer-autoplay-ready']);
+  deps.resumeMpv();
+}
+
+function restoreOverlayInputFocus(deps: YoutubeFlowDeps): void {
+  deps.focusOverlayWindow();
+}
+
+function parseTrackId(value: unknown): number | null {
+  if (typeof value === 'number' && Number.isInteger(value)) {
+    return value;
+  }
+  if (typeof value === 'string') {
+    const parsed = Number(value.trim());
+    return Number.isInteger(parsed) ? parsed : null;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+function normalizeTrackListEntry(track: Record<string, unknown>): {
+  id: number | null;
+  lang: string;
+  title: string;
+  external: boolean;
+  externalFilename: string | null;
+} {
+  const externalFilenameRaw =
+    typeof track['external-filename'] === 'string'
+      ? track['external-filename']
+      : typeof track.external_filename === 'string'
+        ? track.external_filename
+        : '';
+  const externalFilename = externalFilenameRaw.trim()
+    ? resolveSubtitleSourcePath(externalFilenameRaw.trim())
+    : null;
+  return {
+    id: parseTrackId(track.id),
+    lang: String(track.lang || '').trim(),
+    title: String(track.title || '').trim(),
+    external: track.external === true,
+    externalFilename,
+  };
+}
+
+function matchExternalTrackId(
+  trackListRaw: unknown,
+  filePath: string,
+  trackOption: YoutubeTrackOption,
+  excludeId: number | null = null,
+): number | null {
+  if (!Array.isArray(trackListRaw)) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const normalizedFilePath = resolveSubtitleSourcePath(filePath);
+  const basename = path.basename(normalizedFilePath);
+  const externalTracks = trackListRaw
+    .filter(
+      (track): track is Record<string, unknown> => Boolean(track) && typeof track === 'object',
+    )
+    .filter((track) => track.type === 'sub')
+    .map(normalizeTrackListEntry)
+    .filter((track) => track.external && track.id !== null && track.id !== excludeId);
+
+  const exactPathMatch = externalTracks.find(
+    (track) => track.externalFilename === normalizedFilePath,
+  );
+  if (exactPathMatch?.id !== null && exactPathMatch?.id !== undefined) {
+    return exactPathMatch.id;
+  }
+
+  const basenameMatch = externalTracks.find(
+    (track) => track.externalFilename && path.basename(track.externalFilename) === basename,
+  );
+  if (basenameMatch?.id !== null && basenameMatch?.id !== undefined) {
+    return basenameMatch.id;
+  }
+
+  const languageMatch = externalTracks.find((track) => track.lang === trackOption.sourceLanguage);
+  if (languageMatch?.id !== null && languageMatch?.id !== undefined) {
+    return languageMatch.id;
+  }
+
+  const normalizedLanguageMatch = externalTracks.find(
+    (track) => track.lang === trackOption.language,
+  );
+  if (normalizedLanguageMatch?.id !== null && normalizedLanguageMatch?.id !== undefined) {
+    return normalizedLanguageMatch.id;
+  }
+
+  return null;
+}
+
+async function injectDownloadedSubtitles(
+  deps: YoutubeFlowDeps,
+  primaryTrack: YoutubeTrackOption,
+  primaryPath: string,
+  secondaryTrack: YoutubeTrackOption | null,
+  secondaryPath: string | null,
+): Promise<boolean> {
+  deps.sendMpvCommand(['set_property', 'sub-delay', 0]);
+  deps.sendMpvCommand(['set_property', 'sid', 'no']);
+  deps.sendMpvCommand(['set_property', 'secondary-sid', 'no']);
+  deps.sendMpvCommand([
+    'sub-add',
+    primaryPath,
+    'select',
+    path.basename(primaryPath),
+    primaryTrack.sourceLanguage,
+  ]);
+  if (secondaryPath && secondaryTrack) {
+    deps.sendMpvCommand([
+      'sub-add',
+      secondaryPath,
+      'cached',
+      path.basename(secondaryPath),
+      secondaryTrack.sourceLanguage,
+    ]);
+  }
+
+  let trackListRaw: unknown = null;
+  let primaryTrackId: number | null = null;
+  let secondaryTrackId: number | null = null;
+  for (let attempt = 0; attempt < 12; attempt += 1) {
+    await deps.wait(attempt === 0 ? 150 : 100);
+    trackListRaw = await deps.requestMpvProperty('track-list');
+    primaryTrackId = matchExternalTrackId(trackListRaw, primaryPath, primaryTrack);
+    secondaryTrackId =
+      secondaryPath && secondaryTrack
+        ? matchExternalTrackId(trackListRaw, secondaryPath, secondaryTrack, primaryTrackId)
+        : null;
+    if (primaryTrackId !== null && (!secondaryPath || secondaryTrackId !== null)) {
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (primaryTrackId !== null) {
+    deps.sendMpvCommand(['set_property', 'sid', primaryTrackId]);
+  } else {
+    deps.warn(
+      `Unable to bind downloaded primary subtitle track in mpv: ${path.basename(primaryPath)}`,
+    );
+  }
+  if (secondaryPath && secondaryTrack) {
+    if (secondaryTrackId !== null) {
+      deps.sendMpvCommand(['set_property', 'secondary-sid', secondaryTrackId]);
+    } else {
+      deps.warn(
+        `Unable to bind downloaded secondary subtitle track in mpv: ${path.basename(secondaryPath)}`,
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+  const currentSubText = await deps.requestMpvProperty('sub-text');
+  if (typeof currentSubText === 'string' && currentSubText.trim().length > 0) {
+    deps.refreshCurrentSubtitle(currentSubText);
+  }
+
+  deps.showMpvOsd(
+    secondaryPath && secondaryTrack ? 'Primary and secondary subtitles loaded.' : 'Subtitles loaded.',
+  );
+  return typeof currentSubText === 'string' && currentSubText.trim().length > 0;
+}
+
+export function createYoutubeFlowRuntime(deps: YoutubeFlowDeps) {
+  let activeSession: YoutubeFlowSession | null = null;
+
+  const acquireSelectedTracks = async (input: {
+    targetUrl: string;
+    outputDir: string;
+    primaryTrack: YoutubeTrackOption;
+    secondaryTrack: YoutubeTrackOption | null;
+    mode: YoutubeFlowMode;
+    secondaryFailureLabel: string;
+  }): Promise<{ primaryPath: string; secondaryPath: string | null }> => {
+    if (!input.secondaryTrack) {
+      const primaryPath = (
+        await deps.acquireYoutubeSubtitleTrack({
+          targetUrl: input.targetUrl,
+          outputDir: input.outputDir,
+          track: input.primaryTrack,
+          mode: input.mode,
+        })
+      ).path;
+      return { primaryPath, secondaryPath: null };
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const batchResult = await deps.acquireYoutubeSubtitleTracks({
+        targetUrl: input.targetUrl,
+        outputDir: input.outputDir,
+        tracks: [input.primaryTrack, input.secondaryTrack],
+        mode: input.mode,
+      });
+      const primaryPath = batchResult.get(input.primaryTrack.id) ?? null;
+      const secondaryPath = batchResult.get(input.secondaryTrack.id) ?? null;
+      if (primaryPath) {
+        if (secondaryPath) {
+          return { primaryPath, secondaryPath };
+        }
+
+        deps.log(
+          `${
+            input.secondaryFailureLabel
+          }: No subtitle file was downloaded for ${input.secondaryTrack.sourceLanguage}; retrying secondary separately after delay.`,
+        );
+        await deps.wait(YOUTUBE_SECONDARY_RETRY_DELAY_MS);
+        try {
+          const retriedSecondaryPath = (
+            await deps.acquireYoutubeSubtitleTrack({
+              targetUrl: input.targetUrl,
+              outputDir: input.outputDir,
+              track: input.secondaryTrack,
+              mode: input.mode,
+            })
+          ).path;
+          return { primaryPath, secondaryPath: retriedSecondaryPath };
+        } catch (error) {
+          deps.warn(
+            `${input.secondaryFailureLabel}: ${
+              error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
+            }`,
+          );
+          return { primaryPath, secondaryPath: null };
+        }
+      }
+    } catch {
+      // fall through to primary-only recovery
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const primaryPath = (
+        await deps.acquireYoutubeSubtitleTrack({
+          targetUrl: input.targetUrl,
+          outputDir: input.outputDir,
+          track: input.primaryTrack,
+          mode: input.mode,
+        })
+      ).path;
+      return { primaryPath, secondaryPath: null };
+    } catch (error) {
+      throw error;
+    }
+  };
+
+  const resolveActivePicker = async (
+    request: YoutubePickerResolveRequest,
+  ): Promise<YoutubePickerResolveResult> => {
+    if (!activeSession || activeSession.sessionId !== request.sessionId) {
+      return { ok: false, message: 'No active YouTube subtitle picker session.' };
+    }
+    activeSession.resolve(request);
+    return { ok: true, message: 'Picker selection accepted.' };
+  };
+
+  const cancelActivePicker = (): boolean => {
+    if (!activeSession) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    activeSession.resolve({
+      sessionId: activeSession.sessionId,
+      action: 'continue-without-subtitles',
+      primaryTrackId: null,
+      secondaryTrackId: null,
+    });
+    return true;
+  };
+
+  const createPickerSelectionPromise = (sessionId: string): Promise<YoutubePickerResolveRequest> =>
+    new Promise<YoutubePickerResolveRequest>((resolve, reject) => {
+      activeSession = { sessionId, resolve, reject };
+    }).finally(() => {
+      activeSession = null;
+    });
+
+  async function runYoutubePlaybackFlow(input: {
+    url: string;
+    mode: YoutubeFlowMode;
+  }): Promise<void> {
+    deps.showMpvOsd('Opening YouTube video');
+    const tokenizationWarmupPromise = deps.startTokenizationWarmups().catch((error) => {
+      deps.warn(
+        `Failed to warm subtitle tokenization prerequisites: ${
+          error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
+        }`,
+      );
+    });
+    const probe = await deps.probeYoutubeTracks(input.url);
+    const defaults = chooseDefaultYoutubeTrackIds(probe.tracks);
+    const sessionId = createSessionId();
+    const outputDir = normalizeOutputPath(deps.getYoutubeOutputDir());
+
+    deps.pauseMpv();
+
+    const openPayload: YoutubePickerOpenPayload = {
+      sessionId,
+      url: input.url,
+      mode: input.mode,
+      tracks: probe.tracks,
+      defaultPrimaryTrackId: defaults.primaryTrackId,
+      defaultSecondaryTrackId: defaults.secondaryTrackId,
+      hasTracks: probe.tracks.length > 0,
+    };
+
+    if (input.mode === 'download') {
+      await deps.waitForPlaybackWindowReady();
+      await deps.waitForOverlayGeometryReady();
+      await deps.wait(YOUTUBE_PICKER_SETTLE_DELAY_MS);
+      deps.showMpvOsd('Getting subtitles...');
+      const pickerSelection = createPickerSelectionPromise(sessionId);
+      void pickerSelection.catch(() => undefined);
+      const opened = await deps.openPicker(openPayload);
+      if (!opened) {
+        activeSession?.reject(new Error('Unable to open YouTube subtitle picker.'));
+        activeSession = null;
+        deps.warn('Unable to open YouTube subtitle picker; continuing without subtitles.');
+        releasePlaybackGate(deps);
+        restoreOverlayInputFocus(deps);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const request = await pickerSelection;
+      if (request.action === 'continue-without-subtitles') {
+        releasePlaybackGate(deps);
+        restoreOverlayInputFocus(deps);
+        return;
+      }
+      const osdProgress = createYoutubeFlowOsdProgress(deps.showMpvOsd);
+      osdProgress.setMessage('Downloading subtitles...');
+      try {
+        const primaryTrack = getTrackById(probe.tracks, request.primaryTrackId);
+        if (!primaryTrack) {
+          deps.warn('No primary YouTube subtitle track selected; continuing without subtitles.');
+          return;
+        }
+
+        const selected = normalizeYoutubeTrackSelection({
+          primaryTrackId: primaryTrack.id,
+          secondaryTrackId: request.secondaryTrackId,
+        });
+        const secondaryTrack = getTrackById(probe.tracks, selected.secondaryTrackId);
+
+        const acquired = await acquireSelectedTracks({
+          targetUrl: input.url,
+          outputDir,
+          primaryTrack,
+          secondaryTrack,
+          mode: input.mode,
+          secondaryFailureLabel: 'Failed to download secondary YouTube subtitle track',
+        });
+        const resolvedPrimaryPath = await deps.retimeYoutubePrimaryTrack({
+          targetUrl: input.url,
+          primaryTrack,
+          primaryPath: acquired.primaryPath,
+          secondaryTrack,
+          secondaryPath: acquired.secondaryPath,
+        });
+        osdProgress.setMessage('Loading subtitles...');
+        const refreshedActiveSubtitle = await injectDownloadedSubtitles(
+          deps,
+          primaryTrack,
+          resolvedPrimaryPath,
+          secondaryTrack,
+          acquired.secondaryPath,
+        );
+        await tokenizationWarmupPromise;
+        if (refreshedActiveSubtitle) {
+          await deps.waitForTokenizationReady();
+        }
+        await deps.waitForAnkiReady();
+      } catch (error) {
+        deps.warn(
+          `Failed to download primary YouTube subtitle track: ${
+            error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
+          }`,
+        );
+      } finally {
+        osdProgress.stop();
+        releasePlaybackGate(deps);
+        restoreOverlayInputFocus(deps);
+      }
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const primaryTrack = getTrackById(probe.tracks, defaults.primaryTrackId);
+    const secondaryTrack = getTrackById(probe.tracks, defaults.secondaryTrackId);
+    if (!primaryTrack) {
+      deps.showMpvOsd('No usable YouTube subtitles found.');
+      releasePlaybackGate(deps);
+      restoreOverlayInputFocus(deps);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    try {
+      deps.showMpvOsd('Getting subtitles...');
+      const acquired = await acquireSelectedTracks({
+        targetUrl: input.url,
+        outputDir,
+        primaryTrack,
+        secondaryTrack,
+        mode: input.mode,
+        secondaryFailureLabel: 'Failed to generate secondary YouTube subtitle track',
+      });
+      const resolvedPrimaryPath = await deps.retimeYoutubePrimaryTrack({
+        targetUrl: input.url,
+        primaryTrack,
+        primaryPath: acquired.primaryPath,
+        secondaryTrack,
+        secondaryPath: acquired.secondaryPath,
+      });
+      deps.showMpvOsd('Loading subtitles...');
+      const refreshedActiveSubtitle = await injectDownloadedSubtitles(
+        deps,
+        primaryTrack,
+        resolvedPrimaryPath,
+        secondaryTrack,
+        acquired.secondaryPath,
+      );
+      await tokenizationWarmupPromise;
+      if (refreshedActiveSubtitle) {
+        await deps.waitForTokenizationReady();
+      }
+      await deps.waitForAnkiReady();
+    } catch (error) {
+      deps.warn(
+        `Failed to generate primary YouTube subtitle track: ${
+          error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
+        }`,
+      );
+    } finally {
+      releasePlaybackGate(deps);
+      restoreOverlayInputFocus(deps);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return {
+    runYoutubePlaybackFlow,
+    resolveActivePicker,
+    cancelActivePicker,
+    hasActiveSession: () => Boolean(activeSession),
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/handlers/keyboard.test.ts b/src/renderer/handlers/keyboard.test.ts
index 2104eef..dfeb8f7 100644
--- a/src/renderer/handlers/keyboard.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/handlers/keyboard.test.ts
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ function createKeyboardHandlerHarness() {
       return true;
     },
     handleControllerDebugKeydown: () => false,
+    handleYoutubePickerKeydown: () => false,
     handleSessionHelpKeydown: () => false,
     openSessionHelpModal: () => {},
     appendClipboardVideoToQueue: () => {},
@@ -489,6 +490,34 @@ test('keyboard mode: repeated popup navigation keys are forwarded while popup is
   }
 });
 
+test('popup-visible mpv keybindings still fire for bound keys', async () => {
+  const { ctx, handlers, testGlobals } = createKeyboardHandlerHarness();
+
+  try {
+    await handlers.setupMpvInputForwarding();
+    handlers.updateKeybindings([
+      {
+        key: 'Space',
+        command: ['cycle', 'pause'],
+      },
+      {
+        key: 'KeyQ',
+        command: ['quit'],
+      },
+    ] as never);
+
+    ctx.state.yomitanPopupVisible = true;
+    testGlobals.setPopupVisible(true);
+
+    testGlobals.dispatchKeydown({ key: ' ', code: 'Space' });
+    testGlobals.dispatchKeydown({ key: 'q', code: 'KeyQ' });
+
+    assert.deepEqual(testGlobals.mpvCommands.slice(-2), [['cycle', 'pause'], ['quit']]);
+  } finally {
+    testGlobals.restore();
+  }
+});
+
 test('keyboard mode: controller helpers dispatch popup audio play/cycle and scroll bridge commands', async () => {
   const { ctx, handlers, testGlobals } = createKeyboardHandlerHarness();
 
@@ -817,6 +846,22 @@ test('keyboard mode: closing lookup clears yomitan active text source so same to
   }
 });
 
+test('subtitle refresh outside keyboard mode clears yomitan active text source', async () => {
+  const { handlers, testGlobals } = createKeyboardHandlerHarness();
+
+  try {
+    handlers.handleSubtitleContentUpdated();
+    await wait(0);
+
+    const clearCommands = testGlobals.commandEvents.filter(
+      (event) => event.type === 'clearActiveTextSource',
+    );
+    assert.deepEqual(clearCommands, [{ type: 'clearActiveTextSource' }]);
+  } finally {
+    testGlobals.restore();
+  }
+});
+
 test('keyboard mode: lookup toggle closes popup when DOM visibility is the source of truth', async () => {
   const { ctx, handlers, testGlobals } = createKeyboardHandlerHarness();
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/handlers/keyboard.ts b/src/renderer/handlers/keyboard.ts
index 0afb5ae..ac8bef6 100644
--- a/src/renderer/handlers/keyboard.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/handlers/keyboard.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export function createKeyboardHandlers(
     handleSubsyncKeydown: (e: KeyboardEvent) => boolean;
     handleKikuKeydown: (e: KeyboardEvent) => boolean;
     handleJimakuKeydown: (e: KeyboardEvent) => boolean;
+    handleYoutubePickerKeydown: (e: KeyboardEvent) => boolean;
     handleControllerSelectKeydown: (e: KeyboardEvent) => boolean;
     handleControllerDebugKeydown: (e: KeyboardEvent) => boolean;
     handleSessionHelpKeydown: (e: KeyboardEvent) => boolean;
@@ -479,6 +480,8 @@ export function createKeyboardHandlers(
 
   function handleSubtitleContentUpdated(): void {
     if (!ctx.state.keyboardDrivenModeEnabled) {
+      dispatchYomitanFrontendClearActiveTextSource();
+      clearNativeSubtitleSelection();
       return;
     }
     if (pendingSelectionAnchorAfterSubtitleSeek) {
@@ -678,6 +681,11 @@ export function createKeyboardHandlers(
     ]);
     if (modifierOnlyCodes.has(e.code)) return false;
 
+    const keyString = keyEventToString(e);
+    if (ctx.state.keybindingsMap.has(keyString)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
     if (!e.ctrlKey && !e.metaKey && !e.altKey && e.code === 'KeyM') {
       if (e.repeat) return false;
       dispatchYomitanPopupMineSelected();
@@ -834,6 +842,10 @@ export function createKeyboardHandlers(
         options.handleJimakuKeydown(e);
         return;
       }
+      if (ctx.state.youtubePickerModalOpen) {
+        options.handleYoutubePickerKeydown(e);
+        return;
+      }
       if (ctx.state.controllerSelectModalOpen) {
         options.handleControllerSelectKeydown(e);
         return;
@@ -871,8 +883,8 @@ export function createKeyboardHandlers(
       ) {
         if (handleYomitanPopupKeybind(e)) {
           e.preventDefault();
+          return;
         }
-        return;
       }
 
       if (ctx.state.keyboardDrivenModeEnabled && handleKeyboardDrivenModeNavigation(e)) {
diff --git a/src/renderer/handlers/mouse.test.ts b/src/renderer/handlers/mouse.test.ts
index 1966a08..94ae796 100644
--- a/src/renderer/handlers/mouse.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/handlers/mouse.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ import test from 'node:test';
 
 import type { SubtitleSidebarConfig } from '../../types';
 import { createMouseHandlers } from './mouse.js';
-import { YOMITAN_POPUP_HIDDEN_EVENT, YOMITAN_POPUP_SHOWN_EVENT } from '../yomitan-popup.js';
+import {
+  YOMITAN_POPUP_HIDDEN_EVENT,
+  YOMITAN_POPUP_SHOWN_EVENT,
+} from '../yomitan-popup.js';
 
 function createClassList() {
   const classes = new Set<string>();
@@ -612,3 +615,153 @@ test('popup open pauses and popup close resumes when yomitan popup auto-pause is
     Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'Node', { configurable: true, value: previousNode });
   }
 });
+
+test('restorePointerInteractionState re-enables subtitle hover when pointer is already over subtitles', () => {
+  const ctx = createMouseTestContext();
+  const originalWindow = globalThis.window;
+  const originalDocument = globalThis.document;
+  const ignoreCalls: Array<{ ignore: boolean; forward?: boolean }> = [];
+  const documentListeners = new Map<string, Array<(event: unknown) => void>>();
+  ctx.platform.shouldToggleMouseIgnore = true;
+
+  Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'window', {
+    configurable: true,
+    value: {
+      electronAPI: {
+        setIgnoreMouseEvents: (ignore: boolean, options?: { forward?: boolean }) => {
+          ignoreCalls.push({ ignore, forward: options?.forward });
+        },
+      },
+      getComputedStyle: () => ({
+        visibility: 'hidden',
+        display: 'none',
+        opacity: '0',
+      }),
+      focus: () => {},
+    },
+  });
+  Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'document', {
+    configurable: true,
+    value: {
+      addEventListener: (type: string, listener: (event: unknown) => void) => {
+        const bucket = documentListeners.get(type) ?? [];
+        bucket.push(listener);
+        documentListeners.set(type, bucket);
+      },
+      elementFromPoint: () => ctx.dom.subtitleContainer,
+      querySelectorAll: () => [],
+      body: {},
+    },
+  });
+
+  try {
+    const handlers = createMouseHandlers(ctx as never, {
+      modalStateReader: {
+        isAnySettingsModalOpen: () => false,
+        isAnyModalOpen: () => false,
+      },
+      applyYPercent: () => {},
+      getCurrentYPercent: () => 10,
+      persistSubtitlePositionPatch: () => {},
+      getSubtitleHoverAutoPauseEnabled: () => false,
+      getYomitanPopupAutoPauseEnabled: () => false,
+      getPlaybackPaused: async () => false,
+      sendMpvCommand: () => {},
+    });
+
+    handlers.setupPointerTracking();
+    for (const listener of documentListeners.get('mousemove') ?? []) {
+      listener({ clientX: 120, clientY: 240 });
+    }
+    handlers.restorePointerInteractionState();
+
+    assert.equal(ctx.state.isOverSubtitle, true);
+    assert.equal(ctx.dom.overlay.classList.contains('interactive'), true);
+    assert.deepEqual(ignoreCalls, [{ ignore: false, forward: undefined }]);
+  } finally {
+    Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'window', { configurable: true, value: originalWindow });
+    Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'document', { configurable: true, value: originalDocument });
+  }
+});
+
+test('restorePointerInteractionState keeps overlay interactive until first real pointer move can resync hover', () => {
+  const ctx = createMouseTestContext();
+  const originalWindow = globalThis.window;
+  const originalDocument = globalThis.document;
+  const ignoreCalls: Array<{ ignore: boolean; forward?: boolean }> = [];
+  const documentListeners = new Map<string, Array<(event: unknown) => void>>();
+  let hoveredElement: unknown = null;
+  ctx.platform.shouldToggleMouseIgnore = true;
+
+  Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'window', {
+    configurable: true,
+    value: {
+      electronAPI: {
+        setIgnoreMouseEvents: (ignore: boolean, options?: { forward?: boolean }) => {
+          ignoreCalls.push({ ignore, forward: options?.forward });
+        },
+      },
+      getComputedStyle: () => ({
+        visibility: 'hidden',
+        display: 'none',
+        opacity: '0',
+      }),
+      focus: () => {},
+    },
+  });
+  Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'document', {
+    configurable: true,
+    value: {
+      addEventListener: (type: string, listener: (event: unknown) => void) => {
+        const bucket = documentListeners.get(type) ?? [];
+        bucket.push(listener);
+        documentListeners.set(type, bucket);
+      },
+      elementFromPoint: () => hoveredElement,
+      querySelectorAll: () => [],
+      body: {},
+    },
+  });
+
+  try {
+    const handlers = createMouseHandlers(ctx as never, {
+      modalStateReader: {
+        isAnySettingsModalOpen: () => false,
+        isAnyModalOpen: () => false,
+      },
+      applyYPercent: () => {},
+      getCurrentYPercent: () => 10,
+      persistSubtitlePositionPatch: () => {},
+      getSubtitleHoverAutoPauseEnabled: () => false,
+      getYomitanPopupAutoPauseEnabled: () => false,
+      getPlaybackPaused: async () => false,
+      sendMpvCommand: () => {},
+    });
+
+    handlers.setupPointerTracking();
+    handlers.restorePointerInteractionState();
+
+    assert.equal(ctx.state.isOverSubtitle, false);
+    assert.equal(ctx.dom.overlay.classList.contains('interactive'), true);
+    assert.deepEqual(ignoreCalls, [
+      { ignore: true, forward: true },
+      { ignore: false, forward: undefined },
+    ]);
+
+    hoveredElement = null;
+    for (const listener of documentListeners.get('mousemove') ?? []) {
+      listener({ clientX: 24, clientY: 48 });
+    }
+
+    assert.equal(ctx.state.isOverSubtitle, false);
+    assert.equal(ctx.dom.overlay.classList.contains('interactive'), false);
+    assert.deepEqual(ignoreCalls, [
+      { ignore: true, forward: true },
+      { ignore: false, forward: undefined },
+      { ignore: true, forward: true },
+    ]);
+  } finally {
+    Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'window', { configurable: true, value: originalWindow });
+    Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'document', { configurable: true, value: originalDocument });
+  }
+});
diff --git a/src/renderer/handlers/mouse.ts b/src/renderer/handlers/mouse.ts
index 43462bf..5f44d9c 100644
--- a/src/renderer/handlers/mouse.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/handlers/mouse.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,73 @@ export function createMouseHandlers(
   let popupPauseRequestId = 0;
   let pausedBySubtitleHover = false;
   let pausedByYomitanPopup = false;
+  let lastPointerPosition: { clientX: number; clientY: number } | null = null;
+  let pendingPointerResync = false;
+
+  function isElementWithinContainer(element: Element | null, container: HTMLElement): boolean {
+    if (!element) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    if (element === container) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    return typeof container.contains === 'function' ? container.contains(element) : false;
+  }
+
+  function updatePointerPosition(event: MouseEvent | PointerEvent): void {
+    lastPointerPosition = {
+      clientX: event.clientX,
+      clientY: event.clientY,
+    };
+  }
+
+  function syncHoverStateFromPoint(clientX: number, clientY: number): boolean {
+    const hoveredElement =
+      typeof document.elementFromPoint === 'function'
+        ? document.elementFromPoint(clientX, clientY)
+        : null;
+    const overPrimarySubtitle = isElementWithinContainer(hoveredElement, ctx.dom.subtitleContainer);
+    const overSecondarySubtitle = isElementWithinContainer(
+      hoveredElement,
+      ctx.dom.secondarySubContainer,
+    );
+
+    ctx.state.isOverSubtitle = overPrimarySubtitle || overSecondarySubtitle;
+    if (!overSecondarySubtitle) {
+      ctx.dom.secondarySubContainer.classList.remove('secondary-sub-hover-active');
+    }
+
+    return ctx.state.isOverSubtitle;
+  }
+
+  function restorePointerInteractionState(): void {
+    const pointerPosition = lastPointerPosition;
+    pendingPointerResync = false;
+    if (pointerPosition) {
+      syncHoverStateFromPoint(pointerPosition.clientX, pointerPosition.clientY);
+    } else {
+      ctx.state.isOverSubtitle = false;
+      ctx.dom.secondarySubContainer.classList.remove('secondary-sub-hover-active');
+    }
+    syncOverlayMouseIgnoreState(ctx);
+
+    if (!ctx.platform.shouldToggleMouseIgnore || ctx.state.isOverSubtitle) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    pendingPointerResync = true;
+    ctx.dom.overlay.classList.add('interactive');
+    window.electronAPI.setIgnoreMouseEvents(false);
+  }
+
+  function maybeResyncPointerHoverState(event: MouseEvent | PointerEvent): void {
+    if (!pendingPointerResync) {
+      return;
+    }
+    pendingPointerResync = false;
+    syncHoverStateFromPoint(event.clientX, event.clientY);
+    syncOverlayMouseIgnoreState(ctx);
+  }
 
   function isWithinOtherSubtitleContainer(
     relatedTarget: EventTarget | null,
@@ -192,6 +259,7 @@ export function createMouseHandlers(
     });
 
     document.addEventListener('mousemove', (e: MouseEvent) => {
+      updatePointerPosition(e);
       if (!ctx.state.isDragging) return;
 
       const deltaY = ctx.state.dragStartY - e.clientY;
@@ -222,6 +290,17 @@ export function createMouseHandlers(
     });
   }
 
+  function setupPointerTracking(): void {
+    document.addEventListener('mousemove', (event: MouseEvent) => {
+      updatePointerPosition(event);
+      maybeResyncPointerHoverState(event);
+    });
+    document.addEventListener('pointermove', (event: PointerEvent) => {
+      updatePointerPosition(event);
+      maybeResyncPointerHoverState(event);
+    });
+  }
+
   function setupSelectionObserver(): void {
     document.addEventListener('selectionchange', () => {
       const selection = window.getSelection();
@@ -283,7 +362,9 @@ export function createMouseHandlers(
     handleSecondaryMouseLeave: (event?: MouseEvent) => handleMouseLeave(event, true),
     handleMouseEnter,
     handleMouseLeave,
+    restorePointerInteractionState,
     setupDragging,
+    setupPointerTracking,
     setupResizeHandler,
     setupSelectionObserver,
     setupYomitanObserver,
diff --git a/src/renderer/modals/youtube-track-picker.test.ts b/src/renderer/modals/youtube-track-picker.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a022a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/modals/youtube-track-picker.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+
+import { createRendererState } from '../state.js';
+import { createYoutubeTrackPickerModal } from './youtube-track-picker.js';
+
+function createClassList(initialTokens: string[] = []) {
+  const tokens = new Set(initialTokens);
+  return {
+    add: (...entries: string[]) => {
+      for (const entry of entries) tokens.add(entry);
+    },
+    remove: (...entries: string[]) => {
+      for (const entry of entries) tokens.delete(entry);
+    },
+    contains: (entry: string) => tokens.has(entry),
+  };
+}
+
+function createFakeElement() {
+  const attributes = new Map<string, string>();
+  return {
+    textContent: '',
+    innerHTML: '',
+    value: '',
+    disabled: false,
+    children: [] as any[],
+    style: {} as Record<string, string>,
+    classList: createClassList(['hidden']),
+    listeners: new Map<string, Array<(event?: any) => void>>(),
+    appendChild(child: any) {
+      this.children.push(child);
+      return child;
+    },
+    append(...children: any[]) {
+      this.children.push(...children);
+    },
+    addEventListener(type: string, listener: (event?: any) => void) {
+      const existing = this.listeners.get(type) ?? [];
+      existing.push(listener);
+      this.listeners.set(type, existing);
+    },
+    setAttribute(name: string, value: string) {
+      attributes.set(name, value);
+    },
+    getAttribute(name: string) {
+      return attributes.get(name) ?? null;
+    },
+    focus: () => {},
+  };
+}
+
+test('youtube track picker close restores focus and mouse-ignore state', () => {
+  const overlayFocusCalls: number[] = [];
+  const windowFocusCalls: number[] = [];
+  const ignoreCalls: Array<{ ignore: boolean; forward?: boolean }> = [];
+  const notifications: string[] = [];
+  const frontendCommands: unknown[] = [];
+  const syncCalls: string[] = [];
+  const originalWindow = globalThis.window;
+  const originalDocument = globalThis.document;
+  const originalCustomEvent = globalThis.CustomEvent;
+
+  class TestCustomEvent extends Event {
+    detail: unknown;
+
+    constructor(type: string, init?: { detail?: unknown }) {
+      super(type);
+      this.detail = init?.detail;
+    }
+  }
+
+  Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'document', {
+    configurable: true,
+    value: {
+      createElement: () => createFakeElement(),
+    },
+  });
+
+  Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'window', {
+    configurable: true,
+    value: {
+      dispatchEvent: (event: Event & { detail?: unknown }) => {
+        frontendCommands.push(event.detail ?? null);
+        return true;
+      },
+      focus: () => {
+        windowFocusCalls.push(1);
+      },
+      electronAPI: {
+        notifyOverlayModalOpened: () => {},
+        notifyOverlayModalClosed: (modal: string) => {
+          notifications.push(modal);
+        },
+        youtubePickerResolve: async () => ({ ok: true, message: '' }),
+        setIgnoreMouseEvents: (ignore: boolean, options?: { forward?: boolean }) => {
+          ignoreCalls.push({ ignore, forward: options?.forward });
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  });
+
+  Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'CustomEvent', {
+    configurable: true,
+    value: TestCustomEvent,
+  });
+
+  try {
+    const state = createRendererState();
+    const overlay = {
+      classList: createClassList(),
+      focus: () => {
+        overlayFocusCalls.push(1);
+      },
+    };
+    const dom = {
+      overlay,
+      youtubePickerModal: createFakeElement(),
+      youtubePickerTitle: createFakeElement(),
+      youtubePickerPrimarySelect: createFakeElement(),
+      youtubePickerSecondarySelect: createFakeElement(),
+      youtubePickerTracks: createFakeElement(),
+      youtubePickerStatus: createFakeElement(),
+      youtubePickerContinueButton: createFakeElement(),
+      youtubePickerCloseButton: createFakeElement(),
+    };
+
+    const modal = createYoutubeTrackPickerModal(
+      {
+        state,
+        dom,
+        platform: {
+          shouldToggleMouseIgnore: true,
+        },
+      } as never,
+      {
+        modalStateReader: { isAnyModalOpen: () => false },
+        restorePointerInteractionState: () => {
+          syncCalls.push('restore-pointer');
+        },
+        syncSettingsModalSubtitleSuppression: () => {
+          syncCalls.push('sync');
+        },
+      },
+    );
+
+    modal.openYoutubePickerModal({
+      sessionId: 'yt-1',
+      url: 'https://example.com',
+      mode: 'download',
+      tracks: [],
+      defaultPrimaryTrackId: null,
+      defaultSecondaryTrackId: null,
+      hasTracks: false,
+    });
+    modal.closeYoutubePickerModal();
+
+    assert.equal(state.youtubePickerModalOpen, false);
+    assert.deepEqual(syncCalls, ['sync', 'sync', 'restore-pointer']);
+    assert.deepEqual(notifications, ['youtube-track-picker']);
+    assert.deepEqual(frontendCommands, [{ type: 'refreshOptions' }]);
+    assert.equal(overlay.classList.contains('interactive'), false);
+    assert.equal(overlayFocusCalls.length > 0, true);
+    assert.equal(windowFocusCalls.length > 0, true);
+    assert.deepEqual(ignoreCalls, [{ ignore: true, forward: true }]);
+  } finally {
+    Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'window', { configurable: true, value: originalWindow });
+    Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'document', { configurable: true, value: originalDocument });
+    Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'CustomEvent', {
+      configurable: true,
+      value: originalCustomEvent,
+    });
+  }
+});
diff --git a/src/renderer/modals/youtube-track-picker.ts b/src/renderer/modals/youtube-track-picker.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a5d799
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/modals/youtube-track-picker.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,235 @@
+import type { YoutubePickerOpenPayload } from '../../types';
+import type { ModalStateReader, RendererContext } from '../context';
+import { YOMITAN_POPUP_COMMAND_EVENT } from '../yomitan-popup.js';
+
+function createOption(value: string, label: string): HTMLOptionElement {
+  const option = document.createElement('option');
+  option.value = value;
+  option.textContent = label;
+  return option;
+}
+
+export function createYoutubeTrackPickerModal(
+  ctx: RendererContext,
+  options: {
+    modalStateReader: Pick<ModalStateReader, 'isAnyModalOpen'>;
+    restorePointerInteractionState: () => void;
+    syncSettingsModalSubtitleSuppression: () => void;
+  },
+) {
+  function setStatus(message: string, isError = false): void {
+    ctx.state.youtubePickerStatus = message;
+    ctx.dom.youtubePickerStatus.textContent = message;
+    ctx.dom.youtubePickerStatus.style.color = isError
+      ? '#ed8796'
+      : '#a5adcb';
+  }
+
+  function getTrackLabel(trackId: string): string {
+    return ctx.state.youtubePickerPayload?.tracks.find((track) => track.id === trackId)?.label ?? '';
+  }
+
+  function renderTrackList(): void {
+    ctx.dom.youtubePickerTracks.innerHTML = '';
+    const payload = ctx.state.youtubePickerPayload;
+    if (!payload || payload.tracks.length === 0) {
+      const li = document.createElement('li');
+      li.innerHTML = '<span>No subtitle tracks found</span><span class="youtube-picker-track-meta">Continue without subtitles</span>';
+      ctx.dom.youtubePickerTracks.appendChild(li);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    for (const track of payload.tracks) {
+      const li = document.createElement('li');
+      const left = document.createElement('span');
+      left.textContent = track.label;
+      const right = document.createElement('span');
+      right.className = 'youtube-picker-track-meta';
+      right.textContent = `${track.kind} · ${track.language}`;
+      li.append(left, right);
+      ctx.dom.youtubePickerTracks.appendChild(li);
+    }
+  }
+
+  function syncSecondaryOptions(): void {
+    const payload = ctx.state.youtubePickerPayload;
+    const primaryTrackId = ctx.dom.youtubePickerPrimarySelect.value || null;
+    ctx.dom.youtubePickerSecondarySelect.innerHTML = '';
+    ctx.dom.youtubePickerSecondarySelect.appendChild(createOption('', 'None'));
+    if (!payload) return;
+
+    for (const track of payload.tracks) {
+      if (track.id === primaryTrackId) continue;
+      ctx.dom.youtubePickerSecondarySelect.appendChild(createOption(track.id, track.label));
+    }
+    if (
+      primaryTrackId &&
+      ctx.dom.youtubePickerSecondarySelect.value === primaryTrackId
+    ) {
+      ctx.dom.youtubePickerSecondarySelect.value = '';
+    }
+  }
+
+  function setSelection(primaryTrackId: string | null, secondaryTrackId: string | null): void {
+    ctx.state.youtubePickerPrimaryTrackId = primaryTrackId;
+    ctx.state.youtubePickerSecondaryTrackId = secondaryTrackId;
+    ctx.dom.youtubePickerPrimarySelect.value = primaryTrackId ?? '';
+    syncSecondaryOptions();
+    ctx.dom.youtubePickerSecondarySelect.value = secondaryTrackId ?? '';
+  }
+
+  function applyPayload(payload: YoutubePickerOpenPayload): void {
+    ctx.state.youtubePickerPayload = payload;
+    ctx.dom.youtubePickerTitle.textContent = `${payload.mode === 'generate' ? 'Generate' : 'Download'} subtitles for ${payload.url}`;
+    ctx.dom.youtubePickerPrimarySelect.innerHTML = '';
+    ctx.dom.youtubePickerSecondarySelect.innerHTML = '';
+
+    if (payload.tracks.length === 0) {
+      ctx.dom.youtubePickerPrimarySelect.appendChild(createOption('', 'No tracks available'));
+      ctx.dom.youtubePickerPrimarySelect.disabled = true;
+      ctx.dom.youtubePickerSecondarySelect.disabled = true;
+      ctx.dom.youtubePickerContinueButton.textContent = 'Continue without subtitles';
+      setSelection(null, null);
+      setStatus('No subtitle tracks were found. Playback will continue without subtitles.');
+      renderTrackList();
+      return;
+    }
+
+    ctx.dom.youtubePickerPrimarySelect.disabled = false;
+    ctx.dom.youtubePickerSecondarySelect.disabled = false;
+    ctx.dom.youtubePickerContinueButton.textContent = 'Use selected subtitles';
+    for (const track of payload.tracks) {
+      ctx.dom.youtubePickerPrimarySelect.appendChild(createOption(track.id, track.label));
+    }
+    setSelection(payload.defaultPrimaryTrackId, payload.defaultSecondaryTrackId);
+    renderTrackList();
+    setStatus('Select the subtitle tracks to download.');
+  }
+
+  async function resolveSelection(action: 'use-selected' | 'continue-without-subtitles'): Promise<void> {
+    const payload = ctx.state.youtubePickerPayload;
+    if (!payload) return;
+    if (action === 'use-selected' && payload.hasTracks && !ctx.dom.youtubePickerPrimarySelect.value) {
+      setStatus('Primary subtitle selection is required.', true);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const response = await window.electronAPI.youtubePickerResolve({
+      sessionId: payload.sessionId,
+      action,
+      primaryTrackId: action === 'use-selected' ? ctx.dom.youtubePickerPrimarySelect.value || null : null,
+      secondaryTrackId:
+        action === 'use-selected' ? ctx.dom.youtubePickerSecondarySelect.value || null : null,
+    });
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      setStatus(response.message, true);
+      return;
+    }
+    closeYoutubePickerModal();
+  }
+
+  function openYoutubePickerModal(payload: YoutubePickerOpenPayload): void {
+    if (ctx.state.youtubePickerModalOpen) return;
+    ctx.state.youtubePickerModalOpen = true;
+    options.syncSettingsModalSubtitleSuppression();
+    applyPayload(payload);
+    ctx.dom.overlay.classList.add('interactive');
+    ctx.dom.youtubePickerModal.classList.remove('hidden');
+    ctx.dom.youtubePickerModal.setAttribute('aria-hidden', 'false');
+    window.electronAPI.notifyOverlayModalOpened('youtube-track-picker');
+  }
+
+  function closeYoutubePickerModal(): void {
+    if (!ctx.state.youtubePickerModalOpen) return;
+    ctx.state.youtubePickerModalOpen = false;
+    options.syncSettingsModalSubtitleSuppression();
+    ctx.state.youtubePickerPayload = null;
+    ctx.state.youtubePickerPrimaryTrackId = null;
+    ctx.state.youtubePickerSecondaryTrackId = null;
+    ctx.state.youtubePickerStatus = '';
+    ctx.dom.youtubePickerModal.classList.add('hidden');
+    ctx.dom.youtubePickerModal.setAttribute('aria-hidden', 'true');
+    window.electronAPI.notifyOverlayModalClosed('youtube-track-picker');
+    window.dispatchEvent(
+      new CustomEvent(YOMITAN_POPUP_COMMAND_EVENT, {
+        detail: {
+          type: 'refreshOptions',
+        },
+      }),
+    );
+    if (!options.modalStateReader.isAnyModalOpen()) {
+      ctx.dom.overlay.classList.remove('interactive');
+    }
+    options.restorePointerInteractionState();
+    if (typeof ctx.dom.overlay.focus === 'function') {
+      ctx.dom.overlay.focus({ preventScroll: true });
+    }
+    if (ctx.platform.shouldToggleMouseIgnore) {
+      if (!ctx.state.isOverSubtitle && !options.modalStateReader.isAnyModalOpen()) {
+        window.electronAPI.setIgnoreMouseEvents(true, { forward: true });
+      } else {
+        window.electronAPI.setIgnoreMouseEvents(false);
+      }
+    }
+    window.focus();
+  }
+
+  function handleYoutubePickerKeydown(e: KeyboardEvent): boolean {
+    if (!ctx.state.youtubePickerModalOpen) return false;
+
+    if (e.key === 'Escape') {
+      e.preventDefault();
+      void resolveSelection('continue-without-subtitles');
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    if (e.key === 'Enter') {
+      e.preventDefault();
+      void resolveSelection(
+        ctx.state.youtubePickerPayload?.hasTracks ? 'use-selected' : 'continue-without-subtitles',
+      );
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  function wireDomEvents(): void {
+    ctx.dom.youtubePickerPrimarySelect.addEventListener('change', () => {
+      const primaryTrackId = ctx.dom.youtubePickerPrimarySelect.value || null;
+      if (ctx.dom.youtubePickerSecondarySelect.value === primaryTrackId) {
+        ctx.dom.youtubePickerSecondarySelect.value = '';
+      }
+      setSelection(primaryTrackId, ctx.dom.youtubePickerSecondarySelect.value || null);
+    });
+
+    ctx.dom.youtubePickerSecondarySelect.addEventListener('change', () => {
+      const primaryTrackId = ctx.dom.youtubePickerPrimarySelect.value || null;
+      const secondaryTrackId = ctx.dom.youtubePickerSecondarySelect.value || null;
+      if (primaryTrackId && secondaryTrackId === primaryTrackId) {
+        ctx.dom.youtubePickerSecondarySelect.value = '';
+        setStatus('Primary and secondary subtitles must be different.', true);
+        return;
+      }
+      setSelection(primaryTrackId, secondaryTrackId);
+      setStatus('Select the subtitle tracks to download.');
+    });
+
+    ctx.dom.youtubePickerContinueButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
+      void resolveSelection(
+        ctx.state.youtubePickerPayload?.hasTracks ? 'use-selected' : 'continue-without-subtitles',
+      );
+    });
+
+    ctx.dom.youtubePickerCloseButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
+      void resolveSelection('continue-without-subtitles');
+    });
+  }
+
+  return {
+    closeYoutubePickerModal,
+    handleYoutubePickerKeydown,
+    openYoutubePickerModal,
+    wireDomEvents,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/overlay-mouse-ignore.test.ts b/src/renderer/overlay-mouse-ignore.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e191a8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/overlay-mouse-ignore.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+import { syncOverlayMouseIgnoreState } from './overlay-mouse-ignore.js';
+
+function createClassList() {
+  const classes = new Set<string>();
+  return {
+    add: (...tokens: string[]) => {
+      for (const token of tokens) classes.add(token);
+    },
+    remove: (...tokens: string[]) => {
+      for (const token of tokens) classes.delete(token);
+    },
+    contains: (token: string) => classes.has(token),
+  };
+}
+
+test('youtube picker keeps overlay interactive even when subtitle hover is inactive', () => {
+  const classList = createClassList();
+  const ignoreCalls: Array<{ ignore: boolean; forward?: boolean }> = [];
+  const originalWindow = globalThis.window;
+
+  Object.assign(globalThis, {
+    window: {
+      electronAPI: {
+        setIgnoreMouseEvents: (ignore: boolean, options?: { forward?: boolean }) => {
+          ignoreCalls.push({ ignore, forward: options?.forward });
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  });
+
+  try {
+    syncOverlayMouseIgnoreState({
+      dom: {
+        overlay: { classList },
+      },
+      platform: {
+        shouldToggleMouseIgnore: true,
+      },
+      state: {
+        isOverSubtitle: false,
+        isOverSubtitleSidebar: false,
+        yomitanPopupVisible: false,
+        controllerSelectModalOpen: false,
+        controllerDebugModalOpen: false,
+        jimakuModalOpen: false,
+        youtubePickerModalOpen: true,
+        kikuModalOpen: false,
+        runtimeOptionsModalOpen: false,
+        subsyncModalOpen: false,
+        sessionHelpModalOpen: false,
+        subtitleSidebarModalOpen: false,
+        subtitleSidebarConfig: null,
+      },
+    } as never);
+
+    assert.equal(classList.contains('interactive'), true);
+    assert.deepEqual(ignoreCalls, [{ ignore: false, forward: undefined }]);
+  } finally {
+    Object.assign(globalThis, { window: originalWindow });
+  }
+});
diff --git a/src/renderer/overlay-mouse-ignore.ts b/src/renderer/overlay-mouse-ignore.ts
index dcd798b..683392a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/overlay-mouse-ignore.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/overlay-mouse-ignore.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ function isBlockingOverlayModalOpen(state: RendererState): boolean {
     state.controllerSelectModalOpen ||
       state.controllerDebugModalOpen ||
       state.jimakuModalOpen ||
+      state.youtubePickerModalOpen ||
       state.kikuModalOpen ||
       state.runtimeOptionsModalOpen ||
       state.subsyncModalOpen ||
diff --git a/src/renderer/renderer.ts b/src/renderer/renderer.ts
index ebfc07c..4bfc019 100644
--- a/src/renderer/renderer.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/renderer.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import { createSessionHelpModal } from './modals/session-help.js';
 import { createSubtitleSidebarModal } from './modals/subtitle-sidebar.js';
 import { createRuntimeOptionsModal } from './modals/runtime-options.js';
 import { createSubsyncModal } from './modals/subsync.js';
+import { createYoutubeTrackPickerModal } from './modals/youtube-track-picker.js';
 import { createPositioningController } from './positioning.js';
 import { createOverlayContentMeasurementReporter } from './overlay-content-measurement.js';
 import { syncOverlayMouseIgnoreState } from './overlay-mouse-ignore.js';
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ function isAnySettingsModalOpen(): boolean {
     ctx.state.subsyncModalOpen ||
     ctx.state.kikuModalOpen ||
     ctx.state.jimakuModalOpen ||
+    ctx.state.youtubePickerModalOpen ||
     ctx.state.sessionHelpModalOpen
   );
 }
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ function isAnyModalOpen(): boolean {
     ctx.state.kikuModalOpen ||
     ctx.state.runtimeOptionsModalOpen ||
     ctx.state.subsyncModalOpen ||
+    ctx.state.youtubePickerModalOpen ||
     ctx.state.sessionHelpModalOpen ||
     ctx.state.subtitleSidebarModalOpen
   );
@@ -128,11 +131,29 @@ const jimakuModal = createJimakuModal(ctx, {
   modalStateReader: { isAnyModalOpen },
   syncSettingsModalSubtitleSuppression,
 });
+const mouseHandlers = createMouseHandlers(ctx, {
+  modalStateReader: { isAnySettingsModalOpen, isAnyModalOpen },
+  applyYPercent: positioning.applyYPercent,
+  getCurrentYPercent: positioning.getCurrentYPercent,
+  persistSubtitlePositionPatch: positioning.persistSubtitlePositionPatch,
+  getSubtitleHoverAutoPauseEnabled: () => ctx.state.autoPauseVideoOnSubtitleHover,
+  getYomitanPopupAutoPauseEnabled: () => ctx.state.autoPauseVideoOnYomitanPopup,
+  getPlaybackPaused: () => window.electronAPI.getPlaybackPaused(),
+  sendMpvCommand: (command) => {
+    window.electronAPI.sendMpvCommand(command);
+  },
+});
+const youtubePickerModal = createYoutubeTrackPickerModal(ctx, {
+  modalStateReader: { isAnyModalOpen },
+  restorePointerInteractionState: mouseHandlers.restorePointerInteractionState,
+  syncSettingsModalSubtitleSuppression,
+});
 const keyboardHandlers = createKeyboardHandlers(ctx, {
   handleRuntimeOptionsKeydown: runtimeOptionsModal.handleRuntimeOptionsKeydown,
   handleSubsyncKeydown: subsyncModal.handleSubsyncKeydown,
   handleKikuKeydown: kikuModal.handleKikuKeydown,
   handleJimakuKeydown: jimakuModal.handleJimakuKeydown,
+  handleYoutubePickerKeydown: youtubePickerModal.handleYoutubePickerKeydown,
   handleControllerSelectKeydown: controllerSelectModal.handleControllerSelectKeydown,
   handleControllerDebugKeydown: controllerDebugModal.handleControllerDebugKeydown,
   handleSessionHelpKeydown: sessionHelpModal.handleSessionHelpKeydown,
@@ -153,18 +174,6 @@ const keyboardHandlers = createKeyboardHandlers(ctx, {
     void subtitleSidebarModal.toggleSubtitleSidebarModal();
   },
 });
-const mouseHandlers = createMouseHandlers(ctx, {
-  modalStateReader: { isAnySettingsModalOpen, isAnyModalOpen },
-  applyYPercent: positioning.applyYPercent,
-  getCurrentYPercent: positioning.getCurrentYPercent,
-  persistSubtitlePositionPatch: positioning.persistSubtitlePositionPatch,
-  getSubtitleHoverAutoPauseEnabled: () => ctx.state.autoPauseVideoOnSubtitleHover,
-  getYomitanPopupAutoPauseEnabled: () => ctx.state.autoPauseVideoOnYomitanPopup,
-  getPlaybackPaused: () => window.electronAPI.getPlaybackPaused(),
-  sendMpvCommand: (command) => {
-    window.electronAPI.sendMpvCommand(command);
-  },
-});
 
 let lastSubtitlePreview = '';
 let lastSecondarySubtitlePreview = '';
@@ -194,6 +203,7 @@ function getActiveModal(): string | null {
   if (ctx.state.controllerDebugModalOpen) return 'controller-debug';
   if (ctx.state.subtitleSidebarModalOpen) return 'subtitle-sidebar';
   if (ctx.state.jimakuModalOpen) return 'jimaku';
+  if (ctx.state.youtubePickerModalOpen) return 'youtube-track-picker';
   if (ctx.state.kikuModalOpen) return 'kiku';
   if (ctx.state.runtimeOptionsModalOpen) return 'runtime-options';
   if (ctx.state.subsyncModalOpen) return 'subsync';
@@ -214,6 +224,9 @@ function dismissActiveUiAfterError(): void {
   if (ctx.state.jimakuModalOpen) {
     jimakuModal.closeJimakuModal();
   }
+  if (ctx.state.youtubePickerModalOpen) {
+    youtubePickerModal.closeYoutubePickerModal();
+  }
   if (ctx.state.runtimeOptionsModalOpen) {
     runtimeOptionsModal.closeRuntimeOptionsModal();
   }
@@ -416,6 +429,16 @@ function registerModalOpenHandlers(): void {
       window.electronAPI.notifyOverlayModalOpened('jimaku');
     });
   });
+  window.electronAPI.onOpenYoutubeTrackPicker((payload) => {
+    runGuarded('youtube:picker-open', () => {
+      youtubePickerModal.openYoutubePickerModal(payload);
+    });
+  });
+  window.electronAPI.onCancelYoutubeTrackPicker(() => {
+    runGuarded('youtube:picker-cancel', () => {
+      youtubePickerModal.closeYoutubePickerModal();
+    });
+  });
   window.electronAPI.onSubsyncManualOpen((payload: SubsyncManualPayload) => {
     runGuarded('subsync:manual-open', () => {
       subsyncModal.openSubsyncModal(payload);
@@ -528,6 +551,7 @@ async function init(): Promise<void> {
   ctx.dom.secondarySubContainer.addEventListener('mouseleave', mouseHandlers.handleSecondaryMouseLeave);
 
   mouseHandlers.setupResizeHandler();
+  mouseHandlers.setupPointerTracking();
   mouseHandlers.setupSelectionObserver();
   mouseHandlers.setupYomitanObserver();
   setupDragDropToMpvQueue();
@@ -536,6 +560,7 @@ async function init(): Promise<void> {
   });
 
   jimakuModal.wireDomEvents();
+  youtubePickerModal.wireDomEvents();
   kikuModal.wireDomEvents();
   runtimeOptionsModal.wireDomEvents();
   subsyncModal.wireDomEvents();
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 0784bb2..1fed44b 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ export interface MpvClient {
   currentSubStart: number;
   currentSubEnd: number;
   currentAudioStreamIndex: number | null;
+  requestProperty?: (name: string) => Promise<unknown>;
   send(command: { command: unknown[]; request_id?: number }): boolean;
 }
 
@@ -559,6 +560,41 @@ export interface ControllerRuntimeSnapshot {
 }
 
 export type JimakuLanguagePreference = 'ja' | 'en' | 'none';
+export type YoutubeFlowMode = 'download' | 'generate';
+export type YoutubeTrackKind = 'manual' | 'auto';
+
+export interface YoutubeTrackOption {
+  id: string;
+  language: string;
+  sourceLanguage: string;
+  kind: YoutubeTrackKind;
+  label: string;
+  title?: string;
+  downloadUrl?: string;
+  fileExtension?: string;
+}
+
+export interface YoutubePickerOpenPayload {
+  sessionId: string;
+  url: string;
+  mode: YoutubeFlowMode;
+  tracks: YoutubeTrackOption[];
+  defaultPrimaryTrackId: string | null;
+  defaultSecondaryTrackId: string | null;
+  hasTracks: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface YoutubePickerResolveRequest {
+  sessionId: string;
+  action: 'use-selected' | 'continue-without-subtitles';
+  primaryTrackId: string | null;
+  secondaryTrackId: string | null;
+}
+
+export interface YoutubePickerResolveResult {
+  ok: boolean;
+  message: string;
+}
 
 export interface JimakuConfig {
   apiKey?: string;
@@ -1166,14 +1202,20 @@ export interface ElectronAPI {
   onRuntimeOptionsChanged: (callback: (options: RuntimeOptionState[]) => void) => void;
   onOpenRuntimeOptions: (callback: () => void) => void;
   onOpenJimaku: (callback: () => void) => void;
+  onOpenYoutubeTrackPicker: (callback: (payload: YoutubePickerOpenPayload) => void) => void;
+  onCancelYoutubeTrackPicker: (callback: () => void) => void;
   onKeyboardModeToggleRequested: (callback: () => void) => void;
   onLookupWindowToggleRequested: (callback: () => void) => void;
   appendClipboardVideoToQueue: () => Promise<ClipboardAppendResult>;
+  youtubePickerResolve: (
+    request: YoutubePickerResolveRequest,
+  ) => Promise<YoutubePickerResolveResult>;
   notifyOverlayModalClosed: (
     modal:
       | 'runtime-options'
       | 'subsync'
       | 'jimaku'
+      | 'youtube-track-picker'
       | 'kiku'
       | 'controller-select'
       | 'controller-debug'
@@ -1184,6 +1226,7 @@ export interface ElectronAPI {
       | 'runtime-options'
       | 'subsync'
       | 'jimaku'
+      | 'youtube-track-picker'
       | 'kiku'
       | 'controller-select'
       | 'controller-debug'