feat(overlay): support selecting and copying subtitle sidebar text

- Select dialogue across rows and copy it without timestamps - Keep selected excerpts visible during playback
docs: refresh user-facing guides and examples
2026-09-10 17:16:20 -07:00 · 2026-09-08 01:08:16 -07:00 · 2026-09-08 00:23:38 -07:00 · 2026-09-07 23:51:44 -07:00 · 2026-09-07 23:28:32 -07:00 · 2026-09-07 21:43:53 -07:00
263 changed files with 20162 additions and 1903 deletions
@@ -32,9 +32,11 @@ jobs:
      - name: Guard stable docs tag shape
        id: tag_guard
        if: github.ref_type == 'tag'
+        env:
+          TAG_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
        run: |
-          if [[ ! "${{ github.ref_name }}" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
-            echo "::notice::Skipping non-stable docs tag ${{ github.ref_name }}"
+          if [[ ! "$TAG_NAME" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+            echo "::notice::Skipping non-stable docs tag $TAG_NAME"
            echo "stable_tag=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
            exit 0
          fi
@@ -297,15 +297,22 @@ jobs:
        run: echo "VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"

      - name: Verify committed prerelease notes
+        env:
+          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}
        run: |
          if [ ! -s release/prerelease-notes.md ]; then
            echo "::error::release/prerelease-notes.md is missing or empty. Run 'bun run changelog:prerelease-notes --version <version>' locally and commit the file before tagging."
            exit 1
          fi
+          if ! bun run changelog:check-prerelease-notes --version "$RELEASE_VERSION"; then
+            echo "::error::release/prerelease-notes.md was not generated for $RELEASE_VERSION. Rerun 'bun run changelog:prerelease-notes --version $RELEASE_VERSION' locally, commit, and retag."
+            exit 1
+          fi

      - name: Publish Prerelease
        env:
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}
        run: |
          set -euo pipefail

@@ -327,27 +334,27 @@ jobs:
            exit 1
          fi

-          if gh release view "${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-            gh release edit "${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}" \
+          if gh release view "$RELEASE_VERSION" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            gh release edit "$RELEASE_VERSION" \
              --draft \
              --prerelease \
-              --title "${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}" \
+              --title "$RELEASE_VERSION" \
              --notes-file release/prerelease-notes.md
          else
-            gh release create "${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}" \
+            gh release create "$RELEASE_VERSION" \
              --draft \
              --latest=false \
              --prerelease \
-              --title "${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}" \
+              --title "$RELEASE_VERSION" \
              --notes-file release/prerelease-notes.md
          fi

          for asset in "${artifacts[@]}"; do
-            gh release upload "${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}" "$asset" --clobber
+            gh release upload "$RELEASE_VERSION" "$asset" --clobber
          done

-          gh release edit "${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}" \
+          gh release edit "$RELEASE_VERSION" \
            --draft=false \
            --prerelease \
-            --title "${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}" \
+            --title "$RELEASE_VERSION" \
            --notes-file release/prerelease-notes.md
@@ -296,33 +296,40 @@ jobs:
        run: echo "VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"

      - name: Guard against pending changelog fragments
+        env:
+          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}
        run: |
          if find changes -maxdepth 1 -name '*.md' -not -name README.md -print -quit | grep -q .; then
-            echo "::error::Pending changelog fragments detected. Run 'bun run changelog:build --version ${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}' locally and commit the polished CHANGELOG.md before tagging. CI no longer auto-builds the changelog because the polish step requires the local 'claude' CLI."
+            echo "::error::Pending changelog fragments detected. Run 'bun run changelog:build --version $RELEASE_VERSION' locally and commit the polished CHANGELOG.md before tagging. CI no longer auto-builds the changelog because the polish step requires the local 'claude' CLI."
            exit 1
          fi

      - name: Verify changelog is ready for tagged release
-        run: bun run changelog:check --version "${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}"
+        env:
+          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}
+        run: bun run changelog:check --version "$RELEASE_VERSION"

      - name: Generate release notes from changelog
-        run: bun run changelog:release-notes --version "${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}"
+        env:
+          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}
+        run: bun run changelog:release-notes --version "$RELEASE_VERSION"

      - name: Publish Release
        env:
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}
        run: |
          set -euo pipefail

-          if gh release view "${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+          if gh release view "$RELEASE_VERSION" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
            # Do not pass the prerelease flag here; gh defaults to a normal release.
-            gh release edit "${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}" \
+            gh release edit "$RELEASE_VERSION" \
              --draft=false \
-              --title "${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}" \
+              --title "$RELEASE_VERSION" \
              --notes-file release/release-notes.md
          else
-            gh release create "${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}" \
-              --title "${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}" \
+            gh release create "$RELEASE_VERSION" \
+              --title "$RELEASE_VERSION" \
              --notes-file release/release-notes.md
          fi

@@ -345,7 +352,7 @@ jobs:
          fi

          for asset in "${artifacts[@]}"; do
-            gh release upload "${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}" "$asset" --clobber
+            gh release upload "$RELEASE_VERSION" "$asset" --clobber
          done

  aur-publish:
@@ -421,9 +428,10 @@ jobs:
        if: steps.aur_prereqs.outputs.skip != 'true' && steps.aur_ssh.outputs.skip != 'true' && steps.aur_clone.outputs.skip != 'true'
        env:
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}
        run: |
          set -euo pipefail
-          version="${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}"
+          version="$RELEASE_VERSION"
          install -dm755 .tmp/aur-release-assets
          gh release download "$version" \
            --dir .tmp/aur-release-assets \
@@ -433,15 +441,17 @@ jobs:

      - name: Update AUR packaging metadata
        if: steps.aur_prereqs.outputs.skip != 'true' && steps.aur_ssh.outputs.skip != 'true' && steps.aur_clone.outputs.skip != 'true'
+        env:
+          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}
        run: |
          set -euo pipefail
-          version_no_v="${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}"
+          version_no_v="$RELEASE_VERSION"
          version_no_v="${version_no_v#v}"
          cp packaging/aur/subminer-bin/PKGBUILD aur-subminer-bin/PKGBUILD
          cp packaging/aur/subminer-bin/.SRCINFO aur-subminer-bin/.SRCINFO
          bash scripts/update-aur-package.sh \
            --pkg-dir aur-subminer-bin \
-            --version "${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}" \
+            --version "$RELEASE_VERSION" \
            --appimage ".tmp/aur-release-assets/SubMiner-${version_no_v}.AppImage" \
            --wrapper ".tmp/aur-release-assets/subminer" \
            --assets ".tmp/aur-release-assets/subminer-assets.tar.gz"
@@ -451,6 +461,7 @@ jobs:
        working-directory: aur-subminer-bin
        env:
          GIT_SSH_COMMAND: ssh -i ~/.ssh/aur -o IdentitiesOnly=yes
+          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}
        run: |
          set -euo pipefail
          if git diff --quiet -- PKGBUILD .SRCINFO; then
@@ -460,7 +471,7 @@ jobs:
          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
          git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
          git add PKGBUILD .SRCINFO
-          git commit -m "Update to ${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}"
+          git commit -m "Update to $RELEASE_VERSION"

          attempts=3
          for attempt in $(seq 1 "$attempts"); do
@@ -1,5 +1,92 @@
 # Changelog

+## v0.19.6 (2026-09-04)
+
+### Added
+
+- **Card Timing Review**:
+  - Optional pre-generation timing review for word, sentence, and audio cards, with a speech-weighted waveform that flattens background noise so dialogue edges stand out clearly.
+  - The clip end automatically snaps back to where the line's dialogue actually ends once the waveform loads, with drag and keyboard adjustments available.
+  - Audio preview includes a sweeping playhead that plays the clip to its true end, even on high-latency outputs like Bluetooth headphones.
+  - Previous and next subtitle lines can be pulled onto the card with `P`/`N` (or the Prev/Next steppers) and removed with Shift; the sentence preview and waveform markers update automatically.
+  - Cancelling lets you keep a card without media, and the review can be toggled on or off for the session.
+- **Senren Field Grouping**:
+  - Enable `ankiConnect.isSenren` to merge duplicate mined cards using Senren's scene-switching markup, grouping sentence, furigana, audio, picture, and misc-info fields.
+  - Supports the same auto/manual/disabled modes as Kiku, including the manual merge modal; only one of Senren or Kiku can be enabled at a time.
+
+### Changed
+
+- **Remote Stream Mining Performance**: Mining a card from a remote stream (Jellyfin and other HTTP sources) now downloads the clip window once and reuses it for the timing review waveform, audio preview, audio extraction, and screenshot, instead of re-fetching the stream at each step; the temporary file is cleaned up after ten minutes of inactivity or on exit.
+- **TsukiHime Release Filtering**: The TsukiHime modal's Japanese and secondary-language tabs now filter the release list by the subtitle languages each release actually carries, and report when no release has subtitles for the active tab.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **Subtitle & Mining Accuracy**:
+  - Broadcast-style captions that split one sentence across two on-screen rows (e.g. Crunchyroll Japanese subs) now merge into a single line for the sidebar and mined cards, while separate speakers, sound effects, and labeled turns still stay on their own lines.
+  - Mining from the overlay no longer pulls in a lingering row from the previous caption; the mined sentence and clip timing now match what's actually on screen.
+  - Multi-line copy and mining now select lines backward in timeline order after seeking, instead of in playback encounter order.
+  - Copying a subtitle, mining a sentence, or recording immersion stats no longer includes the separate furigana line that broadcast ASS captions place above a word.
+- **Card Update Notifications**: Dismissed lingering overlay card-update progress when notification settings switch to OSD before an update finishes.
+- **Overlay Stability on Hyprland**: Opening a modal window (timing review, Jimaku, session help, and others) while mpv is fullscreen no longer causes the overlay to flicker while the modal loads; the overlay now stays on screen untouched until the modal is ready.
+- **Jellyfin Subtitle Sync**: Jellyfin subtitle files now load with zero mpv delay instead of inferring and saving an offset from Japanese and English cue timelines.
+- **Secondary Subtitle Visibility**: Native mpv secondary subtitles stay hidden when switching secondary subtitle tracks during playback.
+
+## v0.19.5 (2026-08-30)
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **Anki Card Update Progress**: The card-update spinner now stays visible until audio and image updates finish, instead of disappearing early.
+- **Anki Word-Card Fields**: Word-card enrichment now writes sentence text and audio to the fields configured in AnkiConnect, while the dedicated sentence-card and audio-card actions keep their existing compatible field names.
+- **Overlapping Subtitles**:
+  - Subtitle lines that start while another line is still on screen now appear alongside it, instead of staying hidden until a track switch or seek.
+  - Subtitles shown at the same time now stack by their authored screen position, with top signs and song lines above bottom dialogue.
+  - Half-size ASS furigana is no longer shown as if it were a dialogue line.
+- **YouTube Auto Captions**:
+  - Auto-generated captions now follow their intended timing and two-row roll-up layout.
+  - Long speech is paged instead of covering the video with a wall of text.
+  - Explicitly timed sound cues like `[音楽]` no longer cover later dialogue.
+
+## v0.19.4 (2026-08-25)
+
+### Added
+- **Library Merge & Move**: Duplicate library cards for the same show can now be combined. Select cards in the library grid and use "Merge Selected" to pick which entry to keep and move every episode onto it, preserving sessions, mined cards, and watch time. Episodes can also be reassigned individually via the "→" button, useful when a file lands under a stray title; manual assignments survive later filename parsing, Jellyfin refreshes, and season repair. Exact AniList title matches with compatible seasons now merge automatically, while fuzzy matches surface as dismissible "Possible duplicate" reviews instead of merging silently.
+- **Duplicate Line Cleanup Tool**: The Vocabulary tab's new "Duplicates" button scans a chosen time window (7 days through all time) for old karaoke/typeset duplicate-line bursts, shows what it found, and collapses each run to one line once confirmed; `subminer stats cleanup --duplicate-lines` does the same from the terminal, with `--dry-run` and `--lookback-days <n>` options. Watch time and lines-seen totals are left unchanged.
+
+### Changed
+- **Prerelease Release Notes**: Prerelease notes now open with a "Changes since" section listing only what changed versus the previous beta/RC of the same version, above the cumulative highlights, and CI rejects prerelease tags whose committed notes were generated for a different beta/RC.
+
+### Fixed
+- **Subtitle & Karaoke Duplication**:
+  - Karaoke and animated signs are reconstructed once from their authored text and shown only while actually sung, with original word spacing preserved, instead of flooding the overlay, subtitle sidebar, immersion history, mining, or stats with glyph fragments, per-frame color phases, and repeated animation events.
+  - Decorative layers (highlight sweeps, glow/shadow copies, symbol-font decoration, particle swarms, hidden or zero-scaled text) stay out of published text, while ordinary repeated dialogue, positioned signs, wrapped lyric rows, and multi-row CC-style blocks still display correctly.
+  - Embedded subtitle tracks on network-mounted (SMB/NFS) media are extracted and parsed again instead of falling back to live-text-only, restoring karaoke reconstruction, sidebar cues, and mining for releases that only ship subtitles inside the container.
+  - Secondary subtitles go through the same deduplication pipeline as primary subtitles and no longer clip display after about four lines.
+  - Event-heavy karaoke files that previously stalled subtitle loading for several seconds now parse in well under a second.
+- **Character Dictionary Reliability**:
+  - Generation, merged rebuilds, and imports no longer freeze the app on large dictionaries; snapshot I/O, archive building, and image/name lookup caches moved off the UI's critical path.
+  - Dictionaries are reused instead of regenerated when MeCab finds no name splits.
+  - Cached portraits restore correctly after the portrait index finishes loading post-tokenization.
+  - Desktop progress notifications on Linux AppImage installs update in place instead of flickering, fixing a bug where the AppImage's bundled libraries broke the system notification helper.
+- **Overlay Startup & Modals**:
+  - The macOS window-tracking helper targets macOS 12.0+ instead of requiring the build machine's exact macOS version, fixing crashes on older systems like Ventura that left the overlay stuck on "Overlay loading".
+  - mpv IPC connection attempts time out and retry, showing an actionable error if content still isn't ready after 30 seconds.
+  - Dedicated overlay modals are prewarmed on macOS and Windows so shortcuts open them promptly.
+  - On macOS, reused modals and the stats window open above fullscreen mpv on its current Space instead of jumping to another desktop.
+- **Wayland File Drop**: Fixed native Wayland drag-and-drop from file managers such as Thunar, so subtitle and video files dropped on the visible overlay are resolved and forwarded to mpv.
+- **Windows Mouse Lag**: Fixed system-wide mouse lag on Windows while SubMiner is running, caused by the overlay's global mouse hook for click-through forwarding and by the mpv window tracker blocking the app on repeated PowerShell lookups.
+- **Sentence Mining Audio & Clips**: Sentence-audio generation no longer times out on slow network-mounted media with many subtitle/font streams (bounded FFmpeg probing, two-minute extraction budget, clearer error reporting), and mined audio/animated AVIF clips now capture the subtitle line that was actually mined by snapshotting the clip range at lookup time instead of reading live mpv state later.
+- **Stats Performance & Reliability**: Immersion stats storage now sets its SQLite busy timeout before WAL setup, avoiding transient lock errors under concurrent writes. Deletes in the stats dashboard no longer freeze the UI, run proportional to what's deleted instead of rebuilding full lifetime summaries, retry safely if the delete worker crashes, and no longer rescan the whole library when deleting very common words; a new index also makes large session deletes drop from minutes to milliseconds. Library merges, video moves, and AniList reassignments got the same lifetime-summary fix.
+- **Vocabulary Stats Accuracy**: Vocabulary totals and charts now count all tracked vocabulary instead of only the first page, new-word history uses corrected daily rollups (fixing legacy timestamp and time-zone issues), summary cards refresh automatically after edits to the exclusion list, and rapid exclusion edits no longer race each other.
+- **Rofi MKV Thumbnails**: Fixed missing MKV thumbnails in the Linux rofi picker when system thumbnailer registrations only advertise legacy Matroska MIME aliases.
+
+<details>
+<summary>Internal changes</summary>
+
+### Internal
+- Docs Site Indexing: Excluded the `/main/` and `/v/<version>/` docs trees from search indexing (self-referential canonical, `noindex,follow`, matching `X-Robots-Tag`) so crawlers focus on current docs instead of ~30 archived copies of every page, and restored `<lastmod>` dates in the docs sitemap that were silently dropped by production builds.
+
+</details>
+
 ## v0.19.3 (2026-08-13)

 ### Added
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ Browse sibling episode files and the active mpv queue in one overlay modal. Open
    <td><b>Jimaku</b></td>
    <td>Search and download Japanese subtitles</td>
  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td><b>Local Subtitle Generation</b></td>
+    <td>Generate Japanese subtitles from local audio in a standalone modal (<code>Ctrl+Shift+G</code>), the sidebar button, or launcher, with progress and optional managed model downloads. Requires whisper.cpp and FFmpeg. Optional Silero speech detection prioritizes dialogue in separately timed passages. <a href="https://docs.subminer.moe/main/subtitle-generation">Setup guide</a></td>
+  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><b>TsukiHime</b></td>
    <td>Search and download subtitles extracted from anime releases, with Japanese and secondary-language tabs (<code>Ctrl+Shift+T</code>) — no API key, requires <code>xz</code> on your <code>PATH</code></td>
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
    "app-builder-lib": "26.15.3",
    "brace-expansion": "5.0.9",
    "electron-builder-squirrel-windows": "26.15.3",
-    "fast-uri": "3.1.5",
+    "fast-uri": "3.1.6",
    "form-data": "4.0.6",
    "ip-address": "10.2.0",
    "js-yaml": "4.3.1",
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@

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@@ -42,13 +42,14 @@ How fragments turn into a release:

 - At release time, `bun run changelog:build` (and `bun run changelog:prerelease-notes`) pipes every pending fragment through `claude -p` to merge related items, drop noise, and rewrite into a clean user-facing release body. Write fragments as raw, informative notes — don't worry about polished prose, deduping across PRs, or line-by-line phrasing. The polish step handles all of that.
 - The polish step treats pending fragments as the final release outcome, not prerelease history. If a feature is added and then renamed or fixed before the stable cut, ship the final feature bullet instead of separate prerelease-only breaking/fix entries.
- GitHub release notes and prerelease notes use short top-level items with nested bullets for the change, user benefit, and any useful action note. The stable `CHANGELOG.md` can stay in compact single-line bullets.
+- `CHANGELOG.md`, GitHub release notes, and prerelease notes all use short top-level items with one nested bullet per distinct change, instead of packing a release's worth of detail into a single paragraph bullet. An item with only one thing to say stays inline on the top-level bullet. Release notes and prerelease notes additionally cover user benefit and any useful action note in their nested bullets.
 - `internal` fragments stay in `CHANGELOG.md` (inside a collapsed `<details>` block) but are dropped from the GitHub release notes entirely.
 - The polished `CHANGELOG.md` and `release/release-notes.md` are committed and reviewed before tagging — edit the Markdown by hand if Claude misses something.

 Prerelease notes:

 - prerelease tags like `v0.11.3-beta.1` and `v0.11.3-rc.1` reuse the current pending fragments to generate `release/prerelease-notes.md`
+- from the second prerelease of a base version onward, the notes also open with a `## Changes since <previous tag>` section generated from the fragment diff against the previous beta/RC tag; keep fragment edits meaningful. Editorial-only rewording is filtered out of that section, while genuinely changed behavior and deleted fragments (reverted changes) are reported
 - existing prerelease notes are a reviewed baseline; later prerelease runs should replace stale beta/RC wording with the current outcome instead of appending fix churn
 - prerelease note generation does not consume fragments and does not update `CHANGELOG.md` or `docs-site/changelog.md`
 - the final stable release is the point where `bun run changelog:build` consumes fragments into the stable changelog and release notes
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-type: fixed
-area: subtitles
-
- Typeset ASS karaoke and animated signs no longer flood the primary overlay, subtitle sidebar, immersion history, or sentence mining with repeated glyph fragments or full-line color phases. Matching timed comments and full-line boundary events recover the complete authored line without merging ordinary repeated dialogue or separately positioned signs, and dialogue spoken while a song's animation is on screen is kept intact instead of being replaced by the lyric. Entrance and exit frames that run past the authored line timing still resolve to the clean line during lyric transitions, and dialogue spoken while a song's animation is on screen enters immersion and subtitle history without the fragment lines beside it.
- The secondary subtitle overlay drops layered duplicate lines from animated tracks, so a short stack of repeated words collapses to its distinct lines even when the full karaoke heuristic does not apply.
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-type: fixed
-area: Anki media
-
- Fixed sentence-audio generation timing out on slow network-mounted MKV files with many subtitle and font-attachment streams. Selected audio tracks now use bounded FFmpeg probing and a two-minute extraction budget, and missing output reports a clear FFmpeg error instead of raw `ENOENT`.
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-type: fixed
-area: character dictionary
-
- Reuse character dictionaries after MeCab completes without finding any name splits instead of regenerating character data and portraits on every launch.
- Restore inline character portraits when a cached portrait index finishes loading after subtitles have already been tokenized.
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-type: fixed
-area: dictionary
-
- Character dictionary generation, merged rebuilds, and imports no longer freeze the app (and trigger the compositor's "application not responding" dialog) on large dictionaries; snapshot reads/writes, archive building, and the character image/name lookup caches now do their heavy work off the UI's critical path.
- Desktop progress notifications now update in place on Linux AppImage installs too: the AppImage's bundled libraries broke the system notify-send helper, which silently forced the flickering close-and-reopen notification fallback.
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-type: internal
-area: docs
-
- Excluded the `/main/` and `/v/<version>/` docs trees from search indexing with a self-referential canonical, `noindex,follow`, and a matching `X-Robots-Tag` header, so crawlers spend their budget on the current docs instead of ~30 archived copies of every page.
- Restored `<lastmod>` dates in the docs sitemap, which were silently dropped because production builds render from an untracked release snapshot.
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-type: fixed
-area: stats
-
- Typeset subtitles no longer flood the stats. Karaoke openings and animated signs are authored as one subtitle event per animation frame, and immersion tracking counted every frame, which was enough to put an OP lyric at the top of "Top Repeated Words" for good. Lines are now collapsed on the way in using the same rules the subtitle sidebar already applies: matching parsed timings record exactly the cues the sidebar shows, while shifted, changing, or unparsed sources use a strict fallback where identical, contiguous, sub-0.1s lines stop counting after a few frames. Ordinary repeated dialogue and rewatches are unaffected.
- Added a cleanup for stats already affected. The Vocabulary tab has a **Duplicates** button that scans a chosen window (7 days through all time), shows the bursts it found and the word and kanji counts they added, and collapses each run to one line once confirmed. `subminer stats cleanup --duplicate-lines` does the same from the terminal, with `--dry-run` and `--lookback-days <n>`. Only subtitle lines and the vocabulary counts they feed are touched; watch time and lines-seen totals are left as recorded.
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-type: fixed
-area: overlay
-
- Dedicated overlay modals are prewarmed on macOS and Windows so shortcuts open them promptly on the first press. Windows now refreshes the hidden modal renderer between sessions to keep later modals interactive. On macOS, reused modals and the in-app stats window also open above fullscreen mpv on its current Space instead of appearing on another desktop or forcing a Space change.
- Updated subtitle ASS observation to mpv's current `sub-text/ass` property, removing its deprecation warning.
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-type: fixed
-area: overlay
-
- The macOS window-tracking helper is now built for macOS 12.0+, so the overlay attaches to mpv on older systems (previously the helper required the macOS version of the build machine and crashed on e.g. Ventura, leaving the overlay stuck on "Overlay loading").
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-type: fixed
-area: overlay
-
- Fixed the overlay getting stuck on "Overlay loading" forever when startup stalls: mpv IPC connection attempts now time out and retry, switching sockets aborts obsolete attempts, and the plugin replaces its spinner with an actionable error if overlay content is still not ready after 30 seconds.
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-type: fixed
-area: overlay
-
- Fixed native Wayland drag-and-drop from file managers such as Thunar so subtitle and video files dropped on the visible overlay are resolved and forwarded to mpv.
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-type: fixed
-area: subtitles
-
- Primary and secondary ASS subtitles now collapse layered and whitespace variants of full-span lyrics, including when playback starts or seeks into a line, reconstruct fragment-only karaoke per style, preserve authored stack order, keep canonical signs visible for their complete generated animation, navigate song lyrics by sanitized lines instead of generated animation events, and keep sidebar selections on the requested overlapping lyric while preserving unmatched dialogue and signs.
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-type: fixed
-area: overlay
-
- Secondary subtitles now parse the selected ASS/SRT/VTT source with the primary subtitle deduplication pipeline, preventing layered animation text from appearing several times in the overlay, mined cards, and statistics. Fragmented ASS karaoke keeps spaces authored at event boundaries instead of joining every word together. Long ASS lines repeated as dialogue and positioned signs are also collapsed when they differ only in whitespace or terminal punctuation. Dense multi-row sign layouts no longer become one concatenated secondary line. Live mpv text remains the fallback for unreadable tracks and applies full-line duplicate filtering before display.
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-type: fixed
-area: overlay
-
- Fixed system-wide mouse lag on Windows while SubMiner is running: the overlay no longer installs Electron's global mouse hook for click-through forwarding, and the mpv window tracker no longer blocks the app on repeated PowerShell command-line lookups.
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+type: added
+area: subtitles
+
+- Generate local Japanese SRT subtitles with whisper.cpp from a standalone modal opened with Ctrl+Shift+G, the empty subtitle sidebar's generation button, or `subminer generate-subs`, with shared progress reporting, cancellation, safe output files, and automatic loading into the matching mpv video. The sidebar button hides while subtitle lines are loaded.
+- Configure an existing multilingual model in Settings or choose an official multilingual model, including quantized variants, in the modal or launcher. The modal shows download sizes, speed and accuracy guidance, and a recommended starting model before explicitly downloading a verified SubMiner-managed model. Executable paths are optional overrides; empty fields find whisper-cli, ffmpeg, and ffprobe on PATH.
+- Optionally select Focus on spoken dialogue in the modal and use Download speech detection model to install the separate Silero model with progress and cancellation. The choice lasts for the session; a configured VAD model path sets the default. With the detector executable installed, retain brief utterances and extra audio around speech, split long passages near quiet pauses with overlapping context, and combine duplicate cues by greatest timing overlap. Keep original media timing and separate repeated dialogue without spanning omitted music breaks.
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-type: added
-area: stats
-
- Library: duplicate cards for the same show can now be combined. Press "Select" above the library grid, tick the cards, and use "Merge Selected"; the dialog picks which entry to keep and moves every episode onto it. Sessions, mined cards, and watch time are preserved, the emptied entries disappear, and remembered title aliases keep future episodes on the merged card.
- Library: episodes can be reassigned to another library entry from the "→" button on an episode row, which is the fix when one file lands under a stray title (e.g. an episode name parsed as the series). Manual assignments now survive later filename parsing, Jellyfin refreshes, and season repair. Local episodes in the same directory reuse a uniquely corrected destination unless they parse to a title that already has its own library entry, while conflicting seasons or manual destinations are not forced together. Emptying an entry this way removes it and returns to the grid.
- Library: exact AniList title matches with compatible seasons fold duplicate cards automatically. Fuzzy same-AniList matches appear as dismissible "Possible duplicate" reviews instead of changing the library without confirmation; conflicting explicit seasons are left alone.
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-type: fixed
-area: notifications
-
- Character dictionary progress notifications on Linux now update in place instead of flickering off and reappearing on every status change.
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-type: fixed
-area: anki
-
- Mined audio and animated AVIF clips now capture the subtitle line that was actually mined. The clip range is snapshotted once at Yomitan lookup time (and reused for both audio and image), instead of each generator reading the live mpv subtitle when it starts — which clipped whatever line was on screen after slow audio extraction finished, producing too-short or misaligned AVIF clips.
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-type: fixed
-area: launcher
-
- Fixed missing MKV thumbnails in the Linux rofi picker when system thumbnailer registrations only advertise legacy Matroska MIME aliases.
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+type: added
+area: overlay
+
+- Select dialogue across subtitle sidebar rows and copy it without timestamps using Ctrl/Cmd+C or the Copy button. Selection keeps the excerpt in view during playback and does not seek or require mining a card.
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-type: fixed
-area: stats
-
- Stats deletes no longer freeze the stats dashboard: the delete worker module now resolves when running from source, so deletes actually run off the serving thread instead of silently falling back to it.
- Deletes now subtract their exact contribution from lifetime summaries instead of rebuilding them from retained sessions, making delete cost proportional to what is deleted and preserving lifetime totals older than the session retention window.
- If the delete worker crashes, the delete now retries on the current thread instead of failing.
- Library merges, video moves, AniList reassignments, and `subminer stats cleanup -l` also stopped rebuilding lifetime summaries from retained sessions; they now recompute from per-episode history, so those operations are faster and no longer erase lifetime totals older than the session retention window.
- Deleting content that contains very common words no longer rescans every occurrence of those words across the whole library; first/last-seen dates are refreshed with index seeks instead.
- Session deletes on large databases dropped from minutes to milliseconds: an index on the subtitle-line event reference now prevents each deleted session event from scanning the whole subtitle-line table for foreign-key enforcement.
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-type: fixed
-area: stats
-
- Fixed Vocabulary totals and charts counting only the first browsing page instead of all tracked vocabulary, without delaying the rest of the page.
- New-word history now uses permanent daily lexical rollups that apply the same vocabulary filters as the totals and normalize legacy second/millisecond timestamps; versioned background rebuilds repair existing history across legacy rollup-state schemas without dropping playback writes or clearing watch-time, activity, efficiency, and library charts.
- Calendar-day chart labels now preserve the recorded local date in time zones west of UTC.
- Vocabulary summary cards and charts refresh automatically after the word exclusion list changes, and failed or unfinished loads use bounded retries before showing an inline error with a Retry control.
- Rapid exclusion edits no longer race each other; writes are sent in order so a slower earlier save cannot overwrite a newer list.
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+type: fixed
+area: subtitles
+
+- Keep the subtitle sidebar near playback during gaps when the subtitle file has a cue starting at zero.
@@ -6,6 +6,23 @@
 */
 {

+  // ==========================================
+  // Japanese Subtitle Generation
+  // Generate timed Japanese subtitles from local audio using whisper.cpp.
+  // Configure an existing GGML model path or explicitly download a SubMiner-managed model.
+  // Hot-reload: settings apply to the next generation or model download.
+  // ==========================================
+  "subtitleGeneration": {
+    "whisperPath": "", // Optional path override for whisper.cpp. Leave empty to find whisper-cli on PATH.
+    "modelPath": "", // Path to an existing multilingual whisper.cpp GGML model. Leave empty to use a SubMiner-managed model. A configured path always takes precedence.
+    "managedModel": "small", // Multilingual whisper.cpp model to use when modelPath is empty. Download it explicitly from the generation modal or launcher. Values: tiny | tiny-q5_1 | tiny-q8_0 | base | base-q5_1 | base-q8_0 | small | small-q5_1 | small-q8_0 | medium | medium-q5_0 | medium-q8_0 | large-v1 | large-v2 | large-v2-q5_0 | large-v2-q8_0 | large-v3 | large-v3-q5_0 | large-v3-turbo | large-v3-turbo-q5_0 | large-v3-turbo-q8_0
+    "threads": 4, // Positive integer CPU thread count for whisper.cpp Japanese transcription.
+    "ffmpegPath": "", // Optional FFmpeg path override for audio extraction. Leave empty to find ffmpeg on PATH.
+    "ffprobePath": "", // Optional FFprobe path override for audio tracks and timing. Leave empty to find ffprobe on PATH.
+    "vadModelPath": "", // Path to a whisper.cpp Silero VAD model. Enables dialogue-focused generation from separate speech passages. Leave empty to transcribe the full audio, including songs.
+    "vadPath": "" // Optional speech detector executable override. With vadModelPath configured, leave empty to find whisper-vad-speech-segments on PATH.
+  }, // Generate timed Japanese subtitles from local audio using whisper.cpp.
+
  // ==========================================
  // Visible Overlay Auto-Start
  // Show the visible subtitle overlay automatically after managed mpv playback starts SubMiner.
@@ -206,6 +223,7 @@
    "openRuntimeOptions": "CommandOrControl+Shift+O", // Accelerator that opens the runtime options modal.
    "openJimaku": "Ctrl+Shift+J", // Accelerator that opens the Jimaku subtitle search modal.
    "openTsukihime": "Ctrl+Shift+T", // Accelerator that opens the TsukiHime subtitle search modal (configured secondary/Japanese primary tabs).
+    "openSubtitleGeneration": "Ctrl+Shift+G", // Accelerator that opens the standalone Japanese subtitle generation modal.
    "openSessionHelp": "CommandOrControl+Slash", // Accelerator that opens the session help / keybinding cheatsheet.
    "openControllerSelect": "Alt+C", // Accelerator that opens the controller selection and learn-mode modal.
    "openControllerDebug": "Alt+Shift+C", // Accelerator that opens the controller debug modal with live axis/button readouts.
@@ -523,7 +541,7 @@
  // ==========================================
  // AnkiConnect Integration
  // Automatic Anki updates and media generation options.
-  // Hot-reload: ankiConnect.ai.enabled, media.normalizeAudio/mirrorMpvVolume, knownWords, nPlusOne, fields.word/audio/image/sentence/miscInfo, behavior.autoUpdateNewCards, isLapis.sentenceCardModel, isKiku.fieldGrouping, and lapisKiku.wordCardKind update live while SubMiner is running.
+  // Hot-reload: ankiConnect.ai.enabled, media.normalizeAudio/mirrorMpvVolume/reviewTiming, knownWords, nPlusOne, fields.word/audio/image/sentence/miscInfo, behavior.autoUpdateNewCards, isLapis.sentenceCardModel, isKiku.fieldGrouping, isSenren.fieldGrouping, and lapisKiku.wordCardKind update live while SubMiner is running.
  // Shared AI provider transport settings are read from top-level ai and typically require restart.
  // Most other AnkiConnect settings still require restart.
  // ==========================================
@@ -569,6 +587,7 @@
      "syncAnimatedImageToWordAudio": true, // For animated AVIF images, prepend a frozen first frame matching the existing word-audio duration so motion starts with sentence audio. Values: true | false
      "normalizeAudio": true, // Normalize generated sentence audio loudness during media extraction. Changes apply live. Values: true | false
      "mirrorMpvVolume": true, // Apply mpv's current software volume curve to generated sentence audio. Changes apply live. Values: true | false
+      "reviewTiming": false, // Review and preview subtitle media timing before SubMiner creates or enriches a mined card. Values: true | false
      "audioPadding": 0, // Seconds of padding appended to both ends of generated sentence audio and animated AVIF clips.
      "fallbackDuration": 3, // Fallback clip duration in seconds when subtitle timing data is unavailable.
      "maxMediaDuration": 30 // Maximum allowed media clip duration in seconds.
@@ -606,6 +625,11 @@
      "fieldGrouping": "disabled", // Kiku duplicate-card field grouping mode. Values: auto | manual | disabled
      "deleteDuplicateInAuto": true // When Kiku field grouping is "auto", delete the duplicate source card after grouping completes. Values: true | false
    }, // Is kiku setting.
+    "isSenren": {
+      "enabled": false, // Enable Senren-specific duplicate handling (scene-switching field grouping, including miscInfo grouping). Mutually exclusive with isKiku.enabled. Values: true | false
+      "fieldGrouping": "auto", // Senren duplicate-card field grouping mode (scene switching). Values: auto | manual | disabled
+      "deleteDuplicateInAuto": true // When Senren field grouping is "auto", delete the duplicate source card after grouping completes. Values: true | false
+    }, // Is senren setting.
    "lapisKiku": {
      "wordCardKind": "word-and-sentence" // Card-type flag SubMiner marks on Kiku/Lapis word cards. Only one flag is set at a time; the others are cleared. Requires isKiku.enabled or isLapis.enabled. Values: word-and-sentence | click | sentence | audio | none
    } // Lapis kiku setting.
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ const sidebar: DefaultTheme.SidebarItem[] = [
      { text: 'Jellyfin', link: '/jellyfin-integration' },
      { text: 'YouTube', link: '/youtube-integration' },
      { text: 'Jimaku', link: '/jimaku-integration' },
+      { text: 'Subtitle Generation', link: '/subtitle-generation' },
      { text: 'TsukiHime', link: '/tsukihime-integration' },
      { text: 'AniList', link: '/anilist-integration' },
      { text: 'AniSkip', link: '/aniskip-integration' },
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# SubMiner Docs
+# SubMiner docs

 In-repo VitePress documentation source for SubMiner.

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-# AniList Integration
+# AniList integration

-SubMiner can sync your watch progress to [AniList](https://anilist.co) automatically. When you finish an episode, SubMiner detects the title and episode number from the filename, finds the matching AniList entry, and updates your progress via the GraphQL API. Failed updates are retried with exponential backoff in the background.
+SubMiner syncs your watch progress to [AniList](https://anilist.co). Finish an episode and it reads the title and episode number off the filename, finds the matching AniList entry, and updates your progress through the GraphQL API. A failed update retries in the background with exponential backoff.

-AniList data also powers two additional features: [cover art](#cover-art) for the stats dashboard and the [Character Dictionary](/character-dictionary) for in-overlay name lookup.
+The same AniList data feeds [cover art](#cover-art) in the stats dashboard and the [Character Dictionary](/character-dictionary) for in-overlay name lookup.

-[AniList](https://anilist.co) is a free website for tracking which anime you have watched. An **access token** is a private key SubMiner stores so it can update your list on your behalf - you approve it once during setup, and you never paste a password into SubMiner.
+[AniList](https://anilist.co) is a free anime tracking site. The **access token** is a private key SubMiner keeps so it can update your list for you. You approve it once during setup, and your AniList password never touches SubMiner.

 ## Setup

@@ -32,18 +32,18 @@ If the embedded auth UI fails to render, SubMiner opens the authorize URL in you
 You can also set `anilist.accessToken` directly in config to skip the setup flow entirely. When blank, SubMiner uses the locally stored encrypted token.
 :::

-## How Tracking Works
+## How tracking works

-SubMiner monitors playback and triggers an AniList progress update when an episode is considered "watched" -- at least 85% of the episode duration viewed and a minimum of 10 minutes watched.
+SubMiner watches playback and pushes an AniList progress update once an episode counts as watched. That means at least 85% of its duration, and at least 10 minutes either way.

 The update flow:

-1. **Title detection** -- SubMiner extracts the anime title, season, and episode number from the media filename and path. Season folders such as `Season 2` are treated as a strong season signal. SubMiner tries [`guessit`](https://github.com/guessit-io/guessit) first for accurate parsing, then falls back to an internal filename parser if guessit is unavailable.
-2. **AniList search** -- The base title (with any `Season N` / `SN` marker stripped) is searched against the AniList GraphQL API, and SubMiner picks the best match by comparing titles (romaji, English, native, synonyms) and filtering by episode count. AniList has no notion of numbered seasons -- sequels are separate entries with their own titles (`Zoku`, `Kan`, `2nd Season`), so searching `<title> Season 3` finds nothing. For season 2 and later, SubMiner instead walks `SEQUEL` relations from the season 1 entry, preferring the TV line, and falls back to ordering the franchise's TV entries by air date when the relation chain is incomplete. If neither locates the season, SubMiner **skips the update** rather than writing progress to the season 1 entry, and tells you to pin the right entry with a [character dictionary override](/character-dictionary#correcting-anilist-matches).
-3. **Progress check** -- SubMiner fetches your current list entry for the matched media. The media must already be in Planning or Watching; otherwise SubMiner shows an MPV message explaining that the update is not possible. If your recorded progress already meets or exceeds the detected episode, the update is skipped.
-4. **Mutation** -- A `SaveMediaListEntry` mutation sets the new progress and marks the entry as `CURRENT`, or `COMPLETED` when the watched episode is the final episode of the season (the "already at this progress" skip is bypassed for the final episode so completion still lands).
+1. **Title detection** - SubMiner extracts the anime title, season, and episode number from the media filename and path. Season folders such as `Season 2` are treated as a strong season signal. SubMiner tries [`guessit`](https://github.com/guessit-io/guessit) first for accurate parsing, then falls back to an internal filename parser if guessit is unavailable.
+2. **AniList search** - The base title (with any `Season N` / `SN` marker stripped) is searched against the AniList GraphQL API, and SubMiner picks the best match by comparing titles (romaji, English, native, synonyms) and filtering by episode count. AniList has no notion of numbered seasons - sequels are separate entries with their own titles (`Zoku`, `Kan`, `2nd Season`), so searching `<title> Season 3` finds nothing. For season 2 and later, SubMiner instead walks `SEQUEL` relations from the season 1 entry, preferring the TV line, and falls back to ordering the franchise's TV entries by air date when the relation chain is incomplete. If neither locates the season, SubMiner **skips the update** rather than writing progress to the season 1 entry, and tells you to pin the right entry with a [character dictionary override](/character-dictionary#correcting-anilist-matches).
+3. **Progress check** - SubMiner fetches your current list entry for the matched media. The media must already be in Planning or Watching; otherwise SubMiner shows an MPV message explaining that the update is not possible. If your recorded progress already meets or exceeds the detected episode, the update is skipped.
+4. **Mutation** - A `SaveMediaListEntry` mutation sets the new progress and marks the entry as `CURRENT`, or `COMPLETED` when the watched episode is the final episode of the season (the "already at this progress" skip is bypassed for the final episode so completion still lands).

-## Update Queue and Retry
+## Update queue and retry

 Failed AniList updates are persisted to a retry queue on disk and retried with exponential backoff.

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ After 8 failed attempts, the update is moved to a dead-letter queue and no longe

 Use `--anilist-retry-queue` to manually process one ready item from the queue.

-## Cover Art
+## Cover art

 SubMiner fetches cover art from AniList for display in the stats dashboard. When a new video starts playing, the cover art fetcher:

@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ A no-match result is cached for 5 minutes before SubMiner retries, preventing re

 If the automatic match is wrong, use **Change AniList Entry** on a title in the stats Library. Relinking rewrites the cached art for every episode of that title, and both the detail view and the Library grid pick up the new cover right away: the grid refetches after a relink, and cover responses carry an ETag and are revalidated on each request instead of being cached for a day.

-## Rate Limiting
+## Rate limiting

 All AniList API calls go through a shared rate limiter that enforces a sliding window of 20 requests per minute. The limiter also reads AniList's `X-RateLimit-Remaining` and `Retry-After` response headers and pauses requests when the server signals throttling. This applies to both episode tracking and cover art fetching.

-## Configuration Reference
+## Configuration reference

 ```jsonc
 {
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ All AniList API calls go through a shared rate limiter that enforces a sliding w

 There is no `characterDictionary.enabled` key: character dictionary sync is enabled by `subtitleStyle.nameMatchEnabled`. See the [Character Dictionary](/character-dictionary) page for full details on the character dictionary feature, including name generation, matching, auto-sync lifecycle, and dictionary entry format.

-## CLI Commands
+## CLI commands

 | Command                 | Description                                                   |
 | ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
@@ -124,10 +124,10 @@ There is no `characterDictionary.enabled` key: character dictionary sync is enab
 - **Token issues:** Run `--anilist-status` to check token state. If the token is invalid or expired, run `--anilist-setup` or `--anilist-logout` and re-authenticate.
 - **Updates failing repeatedly:** Run `--anilist-status` to see retry queue counters. Items that fail 8 times are moved to the dead-letter queue. Check network connectivity and AniList API status.
 - **Cover art missing:** Cover art is fetched on a best-effort basis using title matching. If the filename is hard to parse, the search may return no results. The fetcher retries after 5 minutes.
- **Encryption unavailable on Linux:** If you see warnings about safeStorage, try `--password-store=basic_text` as a workaround, or ensure your desktop keyring (gnome-keyring, KWallet) is running.
+- **Encryption unavailable on Linux:** If you see warnings about safeStorage, try `--password-store=basic_text` as a workaround, or start your desktop keyring (gnome-keyring, KWallet).

 ## Related

- [Character Dictionary](/character-dictionary) -- AniList-powered character name dictionary for Yomitan
- [Configuration Reference](/configuration) -- full config options
- [Jellyfin Integration](/jellyfin-integration) -- media server integration
+- [Character Dictionary](/character-dictionary) - AniList-powered character name dictionary for Yomitan
+- [Configuration Reference](/configuration) - full config options
+- [Jellyfin Integration](/jellyfin-integration) - media server integration
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# AniSkip Integration
+# AniSkip integration

-SubMiner integrates with [AniSkip](https://aniskip.com) to automatically detect anime intro intervals and let you skip them with a single key press.
+SubMiner looks up anime intro timings from [AniSkip](https://aniskip.com) so you can jump past the OP with one key.

-Intro detection runs in the SubMiner app over the mpv IPC socket. It is available whenever the overlay is connected to mpv - not just at launch - and covers every local file loaded during an mpv session, including playlist advances.
+Intro detection runs in the SubMiner app over the mpv IPC socket. It works whenever the overlay is connected to mpv, not only at launch, and covers every local file loaded during the session including playlist advances.

 ## Setup

@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ For best title and episode detection, install [`guessit`](https://github.com/gue
 python3 -m pip install --user guessit
 ```

-Without `guessit`, SubMiner falls back to an internal filename parser which handles most common naming conventions but may miss unusual formats.
+Without `guessit`, SubMiner falls back to its own filename parser. That handles the usual release naming, but unusual formats slip past it.

-## How It Works
+## How it works

 On each local file load:

@@ -39,15 +39,15 @@ On each local file load:

 When a custom key (other than `TAB` or `y-k`) is configured, the legacy `y-k` chord is also bound as a fallback skip trigger.

-Results are cached per file for the app session; only definitive "no intro found" results are cached, so transient lookup failures are retried on the next file load. Reload detection is also handled: if mpv reloads the same file, SubMiner re-applies the chapter markers without a new API lookup.
+Results are cached per file for the app session. Only a definitive "no intro found" is cached, so a failed lookup gets retried on the next load rather than sticking. If mpv reloads the same file, SubMiner re-applies the chapter markers without hitting the API again.

 ## Triggering from mpv

-You can trigger AniSkip actions from mpv script-messages:
+AniSkip actions are also reachable from mpv script-messages:

 | Command | Effect |
 | ------- | ------ |
 | `script-message subminer-skip-intro` | Skip to the intro end immediately (same as pressing the key) |
 | `script-message subminer-aniskip-refresh` | Force a fresh lookup for the current file, discarding any cached result |

-These are handled by the SubMiner app over the IPC socket.
+The SubMiner app handles both over the IPC socket.
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Anki Integration
+# Anki integration

 SubMiner uses the [AnkiConnect](https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/2055492159) add-on to create and update Anki cards with sentence context, audio, and screenshots.
 This project is built primarily for [Kiku](https://kiku.youyoumu.my.id/) and [Lapis](https://github.com/donkuri/lapis) note types, including sentence-card and field-grouping behavior.
@@ -19,28 +19,27 @@ This project is built primarily for [Kiku](https://kiku.youyoumu.my.id/) and [La

 AnkiConnect listens on `http://127.0.0.1:8765` by default. If you changed the port in AnkiConnect's settings, update `ankiConnect.url` in your SubMiner config.

-## Auto-Enrichment Transport
+## Auto-enrichment transport

-When you add a word via Yomitan, SubMiner detects the new card and fills in the sentence, audio, image, and translation fields automatically. Two detection methods are available:
+When you add a word via Yomitan, SubMiner detects the new card and fills in the sentence, audio, and image fields automatically. Two detection methods are available:

-**Proxy mode** (default) - SubMiner runs a local _proxy_: a small middleman server that sits between Yomitan and Anki. Yomitan sends new cards to SubMiner, SubMiner enriches them, then passes them along to Anki. This makes enrichment instant.
+**Proxy mode** (default) - SubMiner runs a small local server between Yomitan and Anki. Yomitan sends the new card to SubMiner, SubMiner fills in the media fields, and the finished card goes on to Anki. There is no polling delay.

-**Polling mode** (fallback, when the proxy is disabled) - SubMiner asks AnkiConnect every few seconds whether any new cards were added, then enriches them. Simpler setup, but with a short delay (~3 seconds).
+**Polling mode** (fallback, when the proxy is disabled) - SubMiner asks AnkiConnect every few seconds whether new cards showed up, then fills them in. Less to configure, at the cost of roughly a 3 second delay.

-Use proxy mode if you want immediate enrichment. Use polling mode if your Yomitan instance is external (browser-based) or you prefer minimal configuration.
+Use proxy mode unless your Yomitan runs in a browser rather than the bundled instance, in which case polling is the simpler path.

 In both modes, the enrichment workflow is the same:

 1. Checks if a duplicate expression already exists (for field grouping).
 2. Updates the sentence field with the current subtitle.
 3. Generates and uploads audio and image media.
-4. Fills the translation field from the secondary subtitle or AI.
-5. Writes metadata to the miscInfo field.
+4. Writes metadata to the miscInfo field.

 Polling mode uses the query `"deck:<ankiConnect.deck>" added:1` to find recently added cards. If no deck is configured, it searches all decks (`added:1`). In Settings, the AnkiConnect deck dropdown auto-fills and persists Yomitan's current mining deck when available, then falls back to the decks reported by AnkiConnect; stats-dashboard mining also falls back to Yomitan's mining deck when `ankiConnect.deck` is empty.
 Known-word sync scope is controlled by `ankiConnect.knownWords.decks`.

-### Proxy Mode Setup (Yomitan / Texthooker)
+### Proxy mode setup (Yomitan / texthooker)

 ```jsonc
 "ankiConnect": {
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ In Yomitan, go to Settings → Profile and:

 This is only for non-bundled, external/browser Yomitan or other clients. The bundled profile auto-update logic only targets the active profile when its server is blank or still default.

-### Proxy Troubleshooting (quick checks)
+### Proxy troubleshooting (quick checks)

 If auto-enrichment appears to do nothing:

@@ -107,7 +106,7 @@ curl -sS http://127.0.0.1:8766 \
 - Launcher log: `launcher-YYYY-MM-DD.log`
 - mpv log: `mpv-YYYY-MM-DD.log`

-4. Ensure config JSONC is valid and logging shape is correct:
+4. Check that the config JSONC parses and the logging shape is right:

 ```jsonc
 "logging": {
@@ -117,28 +116,31 @@ curl -sS http://127.0.0.1:8766 \

 `"logging": "debug"` is invalid for current schema and can break reload/start behavior.

-## Field Mapping
+## Field mapping

 SubMiner maps its data to your Anki note fields. Configure these under `ankiConnect.fields`:

 ```jsonc
 "ankiConnect": {
  "fields": {
-    "word": "Expression",           // mined word / expression text
-    "audio": "ExpressionAudio",    // audio clip from the video
-    "image": "Picture",             // screenshot or animated clip
-    "sentence": "Sentence",         // subtitle text
-    "miscInfo": "MiscInfo",         // metadata (filename, timestamp)
-    "translation": "SelectionText"  // secondary sub or AI translation
+    "word": "Expression",        // mined word / expression text
+    "audio": "SentenceAudio",    // sentence audio clip cut from the video
+    "image": "Picture",          // screenshot or animated clip
+    "sentence": "Sentence",      // subtitle text
+    "miscInfo": "MiscInfo"       // metadata (filename, timestamp)
  }
 }
 ```

+`fields.audio` receives the **sentence** audio SubMiner cuts from the video, not word audio. Yomitan writes its own dictionary audio when you mine, so point this at a separate field such as `SentenceAudio` to keep the two apart. The built-in default is still `ExpressionAudio`, which collides with Yomitan on note types that use that field for word audio.
+
 Field names are matched against your Anki note type case-insensitively (an exact match wins, then a lowercase comparison). If a configured field does not exist on the note type, SubMiner skips it without error.

+These mappings always control normal word-card enrichment, including Yomitan proxy/polling updates and manual clipboard updates. Enabling Lapis or Kiku does not replace the configured word-card sentence and audio fields with `Sentence` and `SentenceAudio`. The dedicated sentence-card and audio-card shortcuts still use those Lapis/Kiku field names.
+
 Two related options live alongside `fields`: `ankiConnect.deck` (target deck; empty falls back as described above) and `ankiConnect.tags` (tags added to mined cards, default `["SubMiner"]`; set `[]` to disable tagging). The `miscInfo` content is controlled by `ankiConnect.metadata.pattern` (default `[SubMiner] %f (%t)`; tokens: `%f` filename, `%F` filename with extension, `%t` timestamp, `%T` timestamp with milliseconds, `<br>` newline).

-### Minimal Config
+### Minimal config

 If you only want sentence and audio on your cards:

@@ -147,14 +149,16 @@ If you only want sentence and audio on your cards:
  "enabled": true,
  "fields": {
    "sentence": "Sentence",
-    "audio": "ExpressionAudio"
+    "audio": "SentenceAudio"
  }
 }
 ```

-## Media Generation
+## Media generation

-SubMiner uses FFmpeg to generate audio and image media from the video. FFmpeg must be installed and on `PATH`.
+SubMiner shells out to FFmpeg for audio clips and screenshots, so FFmpeg has to be installed and on `PATH`.
+
+For remote streams such as Jellyfin playback, SubMiner downloads the clip's time window once into a temporary Matroska file (a stream copy, no re-encoding) and reads the timing review waveform, audio preview, audio, and image from that file instead of fetching the stream again for each step. The window covers the clip plus padding, plus the visible timeline in timing review, and grows when you reveal more of the timeline. It is deleted when a different window replaces it, after ten minutes without use, or when SubMiner exits. If the download fails, media generation reads the remote stream directly as before.

 ### Audio

@@ -166,6 +170,7 @@ Audio is extracted from the video file using the subtitle's start and end timest
    "generateAudio": true,
    "normalizeAudio": true,      // normalize generated clip loudness
    "mirrorMpvVolume": true,     // apply the current mpv volume level
+    "reviewTiming": false,       // review and adjust timing before media generation
    "audioPadding": 0,           // optional seconds before and after subtitle timing
    "maxMediaDuration": 30       // cap total duration in seconds
  }
@@ -178,7 +183,27 @@ Output format: MP3 at 44100 Hz. If the video has multiple audio streams, SubMine

 The audio is uploaded to Anki's media folder and inserted as `[sound:audio_<timestamp>.mp3]`.

-### Screenshots (Static)
+Set `media.reviewTiming` to `true` to pause playback and check the clip before its media is generated. It applies to word, sentence, and audio cards.
+
+The review opens on the subtitle range plus your configured audio padding. Subtitles usually hang around after the dialogue has stopped, so once the waveform loads, an untouched clip end pulls back to just after the last speech in the line. The Line end rail still marks the original subtitle timing, Reset puts it back, and a line whose speech runs right through its end is left alone.
+
+**Adjusting the clip.** Drag either edge to trim, drag the middle to slide the whole clip without changing its length, or click anywhere on the waveform to snap the nearer edge there. A focused edge also moves with the arrow keys: 100 ms per press, or 500 ms with Shift. The 100 ms buttons do the same thing. Earlier and Later each reveal two more seconds of timeline without moving the selection.
+
+**Keys.** Space previews the selection with a playhead sweeping the clip. The preview ends when the hidden player has actually played the last sample, so Bluetooth output latency does not clip the tail. Enter confirms and Escape cancels.
+
+**The waveform.** SubMiner reads a center channel when one carries dialogue and falls back to a mono mix otherwise, keeps only the 250 to 3500 Hz speech band, and draws each slice's loudness against the clip's own noise floor. Steady background music flattens out and dialogue stands up, which makes it much easier to tell adjacent lines apart. The mined subtitle appears as a tinted band with labeled line-start and line-end rails. If waveform analysis fails, the timing controls still work.
+
+The range you confirm is used exactly as-is; SubMiner does not add audio padding a second time. Static screenshots take its midpoint, and animated AVIF clips cover the whole range.
+
+**Pulling in adjacent lines.** Press `P` or `N`, or use the Prev and Next steppers above the sentence preview, to add the previous or next subtitle line. Repeat for as many lines as exist. Shift+`P` and Shift+`N` remove them again. The sentence preview lists every included line with the mined one highlighted, so you always see the sentence field before confirming. The clip bounds and the waveform rails follow the outermost added line, keeping the review's audio padding.
+
+Confirming writes the combined lines to the sentence field. Reset drops the added lines along with any timing changes. Adjacent lines come from the parsed subtitle track when one is loaded; otherwise you only get lines that already played. A clip capped by `media.maxMediaDuration` still keeps the full combined sentence even when the audio cannot stretch to cover every added line.
+
+**Canceling.** You can go back to editing, finish with the original timing, create the card without audio or an image, or discard it. Discard deletes an existing Yomitan or audio card, and skips creation entirely for a direct sentence card. A failed audio preview does not block confirmation or card creation.
+
+Clipboard updates and stats-dashboard mining never open timing review. The option is off by default and hot-reloads. **Review Media Timing** in the runtime options palette (`Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+O`) toggles it for the current session.
+
+### Screenshots (static)

 A single frame is captured at the current playback position.

@@ -195,9 +220,9 @@ A single frame is captured at the current playback position.
 }
 ```

-### Animated Clips (AVIF)
+### Animated clips (AVIF)

-Instead of a static screenshot, SubMiner can generate an animated AVIF covering the subtitle duration.
+SubMiner can produce an animated AVIF spanning the subtitle duration instead of a still frame.

 ```jsonc
 "ankiConnect": {
@@ -214,7 +239,7 @@ Instead of a static screenshot, SubMiner can generate an animated AVIF covering

 Animated AVIF requires an AV1 encoder (`libaom-av1`, `libsvtav1`, or `librav1e`) in your FFmpeg build. Generation timeout is 60 seconds. `media.syncAnimatedImageToWordAudio` (default `true`) prepends a frozen first frame matching the existing word-audio duration, so the motion starts together with the sentence audio.

-### Behavior Options
+### Behavior options

 ```jsonc
 "ankiConnect": {
@@ -233,42 +258,9 @@ Animated AVIF requires an AV1 encoder (`libaom-av1`, `libsvtav1`, or `librav1e`)

 When media is available, mined-card overlay and system notifications include the same current-frame thumbnail.

-`overwriteAudio` applies to automatic card updates and duplicate-card enrichment. Manual clipboard subtitle updates (`Ctrl/Cmd+C`, then `Ctrl/Cmd+V`) always replace generated sentence audio, while leaving the word audio field unchanged.
+`overwriteAudio` applies to automatic card updates and duplicate-card enrichment. Manual clipboard subtitle updates (`Ctrl/Cmd+C`, then `Ctrl/Cmd+V`) always replace generated sentence audio in `ankiConnect.fields.audio`, even when `overwriteAudio` is disabled.

-## AI Translation
-
-SubMiner can auto-translate the mined sentence and fill the translation field.
-Secondary subtitle text still wins when present. AI translation is only attempted when `ankiConnect.ai.enabled` is `true` and no secondary subtitle exists.
-
-```jsonc
-"ai": {
-  "enabled": true,
-  "apiKey": "sk-...",
-  "apiKeyCommand": "",
-  "baseUrl": "https://openrouter.ai/api",
-  "requestTimeoutMs": 15000
-},
-"ankiConnect": {
-  "ai": {
-    "enabled": true,
-    "model": "openai/gpt-4o-mini",
-    "systemPrompt": "Translate mined sentence text only."
-  }
-}
-```
-
-`ankiConnect.ai` controls feature-local enablement plus optional `model` / `systemPrompt` overrides.
-Provider credentials and request transport settings live in top-level `ai`.
-
-Translation priority:
-
-1. If a secondary subtitle is available, use it as the translation.
-2. If `ankiConnect.ai.enabled` is `true` and top-level `ai.enabled` is `true`, call the shared AI provider.
-3. If AI translation fails and no secondary subtitle exists, fall back to the original sentence text.
-
-The built-in translation request asks for English output by default. Customize that behavior through `ankiConnect.ai.systemPrompt`.
-
-## Sentence Cards (Lapis)
+## Sentence cards (Lapis)

 SubMiner can create standalone sentence cards (without a word/expression) using a separate note type. This is designed for use with [Lapis](https://github.com/donkuri/Lapis) and similar sentence-focused note types.

@@ -287,9 +279,11 @@ Sentence card creation and audio card marking require a non-empty `ankiConnect.i

 Trigger with the mine sentence shortcut (`Ctrl/Cmd+S` by default). The card is created directly via AnkiConnect with the sentence, audio, and image filled in.

+The dedicated sentence-card and audio-card shortcuts use the Lapis/Kiku-compatible `Sentence` and `SentenceAudio` fields. This does not affect the configured fields used to enrich normal word cards.
+
 To mine multiple subtitle lines as one sentence card, use `Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+S` followed by a digit (1–9) to select how many recent lines to combine.

-## Word Card Type (Kiku/Lapis)
+## Word card type (Kiku/Lapis)

 Word cards get a card-type flag when SubMiner fills their sentence, whether that comes from Yomitan auto-enrichment, a manual clipboard update, or stats-dashboard word mining. By default the flag is `IsWordAndSentenceCard`; pick a different one with `ankiConnect.lapisKiku.wordCardKind`.

@@ -304,9 +298,9 @@ Word cards get a card-type flag when SubMiner fills their sentence, whether that

 `click` marks `IsClickCard`, `sentence` marks `IsSentenceCard`, `audio` marks `IsAudioCard`, and `none` leaves the flags untouched for templates that manage them elsewhere. Whichever flag is chosen, the other card-type flags are cleared so the note never claims two card types. The setting is only read when `isKiku` or `isLapis` is enabled, and cards mined with Mine Sentence or Mine Audio keep their own flag.

-## Field Grouping (Kiku)
+## Field grouping (Kiku/Senren)

-When you mine the same word multiple times, SubMiner can merge the cards instead of creating duplicates. This is designed for note types like [Kiku](https://github.com/youyoumu/kiku) that support grouped sentence/audio/image fields.
+When you mine the same word multiple times, SubMiner can merge the cards instead of creating duplicates. This is designed for note types that support grouped fields: [Kiku](https://github.com/youyoumu/kiku) and [Senren](https://github.com/BrenoAqua/Senren) (which calls the feature scene switching).

 ```jsonc
 "ankiConnect": {
@@ -318,6 +312,18 @@ When you mine the same word multiple times, SubMiner can merge the cards instead
 }
 ```

+For Senren note types, enable `isSenren` instead. Kiku and Senren write incompatible markup into the same fields, so only one can be enabled at a time; if both are enabled, Kiku wins and a config warning is emitted.
+
+```jsonc
+"ankiConnect": {
+  "isSenren": {
+    "enabled": true,
+    "fieldGrouping": "auto",           // "auto" (default), "manual", or "disabled"
+    "deleteDuplicateInAuto": true      // delete new card after auto-merge
+  }
+}
+```
+
 ### Modes

 **Disabled** (`"disabled"`): No duplicate detection. Each card is independent.
@@ -326,17 +332,20 @@ When you mine the same word multiple times, SubMiner can merge the cards instead

 **Manual** (`"manual"`): A modal appears in the overlay showing both cards. You choose which card to keep, preview the merge result, then confirm. The modal has a 90-second timeout, after which it cancels automatically.

-### What Gets Merged
+### What gets merged

-| Field    | Merge behavior                                |
-| -------- | --------------------------------------------- |
-| Sentence | Both cards' sentences kept as grouped entries |
-| Audio    | Both cards' `[sound:...]` entries kept        |
-| Image    | Both cards' images kept                       |
+| Field    | Merge behavior                                  |
+| -------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
+| Sentence | Both cards' sentences kept as grouped entries   |
+| Audio    | Both cards' `[sound:...]` entries kept          |
+| Image    | Both cards' images kept                         |
+| MiscInfo | Both cards' source info kept as grouped entries |

 Identical values from both cards are kept as separate grouped entries; the merge does not deduplicate.

-### Keyboard Shortcuts in the Modal
+The merge markup depends on the note type. Kiku entries are wrapped in `<span data-group-id="...">` spans ordered newest first. Senren entries follow the [scene switching](https://github.com/BrenoAqua/Senren/blob/main/docs/scene_switching.md) format: sentence, sentenceFurigana, and miscInfo entries use `group` spans when ordinal order is sufficient and numbered `groupN` spans when they need an absolute scene target. Audio and pictures are appended positionally, and the number of sentenceAudio entries drives Senren's scene count. Ungrouped legacy content is wrapped into a group span on first merge, and source `groupN` spans are rebased after the kept note's existing audio scenes.
+
+### Keyboard shortcuts in the modal

 | Key         | Action                             |
 | ----------- | ---------------------------------- |
@@ -345,7 +354,7 @@ Identical values from both cards are kept as separate grouped entries; the merge
 | `Backspace` | Go back from the merge preview     |
 | `Esc`       | Cancel (keep both cards unchanged) |

-## Full Config Example
+## Full config example

 ```jsonc
 {
@@ -363,11 +372,10 @@ Identical values from both cards are kept as separate grouped entries; the merge
    },
    "fields": {
      "word": "Expression",
-      "audio": "ExpressionAudio",
+      "audio": "SentenceAudio",
      "image": "Picture",
      "sentence": "Sentence",
      "miscInfo": "MiscInfo",
-      "translation": "SelectionText",
    },
    "media": {
      "generateAudio": true,
@@ -390,11 +398,6 @@ Identical values from both cards are kept as separate grouped entries; the merge
    "metadata": {
      "pattern": "[SubMiner] %f (%t)",
    },
-    "ai": {
-      "enabled": false,
-      "model": "", // e.g. "openai/gpt-4o-mini"
-      "systemPrompt": "",
-    },
    "isKiku": {
      "enabled": false,
      "fieldGrouping": "disabled",
@@ -405,12 +408,5 @@ Identical values from both cards are kept as separate grouped entries; the merge
      "sentenceCardModel": "Lapis",
    },
  },
-  "ai": {
-    "enabled": false,
-    "apiKey": "",
-    "apiKeyCommand": "",
-    "baseUrl": "https://openrouter.ai/api",
-    "requestTimeoutMs": 15000,
-  },
 }
 ```
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Within the desktop app, `src/main.ts` is a composition root that wires small run
  - services compose through explicit inputs/outputs
  - orchestration is separate from implementation

-## Project Structure
+## Project structure

 ```text
 launcher/                 # Standalone CLI launcher wrapper and mpv helpers
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ plugin/
                          #   state · messages · hover · ui · options · environment · log
                          #   binary · session_bindings · version)
 src/
-  ai/                      # AI translation provider utilities (client, config)
  main-entry.ts           # Background-mode bootstrap wrapper before loading main.js
  main.ts                  # Entry point - delegates to runtime composers/domain modules
  preload.ts               # Electron preload bridge
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ src/
  anki-integration/        # AnkiConnect proxy server + note-update enrichment workflow
 ```

-### Service Layer (`src/core/services/`)
+### Service layer (`src/core/services/`)

 - **Overlay/window runtime:** `overlay-manager.ts`, `overlay-window.ts`, `overlay-visibility.ts`, `overlay-bridge.ts`, `overlay-runtime-init.ts`, `overlay-content-measurement.ts`
 - **Shortcuts/input:** `shortcut.ts`, `overlay-shortcut.ts`, `overlay-shortcut-handler.ts`, `shortcut-fallback.ts`, `numeric-shortcut.ts`
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ src/
 - **Config/runtime controls:** `config-hot-reload.ts`, `runtime-options-ipc.ts`, `cli-command.ts`, `startup.ts`
 - **Domain submodules:** `anilist/*` (token/update queue/updater), `immersion-tracker/*` (storage/session/metadata/query/reducer)

-### Renderer Layer (`src/renderer/`)
+### Renderer layer (`src/renderer/`)

 The renderer keeps `renderer.ts` focused on orchestration. UI behavior is delegated to per-concern modules.

@@ -136,12 +135,12 @@ src/renderer/
    platform.ts            # Layer/platform capability detection
 ```

-### Launcher + Plugin Runtimes
+### Launcher + plugin runtimes

 - `launcher/main.ts` dispatches commands through `launcher/commands/*` and shared config readers in `launcher/config/*`. It handles mpv startup, app passthrough, Jellyfin helper commands, and playback handoff.
 - `plugin/subminer/main.lua` is the mpv entrypoint: it sets up the module path and loads `init.lua`, a thin shim that boots the modular Lua files: `bootstrap.lua` (startup), `lifecycle.lua` (connect/disconnect), `process.lua` (process management), `state.lua` (shared state), `messages.lua` (IPC), `hover.lua` (hover-token highlight rendering), `ui.lua` (OSD rendering), `options.lua` (config), `environment.lua` (detection), `log.lua` (logging), `binary.lua` (path resolution), `session_bindings.lua` (configurable session keybindings), `version.lua` (version metadata). AniSkip intro detection lives in the SubMiner app (`src/main/runtime/aniskip-runtime.ts`), which drives mpv chapters and the skip key over the IPC socket.

-## Flow Diagram
+## Flow diagram

 The main process orchestrates a single primary overlay window plus modal surfaces: `main.ts` delegates to composition modules that wire together domain services. Subtitle layers (primary + secondary bar) are rendered in the same overlay renderer process, connected through `preload.ts`. External runtimes (launcher CLI and mpv plugin) operate independently and communicate via IPC socket or CLI passthrough.

@@ -224,7 +223,7 @@ flowchart TB
  style ExtRt fill:#363a4f,stroke:#494d64,color:#cad3f5
 ```

-## Composition Pattern
+## Composition pattern

 Most runtime code follows a dependency-injection pattern:

@@ -261,14 +260,14 @@ Additional conventions in the current code:
 - Domain barrels in `src/main/runtime/domains/*` re-export runtime handlers + main-deps builders, while composers in `src/main/runtime/composers/*` assemble larger runtime clusters.
 - Many runtime handlers accept `*MainDeps` objects generated by `createBuild*MainDepsHandler` builders to isolate side effects and keep units testable.

-### IPC Contract + Validation Boundary
+### IPC contract + validation boundary

 - Central channel constants live in `src/shared/ipc/contracts.ts` and are consumed by both main (`ipcMain`) and renderer preload (`ipcRenderer`) wiring.
 - Runtime payload parsers/type guards live in `src/shared/ipc/validators.ts`.
 - Rule: renderer-supplied payloads must be validated at IPC entry points (`src/core/services/ipc.ts`, `src/core/services/anki-jimaku-ipc.ts`) before calling domain handlers.
 - Malformed invoke payloads return explicit structured errors (for example `{ ok: false, error: ... }`) and malformed fire-and-forget payloads are ignored safely.

-### Runtime State Ownership (Migrated Domains)
+### Runtime state ownership (migrated domains)

 For domains migrated to reducer-style transitions (for example AniList token/queue/media-guess runtime state), follow these rules:

@@ -278,7 +277,7 @@ For domains migrated to reducer-style transitions (for example AniList token/que
 - Reducer boundary: when a domain has transition helpers in `src/main/state.ts`, new callsites should route updates through those helpers instead of ad-hoc object mutation in `main.ts` or composers.
 - Tests for migrated domains should assert both the intended field changes and non-targeted field invariants.

-## Playback Startup Flow
+## Playback startup flow

 Before the app boots, something has to launch mpv, inject the plugin, and bring the overlay up. SubMiner-managed launches own this step - the `subminer` launcher, the app's own playback, and the packaged Windows shortcut all follow the same path. The launcher reads `config.jsonc`, spawns mpv with the IPC socket and the bundled plugin, and passes runtime settings as `--script-opts`. The plugin never reads a config file: the shipped `subminer.conf` is intentionally empty so command-line opts always win.

@@ -315,7 +314,7 @@ flowchart TB

 The runtime sockets in this flow are detailed in [IPC + Runtime Contracts](./ipc-contracts#runtime-sockets).

-## Program Lifecycle
+## Program lifecycle

 - **Module-level init:** Before `app.ready`, the composition root registers protocols, sets platform flags, constructs all services, and wires dependency injection. `runAndApplyStartupState()` parses CLI args and detects the compositor backend.
 - **Startup:** If `--generate-config` is passed, it writes the template and exits. Otherwise `app-lifecycle.ts` acquires the single-instance lock and registers Electron lifecycle hooks.
@@ -387,7 +386,7 @@ flowchart TB
  style Loop fill:#363a4f,stroke:#494d64,color:#cad3f5
 ```

-## Subtitle Prefetch Pipeline
+## Subtitle prefetch pipeline

 SubMiner can pre-tokenize upcoming subtitle lines before they appear on screen. When an external subtitle file (SRT, VTT, or ASS) is detected on the active track, the `SubtitlePrefetchService` parses all cues via the subtitle cue parser (`subtitle-cue-parser.ts`), identifies a priority window of upcoming lines based on the current playback position, and tokenizes them in the background through the same pipeline used for live subtitles. Results are stored directly into the `SubtitleProcessingController` cache, so when a subtitle actually appears during playback, it hits a warm cache and renders in ~30-50ms instead of ~200-320ms.

@@ -417,7 +416,7 @@ flowchart TB
  style Render stroke-width:2px
 ```

-## Why This Design
+## Why this design

 - **Smaller blast radius:** changing one feature usually touches one service.
 - **Better testability:** most behavior can be tested without Electron windows/mpv.
@@ -428,7 +427,7 @@ flowchart TB
 - **Split MPV service layers:** MPV internals are separated into transport (`mpv-transport.ts`), protocol (`mpv-protocol.ts`), and properties/render metrics modules for maintainability.
 - **Config by domain:** defaults, option registries, and resolution are split by domain under `src/config/definitions/*` and `src/config/resolve/*`, keeping config evolution localized.

-## Extension Rules
+## Extension rules

 - Add behavior to an existing service in `src/core/services/*` or create a focused runtime module under `src/main/runtime/*`; avoid ad-hoc logic in `main.ts`.
 - Add new cross-process channels in `src/shared/ipc/contracts.ts` first, validate payloads in `src/shared/ipc/validators.ts`, then wire handlers in IPC runtime modules.
@@ -1,5 +1,92 @@
 # Changelog

+## v0.19.6 (2026-09-04)
+
+**Added**
+
+- **Card Timing Review**:
+  - Optional pre-generation timing review for word, sentence, and audio cards, with a speech-weighted waveform that flattens background noise so dialogue edges stand out clearly.
+  - The clip end automatically snaps back to where the line's dialogue actually ends once the waveform loads, with drag and keyboard adjustments available.
+  - Audio preview includes a sweeping playhead that plays the clip to its true end, even on high-latency outputs like Bluetooth headphones.
+  - Previous and next subtitle lines can be pulled onto the card with `P`/`N` (or the Prev/Next steppers) and removed with Shift; the sentence preview and waveform markers update automatically.
+  - Cancelling lets you keep a card without media, and the review can be toggled on or off for the session.
+- **Senren Field Grouping**:
+  - Enable `ankiConnect.isSenren` to merge duplicate mined cards using Senren's scene-switching markup, grouping sentence, furigana, audio, picture, and misc-info fields.
+  - Supports the same auto/manual/disabled modes as Kiku, including the manual merge modal; only one of Senren or Kiku can be enabled at a time.
+
+**Changed**
+
+- **Remote Stream Mining Performance**: Mining a card from a remote stream (Jellyfin and other HTTP sources) now downloads the clip window once and reuses it for the timing review waveform, audio preview, audio extraction, and screenshot, instead of re-fetching the stream at each step; the temporary file is cleaned up after ten minutes of inactivity or on exit.
+- **TsukiHime Release Filtering**: The TsukiHime modal's Japanese and secondary-language tabs now filter the release list by the subtitle languages each release actually carries, and report when no release has subtitles for the active tab.
+
+**Fixed**
+
+- **Subtitle & Mining Accuracy**:
+  - Broadcast-style captions that split one sentence across two on-screen rows (e.g. Crunchyroll Japanese subs) now merge into a single line for the sidebar and mined cards, while separate speakers, sound effects, and labeled turns still stay on their own lines.
+  - Mining from the overlay no longer pulls in a lingering row from the previous caption; the mined sentence and clip timing now match what's actually on screen.
+  - Multi-line copy and mining now select lines backward in timeline order after seeking, instead of in playback encounter order.
+  - Copying a subtitle, mining a sentence, or recording immersion stats no longer includes the separate furigana line that broadcast ASS captions place above a word.
+- **Card Update Notifications**: Dismissed lingering overlay card-update progress when notification settings switch to OSD before an update finishes.
+- **Overlay Stability on Hyprland**: Opening a modal window (timing review, Jimaku, session help, and others) while mpv is fullscreen no longer causes the overlay to flicker while the modal loads; the overlay now stays on screen untouched until the modal is ready.
+- **Jellyfin Subtitle Sync**: Jellyfin subtitle files now load with zero mpv delay instead of inferring and saving an offset from Japanese and English cue timelines.
+- **Secondary Subtitle Visibility**: Native mpv secondary subtitles stay hidden when switching secondary subtitle tracks during playback.
+
+## v0.19.5 (2026-08-30)
+
+**Fixed**
+
+- **Anki Card Update Progress**: The card-update spinner now stays visible until audio and image updates finish, instead of disappearing early.
+- **Anki Word-Card Fields**: Word-card enrichment now writes sentence text and audio to the fields configured in AnkiConnect, while the dedicated sentence-card and audio-card actions keep their existing compatible field names.
+- **Overlapping Subtitles**:
+  - Subtitle lines that start while another line is still on screen now appear alongside it, instead of staying hidden until a track switch or seek.
+  - Subtitles shown at the same time now stack by their authored screen position, with top signs and song lines above bottom dialogue.
+  - Half-size ASS furigana is no longer shown as if it were a dialogue line.
+- **YouTube Auto Captions**:
+  - Auto-generated captions now follow their intended timing and two-row roll-up layout.
+  - Long speech is paged instead of covering the video with a wall of text.
+  - Explicitly timed sound cues like `[音楽]` no longer cover later dialogue.
+
+## v0.19.4 (2026-08-25)
+
+**Added**
+- **Library Merge & Move**: Duplicate library cards for the same show can now be combined. Select cards in the library grid and use "Merge Selected" to pick which entry to keep and move every episode onto it, preserving sessions, mined cards, and watch time. Episodes can also be reassigned individually via the "→" button, useful when a file lands under a stray title; manual assignments survive later filename parsing, Jellyfin refreshes, and season repair. Exact AniList title matches with compatible seasons now merge automatically, while fuzzy matches surface as dismissible "Possible duplicate" reviews instead of merging silently.
+- **Duplicate Line Cleanup Tool**: The Vocabulary tab's new "Duplicates" button scans a chosen time window (7 days through all time) for old karaoke/typeset duplicate-line bursts, shows what it found, and collapses each run to one line once confirmed; `subminer stats cleanup --duplicate-lines` does the same from the terminal, with `--dry-run` and `--lookback-days <n>` options. Watch time and lines-seen totals are left unchanged.
+
+**Changed**
+- **Prerelease Release Notes**: Prerelease notes now open with a "Changes since" section listing only what changed versus the previous beta/RC of the same version, above the cumulative highlights, and CI rejects prerelease tags whose committed notes were generated for a different beta/RC.
+
+**Fixed**
+- **Subtitle & Karaoke Duplication**:
+  - Karaoke and animated signs are reconstructed once from their authored text and shown only while actually sung, with original word spacing preserved, instead of flooding the overlay, subtitle sidebar, immersion history, mining, or stats with glyph fragments, per-frame color phases, and repeated animation events.
+  - Decorative layers (highlight sweeps, glow/shadow copies, symbol-font decoration, particle swarms, hidden or zero-scaled text) stay out of published text, while ordinary repeated dialogue, positioned signs, wrapped lyric rows, and multi-row CC-style blocks still display correctly.
+  - Embedded subtitle tracks on network-mounted (SMB/NFS) media are extracted and parsed again instead of falling back to live-text-only, restoring karaoke reconstruction, sidebar cues, and mining for releases that only ship subtitles inside the container.
+  - Secondary subtitles go through the same deduplication pipeline as primary subtitles and no longer clip display after about four lines.
+  - Event-heavy karaoke files that previously stalled subtitle loading for several seconds now parse in well under a second.
+- **Character Dictionary Reliability**:
+  - Generation, merged rebuilds, and imports no longer freeze the app on large dictionaries; snapshot I/O, archive building, and image/name lookup caches moved off the UI's critical path.
+  - Dictionaries are reused instead of regenerated when MeCab finds no name splits.
+  - Cached portraits restore correctly after the portrait index finishes loading post-tokenization.
+  - Desktop progress notifications on Linux AppImage installs update in place instead of flickering, fixing a bug where the AppImage's bundled libraries broke the system notification helper.
+- **Overlay Startup & Modals**:
+  - The macOS window-tracking helper targets macOS 12.0+ instead of requiring the build machine's exact macOS version, fixing crashes on older systems like Ventura that left the overlay stuck on "Overlay loading".
+  - mpv IPC connection attempts time out and retry, showing an actionable error if content still isn't ready after 30 seconds.
+  - Dedicated overlay modals are prewarmed on macOS and Windows so shortcuts open them promptly.
+  - On macOS, reused modals and the stats window open above fullscreen mpv on its current Space instead of jumping to another desktop.
+- **Wayland File Drop**: Fixed native Wayland drag-and-drop from file managers such as Thunar, so subtitle and video files dropped on the visible overlay are resolved and forwarded to mpv.
+- **Windows Mouse Lag**: Fixed system-wide mouse lag on Windows while SubMiner is running, caused by the overlay's global mouse hook for click-through forwarding and by the mpv window tracker blocking the app on repeated PowerShell lookups.
+- **Sentence Mining Audio & Clips**: Sentence-audio generation no longer times out on slow network-mounted media with many subtitle/font streams (bounded FFmpeg probing, two-minute extraction budget, clearer error reporting), and mined audio/animated AVIF clips now capture the subtitle line that was actually mined by snapshotting the clip range at lookup time instead of reading live mpv state later.
+- **Stats Performance & Reliability**: Immersion stats storage now sets its SQLite busy timeout before WAL setup, avoiding transient lock errors under concurrent writes. Deletes in the stats dashboard no longer freeze the UI, run proportional to what's deleted instead of rebuilding full lifetime summaries, retry safely if the delete worker crashes, and no longer rescan the whole library when deleting very common words; a new index also makes large session deletes drop from minutes to milliseconds. Library merges, video moves, and AniList reassignments got the same lifetime-summary fix.
+- **Vocabulary Stats Accuracy**: Vocabulary totals and charts now count all tracked vocabulary instead of only the first page, new-word history uses corrected daily rollups (fixing legacy timestamp and time-zone issues), summary cards refresh automatically after edits to the exclusion list, and rapid exclusion edits no longer race each other.
+- **Rofi MKV Thumbnails**: Fixed missing MKV thumbnails in the Linux rofi picker when system thumbnailer registrations only advertise legacy Matroska MIME aliases.
+
+<details>
+<summary>Internal changes</summary>
+
+**Internal**
+- Docs Site Indexing: Excluded the `/main/` and `/v/<version>/` docs trees from search indexing (self-referential canonical, `noindex,follow`, matching `X-Robots-Tag`) so crawlers focus on current docs instead of ~30 archived copies of every page, and restored `<lastmod>` dates in the docs sitemap that were silently dropped by production builds.
+
+</details>
+
 ## v0.19.3 (2026-08-13)

 **Added**
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-# Character Dictionary
+# Character dictionary

-SubMiner can build a Yomitan-compatible character dictionary from [AniList](https://anilist.co) metadata so that character names in subtitles are recognized, highlighted, and enrichable with context - portraits, roles, voice actors, and biographical detail - without leaving the overlay. (AniList is an online anime/manga database; SubMiner pulls each show's character list from it.)
+SubMiner builds a Yomitan-compatible dictionary of a show's characters from [AniList](https://anilist.co), the online anime and manga database. Once it is loaded, character names in subtitles get recognized and highlighted, and hovering one shows the portrait, role, voice actor, and biography without leaving the overlay.

-This is helpful because proper names rarely appear in normal dictionaries, so character names would otherwise be flagged as "unknown" words and clutter your mining. Recognizing them keeps your N+1 highlighting focused on real vocabulary.
+Proper names rarely appear in ordinary dictionaries, so without this every character name reads as an unknown word. That wrecks N+1 highlighting, since a line naming two characters looks like a line with two unknowns. Recognizing them keeps the highlighting pointed at real vocabulary.

 The dictionary is generated per-media, merged across your recently-watched titles, and auto-imported into Yomitan. When a character name appears in a subtitle line, it gets highlighted and becomes available for hover-driven Yomitan profile lookup.

-## How It Works
+## How it works

 The feature has three stages: **snapshot**, **merge**, and **match**.

@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ The feature has three stages: **snapshot**, **merge**, and **match**.

 3. **Match** - During subtitle rendering, Yomitan scans subtitle text against all loaded dictionaries including the character dictionary. SubMiner only accepts character entries for the current AniList media when that media ID is known, then flags matching tokens with `isNameMatch` and highlights them in the overlay with a distinct color.

-## Enabling the Feature
+## Enabling the feature

 Character dictionary sync is disabled by default. To turn it on:

 1. Enable **Name Match** in Settings → Subtitle Style, or set `subtitleStyle.nameMatchEnabled: true` in your config.
-2. Start watching - SubMiner queries AniList's public GraphQL API (no authentication required) and imports the merged dictionary into Yomitan automatically.
+2. Start watching. SubMiner queries AniList's public GraphQL API, which needs no authentication, and imports the merged dictionary into Yomitan.
 3. Optionally enable **Name Match Images** (Settings → Subtitle Style) to show inline circular character portraits next to matched names in subtitles.

 ```jsonc
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ AniList character data is fetched via public GraphQL queries - no account or acc
 If `yomitan.externalProfilePath` is set, SubMiner switches to read-only external-profile mode. In that mode SubMiner can reuse another app's installed Yomitan dictionaries/settings, but SubMiner's own character-dictionary features are fully disabled.
 :::

-## Name Generation
+## Name generation

 A single character produces many searchable terms so that names are recognized regardless of how they appear in dialogue. SubMiner generates variants for:

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ A single character produces many searchable terms so that names are recognized r
 - Family name alone: 須々木
 - Given name alone: 心一

-Unspaced native names (AniList often stores 渡辺真奈美 without a separator) are split into family/given parts with MeCab when it is available: person-name POS tags (姓/名) decide the boundary, validated against AniList's romanized first/last name readings. Without MeCab, a length heuristic based on the romanized readings guesses the boundary — and because that guess can be ambiguous (東紫乃 could be 東+紫乃 or 東紫+乃), terms are generated for the top two candidate boundaries so the real surname still matches. Snapshots built without MeCab are regenerated automatically once MeCab becomes available, upgrading them to the exact splits.
+Unspaced native names (AniList often stores 渡辺真奈美 without a separator) are split into family/given parts with MeCab when it is available: person-name POS tags (姓/名) decide the boundary, validated against AniList's romanized first/last name readings. Without MeCab, a length heuristic based on the romanized readings guesses the boundary. That guess can be ambiguous, since 東紫乃 could be 東+紫乃 or 東紫+乃, so SubMiner generates terms for the top two candidate boundaries and the real surname still matches. Snapshots built without MeCab are regenerated automatically once MeCab becomes available, upgrading them to the exact splits.

 **Middle-dot removal** (common in katakana foreign names):

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Unspaced native names (AniList often stores 渡辺真奈美 without a separator)

 This means a character like "太郎" generates entries for 太郎, 太郎さん, 太郎先生, 太郎君, 太郎ちゃん, and so on - all with correct readings.

-## Name Matching
+## Name matching

 Name matching runs inside Yomitan's scanning pipeline during subtitle tokenization.

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ Name matches are visually distinct from [N+1 targeting, frequency highlighting,
 | `subtitleStyle.nameMatchImagesEnabled` | `false`   | Show small AniList portraits beside names |
 | `subtitleStyle.nameMatchColor`         | `#f5bde6` | Highlight color for matched names         |

-## Inline Character Portraits
+## Inline character portraits

 When `subtitleStyle.nameMatchImagesEnabled` is enabled, SubMiner injects a small circular portrait image directly into the subtitle line next to each matched character name.

@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ The portrait size is controlled by the surrounding subtitle font size and render
 Inline portraits help you quickly associate names with faces while building vocabulary - especially useful for shows with large casts where you're still learning who's who.
 :::

-## Dictionary Entries
+## Dictionary entries

 Each character entry in the Yomitan dictionary includes structured content:

@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ The three collapsible sections can be configured to start open or closed:
 }
 ```

-## Auto-Sync Lifecycle
+## Auto-sync lifecycle

 When `subtitleStyle.nameMatchEnabled` is `true`, SubMiner runs an auto-sync routine whenever the active media changes.

@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ These phases are emitted through the configured notification surface. Some phase

 The `maxLoaded` setting (default: 3) controls how many media snapshots stay in the active set. When you start a 4th title, the oldest is evicted and the merged dictionary is rebuilt without it.

-## Manual Generation
+## Manual generation

 You can generate a character dictionary from the command line without auto-sync:

@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ SubMiner.AppImage --dictionary

 This creates a standalone dictionary ZIP for the target media and saves it alongside the snapshots.

-## Correcting AniList Matches
+## Correcting AniList matches

 SubMiner uses `guessit` to infer the anime title from the active filename before searching AniList. Some filenames can still resolve to the wrong title. For example, `Re - ZERO, Starting Life in Another World (2016)` can be misread as a different `Re...` series.

@@ -223,11 +223,11 @@ SubMiner.AppImage --dictionary-select --dictionary-anilist-id 21355 --dictionary
 subminer app --session-action '{"actionId":"openCharacterDictionaryManager"}'
 ```

-SubMiner stores manual selections in `character-dictionaries/anilist-overrides.json`. The episode's parent directory **and detected season** define the override scope, so later episodes in the same season keep the selected AniList ID even if their filename guesses differ, while a different season never inherits the override -- including when every season sits in one flat folder. When you replace a wrong match, SubMiner removes that stale media ID from the merged dictionary's active set and rebuilds/imports the merged character dictionary.
+SubMiner stores manual selections in `character-dictionaries/anilist-overrides.json`. The episode's parent directory **and detected season** define the override scope, so later episodes in the same season keep the selected AniList ID even if their filename guesses differ, while a different season never inherits the override - including when every season sits in one flat folder. When you replace a wrong match, SubMiner removes that stale media ID from the merged dictionary's active set and rebuilds/imports the merged character dictionary.

 An override also pins the entry used for [AniList watch progress](/anilist-integration), so correcting a wrong match once fixes both the character dictionary and progress tracking.

-## Managing Loaded Entries
+## Managing loaded entries

 Open the manager with `Ctrl/Cmd+D` (`shortcuts.openCharacterDictionaryManager`). The manager shows the merged dictionary's active MRU entries, marks the current anime, and lets you adjust eviction priority for the other loaded entries.

@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ Open the manager with `Ctrl/Cmd+D` (`shortcuts.openCharacterDictionaryManager`).

 The current anime cannot be removed while you are watching it; it stays loaded until playback changes.

-## File Structure
+## File structure

 All character dictionary data lives under `{userData}/character-dictionaries/`:

@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ merged.zip
  img/                        # Embedded character and VA portraits
 ```

-## Configuration Reference
+## Configuration reference

 | Option                                                                 | Default   | Description                                                     |
 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
@@ -280,11 +280,11 @@ merged.zip
 | `subtitleStyle.nameMatchImagesEnabled`                                 | `false`   | Show small AniList portraits beside matched names               |
 | `subtitleStyle.nameMatchColor`                                         | `#f5bde6` | Highlight color for character-name matches                      |

-## Reference Implementation
+## Reference implementation

 SubMiner's character dictionary builder is inspired by the [Japanese Character Name Dictionary](https://github.com/bee-san/Japanese_Character_Name_Dictionary) project - a standalone Rust web service that generates Yomitan character dictionaries from AniList and VNDB data.

-The reference implementation covers similar ground - name variant generation, honorific expansion, structured Yomitan content, portrait embedding - and additionally supports VNDB as a data source for visual novel characters. Key differences:
+The reference implementation covers the same ground: name variant generation, honorific expansion, structured Yomitan content, and portrait embedding. It also reads VNDB as a source for visual novel characters. Key differences:

 |                        | SubMiner                                     | Reference Implementation              |
 | ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ outline: [2, 3]
 import { withBase } from 'vitepress';
 </script>

-SubMiner is configured through a single file (`config.jsonc`). Most settings are also editable from the in-app **Settings** window - you rarely need to edit the file by hand. This page is the full reference: it explains the Settings window, where the config file lives, and documents every option grouped by topic. New to SubMiner? The Quick Start below plus the [Settings window](#settings) cover everything most users need.
+One file, `config.jsonc`, holds everything. Most of it is also editable from the in-app **Settings** window, so hand-editing is rarely necessary.

-## Quick Start
+This page is the full reference. It covers the Settings window, where the config file lives, and every option grouped by topic. If you are just starting out, the Quick Start below and the [Settings window](#settings) are enough.

-For most users, start with this minimal configuration:
+## Quick start
+
+Start here:

 ```json
 {
@@ -35,11 +37,11 @@ For most users, start with this minimal configuration:

 Use the known-word deck map to choose which Anki decks and note fields feed the known-word cache.

-Then customize as needed using the sections below.
+Everything else is optional; the sections below cover it.

 ## Settings

-SubMiner includes a dedicated **Settings** window accessible from the tray menu, the app `--settings` flag, or launcher commands such as `subminer --settings` and `subminer settings`. It is the primary way to configure SubMiner - all changes are written directly to `config.jsonc`, so manual file editing is not required for most users.
+Open the **Settings** window from the tray menu, the app's `--settings` flag, or `subminer settings`. It writes straight to `config.jsonc`, so anything you change there is a normal config edit you can inspect afterward.

 The Settings window groups options by workflow instead of mirroring the raw config-file shape:

@@ -57,11 +59,11 @@ Each field still writes to its current `config.jsonc` path. For example, subtitl

 The Settings window preserves existing JSONC comments, trailing commas, and unrelated keys. Resetting a field removes the explicit config path so the built-in default applies.

-Secret fields do not display stored values. They show whether a value is configured; entering a new value writes it, and reset clears the explicit path. Prefer command-based secret options such as `ai.apiKeyCommand` when available.
+Secret fields do not display stored values. They show whether a value is configured; entering a new value writes it, and reset clears the explicit path. Prefer command-based secret options such as `jimaku.apiKeyCommand` when available.

 Saving validates the candidate config before writing. Live-reloadable changes are applied immediately; other changes return a restart-required banner in the window.

-## Configuration File
+## Configuration file

 The Settings window writes to `config.jsonc` directly, so most users do not need to edit the file by hand. The config file and the option reference below are provided for advanced use, scripting, or cases where you prefer editing config directly.

@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@ For valid JSON/JSONC with invalid option values, SubMiner uses warn-and-fallback

 On macOS, these validation warnings also open a native dialog with full details (desktop notification banners can truncate long messages).

-### Hot-Reload Behavior
+### Hot-reload behavior

 SubMiner watches the active config file (`config.jsonc` or `config.json`) while running and applies supported updates automatically.

@@ -103,7 +105,7 @@ Hot-reloadable settings include subtitle appearance, sidebar controls, keybindin
 shortcuts, notifications, logging level, selected source-language preferences,
 Jimaku/Subsync settings, AniSkip settings (`mpv.aniskipEnabled`, `mpv.aniskipButtonKey`),
 stats keys (`stats.toggleKey`, `stats.markWatchedKey`), the secondary-subtitle default
-mode, and the Anki deck, known-word, N+1, field, sentence-card, AI, and Kiku options
+mode, and the Anki deck, known-word, N+1, field, sentence-card, and Kiku options
 listed in the reference tables below.

 When these values change, SubMiner applies them live. Invalid config edits are rejected and the previous valid runtime config remains active.
@@ -111,11 +113,10 @@ When these values change, SubMiner applies them live. Invalid config edits are r
 Restart-required changes:

 - Any other config sections still require restart.
- Shared top-level `ai` provider settings still require restart.
 - AnkiConnect transport/proxy/media/tag fields still require restart unless listed above.
 - SubMiner shows an on-screen/system notification listing restart-required sections when they change.

-### Configuration Options Overview
+### Configuration options Overview

 The configuration file includes several main sections:

@@ -146,11 +147,10 @@ The configuration file includes several main sections:

 **Anki Integration**

- [**Shared AI Provider**](#shared-ai-provider) - Canonical OpenAI-compatible provider config shared by Anki and YouTube subtitle fixing
 - [**AnkiConnect**](#ankiconnect) - Automatic Anki card creation with media
- [**Kiku/Lapis Integration**](#kiku-lapis-integration) - Sentence cards and duplicate handling for Kiku/Lapis note types
+- [**Kiku/Lapis Integration**](#kiku-lapis-integration) - Sentence cards and duplicate handling for Kiku/Lapis/Senren note types
 - [**N+1 Word Highlighting**](#n-1-word-highlighting) - Known-word cache and single-target highlighting
- [**Field Grouping Modes**](#field-grouping-modes) - Kiku/Lapis duplicate card merging
+- [**Field Grouping Modes**](#field-grouping-modes) - Kiku/Senren duplicate card merging

 **External Integrations**

@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ The configuration file includes several main sections:
 - [**Updates**](#updates) - Automatic update checks, notifications, and prerelease testing
 - [**Notifications**](#notifications) - Overlay notification placement

-## Core Settings
+## Core settings

 ### Logging

@@ -243,13 +243,13 @@ Configure where overlay notification cards appear:

 #### Notification history panel

-Every overlay notification shown during a session is also recorded in a notification history panel. Press `Ctrl/Cmd+N` (configurable via [`shortcuts.toggleNotificationHistory`](#shortcuts-configuration)) to toggle the panel; the binding works whether the overlay or mpv has focus. The panel slides in from the same edge the notifications use — left when `overlayPosition` is `"top-left"`, and right for `"top-right"` or `"top"` (centered). Character dictionary sync uses one live card but records each distinct phase in history. Each entry can be removed individually, or use **Clear** to empty the history. History is session-only and is not persisted across restarts.
+Every overlay notification shown during a session is also recorded in a notification history panel. Press `Ctrl/Cmd+N` (configurable via [`shortcuts.toggleNotificationHistory`](#shortcuts-configuration)) to toggle the panel; the binding works whether the overlay or mpv has focus. The panel slides in from the same edge the notifications use, so left when `overlayPosition` is `"top-left"` and right for `"top-right"` or `"top"` (centered). Character dictionary sync uses one live card but records each distinct phase in history. Each entry can be removed individually, or use **Clear** to empty the history. History is session-only and is not persisted across restarts.

 Startup tokenization, subtitle annotation, and character dictionary status follow the configured notification surface. When the surface is `"overlay"` or `"both"`, SubMiner queues those startup notifications until the overlay renderer is ready instead of falling back to mpv OSD. If loading and ready states both finish before the overlay can paint, the loading card is delivered first and then updates to ready shortly after. With `"both"`, character dictionary checking/building/importing/ready status also goes to system notifications; building and importing are only emitted when that work is actually needed. The bundled mpv plugin only shows its startup OSD messages when `ankiConnect.behavior.notificationType` is set to `"osd"` or `"osd-system"` in `config.jsonc`; AniSkip prompts and skip result messages are playback feedback and still route to overlay notifications when configured.

 The equivalent direct CLI command is `--playback-feedback <text>` (`playbackFeedback` internally). It sends that one non-empty feedback string through the same route controlled by `ankiConnect.behavior.notificationType`; it does not change the saved config.

-### Auto-Start Overlay
+### Auto-start overlay

 Control whether the overlay automatically becomes visible when it connects to mpv:

@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ When you launch through the SubMiner app or the `subminer` wrapper, the launcher

 On Windows, packaged plugin installs also rewrite the plugin socket path to `\\.\pipe\subminer-socket`.

-### Startup Warmups
+### Startup warmups

 Control which startup warmups run in the background versus deferring to first real usage:

@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ Control which startup warmups run in the background versus deferring to first re

 Defaults warm local tokenizer/dictionary work (`true` for `mecab`, `yomitanExtension`, and `subtitleDictionaries`) with `lowPowerMode: false`; Jellyfin remote session warmup is opt-in (`false` by default). Setting a warmup toggle to `false` defers that work until first usage.

-### WebSocket Server
+### WebSocket server

 The overlay includes a built-in WebSocket server that broadcasts plain subtitle text to connected clients for external processing.

@@ -357,9 +357,9 @@ See `config.example.jsonc` for detailed configuration options.
 | `launchAtStartup` | `true`, `false` | Start texthooker automatically with SubMiner startup (default: `false`) |
 | `openBrowser`     | `true`, `false` | Open browser tab when texthooker starts (default: `false`)              |

-## Subtitle Display
+## Subtitle display

-### Subtitle Style
+### Subtitle style

 Customize the appearance of primary and secondary subtitles:

@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ Secondary subtitle styling lives in the secondary subtitle CSS object. Any CSS p

 **See `config.example.jsonc`** for the complete list of subtitle style configuration options.

-### Subtitle Sidebar
+### Subtitle sidebar

 Configure the parsed-subtitle sidebar modal.

@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ For full details on layout modes, behavior, and the keyboard shortcut, see the [
 | `N4` | `#8bd5ca` | JLPT N4 underline color |
 | `N5` | `#8aadf4` | JLPT N5 underline color |

-### Subtitle Position
+### Subtitle position

 Set the initial vertical subtitle position (measured from the bottom of the screen):

@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ Set the initial vertical subtitle position (measured from the bottom of the scre

 In the overlay, you can fine-tune subtitle position at runtime with `Right-click + drag` on subtitle text.

-### Secondary Subtitles
+### Secondary subtitles

 Display a second subtitle track (e.g., English alongside Japanese) in the overlay:

@@ -563,8 +563,6 @@ Secondary subtitles do **not** auto-load by default. To turn them on for local a

 These two settings apply to local and Jellyfin playback only. YouTube secondary selection is fixed to English and ignores them; see [YouTube Integration](/youtube-integration#secondary-subtitle-languages). `defaultMode` still controls how the loaded secondary bar is displayed in every case.

-Because the mined-card translation field is filled from the secondary subtitle when one is present, leaving `autoLoadSecondarySub` off means local-file cards fall back to AI translation (when configured) or the original sentence text.
-
 The secondary-subtitle language list also acts as the fallback secondary-language priority for managed startup subtitle selection on local playback and YouTube playback.

 **Display modes:**
@@ -575,7 +573,7 @@ The secondary-subtitle language list also acts as the fallback secondary-languag

 **See `config.example.jsonc`** for additional secondary subtitle configuration options.

-## Keyboard & Controls
+## Keyboard and controls

 ### Keybindings

@@ -641,7 +639,7 @@ Subtitle delay commands (`sub-delay`, `sub-step`) show a native mpv OSD notifica

 **See `config.example.jsonc`** for more keybinding examples and configuration options.

-### Shortcuts Configuration
+### Shortcuts configuration

 Customize or disable the overlay keyboard shortcuts:

@@ -702,7 +700,7 @@ Set any shortcut to `null` to disable it.

 Feature-dependent shortcuts/keybindings only run when their related integration is enabled. For example, Anki/Kiku shortcuts require `ankiConnect.enabled` (and Kiku-specific behavior where applicable), and Jellyfin remote startup behavior requires Jellyfin to be enabled.

-### Controller Support
+### Controller support

 SubMiner can read controllers through the Chrome Gamepad API and map them onto the existing keyboard-only overlay workflow.

@@ -818,7 +816,7 @@ If you update this controller documentation or the generated controller examples

 Tune `scrollPixelsPerSecond`, `horizontalJumpPixels`, deadzones, repeat timing, and profile `buttonIndices` to match your controller. See [config.example.jsonc](/config.example.jsonc) for the full generated comments for every controller field.

-### Manual Card Update Shortcuts
+### Manual card update shortcuts

 When automatic card updates are disabled, new cards are detected but not automatically updated. Use these keyboard shortcuts for manual control:

@@ -845,7 +843,7 @@ When automatic card updates are disabled, new cards are detected but not automat

 These shortcuts are only active when the overlay window is visible and automatically disabled when hidden.

-### Session Help Modal
+### Session help modal

 The session help modal opens from the overlay with `Ctrl/Cmd+/` by default. The mpv plugin also exposes it through the `y-h` chord. It shows the current session keybindings and color legend.

@@ -869,13 +867,14 @@ The list is generated at runtime from:

 When config hot-reload updates shortcut/keybinding/style values, close and reopen the help modal to refresh the displayed entries.

-### Runtime Option Palette
+### Runtime option palette

 Use the runtime options palette to toggle settings live while SubMiner is running. These changes are session-only and reset on restart.

-Current runtime options cover automatic card updates, known-word highlighting,
-known-word maturity coloring, N+1 annotation, JLPT underlines, frequency
-highlighting, known-word match mode, and Kiku field grouping mode.
+Current runtime options cover automatic card updates, media timing review,
+known-word highlighting, known-word maturity coloring, N+1 annotation, JLPT
+underlines, frequency highlighting, known-word match mode, and Kiku field
+grouping mode.

 Annotation toggles only apply to new subtitle lines after the toggle. The currently displayed line is not re-tokenized in place.

@@ -888,39 +887,7 @@ Palette controls:
 - `Enter`: apply selected value
 - `Esc`: close

-## Anki Integration
-
-### Shared AI Provider
-
-This is the single, shared connection to an OpenAI-compatible LLM endpoint. Configure it **once** here at the top level, and SubMiner reuses it wherever AI is needed (Anki translation/enrichment and YouTube subtitle fixing). Per-feature toggles and prompt/model tweaks live in their own sections (for example `ankiConnect.ai` and `youtubeSubgen.ai`) and inherit this transport.
-
-```json
-{
-  "ai": {
-    "enabled": false,
-    "apiKey": "",
-    "apiKeyCommand": "",
-    "model": "openai/gpt-4o-mini",
-    "baseUrl": "https://openrouter.ai/api",
-    "requestTimeoutMs": 15000
-  }
-}
-```
-
-| Option             | Values               | Description                                                                          |
-| ------------------ | -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
-| `ai.enabled`       | `true`, `false`      | Enable shared AI provider features (default: `false`)                                |
-| `apiKey`           | string               | Static API key for the shared provider                                               |
-| `apiKeyCommand`    | string               | Shell command used to resolve the API key (preferred over a plaintext `apiKey`)      |
-| `model`            | string               | Default model identifier requested from the provider (default: `openai/gpt-4o-mini`) |
-| `baseUrl`          | string (URL)         | OpenAI-compatible base URL (default: `https://openrouter.ai/api`)                    |
-| `systemPrompt`     | string               | Default system prompt sent with requests (default: a translation-engine prompt)      |
-| `requestTimeoutMs` | integer milliseconds | Shared request timeout (default: `15000`)                                            |
-
-SubMiner uses the shared provider for:
-
- Anki translation/enrichment when Anki AI is enabled
- YouTube generated-subtitle fixing when `youtubeSubgen.fixWithAi` is enabled (with optional `youtubeSubgen.ai.model` / `systemPrompt` overrides)
+## Anki integration

 ### AnkiConnect

@@ -942,16 +909,10 @@ Enable automatic Anki card creation and updates with media generation:
    "deck": "Learning::Japanese",
    "fields": {
      "word": "Expression",
-      "audio": "ExpressionAudio",
+      "audio": "SentenceAudio",
      "image": "Picture",
      "sentence": "Sentence",
-      "miscInfo": "MiscInfo",
-      "translation": "SelectionText"
-    },
-    "ai": {
-      "enabled": false,
-      "model": "",
-      "systemPrompt": ""
+      "miscInfo": "MiscInfo"
    },
    "media": {
      "generateAudio": true,
@@ -967,6 +928,7 @@ Enable automatic Anki card creation and updates with media generation:
      "animatedCrf": 35,
      "normalizeAudio": true,
      "mirrorMpvVolume": true,
+      "reviewTiming": false,
      "audioPadding": 0,
      "fallbackDuration": 3,
      "maxMediaDuration": 30
@@ -1008,17 +970,14 @@ This example is intentionally compact. The option table below documents availabl
 | `tags`                                            | array of strings                            | Tags automatically added to cards mined/updated by SubMiner (default: `['SubMiner']`; set `[]` to disable automatic tagging).                                                                                                   |
 | `ankiConnect.deck`                                | string                                      | Restrict duplicate detection and card enrichment to this Anki deck. Leave empty to use the Yomitan mining deck when available. In Settings, this dropdown auto-fills and persists Yomitan's current mining deck when available. |
 | `fields.word`                                     | string                                      | Card field for mined word / expression text (default: `Expression`)                                                                                                                                                             |
-| `fields.audio`                                    | string                                      | Card field for audio files (default: `ExpressionAudio`)                                                                                                                                                                         |
+| `fields.audio`                                    | string                                      | Card field for the generated sentence audio clip (default: `ExpressionAudio`). Set this to a dedicated field such as `SentenceAudio` so it does not collide with the word audio Yomitan writes.                                  |
 | `fields.image`                                    | string                                      | Card field for images (default: `Picture`)                                                                                                                                                                                      |
 | `fields.sentence`                                 | string                                      | Card field for sentences (default: `Sentence`)                                                                                                                                                                                  |
 | `fields.miscInfo`                                 | string                                      | Card field for metadata (default: `"MiscInfo"`, set to `null` to disable)                                                                                                                                                       |
-| `fields.translation`                              | string                                      | Card field for sentence-card translation/back text (default: `SelectionText`)                                                                                                                                                   |
-| `ankiConnect.ai.enabled`                          | `true`, `false`                             | Use AI translation for sentence cards. Also auto-attempted when secondary subtitle is missing.                                                                                                                                  |
-| `ankiConnect.ai.model`                            | string                                      | Optional model override for Anki AI translation/enrichment flows.                                                                                                                                                               |
-| `ankiConnect.ai.systemPrompt`                     | string                                      | Optional system prompt override for Anki AI translation/enrichment flows.                                                                                                                                                       |
 | `media.generateAudio`                             | `true`, `false`                             | Generate audio clips from video (default: `true`)                                                                                                                                                                               |
 | `media.normalizeAudio`                            | `true`, `false`                             | Normalize generated sentence-audio loudness during media extraction (default: `true`). Set to `false` to keep raw source loudness. Changes apply live.                                                                          |
 | `media.mirrorMpvVolume`                           | `true`, `false`                             | Apply mpv's cubic software-volume curve to each generated sentence-audio clip (default: `true`). This ignores mpv's separate mute state, falls back to unity scaling if volume cannot be read, and applies changes live.        |
+| `media.reviewTiming`                              | `true`, `false`                             | Pause playback and review word, sentence, and audio card timing before media generation (default: `false`). Clipboard updates and stats-dashboard mining do not open the review.                                                |
 | `media.generateImage`                             | `true`, `false`                             | Generate image/animation screenshots (default: `true`)                                                                                                                                                                          |
 | `media.imageType`                                 | `"static"`, `"avif"`                        | Image type: static screenshot or animated AVIF (default: `"static"`)                                                                                                                                                            |
 | `media.imageFormat`                               | `"jpg"`, `"png"`, `"webp"`                  | Image format (default: `"jpg"`)                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
@@ -1051,11 +1010,9 @@ This example is intentionally compact. The option table below documents availabl
 | `metadata.pattern`                                | string                                      | Format pattern for metadata: `%f`=filename, `%F`=filename+ext, `%t`=time, `%T`=time with milliseconds, `<br>`=newline                                                                                                           |
 | `isLapis`                                         | object                                      | Lapis/shared sentence-card config: `{ enabled, sentenceCardModel }`. Sentence/audio field names are fixed to `Sentence` and `SentenceAudio`.                                                                                    |
 | `isKiku`                                          | object                                      | Kiku-only config: `{ enabled, fieldGrouping, deleteDuplicateInAuto }` (shared sentence/audio/model settings are inherited from `isLapis`)                                                                                       |
+| `isSenren`                                        | object                                      | Senren-only config: `{ enabled, fieldGrouping, deleteDuplicateInAuto }`. Merges duplicates using Senren's scene-switching markup. Mutually exclusive with `isKiku.enabled`.                                                     |

-`ankiConnect.ai` only controls feature-local enablement plus optional `model` / `systemPrompt` overrides.
-API key resolution, base URL, and timeout live under the shared top-level [`ai`](#shared-ai-provider) config.
-
-### Kiku/Lapis Integration
+### Kiku/Lapis integration

 SubMiner is intentionally built for [Kiku](https://kiku.youyoumu.my.id/) and [Lapis](https://github.com/donkuri/lapis) workflows, with note-type-specific behavior built into Anki settings.

@@ -1080,9 +1037,10 @@ SubMiner is intentionally built for [Kiku](https://kiku.youyoumu.my.id/) and [La
 - Enable `isKiku` to turn on duplicate merge behavior for mined Word/Expression hits.
 - When both are enabled, Kiku behavior is applied for grouping while sentence-card model settings are still read from `isLapis`.
 - `isKiku.fieldGrouping` supports `disabled`, `auto`, and `manual` merge modes; see [Field Grouping Modes](#field-grouping-modes).
+- For [Senren](https://github.com/BrenoAqua/Senren) note types, enable `isSenren` instead of `isKiku`. Duplicate merges then use Senren's scene-switching markup (including grouped `miscInfo` entries), and `isSenren.fieldGrouping` supports the same three modes (default: `auto`). Kiku and Senren are mutually exclusive; if both are enabled, Kiku wins and Senren is turned off with a config warning.
 - `lapisKiku.wordCardKind` picks the card-type flag set on word cards; see [Word Card Type](#word-card-type). It is read only while `isLapis` or `isKiku` is enabled.

-### Word Card Type
+### Word card type

 When SubMiner fills the sentence on a mined word card - from Yomitan auto-enrichment, a manual clipboard update, or stats-dashboard word mining - it marks which card that note should generate. `ankiConnect.lapisKiku.wordCardKind` chooses the flag:

@@ -1096,7 +1054,7 @@ When SubMiner fills the sentence on a mined word card - from Yomitan auto-enrich

 The other card-type flags are cleared so a note never claims two card types at once. Notes are skipped when the note type has no field for the chosen flag, and when the note was already mined as a sentence or audio card. Cards created by Mine Sentence and Mine Audio keep their own flag regardless of this setting.

-### N+1 Word Highlighting
+### N+1 word highlighting

 When known-word highlighting is enabled, SubMiner builds a local cache of known words from Anki to highlight already learned tokens in subtitle rendering.

@@ -1133,7 +1091,7 @@ To refresh roughly once per day, set:
 }
 ```

-### Field Grouping Modes
+### Field grouping modes

 | Mode       | Behavior                                                                                                                   |
 | ---------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
@@ -1152,7 +1110,7 @@ When the manual merge popup opens, SubMiner pauses playback and closes any open

 <a :href="withBase('/assets/kiku-integration.webm')" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open demo in a new tab</a>

-## External Integrations
+## External integrations

 ### Jimaku

@@ -1194,7 +1152,15 @@ The keyboard shortcut lives under `shortcuts.openTsukihime` (default `Ctrl+Shift

 See [TsukiHime Integration](/tsukihime-integration) for the modal workflow, language tabs, and troubleshooting.

-### Subtitle Sync
+### Japanese subtitle generation
+
+Open the standalone modal with `Ctrl+Shift+G`, configurable through `shortcuts.openSubtitleGeneration`, or use the subtitle sidebar button. See [shortcuts](/shortcuts) for the shared mpv and overlay keybindings.
+
+`subtitleGeneration` configures local Japanese transcription for both the launcher and overlay. In **Settings → Integrations → Japanese Subtitle Generation**, set `modelPath` to an existing multilingual whisper.cpp GGML model, or leave it empty and choose a `managedModel` as the default. The generation modal lets you select another model for the current session, with download sizes and accuracy versus speed guidance. Downloads are explicit. Leave `whisperPath`, `ffmpegPath`, and `ffprobePath` empty to find the executables on `PATH`, or set them to override the executable paths. `threads` controls the CPU thread count. Settings apply to the next operation. See [subtitle generation](/subtitle-generation) for setup and behavior, and the [generated configuration example](/config.example.jsonc) for defaults.
+
+The generation modal offers an optional **Focus on spoken dialogue** checkbox and a separate Silero model download. Set `subtitleGeneration.vadModelPath` to a Silero GGML VAD model to make dialogue mode the default. `vadPath` overrides the speech detector executable. See [dialogue generation setup](/subtitle-generation#prioritizing-spoken-dialogue) for session behavior, the additional tool, and limitations.
+
+### Subtitle sync

 Sync a subtitle track from the overlay picker using `alass` or `ffsubsync`. The picker lets you choose which track gets retimed (the active primary track by default) and, for alass, which reference it is aligned against (the secondary subtitle track by default). Both are **optional external tools** that must be installed separately and available on your `PATH` (or configured via the path options below).

@@ -1219,8 +1185,6 @@ Sync a subtitle track from the overlay picker using `alass` or `ffsubsync`. The
 | `ffmpeg_path`    | string path     | Path to `ffmpeg` (used for internal subtitle extraction). Empty or `null` falls back to `/usr/bin/ffmpeg`.                |
 | `replace`        | `true`, `false` | When `true` (default), overwrite the active subtitle file on successful sync. When `false`, write `<name>_retimed.<ext>`. |

-Stats dashboard sentence mining also uses `alass_path` when available to align a local English sidecar against the local Japanese sidecar before filling the card translation field. This stats-only retime writes a temporary cached copy and never edits the original subtitle files.
-
 Default trigger is `Ctrl+Alt+S` via `shortcuts.triggerSubsync`.
 Customize it there, or set it to `null` to disable.

@@ -1384,7 +1348,7 @@ Jellyfin playback auto-launched through SubMiner loads the mpv plugin the same w

 When Jellyfin is enabled with a server URL and SubMiner is running, the tray menu also shows a `Jellyfin Discovery` checkbox. It starts or stops discovery for the current runtime session only and does not write config. Starting discovery still requires a valid stored or environment-provided Jellyfin auth session.

-### Discord Rich Presence
+### Discord rich presence

 Discord Rich Presence is enabled by default. SubMiner publishes a polished activity card that reflects current media title, playback state, and session timer unless you turn it off.

@@ -1431,7 +1395,7 @@ Troubleshooting:
 - If images do not render, confirm asset keys exactly match uploaded Discord asset names.
 - If Discord is closed/not installed/disconnects, SubMiner continues running and quietly skips presence updates.

-### Immersion Tracking
+### Immersion tracking

 Enable or disable local immersion analytics stored in SQLite for mined subtitles and media sessions. This data also powers the stats dashboard:

@@ -1505,7 +1469,7 @@ Set `dbPath` only if you want to relocate the database (for backup, syncing, or

 See [Immersion Tracking Storage](/immersion-tracking) for schema details, query templates, dashboard access, retention/rollup behavior, backend portability notes, and the dedicated SQLite verification command.

-### Stats Dashboard
+### Stats dashboard

 Configure the local stats UI served from SubMiner and the in-app stats overlay toggle:

@@ -1536,7 +1500,7 @@ Usage notes:
 - The dashboard reads from the same immersion-tracking database, so keep `immersionTracking.enabled` on if you want data to appear.
 - The UI includes Overview, Library, Trends, Vocabulary, Search, and Sessions tabs.

-### MPV Launcher
+### MPV launcher

 Configure the mpv executable, profile, and window state for SubMiner-managed mpv launches (launcher playback, Windows `--launch-mpv`, and Jellyfin idle mpv startup):

@@ -1578,7 +1542,7 @@ Launch mode behavior:
 - **`maximized`** - mpv starts maximized via `--window-maximized=yes`, keeping taskbar access.
 - **`fullscreen`** - mpv starts in true fullscreen via `--fullscreen`.

-### YouTube Playback Settings
+### YouTube playback settings

 Set defaults used by managed subtitle auto-selection and the `subminer` launcher YouTube flow:

@@ -1622,6 +1586,6 @@ Track selection:

 These settings come from `config.jsonc` (or built-in defaults); there are no CLI flags or environment variables for subtitle language selection.

-#### YouTube Subtitle Generation (`youtubeSubgen`)
+#### YouTube subtitle generation (`youtubeSubgen`)

-An advanced, template-hidden section for Whisper-based YouTube subtitle generation: `whisperBin`, `whisperModel`, `whisperVadModel`, `whisperThreads` (default `4`), and `fixWithAi` (default `false`), which post-processes generated subtitles through the [Shared AI Provider](#shared-ai-provider) with optional `youtubeSubgen.ai.model` / `systemPrompt` overrides. These keys are accepted in `config.jsonc` but intentionally omitted from the generated template.
+An advanced, template-hidden section for Whisper-based YouTube subtitle generation: `whisperBin`, `whisperModel`, `whisperVadModel`, and `whisperThreads` (default `4`). These keys are accepted in `config.jsonc` but the generated template omits them.
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-# Feature Demos
+# Feature demos

-Short recordings of SubMiner's key features and integrations from real playback sessions. A few terms you'll see below: _Yomitan_ is the pop-up dictionary used for word lookups, _Jimaku_ is a community subtitle database, _alass_ and _ffsubsync_ are tools that retime subtitles to match the audio, _Jellyfin_ is a self-hosted media server, and a _texthooker_ is a web page that mirrors the current subtitle as selectable text for browser-based tools.
+Short recordings from real playback sessions.
+
+Some vocabulary for what follows. _Yomitan_ is the pop-up dictionary. _Jimaku_ is a community subtitle database. _alass_ and _ffsubsync_ retime subtitles against the audio. _Jellyfin_ is a self-hosted media server. A _texthooker_ is a web page that mirrors the current subtitle as selectable text so browser tools can read it.

 <script setup>
 import { withBase } from 'vitepress';
@@ -8,9 +10,9 @@ import { withBase } from 'vitepress';
 const v = '20260819-1';
 </script>

-## Anki Card Mining & Enrichment
+## Anki card mining and enrichment

-Mine vocabulary cards from Yomitan or directly from subtitle lines. SubMiner automatically attaches the sentence, a timing-accurate audio clip, a screenshot, and a translation.
+Mine a card from Yomitan or straight from a subtitle line. SubMiner attaches the sentence, an audio clip cut to the line timing, and a screenshot.

 <video controls playsinline preload="metadata" :poster="withBase(`/assets/minecard-poster.jpg?v=${v}`)">
  <source :src="withBase(`/assets/minecard.webm?v=${v}`)" type="video/webm" />
@@ -20,9 +22,9 @@ Mine vocabulary cards from Yomitan or directly from subtitle lines. SubMiner aut
  </a>
 </video>

-## Subtitle Download & Sync
+## Subtitle download and sync

-Search and download subtitles from Jimaku, then retime them with alass or ffsubsync - all from within SubMiner.
+Search Jimaku, download a track, then retime it with alass or ffsubsync without leaving SubMiner.

 <!-- <video controls playsinline preload="metadata" :poster="withBase(`/assets/demos/subtitle-sync-poster.jpg?v=${v}`)">
  <source :src="withBase(`/assets/demos/subtitle-sync.webm?v=${v}`)" type="video/webm" />
@@ -32,9 +34,9 @@ Search and download subtitles from Jimaku, then retime them with alass or ffsubs
 ::: info VIDEO COMING SOON
 :::

-## Jellyfin Integration
+## Jellyfin integration

-Browse your Jellyfin library, cast to devices, and launch playback directly from SubMiner. Watch progress syncs back to your Jellyfin server.
+Browse your Jellyfin library, cast to a device, and start playback from SubMiner. Watch progress goes back to the Jellyfin server.

 <!-- <video controls playsinline preload="metadata" :poster="withBase(`/assets/demos/jellyfin-poster.jpg?v=${v}`)">
  <source :src="withBase(`/assets/demos/jellyfin.webm?v=${v}`)" type="video/webm" />
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ Browse your Jellyfin library, cast to devices, and launch playback directly from

 ## Texthooker

-Open subtitles in an external texthooker page for use with browser-based tools and extensions alongside the overlay.
+Mirror subtitles to an external texthooker page so browser extensions can read them while the overlay runs.

 <!-- <video controls playsinline preload="metadata" :poster="withBase(`/assets/demos/texthooker-poster.jpg?v=${v}`)">
  <source :src="withBase(`/assets/demos/texthooker.webm?v=${v}`)" type="video/webm" />
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# Building & Testing
+# Building and testing

-For internal architecture/workflow guidance, use `docs/README.md` at the repo root. This page stays focused on contributor-facing build and test commands.
+Architecture and workflow guidance lives in `docs/README.md` at the repo root. This page covers build and test commands only.

 ## Prerequisites

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ make build-launcher

 `bun run build` includes the Yomitan build step. It builds the bundled Chrome extension directly from the `vendor/subminer-yomitan` submodule into `build/yomitan` using Bun.

-## Launcher Artifact Workflow
+## Launcher artifact workflow

 - Source of truth: `launcher/*.ts`
 - Generated output: `dist/launcher/subminer`
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ dist/launcher/subminer --help >/dev/null
 bash scripts/verify-generated-launcher.sh
 ```

-## Running Locally
+## Running locally

 ```bash
 bun run dev    # builds + launches with --start --dev
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ bun run format:check:src
 - `bun run format:check:src` checks the same scoped set without writing changes.
 - `bun run format` remains the broad repo-wide Prettier command; use it intentionally.

-## Config Generation
+## Config generation

 ```bash
 # Generate default config to ~/.config/SubMiner/config.jsonc (or %APPDATA%\SubMiner\config.jsonc on Windows)
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ Convenience wrappers still exist:
 - `make generate-config`
 - `make generate-example-config`

-## Documentation Site
+## Documentation site

 The docs site now lives in `docs-site/` inside the main repo.

@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ bun run docs:test    # Docs regression tests

 Deployment: production docs are built with `bun run docs:build:versioned` and uploaded directly to Cloudflare Pages by the `docs-pages` GitHub Actions workflow using Wrangler (from `.tmp/docs-versioned-site`). Cloudflare's automatic Git-integration deployments are intentionally disabled - see `docs-site/README.md` for the deployment contract. Do not re-enable Pages build settings in the Cloudflare dashboard.

-## Makefile Reference
+## Makefile reference

 Run `make help` for a full list of targets. Key ones:

@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ Run `make help` for a full list of targets. Key ones:
 | `make build-macos`          | Convenience wrapper for signed macOS packaging                    |
 | `make build-macos-unsigned` | Convenience wrapper for unsigned macOS packaging                  |

-## Contributor Notes
+## Contributor notes

 - To add/change a config default, edit the matching domain file in `src/config/definitions/defaults-*.ts`.
 - To add/change config option metadata, edit the matching domain file in `src/config/definitions/options-*.ts`.
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ Run `make help` for a full list of targets. Key ones:
 - Prefer direct inline deps objects in `src/main/` modules for simple pass-through wiring.
 - Add a helper/adapter service only when it performs meaningful adaptation, validation, or reuse (not identity mapping).

-## Environment Variables
+## Environment variables

 | Variable                           | Description                                                                    |
 | ---------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
@@ -57,7 +57,19 @@ test('docs reflect current launcher and release surfaces', () => {
  expect(configurationContents).not.toContain('youtubeSubgen": {\n    "mode"');
  expect(configurationContents).not.toContain('youtubeSubgen.primarySubLanguages');
  expect(configurationContents).toContain('youtube.primarySubLanguages');
-  expect(configurationContents).toContain('### Shared AI Provider');
+  // The AI provider still exists in src/ai and ankiConnect.ai, but it is not
+  // exposed in the Settings window and is not documented for users. Keep the
+  // user-facing docs free of it so nobody configures a hidden surface.
+  expect(configurationContents).not.toContain('Shared AI Provider');
+  expect(configurationContents).not.toContain('ankiConnect.ai');
+  expect(ankiIntegrationContents).not.toContain('AI Translation');
+  // ankiConnect.fields.translation is a LEGACY_HIDDEN_CONFIG_PATHS key, so it
+  // must not be documented as a current setting.
+  expect(configurationContents).not.toContain('fields.translation');
+  expect(ankiIntegrationContents).not.toContain('SelectionText');
+  // fields.audio holds SubMiner's generated sentence audio; examples should not
+  // point it at the field Yomitan uses for word audio.
+  expect(ankiIntegrationContents).not.toContain('"audio": "ExpressionAudio"');

  expect(changelogContents).toContain('v0.5.1 (2026-03-09)');
 });
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-# Immersion Tracking
+# Immersion tracking

-SubMiner can log your watching and mining activity to a local SQLite database, then surface it in the built-in stats dashboard. Tracking is enabled by default and can be turned off if you do not want local analytics.
+SubMiner logs your watching and mining activity to a local SQLite database and shows it in the built-in stats dashboard. Tracking is on by default; turn it off if you would rather not keep the data.

-"Immersion" here means time spent watching and reading native Japanese content. **All data stays on your computer** - nothing is uploaded anywhere. (SQLite is just a single-file database; you do not need to install or manage anything.)
+"Immersion" here means time spent watching and reading native Japanese content. **All of it stays on your machine.** Nothing is uploaded anywhere. SQLite is a single file on disk, so there is no database server to install or run.

-When enabled, SubMiner records per-session statistics (watch time, subtitle lines seen, words encountered, cards mined) and maintains exact lifetime summary tables plus daily/monthly rollups. You can view that data in SubMiner's stats UI or query the database directly with any SQLite tool.
+Each session records watch time, subtitle lines seen, words encountered, and cards mined. SubMiner also keeps exact lifetime summary tables and daily and monthly rollups. Read it through the stats UI, or point any SQLite tool at the file.

 ::: tip For most users
-Just leave tracking on and use the built-in [Stats Dashboard](#stats-dashboard). The retention, performance, SQL, and schema sections further down are reference material for advanced users who want to inspect or tune the database - you can safely skip them.
+Leave tracking on and use the [Stats Dashboard](#stats-dashboard). The retention, performance, SQL, and schema sections below are reference material for querying or tuning the database yourself. Skip them.
 :::

 Episode completion for local `watched` state uses the shared `DEFAULT_MIN_WATCH_RATIO` (`85%`) value from `src/shared/watch-threshold.ts`.
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ Episode completion for local `watched` state uses the shared `DEFAULT_MIN_WATCH_

 - Leave `dbPath` empty to use the default location (`immersion.sqlite` in SubMiner's app-data directory).
 - Set an explicit path to move the database (useful for backups, cloud syncing, or external tools).
- To share stats and watch history between two machines, use [`subminer sync <host>`](/launcher-script#sync-between-machines) instead of file-level cloud sync — it merges both databases without one side overwriting the other.
+- To share stats and watch history between two machines, use [`subminer sync <host>`](/launcher-script#sync-between-machines) instead of file-level cloud sync. It merges both databases instead of letting one side overwrite the other.

-## Stats Dashboard
+## Stats dashboard

 The same immersion data powers the stats dashboard.

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ The same immersion data powers the stats dashboard.
 - Maintenance commands: run `subminer stats cleanup` or `subminer stats cleanup -v` to backfill/repair vocabulary metadata (`headword`, `reading`, POS) and purge stale or excluded rows from `imm_words` on demand; `subminer stats cleanup -l` repairs lifetime summary tables non-destructively (recomputed from per-episode history, so lifetime totals older than the session retention window are kept); `subminer stats cleanup --duplicate-lines` collapses repeated lines left behind by typeset subtitles (see [Repeated Line Cleanup](#repeated-line-cleanup)). `subminer stats rebuild` and `subminer stats backfill` rebuild or backfill rollup data.
 - Browser page: open `http://127.0.0.1:6969` directly if the local stats server is already running.

-### Dashboard Tabs
+### Dashboard tabs

 #### Overview

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Open a title and use **Delete Entry** in its header to remove a mistakenly track

 #### Trends

-Grouped into Activity (per-day/month watch time, cards, words, sessions), Cumulative Totals (running totals incl. new words seen and episodes), Efficiency (words/min, cards/hour, lookups per 100 words), Patterns (watch time by day of week and hour), and per-anime Library charts — all with configurable date ranges and grouping.
+Grouped into Activity (per-day/month watch time, cards, words, sessions), Cumulative Totals (running totals incl. new words seen and episodes), Efficiency (words/min, cards/hour, lookups per 100 words), Patterns (watch time by day of week and hour), and per-anime Library charts. Every chart takes a configurable date range and grouping.

 ![Stats Trends](/screenshots/stats-trends.png)

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Stats server config lives under `stats`:
 - `markWatchedKey` toggles the watched state of the highlighted entry inside the stats dashboard.
 - `serverPort` controls the localhost dashboard URL.
 - `autoStartServer` starts the local stats HTTP server on launch once immersion tracking is active, or reuses the dedicated background stats server when one is already running. Background app launches (`subminer app`) start the stats server immediately, registering it so later launches reuse it instead of starting another one.
- `autoOpenBrowser` controls whether `subminer stats` launches the dashboard URL in your browser after ensuring the server is running.
+- `autoOpenBrowser` decides whether `subminer stats` opens the dashboard URL in your browser once the server is up.
 - `subminer stats` forces the dashboard server to start even when `autoStartServer` is `false`.
 - `subminer stats -b` starts or reuses the dedicated background stats daemon and exits after startup acknowledgement.
 - The background stats daemon is separate from the normal SubMiner overlay app, so you can leave it running and still launch SubMiner later to watch or mine from video.
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Stats server config lives under `stats`:
 - `subminer stats` fails with an error when `immersionTracking.enabled` is `false`.
 - `subminer stats cleanup` defaults to vocabulary cleanup, repairs stale `headword`, `reading`, and `part_of_speech` values, attempts best-effort MeCab backfill for legacy rows, and removes rows that still fail vocab filtering.

-## Mining Cards from the Stats Page
+## Mining cards from the stats page

 The Search tab and the Vocabulary tab's word detail panel both mine from subtitle lines in your viewing history. Search matches sentence text and media titles, and **Search by headword** is enabled by default so dictionary-form searches such as `知らない` can find tracked subtitle lines with inflected variants. Turn that toggle off for exact text/title matching only. Each line with a valid source file offers sentence-card mining; word/audio mining is available when the selected word or searched word appears in the sentence:

@@ -126,13 +126,13 @@ The Search tab and the Vocabulary tab's word detail panel both mine from subtitl

 All three modes respect your `ankiConnect` config: deck, model, field mappings, media settings (static vs AVIF, quality, dimensions), audio padding, metadata pattern, and tags. Media generation runs in parallel for faster card creation.

-Secondary subtitle text (typically English translations) is stored alongside primary subtitles during playback and can be used as the translation field when mining sentence cards from Search or vocabulary occurrences. The Search tab does not use that text for display or matching.
+Secondary subtitle text is stored alongside primary subtitles during playback, but the Search tab does not use it for display or matching.

-### Word Exclusion List
+### Word exclusion list

 The Vocabulary tab toolbar includes an **Exclusions** button for hiding words from all vocabulary views. Excluded words are stored in the immersion database, with older browser localStorage exclusions imported on first load after upgrade. They can be managed (restored or cleared) from the exclusion modal. Exclusions affect stat cards, charts, the frequency rank table, and the word list.

-### Repeated Line Cleanup
+### Repeated line cleanup

 Karaoke openings and animated signs are authored as one subtitle event per animation frame, all carrying the same text. Playback reports every one of those frames, so a single OP lyric could be recorded hundreds of times and dominate "Top Repeated Words".

@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ The cleanup chains runs per line of text, so interleaved dual-line karaoke colla

 Runs never cross a session boundary, so rewatching an episode keeps both watches. Session telemetry (watch time, lines seen, tokens seen) and the rollups derived from it are left as recorded: they are cumulative samples taken during playback, and cannot be recomputed for sessions whose raw rows have since been pruned.

-## Retention Defaults
+## Retention defaults

 By default, SubMiner keeps all retention tables and raw data (`0` means keep all) while continuing daily/monthly rollup maintenance:

@@ -184,9 +184,9 @@ In practice:
 - Vocabulary and kanji totals are cumulative and not bounded by the raw session retention knobs.
 - New-word charts use their own permanent lexical daily rollups, which are not pruned by activity-rollup retention.

-## Storage / Performance Model
+## Storage / performance model

-The tracker is optimized for "keep everything" defaults:
+The defaults keep everything, and the schema is shaped around that:

 - Exact all-time totals live in dedicated lifetime summary tables (`imm_lifetime_global`, `imm_lifetime_anime`, `imm_lifetime_media`).
 - Ended-session totals are persisted onto `imm_sessions`, so most dashboard reads do not need to rescan raw telemetry.
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ The tracker is optimized for "keep everything" defaults:
 - Cover-art binaries are deduplicated through a shared blob store so episodes in the same series do not each carry duplicate image bytes.
 - Hot tables have dedicated indexes for session time ranges, telemetry sample windows, frequency-ranked vocabulary, and cover-art lookup keys.

-## Configurable Knobs
+## Configurable knobs

 All policy options live under `immersionTracking` in your config:

@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ All policy options live under `immersionTracking` in your config:
 | `lifetimeSummaries.anime`      | Maintain per-anime lifetime totals                                 |
 | `lifetimeSummaries.media`      | Maintain per-media lifetime totals                                 |

-## Query Templates
+## Query templates

 ### Session timeline

@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ ORDER BY rollup_month DESC, video_id DESC
 LIMIT ?;
 ```

-## Technical Details
+## Technical details

 - Write path is asynchronous and queue-backed. Hot paths (subtitle parsing, render, token flows) enqueue telemetry and never await SQLite writes.
 - Queue overflow policy: drop oldest queued writes, keep newest.
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ LIMIT ?;
 - Large-table reads are index-backed for `sample_ms`, session time windows, frequency-ranked words/kanji, and cover-art identity lookups.
 - Workload-dependent tuning knobs remain at defaults unless you change them: `cache_size`, `mmap_size`, `temp_store`, `auto_vacuum`.

-### Schema (v18)
+### Schema (v23)

 The exact schema version lives in `SCHEMA_VERSION` (`src/core/services/immersion-tracker/types.ts`) and is recorded in the `imm_schema_version` table.

@@ -335,6 +335,8 @@ Core tables:

 - `imm_videos` - video key/title/source metadata
 - `imm_anime` - anime/series metadata referenced by videos and lifetime tables
+- `imm_anime_title_aliases` - alternate titles that resolve to the same anime row
+- `imm_anime_merge_recommendations` - candidate duplicate-series merges surfaced in the dashboard
 - `imm_sessions` - session UUID, video reference, timing/status, final denormalized totals
 - `imm_session_telemetry` - high-frequency session aggregates over time
 - `imm_session_events` - event stream with compact numeric event types
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ titleTemplate: Immersion Mining Workflow for MPV
 hero:
  name: SubMiner
  text: Immersion Mining for MPV
-  tagline: Watch media, mine vocabulary, and craft anki cards without leaving the scene.
+  tagline: Watch, look up a word, and get an Anki card with audio and a screenshot. Without pausing your show.
  image:
    src: /assets/SubMiner.png
    alt: SubMiner logo
@@ -24,63 +24,63 @@ features:
      src: /assets/mpv.svg
      alt: mpv icon
    title: Built for mpv
-    details: Tracks subtitles via mpv IPC in real time. Launch with the wrapper script or the mpv plugin - no external bridge needed.
+    details: Reads subtitle state over mpv's IPC socket. Launch with the wrapper script or the mpv plugin. There is no separate bridge process to run.
    link: /usage
    linkText: How it works
  - icon:
      src: /assets/yomitan-icon.svg
      alt: Yomitan logo
    title: Bundled Yomitan
-    details: Ships with a built-in Yomitan instance for instant word lookups and context-aware card creation directly from subtitle text.
+    details: A Yomitan instance is bundled and preconfigured. Hover a word in the subtitle overlay to look it up and mine it.
    link: /mining-workflow
    linkText: Mining workflow
  - icon:
      src: /assets/anki-card.svg
      alt: Anki card icon
-    title: Anki Card Enrichment
-    details: Auto-fills card fields with sentence, audio clip, screenshot, and translation so you can focus on learning.
+    title: Anki card enrichment
+    details: New cards get the subtitle line, an audio clip cut to the line timing, and a screenshot from that moment.
    link: /anki-integration
    linkText: Anki integration
  - icon:
      src: /assets/highlight.svg
      alt: Highlight icon
-    title: Reading Annotations
-    details: N+1 targeting, character-name matching, frequency highlighting, and JLPT tagging - all layered on subtitle text in real time.
+    title: Reading annotations
+    details: N+1 targeting, character-name matching, frequency highlighting, and JLPT tagging, drawn onto the subtitle line as it plays.
    link: /subtitle-annotations
    linkText: Annotation details
  - icon:
      src: /assets/video.svg
      alt: Video playback icon
-    title: YouTube Playback
-    details: Play YouTube URLs or ytsearch targets directly - SubMiner automatically selects and loads subtitles for the video.
+    title: YouTube playback
+    details: Pass a YouTube URL or a ytsearch target. SubMiner picks a subtitle track for the video and loads it.
    link: /usage#youtube-playback
    linkText: YouTube playback
  - icon:
      src: /assets/jellyfin.svg
      alt: Jellyfin icon
-    title: Jellyfin Integration
-    details: Browse your Jellyfin library, pick media interactively, and play through mpv with full subtitle and mining support.
+    title: Jellyfin integration
+    details: Browse your Jellyfin library from the overlay and play a title through mpv. Subtitles and mining work the same as with local files.
    link: /jellyfin-integration
    linkText: Jellyfin setup
  - icon:
      src: /assets/subtitle-download.svg
      alt: Subtitle download icon
-    title: Subtitle Download & Sync
-    details: Search and pull subtitles from Jimaku, then retime subtitles with alass or ffsubsync - all from the overlay.
+    title: Subtitle download and sync
+    details: Search Jimaku or TsukiHime and download a track, then retime it with alass or ffsubsync. Both run from the overlay.
    link: /jimaku-integration
    linkText: Jimaku integration
  - icon:
      src: /assets/tokenization.svg
      alt: Tracking chart icon
-    title: Stats Dashboard
-    details: Browse session history, streak calendars, vocabulary frequency, and per-series progress in a local dashboard - then mine cards straight from your viewing history.
+    title: Stats dashboard
+    details: A local dashboard with session history, streak calendars, word frequency, and per-series progress. You can mine cards from lines you already watched.
    link: /immersion-tracking
    linkText: Dashboard & tracking
  - icon:
      src: /assets/cross-platform.svg
      alt: Cross-platform icon
-    title: Cross-Platform
-    details: Runs on Linux (Hyprland, Sway, X11), macOS, and Windows with compositor-aware window positioning and platform-native integration.
+    title: Cross-platform
+    details: Runs on Linux (Hyprland, Sway, X11), macOS, and Windows. Overlay positioning is handled per compositor rather than assuming one window manager.
    link: /installation
    linkText: Platform setup
 ---
@@ -98,38 +98,38 @@ const demoAssetVersion = '20260819-1';
      <div class="workflow-step" style="animation-delay: 0ms">
        <div class="step-number">01</div>
        <div class="step-title">Start</div>
-        <div class="step-desc">Launch with the wrapper or existing mpv setup and keep subtitles in sync.</div>
+        <div class="step-desc">Launch through the wrapper, or from an mpv setup you already have.</div>
      </div>
      <div class="workflow-connector" aria-hidden="true"></div>
      <div class="workflow-step" style="animation-delay: 60ms">
        <div class="step-number">02</div>
        <div class="step-title">Lookup</div>
-        <div class="step-desc">Hover a token in the interactive overlay, then trigger Yomitan lookup to open context.</div>
+        <div class="step-desc">Hover a token in the overlay to open the Yomitan popup for that word.</div>
      </div>
      <div class="workflow-connector" aria-hidden="true"></div>
      <div class="workflow-step" style="animation-delay: 120ms">
        <div class="step-number">03</div>
        <div class="step-title">Mine</div>
-        <div class="step-desc">Create cards from Yomitan or mine sentence cards directly from subtitle lines.</div>
+        <div class="step-desc">Add the word from Yomitan, or mine the whole line as a sentence card.</div>
      </div>
      <div class="workflow-connector" aria-hidden="true"></div>
      <div class="workflow-step" style="animation-delay: 180ms">
        <div class="step-number">04</div>
        <div class="step-title">Enrich</div>
-        <div class="step-desc">Automatically attach timing-accurate audio, sentence text, and visual evidence.</div>
+        <div class="step-desc">SubMiner fills in the audio clip, the sentence, and a screenshot from that moment.</div>
      </div>
      <div class="workflow-connector" aria-hidden="true"></div>
      <div class="workflow-step" style="animation-delay: 240ms">
        <div class="step-number">05</div>
        <div class="step-title">Track</div>
-        <div class="step-desc">Open the stats dashboard to review sessions, vocabulary trends, and mine cards from past viewing history.</div>
+        <div class="step-desc">Review past sessions and word trends, and mine anything you missed the first time.</div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </section>

  <section class="demo-section">
    <h2>See it in action</h2>
-    <p>Subtitles, lookup flow, and card enrichment from a real playback session.</p>
+    <p>Recorded from an actual playback session: subtitle hover, lookup, and the card that comes out the other end.</p>
    <div class="demo-window">
      <div class="demo-window__bar">
        <span class="demo-window__dot"></span>
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Installation

-SubMiner is a desktop app that draws an interactive layer - an **overlay** - on top of the [mpv](https://mpv.io) video player. As you watch native Japanese media, you can click or hover any word in the subtitles to look it up, then turn it into an Anki flashcard without pausing to switch apps. Building flashcards from real content you're watching is called **sentence mining**, and it's what SubMiner is built for. It bundles its own copy of **Yomitan** (a pop-up dictionary) and talks to **AnkiConnect** (an add-on that lets other programs add cards to Anki) so cards get filled in automatically.
+SubMiner draws an interactive overlay on top of the [mpv](https://mpv.io) video player. While you watch Japanese media, hover any word in the subtitles to look it up, then turn it into an Anki card without switching apps.
+
+Building cards from the content you are actually watching is called **sentence mining**, and it is the whole point of SubMiner. It bundles its own copy of **Yomitan** (a pop-up dictionary) and talks to **AnkiConnect** (the add-on that lets other programs write cards into Anki), so the sentence, audio, and screenshot fields get filled in for you.

 Three steps to get started:

@@ -8,11 +10,15 @@ Three steps to get started:
 2. **Install SubMiner** - from the AUR, or download from GitHub Releases
 3. **Launch the app** - first-run setup walks you through dictionaries, the launcher, and everything else

-## 1. Install Requirements
+## 1. Install requirements

-Only **mpv** is strictly required to run SubMiner. Everything else enhances the experience but is optional.
+Only **mpv** is strictly required. Everything else is optional, though you will want ffmpeg unless you are fine with cards that have no audio or screenshot.

-Several entries below exist only for the `subminer` command-line launcher, which is Linux and macOS only. On Windows you launch playback with the **SubMiner mpv** shortcut instead, so you can ignore those rows.
+Some rows below matter only for the `subminer` command-line launcher, which is Linux and macOS only. On Windows you launch playback with the **SubMiner mpv** shortcut, so skip those.
+
+[Local Japanese subtitle generation](/subtitle-generation) additionally requires whisper.cpp's `whisper-cli`, FFmpeg, and `ffprobe`. Configure their executable paths in Settings if needed. SubMiner can download a speech model explicitly, or use your existing multilingual GGML model.
+
+Optional [dialogue-focused generation](/subtitle-generation#prioritizing-spoken-dialogue) also uses whisper.cpp's speech segment detector and a separate Silero GGML VAD model.

 | Dependency           | Status      | Platforms    | What it does                                                                                                                                                   |
 | -------------------- | ----------- | ------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
@@ -39,7 +45,7 @@ Several entries below exist only for the `subminer` command-line launcher, which
 - **X11 / Xwayland** - for X11 sessions or any other Wayland compositor (uses `xdotool` and `xwininfo`)

 ::: warning Wayland support is compositor-specific
-Wayland has no universal API for window positioning - each compositor exposes its own IPC, so SubMiner needs a dedicated backend per compositor. Only Hyprland and Sway have native Wayland backends. If you run a different Wayland compositor (GNOME, KDE Plasma, river, etc.), both mpv **and** SubMiner must run under X11 or Xwayland. The `subminer` launcher handles this automatically when `--backend x11` is set or the X11 backend is auto-detected.
+Wayland has no universal API for window positioning. Each compositor exposes its own IPC, so SubMiner needs a backend per compositor. Only Hyprland and Sway have native Wayland backends. If you run a different Wayland compositor (GNOME, KDE Plasma, river, etc.), both mpv **and** SubMiner must run under X11 or Xwayland. The `subminer` launcher handles this automatically when `--backend x11` is set or the X11 backend is auto-detected.
 :::

 <details>
@@ -260,7 +266,7 @@ First-run setup can install [Bun](https://bun.sh) and the `subminer` command-lin
 If you prefer to install it manually, see [manual launcher install](#manual-launcher-install-macos).
 :::

-### Windows (Installer) {#windows-installer}
+### Windows (installer) {#windows-installer}

 Download the latest installer from [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/ksyasuda/SubMiner/releases/latest):

@@ -269,7 +275,7 @@ Download the latest installer from [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/ksyasuda

 Make sure `mpv.exe` is on your `PATH`, or set `mpv.executablePath` in the config during first-run setup.

-### From Source
+### From source

 <details>
 <summary><b>Linux</b></summary>
@@ -321,9 +327,9 @@ bun run build:win

 </details>

-## 3. Launch & First-Run Setup
+## 3. Launch and first-run setup

-Launch SubMiner and the setup wizard will open automatically:
+Launch SubMiner and the setup wizard opens on its own:

 ```bash
 # Linux (AUR install)
@@ -350,7 +356,7 @@ The `Finish setup` button requires a config file and at least one Yomitan dictio
 > [!TIP]
 > You can re-open the setup wizard at any time with `subminer app --setup` or `SubMiner.AppImage --setup`.

-### Play a Video
+### Play a video

 Once setup is complete:

@@ -358,13 +364,13 @@ Once setup is complete:
 subminer video.mkv
 ```

-You should see the overlay appear over mpv. If subtitles are loaded, they will appear as interactive text in the overlay.
+The overlay appears over mpv. If a subtitle track loaded, its text shows up in the overlay as hoverable words.

 On **Windows**, the recommended way to play video is with the **SubMiner mpv** shortcut created during setup - double-click it, or drag a video file onto it.

-### Verify Setup
+### Verify setup

-Run the built-in diagnostic to confirm everything is working:
+Run the built-in diagnostic:

 ```bash
 subminer doctor
@@ -372,7 +378,7 @@ subminer doctor

 This checks for the app binary, mpv, ffmpeg, yt-dlp, fzf, rofi, your config file, and the mpv socket path. Only the app binary and mpv are hard failures; the rest are reported as optional. Fix any hard failures before continuing.

-## Anki Setup (Recommended)
+## Anki setup (recommended)

 If you plan to mine Anki cards:

@@ -398,15 +404,15 @@ The tray "Check for Updates" entry installs the new app automatically on Linux,

 `subminer -u` also performs the AppImage, launcher, and managed support-asset updates directly from the launcher process, which is useful when SubMiner is not currently running.

-## How It All Fits Together
+## How it all fits together

-SubMiner is an overlay that sits on top of mpv. It connects to mpv through an IPC socket, renders subtitles as interactive text using a bundled Yomitan dictionary engine, and optionally creates Anki flashcards via AnkiConnect.
+SubMiner is an overlay window that sits on top of mpv. It talks to mpv over an IPC socket, renders each subtitle line as interactive text backed by the bundled Yomitan dictionary engine, and writes Anki cards through AnkiConnect when you ask it to.

 The `subminer` launcher handles mpv IPC socket setup automatically. If you launch mpv yourself or from another tool, you must pass `--input-ipc-server=/tmp/subminer-socket` (or `\\.\pipe\subminer-socket` on Windows) - without it the overlay starts but subtitles won't appear.

-The bundled mpv plugin is injected at runtime automatically - you don't need to install it separately. On Linux, the `subminer` launcher checks for its managed runtime plugin copy, rofi theme, and scoped thumbnailer registration before every mpv-managed launch and installs those support assets from the bundled app automatically if one is missing. For a rofi picker launch, this check runs before the picker opens. It provides in-player keybindings (the `y` chord) for controlling the overlay from within mpv. See [MPV Plugin](/mpv-plugin) for the full keybinding and configuration reference.
+SubMiner injects the bundled mpv plugin at runtime, so there is nothing to install separately. On Linux, the `subminer` launcher checks for its managed runtime plugin copy, rofi theme, and scoped thumbnailer registration before every mpv-managed launch and installs those support assets from the bundled app automatically if one is missing. For a rofi picker launch, this check runs before the picker opens. The plugin adds in-player keybindings (the `y` chord) for driving the overlay from mpv. See [MPV Plugin](/mpv-plugin) for the full keybinding and configuration reference.

-## Platform Notes
+## Platform notes

 ### macOS

@@ -415,9 +421,9 @@ The bundled mpv plugin is injected at runtime automatically - you don't need to
 - Apple Silicon (M1/M2): `/opt/homebrew/bin/mecab`
 - Intel: `/usr/local/bin/mecab`

-Ensure `mecab` is available on your PATH when launching SubMiner.
+`mecab` has to be on your PATH when SubMiner launches.

-**Fullscreen:** The overlay should appear correctly in fullscreen. If you encounter issues, check that accessibility permissions are granted.
+**Fullscreen:** The overlay follows mpv into fullscreen. If it does not, accessibility permission is the usual cause.

 ### Windows

@@ -426,7 +432,7 @@ Ensure `mecab` is available on your PATH when launching SubMiner.
 - IPC socket on Windows is `\\.\pipe\subminer-socket` - do not use `/tmp/subminer-socket`.
 - Config is stored at `%APPDATA%\SubMiner\config.jsonc`.

-## Manual Launcher Install
+## Manual launcher install

 The `subminer` launcher uses a [Bun](https://bun.sh) shebang, so Bun must be installed. First-run setup can handle this automatically, but if you prefer to do it yourself:

@@ -452,9 +458,9 @@ sudo curl -fSL https://github.com/ksyasuda/SubMiner/releases/latest/download/sub
 sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/subminer
 ```

-## Optional Extras
+## Optional extras

-### Linux Support Assets
+### Linux support assets

 SubMiner ships the Linux rofi theme, scoped Matroska thumbnailer registration, and launcher-managed runtime plugin copy in `subminer-assets.tar.gz`:

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-# IPC + Runtime Contracts
+# IPC + runtime contracts

-SubMiner's Electron app runs two isolated processes - main and renderer - that can only communicate through IPC channels. This boundary is intentional: the renderer is an untrusted surface (it loads Yomitan, renders user-controlled subtitle text, and runs in a Chromium sandbox), so every message crossing the bridge passes through a validation layer before it can reach domain logic.
+SubMiner's Electron app runs two isolated processes, main and renderer, and IPC channels are the only way they talk. That boundary is deliberate. The renderer is an untrusted surface: it loads Yomitan, renders subtitle text SubMiner did not write, and runs in a Chromium sandbox. Every message crossing the bridge goes through a validator before any domain code sees it.

-The contract system enforces this by making channel names, payload shapes, and validators co-located and co-evolved. A change to any IPC surface touches the contract, the validator, the preload bridge, and the handler in the same commit - drift between any of those layers is treated as a bug.
+Channel names, payload shapes, and validators all live together, so they change together. Touching an IPC surface means updating the contract, the validator, the preload bridge, and the handler in one commit. Drift between those four layers is a bug, not a style preference.

-## Message Flow
+## Message flow

 Renderer-initiated calls (`invoke`) pass through four boundaries before reaching a service. Fire-and-forget messages (`send`) follow the same path but skip the response leg. Malformed payloads are caught at the validator and never reach domain code.

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ flowchart TB
  style E fill:#ed8796,stroke:#494d64,color:#24273a,stroke-width:1.5px
 ```

-## Runtime Sockets
+## Runtime sockets

 The renderer↔main bridge above lives *inside* the Electron app. A separate set of OS sockets connects the app to the other runtimes - mpv and the launcher/plugin. These carry no renderer payloads and bypass the contract/validator layer; they are command and property channels between processes.

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ flowchart LR

 How these sockets are established during launch is covered in [Playback Startup Flow](./architecture#playback-startup-flow).

-## Core Surfaces
+## Core surfaces

 | File | Role |
 | --- | --- |
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ How these sockets are established during launch is covered in [Playback Startup
 | `src/core/services/anki-jimaku-ipc.ts` | Integration-specific IPC boundary for Anki and Jimaku operations. |
 | `src/main/cli-runtime.ts` | CLI/runtime command boundary. Handles commands that originate from the launcher or mpv plugin rather than the renderer. |

-## Contract Rules
+## Contract rules

 These rules exist to prevent a class of bugs where the renderer and main process silently disagree about message shapes - which surfaces as undefined fields, swallowed errors, or state corruption.

@@ -89,13 +89,13 @@ These rules exist to prevent a class of bugs where the renderer and main process
 - **Keep payloads narrow.** Send only what the handler needs. Avoid passing entire state objects across the bridge - it couples the renderer to internal main-process structure.
 - **Co-evolve all layers.** When a payload shape changes, update `contracts.ts`, `validators.ts`, `preload.ts`, and the handler in the same commit. Partial updates are treated as bugs.

-## Two Message Patterns
+## Two message patterns

 **Invoke (request/response):** The renderer calls a typed bridge method and awaits a result. The main process validates the payload, runs the handler, and returns a structured response. Used for operations where the renderer needs a result - lookups, config reads, mining actions.

 **Fire-and-forget (send):** The renderer sends a message with no response. The main process validates and handles it silently. Malformed payloads are dropped. Used for notifications where the renderer doesn't need confirmation - UI state hints, focus events, position updates.

-## Add a New IPC Action
+## Add a new IPC action

 1. Add the channel constant in `src/shared/ipc/contracts.ts`.
 2. Add or extend the payload validator in `src/shared/ipc/validators.ts`.
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ These rules exist to prevent a class of bugs where the renderer and main process
 5. Add tests for both valid and malformed payload cases in `src/core/services/*`.
 6. Update renderer tests when behavior or state transitions change.

-## Runtime State Notes
+## Runtime state notes

 - Prefer runtime/domain composition via `src/main/runtime/composers/*` and `src/main/runtime/domains/*`. IPC handlers should delegate to composers rather than containing orchestration logic.
 - Route shared mutable state updates through transition helpers in `src/main/state.ts` for migrated domains. Direct mutation from IPC handlers bypasses invariant checks.
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ These rules exist to prevent a class of bugs where the renderer and main process
 - **Renderer invoke fails:** Verify the preload bridge method exists and matches the channel constant. Check that the handler is registered and returning (not throwing).
 - **Contract drift:** When invoke calls return unexpected shapes, compare the shared contract, validator, preload bridge, and main handler signatures side by side. One of them was updated without the others.

-## Related Docs
+## Related docs

 - [Architecture](/architecture)
 - [Development](/development)
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-# Jellyfin Integration
+# Jellyfin integration

-[Jellyfin](https://jellyfin.org) is a free, self-hosted media server - think of it as your own private streaming service for video you own. If you keep your anime on a Jellyfin server, SubMiner can play episodes through mpv with the full mining overlay.
+[Jellyfin](https://jellyfin.org) is a free, self-hosted media server, a private streaming service for video you already own. If your anime lives on a Jellyfin server, SubMiner plays episodes from it through mpv with the mining overlay attached.

 ::: tip Who needs this?
-This page is only relevant if you already run (or have access to) a Jellyfin server. If you watch local files or YouTube, you can skip it. The in-app setup window (`subminer jellyfin`) is the easiest starting point.
+This page only matters if you already run a Jellyfin server or have access to one. Watching local files or YouTube? Skip it. Otherwise start with the in-app setup window (`subminer jellyfin`).
 :::

-SubMiner can act as a **cast-to-device target** for Jellyfin (similar to jellyfin-mpv-shim). Sign in once, turn on discovery, and SubMiner shows up in the "Play on…" / cast menu of any Jellyfin app - web, phone, or TV. Pick an episode, cast it to SubMiner, and it plays in SubMiner's mpv window with the full overlay and Yomitan click-to-lookup.
+SubMiner can register itself as a **cast-to-device target**, the way jellyfin-mpv-shim does. Sign in once, turn on discovery, and SubMiner appears in the "Play on" menu of any Jellyfin client, whether that is the web app, your phone, or a TV. Cast an episode and it opens in SubMiner's mpv window with the overlay and Yomitan lookup live.

 This is the recommended way to use Jellyfin with SubMiner. A terminal-only option is covered in [Launcher playback](#launcher-playback) at the end.

@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ This is the recommended way to use Jellyfin with SubMiner. A terminal-only optio

 ## Quick start

-### 1. Start SubMiner
+### 1. start SubMiner

-Launch SubMiner so it's running in the system tray.
+Launch SubMiner and leave it in the system tray.

-### 2. Sign in to your server
+### 2. sign in to your server

 Open the tray menu and click **Configure Jellyfin**. In the window that opens, enter your **Server URL** (for example `http://127.0.0.1:8096`), **Username**, and **Password**, then click **Login**.

@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ On success, SubMiner:

 Reopen this window any time to switch servers or **Logout**.

-### 3. Turn on discovery
+### 3. turn on discovery

 Discovery is what makes SubMiner appear as a cast target. Two ways to enable it:

 - **For the current session** - open the tray menu and tick **Jellyfin Discovery**. (This item appears once you've signed in.)
 - **Automatically on every launch** - already on by default. After your first sign-in, SubMiner auto-connects to Jellyfin at startup, so the cast target is ready without touching the tray. You can change this under [Settings](#settings).

-### 4. Cast from any Jellyfin app
+### 4. cast from any Jellyfin app

 In the Jellyfin web UI or mobile app, start playing something, open the **cast / "Play on"** menu, and pick your device - SubMiner appears there named after your computer's hostname. Playback opens in SubMiner.

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ From then on, pause / resume / seek / stop and audio or subtitle track changes y
 - **Resume works.** If Jellyfin has a saved position for the item, SubMiner seeks there on load.
 - **Direct play first.** When the source allows it and the container is in your direct-play allowlist, SubMiner streams the original file; otherwise it requests a transcoded stream from Jellyfin.
 - **Japanese subtitles are auto-selected,** preferring Jellyfin's default and embedded tracks over external sidecar files when several match.
- **Subtitle timing is corrected when possible.** SubMiner removes Jellyfin's server-selected subtitle stream from the mpv load URL, suppresses the mpv plugin's one-shot subtitle auto-selection and overlay auto-start for managed Jellyfin loads, stages downloaded subtitle tracks without letting mpv auto-switch between tracks, then selects the Japanese track once after applying any saved or inferred timing delay. When Jellyfin provides both Japanese and English subtitle files, SubMiner compares their cue timelines and applies a global delay if one track is clearly offset. Manual delay shifts you make with SubMiner's adjacent-cue controls are saved per item and subtitle track, then restored the next time you select that track.
+- **Downloaded subtitles keep their original timing.** SubMiner removes Jellyfin's server-selected subtitle stream from the mpv load URL, suppresses the mpv plugin's one-shot subtitle auto-selection and overlay auto-start for managed Jellyfin loads, stages the subtitle files exposed by Jellyfin without letting mpv auto-switch between tracks, resets mpv's subtitle delay to zero, then selects the Japanese track. SubMiner does not compare Japanese and English cue timelines or save an inferred delay.

 ## Settings

@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-# Jimaku Integration
+# Jimaku integration

-[Jimaku](https://jimaku.cc) is a community-driven subtitle repository for anime - a shared online library of subtitle files contributed by other learners. SubMiner integrates with the Jimaku API so you can search, browse, and download Japanese subtitle files directly from the overlay - no alt-tabbing or manual file management required. Downloaded subtitles are loaded into mpv immediately.
+[Jimaku](https://jimaku.cc) is a community subtitle repository for anime, built from files other learners uploaded. SubMiner talks to the Jimaku API, so you search, browse, and download Japanese subtitle files from inside the overlay. No alt-tabbing, no moving files around. A downloaded track loads into mpv right away.

 ::: tip Prerequisite: a free API key
 You need a Jimaku account and an API key (a personal access string) before this feature works. Create an account at [jimaku.cc](https://jimaku.cc), copy your key, and add it to your config as shown under [Configuration](#configuration) below. Without a key, the search modal will report "Jimaku API key not set."
 :::

-## How It Works
+## How it works

 The Jimaku integration runs through an in-overlay modal accessible via a keyboard shortcut (`Ctrl+Shift+J` by default).

-When you open the modal, SubMiner parses the current video filename to extract a title, season, and episode number. Common naming conventions are supported - `S01E03`, `1x03`, `E03`, and dash-separated episode numbers all work. If the filename yields a high-confidence match (title + episode), SubMiner auto-searches immediately.
+When you open the modal, SubMiner parses the current video filename to extract a title, season, and episode number. It handles `S01E03`, `1x03`, `E03`, and dash-separated episode numbers. If the filename yields a high-confidence match (title + episode), SubMiner auto-searches immediately.

 From there:

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ From there:

 If no files match the current episode filter, a "Show all files" button lets you broaden the search to all episodes for that entry.

-### Modal Keyboard Shortcuts
+### Modal keyboard shortcuts

 | Key | Action |
 | --- | --- |
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ The keyboard shortcut is configured separately under `shortcuts`:
 }
 ```

-### API Key
+### API key

 An API key is required to use the Jimaku integration. You can get one from [jimaku.cc](https://jimaku.cc). There are two ways to provide it:

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ An API key is required to use the Jimaku integration. You can get one from [jima

 If both are set, `apiKey` takes priority.

-## Filename Parsing
+## Filename parsing

 SubMiner extracts media info from the current video path to pre-fill the search fields. The parser handles:

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-# Launcher Script
+# Launcher script

-The `subminer` launcher is an all-in-one script that handles video selection, mpv startup, and overlay management. It is the recommended way to use SubMiner on Linux and macOS because it guarantees mpv is launched with the correct IPC socket and SubMiner defaults. It's a Bun script distributed as a release asset alongside the AppImage and DMG.
+The `subminer` launcher handles video selection, mpv startup, and overlay management in one script. Use it on Linux and macOS: it is the only path that guarantees mpv comes up with the right IPC socket and SubMiner's defaults. It is a Bun script, shipped as a release asset next to the AppImage and DMG.

 ::: tip Windows users
 On Windows, the recommended way to launch playback is the **SubMiner mpv** shortcut created during first-run setup - double-click it, drag a file onto it, or run `SubMiner.exe --launch-mpv` from a terminal. See [Windows mpv Shortcut](/usage#windows-mpv-shortcut) for details.
 :::

-## Video Picker
+## Video picker

-When you run `subminer` without specifying a file, it opens an interactive video picker. By default it uses **fzf** in the terminal; pass `-R` to use **rofi** instead.
+Run `subminer` with no file and it opens an interactive picker. That is **fzf** in the terminal by default, or **rofi** with `-R`.

 ### fzf (default)

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Override with the `SUBMINER_ROFI_THEME` environment variable:
 SUBMINER_ROFI_THEME=/path/to/custom-theme.rasi subminer -R
 ```

-## Watch History
+## Watch history

 `subminer -H` (or `--history`) browses your local watch history, sourced from the immersion tracker database. It works with both pickers: fzf by default, rofi with `-R -H`.

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ After an episode ends or you close mpv, the launcher returns to an action menu f

 Series whose directories are not currently accessible (e.g. an unmounted network share) are hidden from the list. Watch history requires the immersion tracker database (`immersionTracking.dbPath`, default `<config dir>/immersion.sqlite`), which SubMiner populates during playback.

-## Sync Between Machines
+## Sync between machines

 `subminer sync <host>` merges immersion stats and watch history between two machines over SSH, so both end up with the union of sessions, lifetime totals, vocabulary counts, daily/monthly charts, and `--history` entries. `<host>` is anything `ssh` accepts (`user@hostname` or an ssh config alias); SubMiner must be installed on both machines at the same version. The sync engine runs only inside the app (`SubMiner --sync-cli sync ...`): the sync window spawns it that way, `subminer sync` is a thin proxy that forwards to the installed app, and the remote side is found automatically whether it has the launcher or just the app. The command-line launcher is optional everywhere.

@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ Unfinished sessions (a crash mid-playback) are skipped until the app finalizes t

 Hosts with **Auto-sync** enabled are synced in the background on a configurable interval (default every 60 minutes), including during active playback; results surface as overlay notifications. The unfinished playback session is skipped until a later sync sees it finalized. Host bookkeeping lives in `<config dir>/sync-hosts.json`.

-## Common Commands
+## Common commands

 ```bash
 subminer video.mkv                      # play a specific file (managed launches auto-start the visible overlay by default)
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ subminer stats -b                       # start background stats daemon
 | `subminer stats rebuild` / `backfill`      | Rebuild or backfill rollup data                                                                   |
 | `subminer doctor`                          | Dependency + config + socket diagnostics (`--refresh-known-words` refreshes the known-word cache) |
 | `subminer settings`                        | Open the SubMiner settings window                                                                 |
+| `subminer generate-subs [video]`           | Generate [Japanese subtitles](/usage#generate-japanese-subtitles-locally) locally                 |
 | `subminer logs -e`                         | Export a sanitized local-date log ZIP and print its path                                          |
 | `subminer config path`                     | Print active config file path                                                                     |
 | `subminer config show`                     | Print active config contents                                                                      |
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
-# Mining Workflow
+# Mining workflow

-This guide walks through the sentence mining loop - from watching a video to creating Anki cards with audio, screenshots, and context.
+This guide walks the whole sentence mining loop, from starting a video to ending up with an Anki card that has audio, a screenshot, and the surrounding sentence.

 ## Overview

-_Sentence mining_ means turning real sentences you encounter while watching native video into Anki flashcards, so you learn vocabulary in the context where you actually met it. SubMiner automates the tedious parts of that loop.
+_Sentence mining_ means turning sentences you hit while watching native video into Anki cards, so you learn a word in the context where you first met it. The idea is old. The tedious part is everything between spotting the word and having a finished card, and that is the part SubMiner does for you.

-SubMiner runs as a transparent overlay on top of mpv (the video player). As subtitles play, the overlay displays them as interactive text. You hover a word, trigger a Yomitan dictionary lookup with your configured lookup key/modifier, then create an Anki card with a single action. SubMiner automatically attaches the sentence, an audio clip, and a screenshot to that card - no manual copy-pasting or screen capturing.
+SubMiner draws a transparent overlay on top of mpv and renders each subtitle line as interactive text. Hover a word, trigger a Yomitan lookup with your configured key or modifier, then add the card. SubMiner attaches the sentence, an audio clip, and a screenshot on its own, so there is nothing to copy-paste or screenshot by hand.

 > **Yomitan** is the popup dictionary that shows definitions when you hover or scan a word. **AnkiConnect** is the add-on that lets SubMiner talk to Anki. Both are set up during installation - see [Anki Integration](/anki-integration) if you have not configured them yet.

-## Creating Anki Cards
+## Creating Anki cards

 There are four ways to create or enrich cards, depending on your workflow.

-### 1. Auto-Update from Yomitan
+### 1. Auto-update from Yomitan

 This is the most common flow. Yomitan creates a card in Anki, and SubMiner enriches it automatically.

@@ -27,23 +27,22 @@ This is the most common flow. Yomitan creates a card in Anki, and SubMiner enric
   - **Sentence**: The current subtitle line.
   - **Audio**: Extracted from the video using the subtitle's start/end timing (plus optional configured padding).
   - **Image**: A screenshot or animated clip from the current playback position.
-   - **Translation**: From the secondary subtitle track, or generated via AI if configured.
   - **MiscInfo**: Metadata like filename and timestamp.

 Configure which fields to fill in `ankiConnect.fields`. See [Anki Integration](/anki-integration) for details.

-### 2. Manual Update from Clipboard
+### 2. manual update from clipboard

 If you prefer a hands-on approach (animecards-style), you can copy the current subtitle to the clipboard and then paste it onto the last-added Anki card:

 1. Add a word via Yomitan as usual.
 2. Press `Ctrl/Cmd+C` to copy the current subtitle line to the clipboard.
   - For multiple lines: press `Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+C`, then a digit `1`–`9` to select how many recent subtitle lines to combine. The combined text is copied to the clipboard.
-3. Press `Ctrl/Cmd+V` to update the last-added card with the clipboard contents plus audio, image, and translation - the same fields auto-update would fill.
+3. Press `Ctrl/Cmd+V` to update the last-added card with the clipboard contents plus audio and image, the same fields auto-update would fill.

-Manual clipboard updates always replace generated sentence audio, even when `ankiConnect.behavior.overwriteAudio` is disabled. The word audio field is left unchanged because the word itself does not change in this flow.
+Manual clipboard updates always replace generated sentence audio in `ankiConnect.fields.audio`, even when `ankiConnect.behavior.overwriteAudio` is disabled. Normal word-card updates use the configured sentence and audio fields even when Lapis or Kiku support is enabled.

-This is useful when auto-update is disabled or when you want explicit control over which subtitle line gets attached to the card.
+Use this when auto-update is off, or when the line you want on the card is not the line currently on screen.

 | Shortcut                   | Action                          | Config key                              |
 | -------------------------- | ------------------------------- | --------------------------------------- |
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ This is useful when auto-update is disabled or when you want explicit control ov
 | `Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+C` + digit | Copy multiple recent lines      | `shortcuts.copySubtitleMultiple`        |
 | `Ctrl/Cmd+V`               | Update last card from clipboard | `shortcuts.updateLastCardFromClipboard` |

-### 3. Mine Sentence (Hotkey)
+### 3. mine Sentence (hotkey)

 Create a standalone sentence card without going through Yomitan:

@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ The sentence card uses the note type configured in `isLapis.sentenceCardModel` a
 Sentence card creation requires `ankiConnect.isLapis.sentenceCardModel` to name a [Lapis](https://github.com/donkuri/lapis) or [Kiku](https://github.com/youyoumu/kiku) compatible note type that exists in Anki (default: `"Lapis"`). See [Anki Integration - Sentence Cards](/anki-integration#sentence-cards-lapis) for setup.
 :::

-### 4. Mark as Audio Card
+### 4. mark as audio card

 After adding a word via Yomitan, press the audio card shortcut (`Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+A` by default, `shortcuts.markAudioCard`) to mark the card as an audio card. This sets the audio-card flag and fills sentence, image, and metadata fields alongside the full-subtitle audio clip.

@@ -72,27 +71,27 @@ After adding a word via Yomitan, press the audio card shortcut (`Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+
 Audio card marking uses the same `ankiConnect.isLapis.sentenceCardModel` note type as sentence cards. See [Anki Integration - Sentence Cards](/anki-integration#sentence-cards-lapis) for setup.
 :::

-### Field Grouping (Kiku)
+### Field grouping (Kiku/Senren)

-If you mine the same word from different sentences, SubMiner can merge the cards instead of creating duplicates. This feature is designed for use with [Kiku](https://github.com/youyoumu/kiku) and similar note types that support grouped fields.
+If you mine the same word from different sentences, SubMiner can merge the cards instead of creating duplicates. This is built for [Kiku](https://github.com/youyoumu/kiku) and [Senren](https://github.com/BrenoAqua/Senren) note types that support grouped fields (Senren calls it scene switching).

 1. You add a word via Yomitan.
 2. SubMiner detects the new card and checks if a card with the same expression already exists.
-3. If a duplicate is found (this requires `ankiConnect.isKiku.fieldGrouping` to be set to `"auto"` or `"manual"`; it defaults to `"disabled"`):
-   - **Auto mode** (`ankiConnect.isKiku.fieldGrouping: "auto"`): Merges automatically. Both sentences, audio clips, and images are combined into the existing card. The duplicate is optionally deleted.
-   - **Manual mode** (`ankiConnect.isKiku.fieldGrouping: "manual"`): A modal appears showing both cards side by side. You choose which card to keep and preview the merged result before confirming.
+3. If a duplicate is found (this requires Kiku or Senren to be enabled with a field grouping mode of `"auto"` or `"manual"`):
+   - **Auto mode**: Merges automatically. Both sentences, audio clips, images, and source info are combined into the existing card. The duplicate is optionally deleted.
+   - **Manual mode**: A modal appears showing both cards side by side. You choose which card to keep and preview the merged result before confirming.

-See [Anki Integration - Field Grouping](/anki-integration#field-grouping-kiku) for configuration options, merge behavior, and modal keyboard shortcuts.
+See [Anki Integration - Field Grouping](/anki-integration#field-grouping-kiku-senren) for configuration options, merge behavior, and modal keyboard shortcuts.

-## Overlay Model
+## Overlay model

 SubMiner uses one overlay window with modal surfaces. It carries two subtitle bars - a primary reading bar and a secondary translation/context bar - plus modal dialogs that open on top.

 Toggle the entire overlay window with `Alt+Shift+O` (global) or `y-t` (mpv plugin).

-### Primary Subtitle Layer
+### Primary subtitle layer

-The primary bar renders subtitles as tokenized hoverable word spans. Each word is a separate element with reading and headword data attached. This plane is styled independently from mpv subtitles and supports:
+The primary bar renders each subtitle as separate hoverable word spans, each carrying its reading and headword. Its styling is independent of mpv's own subtitle rendering. It supports:

 - Word-level hover targets for Yomitan lookup
 - Auto pause/resume on subtitle hover (enabled by default via `subtitleStyle.autoPauseVideoOnHover`)
@@ -101,18 +100,17 @@ The primary bar renders subtitles as tokenized hoverable word spans. Each word i
 - Right-click + drag to reposition subtitles
 - **Reading annotations** - known words, N+1 targets, character-name matches, JLPT levels, and frequency hits can all be visually highlighted

-### Secondary Subtitle Bar
+### Secondary subtitle bar

-The secondary bar is a compact top-strip region in the same overlay window. It shows a secondary subtitle track (typically English) for translation/context while keeping the primary reading flow below. It is useful for:
+The secondary bar is a compact top-strip region in the same overlay window. It shows a secondary subtitle track, usually English, above the primary reading line. Use it to sanity-check your comprehension without breaking out of the mining flow.

- Quick comprehension checks without leaving the mining flow.
- Auto-populating the translation field on mined cards - when a card is created, SubMiner uses the secondary subtitle text as the translation field value (unless AI translation is configured to override it).
+For local media, SubMiner can parse supported embedded secondary tracks into timed cues. For remote URLs and files on network mounts, it uses mpv's live secondary subtitle text instead of scanning the media with ffmpeg.

-It is controlled by `secondarySub` configuration and shares its lifecycle with the main overlay window. Cycle which track feeds it with `Shift+J`.
+The `secondarySub` config controls it, and it opens and closes with the main overlay window. Cycle which track feeds it with `Shift+J`.

-SubMiner collapses duplicate ASS layers in parsed secondary tracks. Long lines repeated as dialogue and positioned signs are treated as the same line when they differ only in whitespace or terminal punctuation. Dense multi-row sign layouts, such as translated timetables, are excluded instead of being concatenated into the secondary bar. When SubMiner must use mpv's live text as a fallback, it still filters full-line duplicates while preserving short repeated dialogue.
+SubMiner collapses duplicate ASS layers in parsed secondary tracks. Exact repeated lines collapse at any length, while distinct simultaneous short lines remain separate. Long dialogue and positioned-sign copies also collapse when they differ only in whitespace or terminal punctuation. Dense multi-row sign layouts, such as translated timetables, are excluded instead of being concatenated into the secondary bar.

-### Display Modes
+### Display modes

 Both the primary and secondary subtitle bars share the same three visibility modes, and each can be changed independently at runtime:

@@ -129,11 +127,11 @@ Cycle each bar's mode at runtime with its own shortcut:
 | `V`                | Cycle primary subtitle mode (hidden → visible → hover)   | overlay-local                  |
 | `Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+V` | Cycle secondary subtitle mode (hidden → visible → hover) | `shortcuts.toggleSecondarySub` |

-### Modal Surfaces
+### Modal surfaces

 Jimaku search, field-grouping, runtime options, and manual subsync open as modal surfaces on top of the same overlay window.

-## Looking Up Words
+## Looking up words

 1. Hover over the subtitle area - the overlay activates pointer events.
 2. Hover the word you want. SubMiner keeps per-token boundaries so Yomitan can target that token cleanly.
@@ -141,7 +139,7 @@ Jimaku search, field-grouping, runtime options, and manual subsync open as modal
 4. Yomitan opens its lookup popup for the hovered token.
 5. From the popup, add the word to Anki.

-### Controller Workflow
+### Controller workflow

 With a gamepad connected and keyboard-only mode enabled, the full mining loop works without a mouse or keyboard:

@@ -153,11 +151,11 @@ With a gamepad connected and keyboard-only mode enabled, the full mining loop wo
 6. **Close** - press `B` to dismiss the Yomitan popup and return to subtitle navigation.
 7. **Pause/resume** - press `L3` (left stick click) to toggle mpv pause at any time.

-After controller support is enabled, the controller and keyboard can be used interchangeably - switching mid-session is seamless. Toggle keyboard-only mode on or off with `Y` on the controller.
+Once controller support is on, the controller and keyboard both stay live. You can drop the controller mid-episode and keep going with the keyboard. Toggle keyboard-only mode with `Y` on the controller.

 See [Usage - Controller Support](/usage#controller-support) for setup details and [Configuration - Controller Support](/configuration#controller-support) for the full mapping and tuning options.

-## Subtitle Sync (Subsync)
+## Subtitle sync (subsync)

 If your subtitle file is out of sync with the audio, SubMiner can resynchronize it using [alass](https://github.com/kaegi/alass) or [ffsubsync](https://github.com/smacke/ffsubsync).

@@ -171,24 +169,22 @@ The reference and the out-of-sync subtitle must be different tracks; the referen

 For remote streams, including Jellyfin playback, the modal only offers alass with a subtitle reference. Jellyfin subtitle URLs are cached as temporary subtitle files so alass can read them, but the video stream is not downloaded. ffsubsync and the video-file reference need direct access to the local media file and are unavailable for stream URLs.

-When you mine a sentence card from the stats dashboard, SubMiner can also use `alass` automatically to align a local English sidecar against the matching local Japanese sidecar before filling the card translation field. The source subtitle files are not modified; SubMiner writes a temporary retimed copy and reuses it while the stats server is running.
-
 Install the sync tools separately - see [Troubleshooting](/troubleshooting#subtitle-sync-subsync) if the tools are not found.

 ## Texthooker

-SubMiner runs a local HTTP server at `http://127.0.0.1:5174` (fixed default port; overridable only via the mpv plugin's `texthooker_port` script-opt) that serves a texthooker UI. This allows external tools - such as a browser-based Yomitan instance - to receive subtitle text in real time.
+SubMiner serves a texthooker UI from a local HTTP server at `http://127.0.0.1:5174`. The port is fixed unless you override it with the mpv plugin's `texthooker_port` script-opt. External tools read subtitle text from it as lines arrive, which is how you would feed a browser-based Yomitan instance.

 The texthooker page displays the current subtitle and updates as new lines arrive. This is useful if you prefer to do lookups in a browser rather than through the overlay's built-in Yomitan.

 If you want to build your own browser client, websocket consumer, or automation relay, see [WebSocket / Texthooker API & Integration](/websocket-texthooker-api).

-## Related Features
+## Related features

-These features support the mining loop but have their own dedicated pages:
+These feed into the mining loop but each has its own page:

 - **[Jimaku subtitle search](/jimaku-integration)** - search and download anime subtitle files directly from the overlay (`Ctrl+Shift+J` by default), then load them into mpv.
- **[N+1 word highlighting](/subtitle-annotations#n-1-word-highlighting)** - cross-reference your Anki decks to highlight known words, making true N+1 sentences (exactly one unknown word) easy to spot during immersion.
+- **[N+1 word highlighting](/subtitle-annotations#n-1-word-highlighting)** - reads your Anki decks and highlights words you already know, so a line with exactly one unknown word stands out while you watch.
 - **[Immersion tracking](/immersion-tracking)** - log watching and mining activity to a local database and view session times, words seen, and cards mined in the built-in stats dashboard.

 Next: [Anki Integration](/anki-integration) - field mapping, media generation, and card enrichment configuration.
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-# MPV Plugin
+# MPV plugin

-**What this is:** mpv is the video player SubMiner overlays subtitles on. The SubMiner mpv plugin is a small Lua script that runs _inside_ mpv and gives you in-player keybindings to control the SubMiner overlay (start/stop/toggle, skip intro, etc.) without leaving the player window.
+The SubMiner mpv plugin is a small Lua script that runs _inside_ mpv. It binds in-player keys for controlling the overlay, so start, stop, toggle, and skip-intro all work without leaving the player window.

-**Who needs this page:** Most users never touch the plugin directly - SubMiner-managed launches (the app, the `subminer` launcher, or the Windows shortcut) inject the bundled plugin automatically for that session, so there is nothing to install into mpv's global `scripts` directory. Read on if you launch mpv from another tool and want SubMiner's in-player controls, or you want to script mpv against SubMiner.
+Most people never touch it. Any SubMiner-managed launch, whether from the app, the `subminer` launcher, or the Windows shortcut, injects the bundled plugin for that session, and nothing lands in mpv's global `scripts` directory. Keep reading if you launch mpv from some other tool and still want the in-player controls, or you want to script mpv against SubMiner.

-The plugin ships as a modular Lua package under `plugin/subminer/` (entry point `main.lua`, which loads `init.lua` and sibling modules). Earlier releases shipped a single global `main.lua`; runtime loading replaces it.
+The plugin is a modular Lua package under `plugin/subminer/`. `main.lua` is the entry point and loads `init.lua` plus its sibling modules. Earlier releases installed a single global `main.lua`; runtime loading replaced that.

-## Runtime Loading
+## Runtime loading

 Launch mpv through the SubMiner app, the `subminer` launcher, or the packaged Windows SubMiner mpv shortcut. These paths pass mpv a bundled plugin path for that playback session only, leaving regular mpv playback untouched.

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ The AniSkip key is **not** a `y` chord and is not bound by the plugin: the SubMi

 The bare `v` binding is a forced mpv binding. It overrides mpv's default primary subtitle visibility toggle and routes the action to SubMiner's primary subtitle bar instead.

-## Shared Shortcuts (Session Bindings)
+## Shared shortcuts (session bindings)

 The `y-*` chords above are built into the plugin. Everything else you configure under [`shortcuts.*`](/shortcuts) - plus any custom [`keybindings`](/configuration) and the stats toggle/mark-watched keys - is **injected into mpv at runtime**, so the same shortcut works both inside mpv and in the SubMiner overlay. You do not edit any mpv config to enable them.

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ SubMiner:

 Select an item by pressing its number.

-## Binary Auto-Detection
+## Binary auto-detection

 When `binary_path` is empty, the plugin searches platform-specific locations:

@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ A PowerShell system lookup runs first (running SubMiner process, registry App Pa

 On Windows the plugin also normalizes a Unix-style `socket_path` (`/tmp/subminer-socket`) to the named pipe `\\.\pipe\subminer-socket` at runtime.

-## Backend Detection
+## Backend detection

 When `backend=auto`, the plugin detects the window manager:

@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ When `backend=auto`, the plugin detects the window manager:
 Native Wayland support is only available for Hyprland and Sway. If you use a different Wayland compositor, auto-detection will fall back to X11 - both mpv and SubMiner must be running under Xwayland, and `xdotool` and `xwininfo` must be installed.
 :::

-## Script Messages
+## Script messages

 The plugin can be controlled from other mpv scripts or the mpv command line using script messages:

@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ For how the plugin's auto-start fits into the full launch sequence - including w
 - **MPV shutdown**: The plugin clears its hover/OSD/gate state on shutdown; the overlay app notices the closed IPC socket and shuts itself down.
 - **Texthooker**: When `texthooker_enabled=yes`, the plugin appends `--texthooker` to the overlay start command so the app starts the texthooker server alongside the overlay.

-## Using with the `subminer` Wrapper
+## Using with the `subminer` wrapper

 The `subminer` wrapper script handles mpv launch, socket setup, and overlay lifecycle automatically. You do not need the plugin if you always use the wrapper.

@@ -6,6 +6,23 @@
 */
 {

+  // ==========================================
+  // Japanese Subtitle Generation
+  // Generate timed Japanese subtitles from local audio using whisper.cpp.
+  // Configure an existing GGML model path or explicitly download a SubMiner-managed model.
+  // Hot-reload: settings apply to the next generation or model download.
+  // ==========================================
+  "subtitleGeneration": {
+    "whisperPath": "", // Optional path override for whisper.cpp. Leave empty to find whisper-cli on PATH.
+    "modelPath": "", // Path to an existing multilingual whisper.cpp GGML model. Leave empty to use a SubMiner-managed model. A configured path always takes precedence.
+    "managedModel": "small", // Multilingual whisper.cpp model to use when modelPath is empty. Download it explicitly from the generation modal or launcher. Values: tiny | tiny-q5_1 | tiny-q8_0 | base | base-q5_1 | base-q8_0 | small | small-q5_1 | small-q8_0 | medium | medium-q5_0 | medium-q8_0 | large-v1 | large-v2 | large-v2-q5_0 | large-v2-q8_0 | large-v3 | large-v3-q5_0 | large-v3-turbo | large-v3-turbo-q5_0 | large-v3-turbo-q8_0
+    "threads": 4, // Positive integer CPU thread count for whisper.cpp Japanese transcription.
+    "ffmpegPath": "", // Optional FFmpeg path override for audio extraction. Leave empty to find ffmpeg on PATH.
+    "ffprobePath": "", // Optional FFprobe path override for audio tracks and timing. Leave empty to find ffprobe on PATH.
+    "vadModelPath": "", // Path to a whisper.cpp Silero VAD model. Enables dialogue-focused generation from separate speech passages. Leave empty to transcribe the full audio, including songs.
+    "vadPath": "" // Optional speech detector executable override. With vadModelPath configured, leave empty to find whisper-vad-speech-segments on PATH.
+  }, // Generate timed Japanese subtitles from local audio using whisper.cpp.
+
  // ==========================================
  // Visible Overlay Auto-Start
  // Show the visible subtitle overlay automatically after managed mpv playback starts SubMiner.
@@ -206,6 +223,7 @@
    "openRuntimeOptions": "CommandOrControl+Shift+O", // Accelerator that opens the runtime options modal.
    "openJimaku": "Ctrl+Shift+J", // Accelerator that opens the Jimaku subtitle search modal.
    "openTsukihime": "Ctrl+Shift+T", // Accelerator that opens the TsukiHime subtitle search modal (configured secondary/Japanese primary tabs).
+    "openSubtitleGeneration": "Ctrl+Shift+G", // Accelerator that opens the standalone Japanese subtitle generation modal.
    "openSessionHelp": "CommandOrControl+Slash", // Accelerator that opens the session help / keybinding cheatsheet.
    "openControllerSelect": "Alt+C", // Accelerator that opens the controller selection and learn-mode modal.
    "openControllerDebug": "Alt+Shift+C", // Accelerator that opens the controller debug modal with live axis/button readouts.
@@ -523,7 +541,7 @@
  // ==========================================
  // AnkiConnect Integration
  // Automatic Anki updates and media generation options.
-  // Hot-reload: ankiConnect.ai.enabled, media.normalizeAudio/mirrorMpvVolume, knownWords, nPlusOne, fields.word/audio/image/sentence/miscInfo, behavior.autoUpdateNewCards, isLapis.sentenceCardModel, isKiku.fieldGrouping, and lapisKiku.wordCardKind update live while SubMiner is running.
+  // Hot-reload: ankiConnect.ai.enabled, media.normalizeAudio/mirrorMpvVolume/reviewTiming, knownWords, nPlusOne, fields.word/audio/image/sentence/miscInfo, behavior.autoUpdateNewCards, isLapis.sentenceCardModel, isKiku.fieldGrouping, isSenren.fieldGrouping, and lapisKiku.wordCardKind update live while SubMiner is running.
  // Shared AI provider transport settings are read from top-level ai and typically require restart.
  // Most other AnkiConnect settings still require restart.
  // ==========================================
@@ -569,6 +587,7 @@
      "syncAnimatedImageToWordAudio": true, // For animated AVIF images, prepend a frozen first frame matching the existing word-audio duration so motion starts with sentence audio. Values: true | false
      "normalizeAudio": true, // Normalize generated sentence audio loudness during media extraction. Changes apply live. Values: true | false
      "mirrorMpvVolume": true, // Apply mpv's current software volume curve to generated sentence audio. Changes apply live. Values: true | false
+      "reviewTiming": false, // Review and preview subtitle media timing before SubMiner creates or enriches a mined card. Values: true | false
      "audioPadding": 0, // Seconds of padding appended to both ends of generated sentence audio and animated AVIF clips.
      "fallbackDuration": 3, // Fallback clip duration in seconds when subtitle timing data is unavailable.
      "maxMediaDuration": 30 // Maximum allowed media clip duration in seconds.
@@ -606,6 +625,11 @@
      "fieldGrouping": "disabled", // Kiku duplicate-card field grouping mode. Values: auto | manual | disabled
      "deleteDuplicateInAuto": true // When Kiku field grouping is "auto", delete the duplicate source card after grouping completes. Values: true | false
    }, // Is kiku setting.
+    "isSenren": {
+      "enabled": false, // Enable Senren-specific duplicate handling (scene-switching field grouping, including miscInfo grouping). Mutually exclusive with isKiku.enabled. Values: true | false
+      "fieldGrouping": "auto", // Senren duplicate-card field grouping mode (scene switching). Values: auto | manual | disabled
+      "deleteDuplicateInAuto": true // When Senren field grouping is "auto", delete the duplicate source card after grouping completes. Values: true | false
+    }, // Is senren setting.
    "lapisKiku": {
      "wordCardKind": "word-and-sentence" // Card-type flag SubMiner marks on Kiku/Lapis word cards. Only one flag is set at a time; the others are cleared. Requires isKiku.enabled or isLapis.enabled. Values: word-and-sentence | click | sentence | audio | none
    } // Lapis kiku setting.
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Keyboard Shortcuts
+# Keyboard shortcuts

 This page is the complete reference for every keystroke SubMiner responds to. If you are just getting started, focus on the **Mining Shortcuts** and **Overlay Controls** sections - those cover the day-to-day mining loop. The rest can wait until you need them.

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ A few terms used throughout:

 All shortcuts are configurable in `config.jsonc` under `shortcuts` and `keybindings`. Set any shortcut to `null` to disable it.

-## App-Wide Shortcuts
+## App-wide shortcuts

 | Shortcut      | Action                 | Scope                                       | Configurable                           |
 | ------------- | ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@ All shortcuts are configurable in `config.jsonc` under `shortcuts` and `keybindi
 `Alt+Shift+O` is dispatched by the overlay window and the mpv plugin, so it works from either surface without OS registration. Only `Alt+Shift+Y` is registered with the OS; if it conflicts with another application, that binding cannot be changed. All `shortcuts.*` keys hot-reload - no restart needed.
 :::

-## Mining Shortcuts
+## Mining shortcuts

 These work when the overlay window has focus.

+When text is selected in the [subtitle sidebar](./subtitle-sidebar.md#selecting-and-copying-dialogue), `Ctrl/Cmd+C` copies that selection without timestamps, taking priority over the current-subtitle action. `Escape` clears the sidebar selection.
+
 | Shortcut           | Action                                          | Config key                              |
 | ------------------ | ----------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------- |
 | `Ctrl/Cmd+S`       | Mine current subtitle as sentence card          | `shortcuts.mineSentence`                |
@@ -35,9 +37,9 @@ These work when the overlay window has focus.
 | `Ctrl/Cmd+G`       | Trigger field grouping (Kiku merge check)       | `shortcuts.triggerFieldGrouping`        |
 | `Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+A` | Mark last card as audio card                    | `shortcuts.markAudioCard`               |

-The multi-line shortcuts open a digit selector with a 3-second timeout (`shortcuts.multiCopyTimeoutMs`). Press `1`–`9` to select how many recent subtitle lines to combine. When the shortcut starts from mpv, SubMiner focuses the visible overlay for that selector instead of reserving the number keys in the mpv plugin.
+The multi-line shortcuts open a digit selector with a 3-second timeout (`shortcuts.multiCopyTimeoutMs`). Press `1`–`9` to select the total number of subtitle lines to combine, ending at the current line and moving backward through the subtitle timeline. The current line counts toward the selected total. When the shortcut starts from mpv, SubMiner focuses the visible overlay for that selector instead of reserving the number keys in the mpv plugin.

-## Overlay Controls
+## Overlay controls

 These control playback and subtitle display. They require overlay window focus.

@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ On macOS managed playback, SubMiner disables mpv's menu-bar shortcuts so configu

 Mouse-hover playback behavior is configured separately from shortcuts: `subtitleStyle.autoPauseVideoOnHover` defaults to `true` (pause on subtitle hover, resume on leave).

-## Subtitle & Feature Shortcuts
+## Subtitle and feature shortcuts

 | Shortcut           | Action                                                   | Config key                                 |
 | ------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ Mouse-hover playback behavior is configured separately from shortcuts: `subtitle
 | `Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+O` | Open runtime options palette                             | `shortcuts.openRuntimeOptions`             |
 | `Ctrl/Cmd+/`       | Open session help modal                                  | `shortcuts.openSessionHelp`                |
 | `Ctrl+Shift+J`     | Open Jimaku subtitle search modal                        | `shortcuts.openJimaku`                     |
+| `Ctrl+Shift+G`     | Open Japanese subtitle generation modal                 | `shortcuts.openSubtitleGeneration`         |
 | `Ctrl+Shift+T`     | Open TsukiHime subtitle search modal (EN/JA tabs)       | `shortcuts.openTsukihime`                 |
 | `Ctrl/Cmd+N`       | Toggle overlay notification history panel                | `shortcuts.toggleNotificationHistory`      |
 | `Ctrl+Alt+C`       | Open the manual YouTube subtitle picker                  | `keybindings`                              |
@@ -97,7 +100,7 @@ The stats toggle is handled inside the focused visible overlay window. It is con

 The subtitle sidebar toggle is overlay-local and only opens when SubMiner has a parsed cue list for the active subtitle source.

-## Controller Shortcuts
+## Controller shortcuts

 These overlay-local shortcuts open controller utilities for the Chrome Gamepad API integration.

@@ -108,7 +111,7 @@ These overlay-local shortcuts open controller utilities for the Chrome Gamepad A

 Controller input only drives the overlay while keyboard-only mode is enabled. The controller mapping and tuning live under the top-level `controller` config block; keyboard-only mode still works normally without a controller.

-## MPV Plugin Chords
+## MPV plugin chords

 When the mpv plugin is installed, all commands use a `y` chord prefix - press `y`, then the second key (the overlay-side chord times out after 1 second; the mpv plugin uses native mpv key sequences).

@@ -128,14 +131,14 @@ The bare `v` plugin binding intentionally overrides mpv's native primary subtitl

 When the overlay has focus, press `y` then `d` to toggle DevTools (debugging helper).

-## Drag-and-Drop
+## Drag-and-drop

 | Gesture                   | Action                                           |
 | ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
 | Drop file(s) onto overlay | Replace current mpv playlist with dropped files  |
 | `Shift` + drop file(s)    | Append all dropped files to current mpv playlist |

-## Customizing Shortcuts
+## Customizing shortcuts

 All `shortcuts.*` keys accept [Electron accelerator strings](https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/tutorial/keyboard-shortcuts), for example `"CommandOrControl+D"`. Use `null` to disable a shortcut.

@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
-# Subtitle Annotations
+# Subtitle annotations

-SubMiner annotates subtitle tokens in real time as they appear in the overlay. Four annotation layers work together to surface useful context while you watch: **N+1 highlighting**, **character-name highlighting**, **frequency highlighting**, and **JLPT tagging**.
+SubMiner annotates subtitle tokens as they appear in the overlay. There are four layers: **N+1 highlighting**, **character-name highlighting**, **frequency highlighting**, and **JLPT tagging**.

-All four are opt-in and configured under `subtitleStyle`, `ankiConnect.knownWords`, and `ankiConnect.nPlusOne` in your config. They apply independently - you can enable any combination.
+All four are off by default and live under `subtitleStyle`, `ankiConnect.knownWords`, and `ankiConnect.nPlusOne`. They are independent, so any combination works.

 ::: tip Tokenization
-SubMiner's primary tokenizer is Yomitan itself - subtitle text is tokenized based entirely on the dictionaries you have installed in Yomitan. Installing many large dictionaries can increase noise and slow down lookups, so be selective about which dictionaries you install and their priority order.
+Yomitan is the tokenizer, so the dictionaries you installed there decide where word boundaries fall. Piling on large dictionaries adds noise and slows lookups. Be picky about which ones you install and what order you rank them in.
 :::

 Before any of those layers render, SubMiner strips annotation metadata from tokens that are usually just subtitle glue or annotation noise. Standalone particles, auxiliaries, adnominals, common explanatory endings like `んです` / `のだ`, merged trailing quote-particle forms like `...って`, auxiliary-stem grammar tails like `そうだ` (MeCab POS3 `助動詞語幹`), repeated kana interjections, and similar non-lexical helper tokens remain hoverable in the subtitle text, but they render as plain tokens without known-word, N+1, frequency, JLPT, or name-match annotation styling.

 Kanji vocabulary that MeCab labels `名詞/非自立`, such as `日` or `以外`, remains content for every annotation layer. The `非自立` exclusion only suppresses kana grammar nouns such as `こと` and `もの`.

-## N+1 Word Highlighting
+## N+1 word highlighting

-N+1 highlighting identifies sentences where you know every word except one, making them ideal mining targets. When enabled, SubMiner builds a local cache of your known vocabulary from Anki and highlights tokens accordingly.
+An N+1 sentence is one where you know every word but a single unknown. Those are the best mining targets, because the rest of the sentence gives you the context for free. SubMiner caches your known vocabulary from Anki and marks the lines that qualify.

 **How it works:**

@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ Prefer expression/word fields for `ankiConnect.knownWords.decks`. Reading-only f
 Set `refreshMinutes` to `1440` (24 hours) for daily sync if your Anki collection is large.
 :::

-## Known-Word Maturity Highlighting
+## Known-word maturity highlighting

-Instead of one color for every known word, maturity highlighting tints each known token by the review state of its Anki cards (like asbplayer), giving an at-a-glance sense of how much of a line is solidly learned.
+Maturity highlighting tints each known token by the review state of its Anki cards instead of painting every known word the same color, so you can see how much of a line you actually have down. asbplayer does the same thing.

 **How it works:**

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ bun run verify-known-word-highlights:electron -- --input /path/to/episode.ja.srt

 It tokenizes every cue through the real Yomitan/MeCab pipeline with your live known-word cache, prints each line in your configured tier colors, and summarizes the tier counts. `--audit` re-derives each highlighted tier from live Anki card data (`notesInfo` + `cardsInfo` intervals) and lists any token whose color disagrees, with the note ids and intervals behind it. Electron locks the Yomitan profile, so quit SubMiner first or pass `--profile-copy` to run against a scratch copy. Other useful flags: `--refresh` (refresh the cache first), `--limit <n>`, `--quiet`, `--json`.

-## Character-Name Highlighting
+## Character-name highlighting

 Character-name matches are built from the active merged SubMiner character dictionary, which auto-syncs character data from AniList for your recently-watched titles. When the current AniList media ID is known, SubMiner ignores loaded entries from other titles for subtitle name matching and inline portraits. Matching names are highlighted in subtitles and become available for hover-driven Yomitan character profiles - portraits, roles, voice actors, and biographical detail.

@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ Character-name matches are built from the active merged SubMiner character dicti

 For full details on dictionary generation, name variant expansion, auto-sync lifecycle, and configuration, see the dedicated [Character Dictionary](/character-dictionary) page.

-## Frequency Highlighting
+## Frequency highlighting

-Frequency highlighting colors tokens based on how common they are, using dictionary frequency rank data. This helps you spot high-value vocabulary at a glance. For each token, ranks from the installed Yomitan frequency dictionaries are consulted in priority order: the highest-priority dictionary that has the term wins, lower-priority dictionaries fill in terms it lacks, and occurrence-based dictionaries are skipped.
+Frequency highlighting colors tokens by how common the word is, so a rare word in an otherwise easy line stands out. Ranks come from your installed Yomitan frequency dictionaries, read in priority order. The highest-priority dictionary that has the term wins, lower-priority ones fill in terms it lacks, and occurrence-based dictionaries are skipped.

 **Modes:**

@@ -137,9 +137,9 @@ Frequency highlighting skips tokens that look like non-lexical noise (kana redup
 Frequency, JLPT, and N+1 metadata are only shown for tokens that survive the subtitle-annotation noise filter. Standalone grammar tokens like `は`, `です`, and `この` are intentionally left unannotated even if a dictionary can assign them metadata.
 :::

-## JLPT Tagging
+## JLPT tagging

-JLPT tagging adds colored underlines to tokens based on their JLPT level (N1–N5), giving you an at-a-glance sense of difficulty distribution in each subtitle line.
+JLPT tagging underlines each token in a color for its JLPT level (N1–N5), so the difficulty spread of a line is visible without reading it closely.

 **How it works:**

@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ All colors are customizable via the `subtitleStyle.jlptColors` object.
 | `subtitleStyle.enableJlpt`         | `false`   | Enable JLPT underline styling |
 | `subtitleStyle.jlptColors.N1`–`N5` | see above | Per-level underline colors    |

-## Runtime Toggles
+## Runtime toggles

 These annotation layers can be toggled at runtime via the runtime options palette (`Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+O`) without restarting:

@@ -177,9 +177,9 @@ These annotation layers can be toggled at runtime via the runtime options palett

 (Character-name matching, `subtitleStyle.nameMatchEnabled`, is toggled through config or the Settings window, not the runtime palette.)

-Toggles only apply to new subtitle lines after the change - the currently displayed line is not re-tokenized in place.
+A toggle takes effect on the next subtitle line. SubMiner does not re-tokenize the line already on screen.

-## Rendering Priority
+## Rendering priority

 When multiple annotations apply to the same token, the visual priority is:

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+# Japanese subtitle generation
+
+Generate Japanese SRT subtitles from a local video's audio using [whisper.cpp](https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp). The launcher and overlay use the same local generation service. Audio stays on your computer. Model downloads require an internet connection; generation with an installed model does not.
+
+## Setup
+
+Install whisper.cpp's `whisper-cli` executable and FFmpeg, including `ffprobe`. SubMiner downloads models, not these executables. Leave `whisperPath`, `ffmpegPath`, and `ffprobePath` empty to find the executables on `PATH`. To use a specific installation, set a path override under **Settings → Integrations → Japanese Subtitle Generation**.
+
+Choose one model source:
+
+- Set `subtitleGeneration.modelPath` to an existing **multilingual whisper.cpp GGML `.bin` model**. Python Whisper checkpoints and English-only models are not suitable for Japanese transcription.
+- Leave that path empty and choose a model directly in the generation modal. Each option shows its download size; the selected model has speed and accuracy guidance. The modal offers **Download model** when that model is missing. Your choice lasts for the current SubMiner session, including closing and reopening the modal. Set `subtitleGeneration.managedModel` in Settings to change the default for future sessions.
+
+Managed models are stored in `models/whisper/` beside your SubMiner configuration file. Downloads show progress, verify the expected file size and SHA256, and publish the model only after verification. Cancelling or failing a download removes its temporary files. A configured external path always takes precedence; an unreadable path displays an error instead of silently downloading another model.
+
+See the [generated configuration example](/config.example.jsonc) for current defaults. Changes apply to the next operation.
+
+## Prioritizing spoken dialogue
+
+To focus on dialogue, check the optional **Focus on spoken dialogue** box in the generation modal. If the speech detection model is missing, click **Download speech detection model** to install it. This separate download uses the same progress, cancellation, and integrity checks as Whisper downloads. Checking the box never downloads automatically, and leaving it unchecked lets you generate without the Silero model.
+
+You also need whisper.cpp's [speech segment detector](https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/tree/master/examples/vad-speech-segments). SubMiner downloads the model, not this executable. The detector is found as `whisper-vad-speech-segments` on `PATH`. Builds from the upstream source may name it `vad-speech-segments`; set `vadPath` in **Settings → Integrations → Japanese Subtitle Generation** when needed.
+
+The checkbox choice lasts for the current SubMiner session, including closing and reopening the modal. To make dialogue mode your default, set `vadModelPath` in Settings to a [Silero GGML VAD model](https://huggingface.co/ggml-org/whisper-vad/tree/main). The modal downloads `ggml-silero-v6.2.0.bin` into the same `models/whisper/` directory as managed Whisper models. An existing configured VAD path takes precedence and checks the box initially. Unchecking it temporarily disables dialogue mode without changing that path. Downloading the model alone does not enable dialogue mode.
+
+With speech detection configured, SubMiner transcribes short speech passages separately and restores each passage's position on the original audio timeline. Detection retains brief utterances and includes extra audio around speech to reduce clipped syllables. If the detector returns a long passage, SubMiner looks for quiet pauses near chunk boundaries. Adjacent chunks overlap slightly to provide context when speech continues through a cut. Matching subtitle cues in that overlap are combined; repeated dialogue at separate times remains separate.
+
+SubMiner resets transcription context between passages and limits subtitle cues to the audio supplied for each chunk. A line cannot stretch across an omitted music break. Progress reports completed batches of dialogue passages. These adjustments do not replace Whisper's timestamp estimates or guarantee that every spoken line is recognized.
+
+This mode prioritizes spoken dialogue over songs and background sounds. It can miss quiet speech or speech mixed with loud music, and recognition errors are still possible. Uncheck **Focus on spoken dialogue** to return to full-audio transcription for the session, or clear `vadModelPath` to change the default. A selected detector or model that fails stops generation with an error. Existing subtitles are preserved.
+
+## Choosing a model
+
+Start with **small** for a balance of Japanese recognition quality and CPU time. This is a general starting recommendation, not a benchmark for your hardware. Tiny and base need less memory and usually finish sooner, with more recognition errors. Medium and large models favor accuracy but need more resources. Large-v3-turbo is optimized for speed compared with large-v3, with some accuracy tradeoff; actual performance depends on your CPU, GPU, whisper.cpp build, and audio.
+
+The picker includes whisper.cpp's official multilingual tiny, base, small, medium, large-v1, large-v2, large-v3, and large-v3-turbo downloads, including their available quantized variants. Quantized models use less disk space and memory, with possible accuracy loss. English-only `.en` models are excluded. See the [upstream model list](https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/blob/master/models/download-ggml-model.sh) and [Whisper's model guidance](https://github.com/openai/whisper#available-models-and-languages).
+
+A configured external Model Path takes precedence and hides the managed model picker. Clear it in Settings to choose a managed model. Changing the picker never downloads automatically, and it cannot change the model during an active download or generation.
+
+## From the overlay
+
+1. Open a local video in mpv and select its Japanese audio track.
+2. Press **Ctrl+Shift+G** to open the standalone generation modal. When the subtitle sidebar has no subtitle lines loaded, it also offers a **Generate Japanese subtitles** button. Neither an open sidebar nor an existing subtitle track is required for the shortcut.
+3. Choose a model and download it if prompted, or configure your existing model path in Settings and click **Check again**.
+4. Optionally check **Focus on spoken dialogue** and click **Download speech detection model** if prompted.
+5. Click **Generate subtitles**.
+
+The modal shows audio preparation, transcription, and saving progress. Percentages appear when the underlying tool reports them. **Cancel** stops the current operation. Closing the modal lets the job continue; reopening it shows the current progress or result.
+
+**Escape** or **Close** closes the modal using the same focus and overlay restoration as other SubMiner modals. Change or disable its shortcut with `shortcuts.openSubtitleGeneration` in Settings. Ctrl+G remains assigned to field grouping.
+
+SubMiner saves `<video>.ja.generated.srt` beside the media, adding a numeric suffix if that name already exists. It selects the generated Japanese subtitle track and resets the subtitle delay when mpv is still playing the same file. If playback changes, the subtitles remain saved and are not attached to the new video. The result includes the saved path even if mpv cannot load it.
+
+## From the launcher
+
+```bash
+subminer generate-subs episode.mkv --download-model
+subminer generate-subs episode.mkv --model-path /path/to/ggml-small.bin
+subminer generate-subs
+```
+
+With no file argument, the command uses the current local mpv media and its selected audio track. With an explicit file, it prefers an audio stream tagged Japanese, otherwise the first audio stream. Use `--audio-stream` to choose an absolute FFmpeg stream index. `--output` specifies a new destination SRT; existing output files are never overwritten. See [launcher usage](/usage) for all flags. Ctrl+C cancels the operation.
+
+## Timing and limitations
+
+The SRT includes whisper.cpp's timestamps, adjusted for the audio stream's position on the media timeline and, when speech detection is configured, each passage's original start time. No alass step is required to load it. This version uses native Whisper timing; it does not run WhisperX or another forced aligner. Recognition can repeat or invent lines, and timing can be imperfect, especially with music or overlapping speech. Review generated text and audio boundaries when mining.
+
+Generation supports local files and internal audio tracks. Remote URLs, subtitle translation, and transcription of a separately attached mpv audio track are not supported by the modal. Pass a separate local audio file to the launcher if needed. The destination directory needs writable space for subtitles; temporary storage needs enough space for the extracted mono audio.
@@ -1,28 +1,39 @@
-# Subtitle Sidebar
+# Subtitle sidebar

-The subtitle sidebar displays the full parsed cue list for the active subtitle file as a scrollable panel alongside mpv. It lets you review past and upcoming lines, click any cue to seek directly to that moment, and follow along without depending on the transient overlay subtitles.
+The subtitle sidebar puts the whole parsed cue list for the active subtitle file in a scrollable panel next to mpv. Scroll back through lines you already passed, look ahead at what is coming, and click any cue to seek straight to it. The overlay only ever shows the current line; the sidebar shows the rest.

 The sidebar is enabled by default. Set `subtitleSidebar.enabled` to `false` if you want to turn it off.

-## How It Works
+## How it works
+
+When the sidebar has no subtitle lines loaded, the **Generate Japanese subtitles** button opens [local subtitle generation](/subtitle-generation). The button hides once subtitle lines are loaded and stays hidden between lines. Press **Ctrl+Shift+G** to open generation at any time.

 When SubMiner parses the active subtitle source into a cue list, the sidebar becomes available. Toggle it with the `\` key (configurable via `subtitleSidebar.toggleKey`). While open:

 - The active cue is highlighted and kept in view as playback advances (when `autoScroll` is `true`).
+- Between subtitle lines, the sidebar follows playback to the next cue without jumping back to a cue at the start of the file.
 - Clicking any cue seeks mpv into that line. For overlapping ASS karaoke, SubMiner moves past the previous line's exit animation when the selected cue has enough time remaining.
- The sidebar stays synchronized with the overlay - media transitions and subtitle source changes update both simultaneously.
+- The sidebar and the overlay share one cue list, so a media change or subtitle source switch updates both at once.

 For typeset ASS karaoke and animated signs, SubMiner collapses generated animation frames and repeated full-line color phases before they reach the sidebar. It recovers a clean complete line from a matching timed authoring comment or from full-line events surrounding generated fragments. Ordinary ASS comments, editor notes, alternate lines, repeated dialogue, and separately positioned signs remain distinct.

-The sidebar only appears when a parsed cue list is available. External subtitle sources that SubMiner cannot parse (for example, embedded ASS tracks rendered directly by mpv) will not populate the sidebar.
+The sidebar only opens when a parsed cue list exists. Subtitle sources SubMiner cannot parse, such as embedded ASS tracks that mpv renders itself, leave it empty.

-## Layout Modes
+## Selecting and copying dialogue
+
+Drag across subtitle text to select an excerpt, including across multiple rows. Scroll to extend a selection through a longer conversation. `Ctrl/Cmd+C` or the **Copy** button copies the highlighted text in subtitle order, without timestamps. Partial first and last lines are preserved, with a blank line between subtitle cues.
+
+Dragging to select does not seek playback. Playback-following auto-scroll stops while you drag or have a selection, so the excerpt stays in view. Press `Escape` to clear the selection. An ordinary click with no selection still seeks to that cue.
+
+Selection survives playback updates and Yomitan popup dismissal. Changing media or subtitle sources, refreshing the cue list, or closing the sidebar clears it. Copying an excerpt does not require creating an Anki card.
+
+## Layout modes

 Two layout modes are available via `subtitleSidebar.layout`:

 **`overlay`** (default) - The sidebar floats over mpv as a panel. It does not affect the player window size or position.

-**`embedded`** - Reserves space on the right side of the player and shifts the video area to mimic a split-pane layout. Useful if you want the cue list visible without it covering the video. If you see unexpected positioning in your environment, switch back to `overlay` to isolate the issue.
+**`embedded`** - Reserves space on the right side of the player and shifts the video area over, giving you a split pane. Use this when you want the cue list up without it covering the video. Positioning depends on the compositor, so switch back to `overlay` if the geometry comes out wrong.

 ## Configuration

@@ -77,7 +88,7 @@ Styling lives under the `css` object, using CSS property names and CSS custom pr
 | `--subtitle-sidebar-active-background-color`| `rgba(138, 173, 244, 0.22)` | Active cue background color  |
 | `--subtitle-sidebar-hover-background-color` | `rgba(54, 58, 79, 0.84)`    | Hovered cue background color |

-## Keyboard Shortcut
+## Keyboard shortcut

 | Key | Action                  | Config key                     |
 | --- | ----------------------- | ------------------------------ |
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 # Troubleshooting

-Common issues and how to resolve them. Most problems fall into one of a few buckets - the overlay shows but subtitles don't (see [MPV Connection](#mpv-connection)), cards aren't being created or come out empty (see [AnkiConnect](#ankiconnect)), or word lookups don't appear (see [Yomitan](#yomitan)). If an error message popped up on screen, search this page for the exact text - most headings below are quoted error strings.
+Almost everything that goes wrong lands in one of three places. The overlay shows but no subtitles arrive, which is [MPV Connection](#mpv-connection). Cards get created but come out empty, which is [AnkiConnect](#ankiconnect). Or hovering a word does nothing, which is [Yomitan](#yomitan).

-## MPV Connection
+If you got an error message on screen, search this page for its exact text. Most headings below are quoted error strings.
+
+## MPV connection

 **Overlay starts but shows no subtitles**

 SubMiner connects to mpv via a Unix socket (or named pipe on Windows). If the socket does not exist or the path does not match, the overlay will appear but subtitles will never arrive.

- Ensure mpv is running with `--input-ipc-server=/tmp/subminer-socket`.
+- Check that mpv is running with `--input-ipc-server=/tmp/subminer-socket`.
 - If you use a custom socket path, set it in both your mpv config and SubMiner config (`mpv.socketPath`).
 - The `subminer` wrapper script sets the socket automatically when it launches mpv. If you launch mpv yourself, the `--input-ipc-server` flag is required.

@@ -18,7 +20,7 @@ If the overlay never appears at all, see [Playback Startup Flow](./architecture#

 **"Failed to parse MPV message"**

-Logged when a malformed JSON line arrives from the mpv socket. Usually harmless - SubMiner skips the bad line and continues. If it happens constantly, check that nothing else is writing to the same socket path.
+A malformed JSON line arrived from the mpv socket. SubMiner drops the line and keeps going, so a stray one is harmless. A constant stream of them means something else is writing to the same socket path.

 ## Updates

@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ Shown when SubMiner tries to update a card that no longer exists, or when AnkiCo

 **Overlay appears but clicks pass through / cannot interact**

- Make sure you are hovering over subtitle text - the overlay only becomes interactive when the cursor is over a subtitle.
+- Hover directly over subtitle text. The overlay only takes pointer input while the cursor is over a subtitle.
 - On macOS/Windows: toggle the overlay off and back on (`Alt+Shift+O`) to re-enable pointer events.
 - On Linux: mouse event handling is unreliable in some Electron/compositor combinations. If clicks consistently fail, toggle the overlay off, click the underlying mpv window, then toggle it back on.

@@ -99,9 +101,9 @@ Shown when SubMiner tries to update a card that no longer exists, or when AnkiCo

 SubMiner positions the overlay by tracking the mpv window. If tracking fails:

- Hyprland: Ensure `hyprctl` is available.
- Sway: Ensure `swaymsg` is available.
- X11: Ensure `xdotool` and `xwininfo` are installed.
+- Hyprland: `hyprctl` must be on `PATH`.
+- Sway: `swaymsg` must be on `PATH`.
+- X11: `xdotool` and `xwininfo` must be installed.

 If the overlay position is slightly off, right-click and drag on subtitle text to fine-tune the overlay subtitle offset.

@@ -124,12 +126,12 @@ If you installed from the AppImage and see this error, the package may be incomp

 **Yomitan lookup popup does not appear when hovering words or triggering lookup**

- Verify Yomitan loaded successfully - check the terminal output for "Loaded Yomitan extension".
+- Look for "Loaded Yomitan extension" in the terminal output.
 - Yomitan requires dictionaries to be installed. Open Yomitan settings (`Alt+Shift+Y` or `SubMiner.AppImage --yomitan`) and confirm at least one dictionary is imported.
 - If `yomitan.externalProfilePath` is set, import/check dictionaries in the external app/profile instead. SubMiner treats that profile as read-only and does not open its own Yomitan settings window.
 - If the overlay shows subtitles but hover lookup never resolves on tokens, the tokenizer may have failed. See the MeCab section below.

-## MeCab / Tokenization
+## MeCab / tokenization

 **"MeCab not found on system"**

@@ -145,19 +147,19 @@ To install MeCab:

 Japanese word boundaries depend on Yomitan parser output. If segmentation seems wrong:

- Verify Yomitan dictionaries are installed and active.
- Note that CJK characters without spaces are segmented using parser heuristics, which is not always perfect.
+- Check that Yomitan dictionaries are installed and active.
+- Japanese text has no spaces, so the parser guesses word boundaries. It gets some of them wrong.

-## Character Dictionary
+## Character dictionary

 Character names from AniList are matched and highlighted in subtitles via the bundled Yomitan. See [Character Dictionary](/character-dictionary) for setup and the full troubleshooting list - the most common issues:

- **Names not highlighting:** Confirm `subtitleStyle.nameMatchEnabled` is `true`, and that the current media resolved to an AniList entry (SubMiner needs a media ID to fetch characters). No AniList account or token is required - character data uses public GraphQL queries.
- **Inline portraits missing:** Confirm `subtitleStyle.nameMatchImagesEnabled` is `true`. Portraits also require AniList to return an image and the download to succeed during snapshot generation.
+- **Names not highlighting:** Check that `subtitleStyle.nameMatchEnabled` is `true` and that the current media resolved to an AniList entry, since SubMiner needs a media ID to fetch characters. No AniList account or token is needed; character data comes from public GraphQL queries.
+- **Inline portraits missing:** Check that `subtitleStyle.nameMatchImagesEnabled` is `true`. AniList also has to return an image, and the download has to succeed while the snapshot is generated.
 - **Wrong characters showing:** Open the in-app manager (`Ctrl/Cmd+D`) and use **Override** to pin the correct AniList match for the series.
 - **Feature unavailable:** If `yomitan.externalProfilePath` is set, SubMiner runs in read-only external-profile mode and its character-dictionary features are disabled.

-## Media Generation
+## Media generation

 **"FFmpeg not found"**

@@ -193,7 +195,7 @@ This warning refers to the OS-registered shortcut `Alt+Shift+Y` (Yomitan setting

 Overlay-local shortcuts (Space, arrow keys, etc.) only work when the overlay window has focus. Click on the overlay or use `Alt+Shift+O` (with the overlay or mpv focused) to toggle it and give it focus.

-## Subtitle Timing
+## Subtitle timing

 **"Subtitle timing not found; copy again while playing"**

@@ -205,7 +207,7 @@ This OSD message appears when you try to mine a sentence but SubMiner has no tim

 Resume playback and wait for the next subtitle to appear, then try mining again.

-## Subtitle Sync (Subsync)
+## Subtitle sync (subsync)

 Both **alass** and **ffsubsync** are optional external dependencies. Subtitle syncing requires at least one of them to be installed.

@@ -229,8 +231,8 @@ Install ffsubsync or configure the path:

 If subtitle sync fails (the error message is prefixed with the engine name):

- Ensure a reference is selected (alass needs either a second subtitle track or the local video file, and it cannot be the same track that is being retimed).
- Check that `ffmpeg` is available (used to extract the internal subtitle track).
+- Select a reference. alass needs either a second subtitle track or the local video file, and it cannot be the track being retimed.
+- Check that `ffmpeg` is available, since it extracts the internal subtitle track.
 - Try running the sync tool manually to see detailed error output.
 - ffsubsync requires local files and cannot handle remote media streams (e.g., streaming URLs).

@@ -254,23 +256,23 @@ Most Linux distributions ship it already. See [TsukiHime Integration](/tsukihime

 The Jimaku API has rate limits. If you see 429 errors, wait for the retry duration shown in the OSD message and try again. If you have a Jimaku API key, set it in `jimaku.apiKey` or `jimaku.apiKeyCommand` to get higher rate limits.

-## Logging and App Mode
+## Logging and app mode

 - Default log output is `warn`.
 - Use `--log-level` for more/less output.
 - Use `--dev`/`--debug` only to force app/dev mode (for example to get dev behavior from the overlay/app); they do not change log verbosity.
 - You can combine both, for example `SubMiner.AppImage --start --dev --log-level debug`, when you need maximum diagnostics.

-## Performance and Resource Impact
+## Performance and resource impact

-### At a glance
+### Where the cost comes from

- Baseline: `SubMiner --start` is usually lightweight for normal playback.
- Common spikes come from:
-  - first subtitle parse/tokenization bursts
-  - media generation (`ffmpeg` audio/image and AVIF paths)
-  - media sync and subtitle tooling (`alass`, `ffsubsync`)
-  - `ankiConnect` enrichment (plus polling overhead when proxy mode is disabled)
+Idle playback with the overlay up is cheap. The spikes come from:
+
+- first subtitle parse/tokenization bursts
+- media generation (`ffmpeg` audio/image and AVIF paths)
+- media sync and subtitle tooling (`alass`, `ffsubsync`)
+- `ankiConnect` enrichment (plus polling overhead when proxy mode is disabled)

 ### If playback feels sluggish

@@ -285,19 +287,16 @@ The Jimaku API has rate limits. If you see 429 errors, wait for the retry durati
 2. Reduce rendering pressure:

 - lower `subtitleStyle.css["font-size"]`
- keep overlay complexity minimal during heavy CPU periods

 3. Reduce media overhead:

- keep `ankiConnect.media.imageType` set to `static` (avoid animated AVIF unless needed)
+- keep `ankiConnect.media.imageType` set to `static`, since animated AVIF encoding is the most expensive path
 - lower `ankiConnect.media.imageQuality`
 - reduce `ankiConnect.media.maxMediaDuration`

 4. Lower integration cost:

- disable AI translation when not needed (`ankiConnect.ai.enabled: false`)
- if needed, run immersion telemetry with lower duration expectations (`immersionTracking.enabled: false` for constrained sessions)
- favor the default lightweight YouTube subtitle startup settings on low-resource systems
+- set `immersionTracking.enabled: false` to stop session logging and its database writes

 ### Practical low-impact profile

@@ -320,9 +319,6 @@ The Jimaku API has rate limits. If you see 429 errors, wait for the retry durati
      "imageType": "static",
      "imageQuality": 80,
      "maxMediaDuration": 12
-    },
-    "ai": {
-      "enabled": false
    }
  },
  "immersionTracking": {
@@ -338,12 +334,12 @@ The Jimaku API has rate limits. If you see 429 errors, wait for the retry durati
 - Keep the default `warn` level for normal use; raise to `info` or `debug` only for targeted diagnosis.
 - Reproduce once with `SubMiner.AppImage --start --log-level debug` and open DevTools (`y` then `d`) if freezes recur.

-## Platform-Specific
+## Platform-specific

 ### Linux

- **Wayland (Hyprland/Sway only)**: Native Wayland support is limited to Hyprland and Sway. Window tracking uses compositor-specific commands (`hyprctl` / `swaymsg`). If these are not on `PATH`, tracking will fail silently. Other Wayland compositors (KDE Plasma, GNOME, …) are not supported natively - both mpv and SubMiner must run under X11 or Xwayland instead. On those sessions SubMiner forces XWayland automatically for itself and for every mpv it launches (see [KDE Plasma & other Wayland compositors](#kde-plasma-other-wayland-compositors)).
- **X11 / Xwayland**: Requires `xdotool`, `xprop`, and `xwininfo`. If missing, the overlay cannot track the mpv window position. This is the required backend for any Wayland compositor other than Hyprland or Sway - both mpv and SubMiner must be running under X11/Xwayland for window tracking _and_ for the overlay to stay above mpv (Wayland forbids clients from controlling window stacking). SubMiner uses a managed X11 overlay while mpv is windowed, switches to an override-redirect X11 overlay while tracked mpv is fullscreen, and hides/releases that overlay when another X11/Xwayland app takes focus. The visible overlay stays hidden until SubMiner has tracked mpv geometry, so startup should not create a display-sized fallback overlay while tokenization warms up.
+- **Wayland (Hyprland/Sway only)**: Native Wayland support covers Hyprland and Sway only. Window tracking shells out to `hyprctl` or `swaymsg`; if neither is on `PATH`, tracking fails silently. Other Wayland compositors such as KDE Plasma and GNOME have no native backend - both mpv and SubMiner must run under X11 or Xwayland instead. On those sessions SubMiner forces XWayland automatically for itself and for every mpv it launches (see [KDE Plasma & other Wayland compositors](#kde-plasma-and-other-wayland-compositors)).
+- **X11 / Xwayland**: Needs `xdotool`, `xprop`, and `xwininfo`. Without them the overlay cannot track the mpv window position. This is the required backend for any Wayland compositor other than Hyprland or Sway - both mpv and SubMiner must be running under X11/Xwayland for window tracking _and_ for the overlay to stay above mpv (Wayland forbids clients from controlling window stacking). SubMiner uses a managed X11 overlay while mpv is windowed, switches to an override-redirect X11 overlay while tracked mpv is fullscreen, and hides/releases that overlay when another X11/Xwayland app takes focus. The visible overlay stays hidden until SubMiner has tracked mpv geometry, so startup should not create a display-sized fallback overlay while tokenization warms up.
 - **Tray icon missing**: SubMiner creates an Electron tray icon in `--background` mode, but Linux trays require a StatusNotifier/AppIndicator host. Hyprland does not provide one by itself; enable a tray in Waybar, Hyprpanel, or another panel. If Electron cannot register the tray, SubMiner logs a warning that mentions the missing tray host.
 - **Mouse passthrough**: On Linux X11/Xwayland, SubMiner uses `xdotool` to poll the cursor and only enables overlay input while the cursor is over subtitle or popup regions. Outside those regions, pointer input passes through to mpv. Native Wayland compositors other than Hyprland/Sway cannot provide the stacking control SubMiner needs.

@@ -401,7 +397,7 @@ SubMiner watches mpv's `fullscreen` property and refreshes the overlay geometry

 For more details, see the Hyprland docs on [global keybinds](https://wiki.hypr.land/Configuring/Binds/#global-keybinds) and [window rules](https://wiki.hypr.land/Configuring/Window-Rules/).

-### KDE Plasma & other Wayland compositors
+### KDE Plasma and other Wayland compositors

 On any Wayland session that is not Hyprland or Sway (KDE Plasma, GNOME, and others), the overlay can only stay above mpv when both processes run under **XWayland** - the Wayland protocol forbids clients from controlling window stacking, so the overlay's "always on top" becomes a no-op on a native Wayland surface.

@@ -423,7 +419,7 @@ Requirements: `xdotool`, `xprop`, and `xwininfo` must be installed. SubMiner use
 This almost always means mpv came up as a **native Wayland** window that the XWayland overlay cannot cover. It happens when mpv is launched **manually** (your own command), because SubMiner can only force XWayland on the mpv processes it launches itself. Fix it one of these ways:

 - Launch playback through SubMiner (the `subminer` launcher or the tray), which forces XWayland for you, or
- Force XWayland in your own mpv invocation, e.g. `mpv --gpu-context=x11vk,x11egl,x11 …`, or launch with `WAYLAND_DISPLAY= mpv …`, or set `gpu-context=x11vk` (Vulkan) / `gpu-context=x11egl` (OpenGL) in your `mpv.conf`.
+- Force XWayland in your own mpv command, for example `mpv --gpu-context=x11vk,x11egl,x11 <file>`. Launching with `WAYLAND_DISPLAY= mpv <file>` works too, as does setting `gpu-context=x11vk` (Vulkan) or `gpu-context=x11egl` (OpenGL) in your `mpv.conf`.

 To confirm mpv is on XWayland, `xdotool search --class mpv` should return a window id (a native Wayland mpv returns nothing).

@@ -436,7 +432,7 @@ SubMiner can only detect focus for X11/Xwayland windows in this mode. If a nativ
 - **Accessibility permission**: Required for window tracking. Grant it in System Settings > Privacy & Security > Accessibility.
 - **Gatekeeper**: If macOS blocks SubMiner, right-click the app and select "Open" to bypass the warning, or remove the quarantine attribute: `xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /path/to/SubMiner.app`

-## See Also
+## See also

 Feature-specific issues are covered in each feature's own page:

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# TsukiHime Integration
+# TsukiHime integration

-[TsukiHime](https://tsukihime.org) tracks anime torrent releases and extracts every attachment - including embedded subtitle tracks - from the release files, hosting them for direct download. SubMiner integrates with the TsukiHime API so you can pull English subtitles for the currently playing episode straight from the overlay, no torrent client involved. Downloaded subtitles are decompressed, saved next to the video, and loaded into mpv immediately.
+[TsukiHime](https://tsukihime.org) indexes anime torrent releases and pulls every attachment out of the release files, embedded subtitle tracks included, then hosts them for direct download. SubMiner talks to the TsukiHime API, so you can grab subtitles for the episode you are watching from the overlay without a torrent client. The download is decompressed, saved next to the video, and loaded into mpv straight away.

 This is the multi-language companion to the [Jimaku integration](/jimaku-integration). Releases that ship multiple languages (e.g. Netflix `[MultiSub]` rips) expose them all; the modal's tabs pick which ones you see, and each download is saved with its own language suffix.

@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ TsukiHime replaces [Animetosho](https://animetosho.org), which stops processing
 Unlike Jimaku, TsukiHime needs no account or API key. The only requirement is the `xz` binary on your `PATH` - TsukiHime serves extracted subtitles xz-compressed, and SubMiner shells out to `xz` to decompress them. Most Linux distributions ship it by default (package `xz` or `xz-utils`).
 :::

-## How It Works
+## How it works

-The integration runs through an in-overlay modal opened with `Ctrl+Shift+T` by default. The modal has two tabs that filter the subtitle tracks of the selected release by role: the first follows `secondarySub.secondarySubLanguages` (English when unset), and the second is always **Japanese**, the currently supported primary subtitle language. Tracks with no language tag stay visible on the secondary tab.
+The integration runs through an in-overlay modal opened with `Ctrl+Shift+T` by default. The modal has two tabs that filter both the release list and the subtitle tracks of the selected release by role: the first follows `secondarySub.secondarySubLanguages` (English when unset), and the second is always **Japanese**, the currently supported primary subtitle language. Each tab lists only the releases whose reported subtitle languages include the tab's language, so the Japanese tab hides the many releases that ship English subtitles only. Releases and tracks with no language tag stay visible on the secondary tab. If nothing on the active tab qualifies, the status line says so and points at the other tab.

 When you open the modal, SubMiner parses the current video filename to extract a title and episode number (same parser as Jimaku - `S01E03`, `1x03`, `E03`, and dash-separated numbers all work). If the filename yields a high-confidence match, SubMiner auto-searches immediately.

@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ From there:
 2. **Browse releases** - Select a release to list the text subtitle tracks extracted from its files. English tracks sort first; image-based tracks (PGS/VobSub) are filtered out.
 3. **Download** - Selecting a track downloads the xz-compressed subtitle from TsukiHime's storage, decompresses it, saves it next to the video (or a temp directory for remote/streamed media), and loads it into mpv. Japanese tracks are selected as mpv's **primary** subtitle. Tracks from the configured secondary tab are assigned to mpv's **secondary** subtitle slot without replacing the primary. The filename carries the track's language - `<video basename>.en.<ext>` for English, `.ja` for Japanese, and so on - so mpv and media servers detect the language correctly.

-Because releases on TsukiHime are the same files circulating as torrents, picking the release that matches your local file (same group, same version) gives you subtitles with exact timing - no resync needed. If your file is a raw or from a different group, pick any release of the same episode and adjust timing with the [subtitle sync tools](/troubleshooting#subtitle-sync-subsync) (`Ctrl+Alt+S`) if necessary.
+TsukiHime's releases are the same files that circulate as torrents. Pick the release matching your local file, same group and same version, and the timing lines up exactly with no resync. For a raw or a different group's encode, take any release of the episode and fix the offset with the [subtitle sync tools](/troubleshooting#subtitle-sync-subsync) (`Ctrl+Alt+S`).

-### Modal Keyboard Shortcuts
+### Modal keyboard shortcuts

 | Key                          | Action                          |
 | ---------------------------- | ------------------------------- |
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Because releases on TsukiHime are the same files circulating as torrents, pickin

 ## Configuration

-The integration works out of the box. An optional `tsukihime` section in `config.jsonc` tunes it:
+There is nothing to configure to get started. An optional `tsukihime` section in `config.jsonc` tunes it:

 ```jsonc
 {
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ The keyboard shortcut is configured separately under `shortcuts`:

 Existing Animetosho configuration remains compatible. SubMiner treats the old `animetosho` section and `shortcuts.openAnimetosho` setting as deprecated aliases. When old and current names are both present, `tsukihime` and `shortcuts.openTsukihime` take precedence.

-## Other Ways to Open It
+## Other ways to open it

 - CLI: `subminer --open-tsukihime`
 - Keybinding command: bind any key to `["__tsukihime-open"]` in the `keybindings` array
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ The previous `--open-animetosho` flag and `__animetosho-open` keybinding command
 ## Troubleshooting

 - **"xz binary not found"** - install `xz`/`xz-utils` with your package manager.
+- **"No releases with Japanese subtitles"** - none of the search results carry a Japanese track. Most releases only ship English subtitles; try another search, or use the [Jimaku integration](/jimaku-integration) for Japanese subtitles.
 - **"Batch releases are not supported"** - TsukiHime only exposes extracted attachments for single-file torrents. Pick the single-episode release for your episode instead of a season batch.
 - **"No text subtitle tracks in this release"** - the release only carries image-based subtitles (PGS/VobSub) or none at all; try a different release (fansub and SubsPlease-style releases almost always carry ASS tracks).
 - **Timing is off** - the subtitle came from a different release than your video file. Use the subtitle sync modal (`Ctrl+Alt+S`) or pick the release matching your file exactly.
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Usage

-## Quick Start
+## Quick start

 Play a video with SubMiner:

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ subminer video.mkv

 On **Windows**, use the **SubMiner mpv** shortcut created during first-run setup - double-click it, or drag a video file onto it.

-That's the simplest way to get started. The `subminer` launcher handles mpv, the IPC socket, and the overlay automatically.
+That is the whole setup. The `subminer` launcher starts mpv, opens the IPC socket, and brings up the overlay.

 > [!IMPORTANT]
 > SubMiner requires the bundled Yomitan instance to have at least one dictionary imported for lookups to work.
@@ -36,17 +36,17 @@ If you want sentence, audio, and screenshot fields on your Anki cards, add this
 Field names must match a field on your Anki note type. Matching is case-insensitive (an exact match wins, then a lowercase comparison), but the spelling must otherwise match. See [Anki Integration](/anki-integration) for the full reference.
 :::

-## How It Works
+## How it works

-When you launch SubMiner, it wires up mpv and the overlay for you:
+Launching SubMiner wires up mpv and the overlay for you:

 1. SubMiner starts the overlay app in the background
 2. mpv runs with an **IPC socket** at `/tmp/subminer-socket` - a small local channel two programs use to talk to each other, so the overlay can ask mpv what subtitle is on screen right now
 3. The overlay connects and subscribes to subtitle changes

-From there, subtitles render as interactive, hoverable word spans and you mine cards directly from the overlay. For the overlay anatomy and the full mining loop - word lookup, card creation, annotations - see [Mining Workflow](/mining-workflow).
+Subtitles then render as hoverable word spans, and you mine cards straight from the overlay. [Mining Workflow](/mining-workflow) covers the overlay layout, word lookup, card creation, and annotations.

-### Ways to Launch
+### Ways to launch

 | Approach                            | Use when                                                                                                                               | How                                                                   |
 | ----------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ From there, subtitles render as interactive, hoverable word spans and you mine c
 | **SubMiner mpv shortcut** (Windows) | The recommended Windows entry point. Created during first-run setup, launches mpv with SubMiner's defaults.                            | Double-click, drag a file onto it, or run `SubMiner.exe --launch-mpv` |
 | **mpv plugin** (all platforms)      | Bundled and injected at runtime. Provides `y` chord keybindings for controlling the overlay from within mpv. No manual install needed. | Automatic when using the launcher or shortcut                         |

-The mpv plugin is always available - it's bundled with SubMiner and injected at runtime. On Linux, normal `subminer` playback auto-installs the launcher-managed runtime plugin copy from the bundled app if that managed copy is missing, so no separate plugin install is needed for standard launcher usage. If you launch mpv yourself (without the launcher), pass `--input-ipc-server=/tmp/subminer-socket` in your mpv config for the overlay to connect.
+The mpv plugin is always available, because SubMiner bundles it and injects it at runtime. On Linux, normal `subminer` playback auto-installs the launcher-managed runtime plugin copy from the bundled app if that managed copy is missing, so no separate plugin install is needed for standard launcher usage. If you launch mpv yourself (without the launcher), pass `--input-ipc-server=/tmp/subminer-socket` in your mpv config for the overlay to connect.

 ## Commands

-These are the commands you will actually use day to day. The full inventory of subcommands and flags lives in [Launcher Script](/launcher-script#subcommands).
+These are the ones you will use day to day. [Launcher Script](/launcher-script#subcommands) has every subcommand and flag.

 ```bash
 subminer video.mkv                # Play a specific file
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ subminer https://youtu.be/...     # Play a YouTube URL
 subminer stats                    # Open the immersion stats dashboard
 subminer doctor                   # Check dependencies, config, and the mpv socket
 subminer settings                 # Open the SubMiner settings window
+subminer generate-subs video.mkv   # Generate Japanese subtitles from local audio
 subminer app --setup              # Re-open first-run setup
 subminer -u                       # Check for updates
 ```
@@ -81,6 +82,40 @@ Two flags are worth knowing early:
 - `-a/--args` passes extra arguments straight to mpv, for example `subminer --args "--ao=alsa --volume=80" video.mkv`.
 - `--log-level debug` turns on verbose logging when something is not working.

+### Generate Japanese subtitles locally
+
+`generate-subs` transcribes local audio with whisper.cpp, saves a timed Japanese SRT file,
+and loads it into mpv if that same media file is still playing, clearing the previous subtitle
+delay. It also works with no running
+SubMiner app or mpv instance when you provide a file path. Omit the path to use the current
+mpv file and selected audio track.
+
+```bash
+subminer generate-subs video.mkv --download-model
+subminer generate-subs video.mkv --model-path ~/models/ggml-medium.bin
+subminer generate-subs --model medium --download-model
+subminer generate-subs video.mkv --audio-stream 2 --output ~/Subs/video.ja.srt
+```
+
+Install `whisper-cli` from whisper.cpp, `ffmpeg`, and `ffprobe`, or configure their paths in
+`subtitleGeneration.whisperPath`, `subtitleGeneration.ffmpegPath`, and `subtitleGeneration.ffprobePath`.
+Set `subtitleGeneration.modelPath` in settings to reuse an existing whisper.cpp model.
+With no external path, SubMiner uses `subtitleGeneration.managedModel` and stores downloaded
+models under `models/whisper` beside its config file. `--model` selects an official multilingual model, including available quantized variants, for
+this invocation and overrides a configured external model path. Run `subminer generate-subs --help`
+for accepted names. See [model selection](/subtitle-generation#choosing-a-model) for accuracy and speed guidance.
+
+Downloads only happen when you pass `--download-model` or choose the download action in the
+generation modal. The launcher reports each stage and percentages when available. Press Ctrl+C
+to cancel. `--audio-stream` takes an absolute ffprobe stream index. When you provide a file
+path without that flag, generation uses a Japanese audio track when tagged, falling back
+to the first audio track. With no file path, mpv must have an identifiable selected audio
+track, or you must provide `--audio-stream`.
+
+Generated files include Whisper's native timing. Speech recognition can make mistakes,
+especially over music or overlapping dialogue, so check the wording before mining. Existing
+output files are preserved. See [configuration](/configuration) for the generation settings.
+
 <details>
 <summary><b>Less common launcher commands</b></summary>

@@ -151,7 +186,7 @@ Once Jellyfin is configured, the tray menu includes `Jellyfin Discovery` for sta

 The tray menu also includes `View Changelog`, which opens the in-app changelog modal. It fetches the changelog from the newest published release, so you see release notes for versions newer than the one you run; if the download fails it falls back to the changelog bundled with your install and says so. Versions in the current `0.x` line are expanded by default and older lines are folded, matching this site's [Changelog](/changelog). A badge marks the version you have installed, and newer versions are tagged `New`. The same modal opens from the `What's New` button on the update-available overlay notification.

-### Logging and App Mode
+### Logging and app mode

 - `--log-level` controls logger verbosity.
 - `--dev` and `--debug` are app/dev-mode switches; they are not log-level aliases.
@@ -165,7 +200,7 @@ The tray menu also includes `View Changelog`, which opens the in-app changelog m
 - Use both when needed, for example `SubMiner.AppImage --start --dev --log-level debug` (or `SubMiner.exe --start --dev --log-level debug` on Windows).
 - `--playback-feedback <text>` (also `--playback-feedback=<text>`) sends a non-empty text string through the playback-feedback route used for recording/playback prompts. For example: `SubMiner.AppImage --playback-feedback "your feedback"`.

-### Windows mpv Shortcut
+### Windows mpv shortcut

 First-run setup creates the config file, then requires Yomitan dictionaries before it can finish.

@@ -185,7 +220,7 @@ You can use it three ways:

 This flow requires `mpv.exe` to be discoverable. Leave `mpv.executablePath` blank to auto-discover from `PATH`, or set it to the full `mpv.exe` path if mpv is installed elsewhere. `SUBMINER_MPV_PATH` is still honored as a fallback.

-### Launcher Subcommands
+### Launcher subcommands

 The launcher groups related work under subcommands: `jellyfin` (aliased `jf`), `stats`, `sync`, `dictionary` (aliased `dict`), `texthooker`, `doctor`, `settings`, `config`, `mpv`, `logs`, and `app` (aliased `bin`) for passing arguments straight to the SubMiner binary.

@@ -193,9 +228,9 @@ Every subcommand has its own help page, for example `subminer jellyfin -h`. See

 A _texthooker_ is a web page that displays the current subtitle line as selectable text, so browser-based dictionary extensions and other tools can read along with playback.

-### First-Run Setup
+### First-run setup

-Setup popup appears on first launch, or when setup has not been completed.
+The setup window opens on first launch and on any later launch where setup never finished.

 You can also open it manually:

@@ -209,7 +244,7 @@ Setup flow:
 - config file: create the default config directory and prefer `config.jsonc`
 - legacy plugin cleanup: remove detected older global SubMiner mpv plugin files if present (the bundled plugin is injected at runtime automatically)
 - Yomitan shortcut: open bundled Yomitan settings directly from the setup window
- dictionary check: ensure at least one bundled Yomitan dictionary is available, unless an external Yomitan profile is configured
+- dictionary check: confirm at least one bundled Yomitan dictionary is present, unless an external Yomitan profile is configured
 - Windows: optionally create or remove `SubMiner mpv` Start Menu/Desktop shortcuts (`SubMiner.exe --launch-mpv`)
 - Windows: optionally set `mpv.executablePath` if `mpv.exe` is not on `PATH`
 - refresh: re-check dictionary state without restarting
@@ -225,7 +260,7 @@ AniList character dictionary auto-sync (optional):
 Use subcommands for Jellyfin workflows (`subminer jellyfin ...`).
 Top-level launcher flags like `--jellyfin-*` are intentionally rejected.

-### MPV Profile Example (mpv.conf)
+### MPV profile example (mpv.conf)

 `subminer` passes the following MPV options directly on launch by default:

@@ -264,13 +299,13 @@ secondary-sub-visibility=no

 ### Yomitan setup

-SubMiner includes a bundled Yomitan extension for overlay word lookup. This bundled extension is separate from any Yomitan browser extension you may have installed.
+SubMiner bundles its own Yomitan extension for overlay lookups. It is a separate install from any Yomitan you run in a browser, with its own dictionaries and settings.

 For SubMiner overlay lookups to work, open Yomitan settings (`subminer app --yomitan` or `SubMiner.AppImage --yomitan`) and import at least one dictionary in the bundled Yomitan instance.

-If you also use Yomitan in a browser, configure that browser profile separately; it does not inherit dictionaries or settings from the bundled instance.
+If you also use Yomitan in a browser, set that profile up separately. It inherits nothing from the bundled instance.

-### YouTube Playback
+### YouTube playback

 `subminer` accepts direct URLs (for example, YouTube links) and `ytsearch:` targets.
 For YouTube playback, SubMiner resolves subtitle selection during startup while mpv is paused: it auto-selects the default primary subtitle track plus a best-effort secondary track, then resumes when primary subtitles are ready.
@@ -288,7 +323,7 @@ Notes:

 For local video files, SubMiner uses the same config-driven language priorities to auto-select the primary and secondary subtitle tracks from internal and external subtitle sources.

-## Live Config Reload
+## Live config reload

 While SubMiner is running, it watches your active config file and applies safe updates automatically.

@@ -305,16 +340,16 @@ Live-updated settings include:
 - `mpv.aniskipEnabled`, `mpv.aniskipButtonKey`
 - `stats.toggleKey`, `stats.markWatchedKey`
 - `youtube.primarySubLanguages`
- most `ankiConnect.*` settings (including `ankiConnect.ai`)
+- most `ankiConnect.*` settings

 Invalid config edits are rejected; SubMiner keeps the previous valid runtime config and shows an error notification.
 For restart-required sections, SubMiner shows a restart-needed notification.

-## Controller Support
+## Controller support

-SubMiner supports gamepad/controller input for couch-friendly usage via the Chrome Gamepad API. Controller input drives the overlay while keyboard-only mode is enabled.
+SubMiner reads gamepads through the Chrome Gamepad API, so you can mine from the couch. The controller drives the overlay while keyboard-only mode is on.

-### Getting Started
+### Getting started

 1. Connect a controller before or after launching SubMiner.
 2. Set `controller.enabled` to `true` in your config.
@@ -326,7 +361,7 @@ SubMiner supports gamepad/controller input for couch-friendly usage via the Chro

 By default SubMiner uses the first connected controller after controller support is enabled. `Alt+C` opens the controller config modal, where you can save the preferred controller and remap bindings inline per controller. The reset button beside each edit pencil restores that binding to its built-in default for the selected controller. `Alt+Shift+C` opens the live debug modal with raw axes/button values for non-standard pads. Both modals stay closed while `controller.enabled` is false, and both shortcuts can be changed through `shortcuts.openControllerSelect` and `shortcuts.openControllerDebug`.

-### Default Button Mapping
+### Default button mapping

 | Button                  | Action                                  |
 | ----------------------- | --------------------------------------- |
@@ -340,9 +375,9 @@ By default SubMiner uses the first connected controller after controller support
 | `Select` / `Minus`      | Quit mpv                                |
 | `L2` / `R2`             | Unbound (available for custom bindings) |

-Note: the default quit binding uses gamepad button index 6. Pads that follow the W3C standard gamepad layout report L2 as index 6 (Select is index 8), so on those controllers the quit action may fire on L2 instead - use `Alt+C` learn mode to remap it for your pad.
+The default quit binding uses gamepad button index 6. Pads that follow the W3C standard layout report L2 as index 6 and Select as index 8, so on those controllers quit fires on L2 instead. Remap it with `Alt+C` learn mode.

-### Analog Controls
+### Analog controls

 | Input                 | Action                                        |
 | --------------------- | --------------------------------------------- |
@@ -351,7 +386,7 @@ Note: the default quit binding uses gamepad button index 6. Pads that follow the
 | Right stick vertical  | Jump through Yomitan popup                    |
 | D-pad                 | Fallback for stick navigation when configured |

-Learn mode ignores already-held inputs and waits for the next fresh button press or axis direction, which avoids accidental captures when you open the modal mid-input.
+Learn mode ignores inputs you are already holding and waits for the next fresh press or axis push, so opening the modal mid-input does not capture whatever your thumb was on.

 All button and axis mappings are configurable under the `controller` config block. Learned remaps are saved under `controller.profiles` for the selected controller id. See [Configuration - Controller Support](/configuration#controller-support) for the full options.

@@ -378,7 +413,7 @@ The changelog modal (tray > `View Changelog`) works the same way: it renders ove

 Hovering over subtitle text pauses mpv by default; leaving resumes it. Yomitan popups also pause playback by default. Set `subtitleStyle.autoPauseVideoOnHover: false` or `subtitleStyle.autoPauseVideoOnYomitanPopup: false` to disable either behavior.

-### Drag-and-Drop
+### Drag-and-drop

 - Drop video files onto the overlay to replace current playback.
 - Hold `Shift` while dropping to append to the playlist instead.
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
-# WebSocket / Texthooker API & Integration
+# WebSocket and texthooker API

-**Who this page is for:** developers and tinkerers who want to consume SubMiner's live subtitle stream from their own tools - a browser tab, an automation script, or another mpv plugin. If you just want subtitles in a browser tab for Yomitan, skip to [Texthooker Integration Guide](#texthooker-integration-guide); the rest is reference for building custom clients.
+This page is for people wiring SubMiner's live subtitle stream into their own tools: a browser tab, an automation script, another mpv plugin. If you only want subtitles in a browser tab for Yomitan, jump to [Texthooker Integration Guide](#texthooker-integration-guide). Everything else here is reference for building a client.

 A *texthooker* is a page/tool that receives the text currently on screen so a dictionary extension (like Yomitan) can look words up. SubMiner ships its own texthooker UI and also broadcasts subtitle text over local WebSockets that any client can connect to.

-SubMiner exposes a small set of local integration surfaces for browser tools, automation helpers, and mpv-driven workflows:
+SubMiner opens four local integration points:

 - **Subtitle WebSocket** at `ws://127.0.0.1:6677` by default for plain subtitle pushes.
 - **Annotation WebSocket** at `ws://127.0.0.1:6678` by default for token-aware clients.
 - **Texthooker HTTP UI** at `http://127.0.0.1:5174` by default for browser-based subtitle consumption.
 - **mpv plugin script messages** for in-player automation and extension.

-This page documents those integration points and shows how to build custom consumers around them.
+The rest of this page documents each one and shows how to build a consumer for it.

-## Quick Reference
+## Quick reference

 | Surface | Default | Purpose |
 | --- | --- | --- |
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ This page documents those integration points and shows how to build custom consu
 | `texthooker` | `http://127.0.0.1:5174` | Local texthooker UI with injected websocket config |
 | mpv plugin | `script-message subminer-*` | Start/stop/toggle/status automation inside mpv |

-## Enable and Configure the Services
+## Enable and configure the services

 SubMiner's integration ports are configured in `config.jsonc`. All three services are **off by default** - the block below shows the values to set to turn them on.

@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ SubMiner's integration ports are configured in `config.jsonc`. All three service

 If you use the [mpv plugin](/mpv-plugin), it can also start a texthooker-only helper process. The launcher derives the plugin's texthooker setting from your SubMiner config (`texthooker.launchAtStartup`) and injects it at runtime - there is no plugin config file to edit.

-## Developer API Documentation
+## Developer API documentation

-### 1. Subtitle WebSocket
+### 1. subtitle WebSocket

 Use the basic subtitle websocket when you only need the current subtitle line as plain text.

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ When a client connects, SubMiner immediately sends the latest subtitle payload i
 | `sentence` | string | Plain subtitle text with line breaks represented as `<br>`. No annotation spans or attributes. |
 | `tokens` | array | Always empty on the basic subtitle websocket. |

-### 2. Annotation WebSocket
+### 2. annotation WebSocket

 Use the annotation websocket for custom clients that want the same structured token payload the bundled texthooker UI consumes.

@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ SubMiner also adds tooltip-friendly data attributes when available:

 If you need a fully custom UI, ignore `sentence` and render from `tokens` instead.

-## Texthooker Integration Guide
+## Texthooker integration guide

 ### When to use the bundled texthooker page

@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ Here is a minimal browser client for the annotation stream:
 </script>
 ```

-### Build a custom Node client
+### Build a custom node client

 ```js
 import WebSocket from 'ws';
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ ws.on('message', (raw) => {
 - Reconnect on disconnect; SubMiner does not manage client reconnects for you.
 - Prefer `payload.text` for logging/automation and `payload.sentence` or `payload.tokens` for UI rendering.

-## Plugin Development
+## Plugin development

 SubMiner does **not** currently expose a general-purpose third-party plugin SDK inside the app itself. Today, the supported extension surfaces are:

@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ Examples:
 - local vocabulary capture helper that writes interesting lines to a file
 - bridge service that forwards websocket events into your own workflow engine

-## Webhook Examples
+## Webhook examples

 SubMiner does **not** currently send outbound webhooks by itself. The supported pattern is to consume the websocket locally and relay events into another system.

@@ -342,7 +342,6 @@ ws.on('message', async (raw) => {
 - **n8n / Make / Zapier relay:** send each subtitle line into an automation workflow for logging, translation, or summarization.
 - **Discord / Slack notifier:** post only lines that contain unknown words or N+1 targets.
 - **Obsidian / Markdown capture:** append subtitle lines plus token metadata to a daily immersion note.
- **Local LLM pipeline:** trigger a glossary, translation, or sentence-mining workflow whenever a new line arrives.

 ### Filtering example: only forward N+1 lines

@@ -365,7 +364,7 @@ ws.on('message', async (raw) => {
 });
 ```

-## Recommended Integration Combinations
+## Recommended integration combinations

 - **Browser Yomitan client:** `texthooker` + `annotationWebsocket`
 - **Custom dashboard:** `annotationWebsocket` only
@@ -373,7 +372,7 @@ ws.on('message', async (raw) => {
 - **mpv-side automation:** mpv plugin script messages + optional websocket relay
 - **Webhook-style workflows:** `annotationWebsocket` + your own local relay service

-## Related Pages
+## Related pages

 - [Configuration](/configuration#websocket-server)
 - [Mining Workflow - Texthooker](/mining-workflow#texthooker)
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
-# YouTube Integration
+# YouTube integration

-SubMiner auto-loads Japanese subtitles when you play a YouTube URL, giving you the same sentence-mining overlay experience as local video files. It probes available subtitle tracks via `yt-dlp`, selects the best primary and secondary tracks, downloads them, and loads them into mpv before playback resumes.
+Play a YouTube URL and SubMiner loads Japanese subtitles for it, so mining works the same as it does on a local file. It probes the available tracks with `yt-dlp`, picks a primary and a secondary, downloads both, and loads them into mpv before playback resumes.

 ## Requirements

 - **[yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp)** must be installed and on your `PATH`. yt-dlp is a free command-line tool that reads YouTube video and subtitle info; SubMiner calls it behind the scenes. (`PATH` is the list of folders your system searches for programs - most installers add yt-dlp to it automatically. If yours did not, set `SUBMINER_YTDLP_BIN` to the full path of the yt-dlp binary.)
 - mpv with `--input-ipc-server` configured (handled automatically when you launch playback through the `subminer` launcher - no manual setup needed).

-## How It Works
+## How it works

 When SubMiner detects a YouTube URL (or `ytsearch:` target), it pauses mpv at startup and runs a subtitle pipeline before resuming playback:

-1. **Probe** --- `yt-dlp --dump-single-json` extracts all available subtitle tracks (manual uploads and auto-generated captions) along with video metadata. Every yt-dlp call passes `--no-playlist`, so playlist links (for example a Watch Later URL with `list=`/`index=`) resolve to the single video instead of the whole playlist.
-2. **Discover** --- Each track is normalized into a `YoutubeTrackOption` with language code, kind (`manual` or `auto`), display label, and direct download URL.
-3. **Select** --- SubMiner picks the best primary track (Japanese, preferring manual over auto) and secondary track (English, preferring manual over auto).
-4. **Download** --- Selected tracks are fetched via direct URL when available, falling back to `yt-dlp --write-subs` / `--write-auto-subs`. YouTube TimedText XML formats (`srv1`/`srv2`/`srv3`) are converted to VTT on the fly. Auto-generated VTT captions are normalized to remove rolling-caption duplication.
-5. **Load** --- Subtitle files are injected into mpv via `sub-add`. Playback resumes once the primary track is ready; secondary failures do not block.
+1. **Probe** - `yt-dlp --dump-single-json` extracts all available subtitle tracks (manual uploads and auto-generated captions) along with video metadata. Every yt-dlp call passes `--no-playlist`, so playlist links (for example a Watch Later URL with `list=`/`index=`) resolve to the single video instead of the whole playlist.
+2. **Discover** - Each track is normalized into a `YoutubeTrackOption` with language code, kind (`manual` or `auto`), display label, and direct download URL.
+3. **Select** - SubMiner picks the best primary track (Japanese, preferring manual over auto) and secondary track (English, preferring manual over auto).
+4. **Download** - Selected tracks are fetched via direct URL when available, falling back to `yt-dlp --write-subs` / `--write-auto-subs`. YouTube TimedText XML formats (`srv1`/`srv2`/`srv3`) are converted to VTT on the fly. Auto-generated VTT captions are normalized to remove rolling-caption duplication.
+5. **Load** - Subtitle files are injected into mpv via `sub-add`. Playback resumes once the primary track is ready; secondary failures do not block.

-## Pipeline Diagram
+## Pipeline diagram

 ```mermaid
 flowchart TD
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ flowchart TD
    A --> B
    B --> C
    C --> D
-    D -- startup --> E
-    D -- user request --> F
+    D - startup --> E
+    D - user request --> F
    E --> G
    F --> G
    G --> H
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ flowchart TD
    K --> L
 ```

-## Auto-Load Flow
+## Auto-load flow

 On startup with a YouTube URL:

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ On startup with a YouTube URL:
 6. Missing tracks are downloaded to a temp directory and loaded via `sub-add`.
 7. Playback unpauses once the primary subtitle is ready.

-## Manual Subtitle Picker
+## Manual subtitle picker

 Press **Ctrl+Alt+C** during YouTube playback to open the subtitle picker overlay. This lets you:

@@ -80,27 +80,27 @@ card to a success notification after the selected tracks load.

 The picker displays each track with its language, kind (manual/auto), and title when available.

-## Subtitle Format Handling
+## Subtitle format handling

 SubMiner handles several YouTube subtitle formats transparently:

 | Format                 | Handling                                                 |
 | ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `srt`, `vtt`           | Used directly (preferred for manual tracks)              |
-| `srv1`, `srv2`, `srv3` | YouTube TimedText XML --- converted to VTT automatically |
+| `srv1`, `srv2`, `srv3` | YouTube TimedText XML - converted to VTT automatically |
 | Auto-generated VTT     | Normalized to remove rolling-caption text duplication    |

 For auto-generated tracks, SubMiner prefers `srv3` > `srv2` > `srv1` > `vtt` (TimedText XML produces cleaner output). For manual tracks, `srt` > `vtt` is preferred.

-## Card Media Cache
+## Card media cache

 By default, YouTube card audio and screenshots are extracted directly from mpv's active stream URLs. If generated card media fails with YouTube `403` errors, set `youtube.mediaCache.mode` to `"background"`. Background mode starts a separate `yt-dlp` media download after playback loads, including YouTube URLs opened directly in mpv and resolved stream URLs when mpv still exposes the original YouTube playlist entry. It creates text fields immediately, queues audio/image work for mined notes, and fills those fields once the local cache file is ready.

 Background cache downloads are capped at 720p by default (`youtube.mediaCache.maxHeight`; set `0` for unlimited) and use IPv4 and retry flags to reduce YouTube throttling failures. If the background download still fails, SubMiner shows a cache failure notification, shows queued-card failure notifications, and clears those pending updates so cards are not left waiting silently.

-## Configuration Reference
+## Configuration reference

-### Primary Subtitle Languages
+### Primary subtitle languages

 ```jsonc
 {
@@ -114,11 +114,11 @@ Background cache downloads are capped at 720p by default (`youtube.mediaCache.ma
 | --------------------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `primarySubLanguages` | `string[]` | Languages that count as a satisfactory primary subtitle (default `["ja", "jpn"]`). Used by the "primary subtitle missing" notification and by managed local/playlist subtitle selection. |

-YouTube auto-selection itself always picks a Japanese track first (manual over auto), then falls back to any manual track — `primarySubLanguages` does not change which YouTube track is auto-picked.
+YouTube auto-selection itself always picks a Japanese track first (manual over auto), then falls back to any manual track. `primarySubLanguages` does not change which YouTube track is auto-picked.

-### Secondary Subtitle Languages
+### Secondary subtitle languages

-YouTube secondary selection is fixed: SubMiner always tries an English track (manual over auto) and loads it when found. The shared `secondarySub` config does not change YouTube track selection — `secondarySubLanguages` and `autoLoadSecondarySub` apply only to local/Jellyfin sidecar selection — but `defaultMode` still controls how the loaded secondary bar is displayed:
+YouTube secondary selection is fixed: SubMiner always tries an English track (manual over auto) and loads it when found. The shared `secondarySub` config does not change YouTube track selection. `secondarySubLanguages` and `autoLoadSecondarySub` apply only to local and Jellyfin sidecar selection. `defaultMode` still controls how the loaded secondary bar is displayed:

 ```jsonc
 {
@@ -138,10 +138,10 @@ YouTube secondary selection is fixed: SubMiner always tries an English track (ma

 These settings come from `config.jsonc` (or built-in defaults); there are no CLI flags or environment variables for subtitle language selection.

-## Limitations and Troubleshooting
+## Limitations and troubleshooting

 - **No subtitles found**: The video may not have Japanese subtitles. Open the picker with `Ctrl+Alt+C` to see all available tracks.
- **yt-dlp not found**: Install `yt-dlp` and ensure it is on `PATH`, or set `SUBMINER_YTDLP_BIN` to the binary path.
+- **yt-dlp not found**: Install `yt-dlp` and put it on `PATH`, or set `SUBMINER_YTDLP_BIN` to the binary path.
 - **Probe timeout**: `yt-dlp` has a 15-second timeout per operation. Slow connections or rate-limited IPs may hit this. Retry or update `yt-dlp`.
 - **Card media `403` errors**: Switch `youtube.mediaCache.mode` from `"direct"` to `"background"` so card media is generated from a local `yt-dlp` cache instead of ffmpeg reading an expiring YouTube stream URL.
 - **Auto-caption quality**: YouTube auto-generated captions vary in quality. Manual subtitles (when available) are always preferred.
@@ -149,10 +149,10 @@ These settings come from `config.jsonc` (or built-in defaults); there are no CLI
 - **Secondary subtitle fails**: Secondary track failures never block playback. The primary subtitle loads independently.
 - **Native mpv secondary rendering**: Stays hidden during YouTube flows so the SubMiner overlay remains the visible secondary subtitle surface.

-## Related Pages
+## Related pages

- [Usage --- YouTube Playback](/usage#youtube-playback)
- [Configuration --- YouTube Playback Settings](/configuration#youtube-playback-settings)
- [Configuration --- Secondary Subtitles](/configuration#secondary-subtitles)
+- [Usage - YouTube Playback](/usage#youtube-playback)
+- [Configuration - YouTube Playback Settings](/configuration#youtube-playback-settings)
+- [Configuration - Secondary Subtitles](/configuration#secondary-subtitles)
 - [Keyboard Shortcuts](/shortcuts)
 - [Jellyfin Integration](/jellyfin-integration)
@@ -58,12 +58,15 @@
   `latest*.yml` and `*.blockmap` files under `release/`.
 5. Commit the prerelease prep (package.json version bump + the generated
   `release/prerelease-notes.md`). CI does not regenerate notes — it uses the
-   committed file — so review it before committing. If you add more
-   `changes/*.md` fragments for a later beta/RC, rerun
-   `bun run changelog:prerelease-notes --version <version>`; the generator uses
-   the existing prerelease notes as the baseline only when their hidden
-   `prerelease-base-version` marker matches the current base version, and asks
-   Claude to merge only the new fragment material. Do not run
+   committed file — so review it before committing. Rerun
+   `bun run changelog:prerelease-notes --version <version>` for every later
+   beta/RC, even if no fragments changed: the notes carry a hidden
+   `prerelease-version` marker and CI rejects the tag when the marker does not
+   match it (verify locally with
+   `bun run changelog:check-prerelease-notes --version <version>`). The
+   generator reuses the existing notes as the cumulative baseline when their
+   marker (or legacy `prerelease-base-version` marker) matches the current base
+   version, and asks Claude to merge only the new fragment material. Do not run
   `bun run changelog:build`.
 6. Tag the commit: `git tag v<version>`.
 7. Push commit + tag.
@@ -78,6 +81,8 @@ Notes:
 - Pass `--date` explicitly when you want the release stamped with the local cut date; otherwise the generator uses the current ISO date, which can roll over to the next UTC day late at night.
 - `changelog:check` now rejects tag/package version mismatches.
 - `changelog:prerelease-notes` also rejects tag/package version mismatches and writes `release/prerelease-notes.md` without mutating tracked changelog files. When that file already exists, the generator includes it in the Claude prompt so later beta/RC notes reuse the reviewed text instead of starting over.
+- From the second prerelease of a base version onward, the notes open with a `## Changes since <previous tag>` section above the cumulative `## Highlights`. The generator locates the newest preceding beta/RC tag for the same base version (semver order: all betas before all RCs), diffs `changes/*.md` between that tag and the working tree, and asks Claude to describe only the behavioral beta-to-beta differences — added fragments as new changes, modified fragments by their before/after difference (editorial-only edits are dropped), deleted fragments as removed/reverted changes. If no fragments changed (for example a packaging-only rebuild), the section states that explicitly without a Claude call. The delta section carries no separate contributor attribution; `## What's Changed` stays cumulative like `## Highlights`.
+- `changelog:check-prerelease-notes --version <version>` verifies the committed notes' `prerelease-version` marker matches the version being tagged; the prerelease workflow runs it and fails the release on stale notes.
 - `changelog:build` generates `CHANGELOG.md` + `release/release-notes.md` (both polished by `claude -p`) and removes the released `changes/*.md` fragments. The CHANGELOG keeps internal notes inside a `<details><summary>Internal changes</summary>` collapse; the release notes drop them entirely.
 - `release/release-notes.md` (and `release/prerelease-notes.md`) include GitHub-style attribution after `## Highlights`: a `## What's Changed` list crediting each released fragment as `by @<author> in #<pr>`, plus a `## New Contributors` section for first-time authors. Attribution is resolved per fragment via `git log` (the commit that added the fragment) + `gh api .../commits/<sha>/pulls`, with one `gh` search per author for the first-contribution check. It needs `gh` installed and authenticated; if `gh` is unavailable or a lookup fails, the generator warns and emits notes without the attribution sections rather than failing. The CHANGELOG itself stays attribution-free.
 - The release workflow no longer auto-runs `changelog:build`. If pending `changes/*.md` fragments are present on a tag-based run, CI exits with a clear `::error::` pointing at the local fix. Run `bun run changelog:build --version <version>` locally, commit the polished output, then tag.
@@ -87,7 +87,9 @@ interface SubtitleCue {

 ASS scripts can also redraw one complete lyric for two or more long color/highlight phases. Those flush-timed phases collapse separately from short animation frames when they share text, style, actor, and layer and carry direct animation evidence, such as temporal tags or changing non-spatial overrides. Spatial command changes do not prove a phase, so separately positioned signs remain distinct.

-**Canonical animation recovery.** Some ASS producers keep the readable lyric or sign as a timed `Comment:` and generate hundreds of `Dialogue:` frames containing repeated glyphs or changing clip regions. Others retain the complete line as brief `Dialogue:` events around the generated fragments. A complete event is promoted only when nearby dialogue from the same style and actor forms a proven animation cluster and reconstructs its entire text in source order. The generated frames are then replaced by one cue marked `source: 'canonical-ass'`. This source marker lets the live primary-subtitle path prefer the clean authored text and timing for display, sidebar history, immersion recording, and mining, while unmatched editor notes and alternative translations remain ignored.
+**Canonical animation recovery.** Some ASS producers keep the readable lyric or sign as a timed `Comment:` and generate hundreds of `Dialogue:` frames containing repeated glyphs or changing clip regions. Others retain the complete line as brief `Dialogue:` events around the generated fragments. A complete event is promoted only when nearby dialogue from the same style and actor forms a proven animation cluster and reconstructs its entire text in source order. The generated frames are then replaced by one cue marked `source: 'canonical-ass'`. This source marker lets the live primary-subtitle path prefer the clean authored text and timing for display, sidebar history, immersion recording, and mining, while unmatched editor notes and alternative translations remain ignored. Secondary selection advances to an entering canonical cue at its generated animation start when the preceding authored cue ends before the new authored span. Unrelated simultaneous cues that continue through the new span remain visible.
+
+**Font texture cleanup.** A clipped repeated-glyph run or frequent changes to secondary alpha marks a texture seed. Clipped runs do not need a font override because some signs build their masks from ordinary `l` glyphs. The parser removes short clipped pieces that share a no-font seed's style and timing, or pieces that share a font seed's style, timing, and font even when the actor changes. It also removes positioned text layers with at least `E0` global alpha when they overlap a seed in the same style. Opaque authored sign text stays publishable when the texture switches fonts or actors around it.

 #### Prefetch Service Lifecycle

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ The desktop app keeps `src/main.ts` as composition root and pushes behavior into
 - `src/main/` owns composition, runtime setup, IPC wiring, and app lifecycle adapters.
 - `src/main/boot/` owns boot-phase assembly seams so `src/main.ts` can stay focused on lifecycle coordination and startup-path selection.
 - `src/core/services/` owns focused runtime services plus pure or side-effect-bounded logic.
+- `src/core/services/subtitle-generation*.ts` shares local whisper.cpp transcription, safe model downloads, and progress between the launcher and Electron. Optional Silero detection groups short speech passages before transcription, decodes each independently, and restores original media timing without joining omitted gaps. `src/main/runtime/subtitle-generation-runtime.ts` owns the overlay job lifecycle and only loads completed subtitles into the same local media; `src/shared/subtitle-generation*.ts` owns configuration, the multilingual model catalog, and IPC contracts. The overlay runtime retains a session model selection, validates picker requests through IPC, and keeps external model paths authoritative.
 - `src/renderer/` owns overlay rendering and input behavior.
 - `src/config/` owns config definitions, defaults, loading, and resolution.
 - `src/types/` owns shared cross-runtime contracts via domain entrypoints; `src/types.ts` stays a compatibility barrel.
@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@ Read when: you need to find the owner module for a behavior or test surface

 ## Shared Contract Entry Points

+The subtitle sidebar consumes parsed cues through `SubtitleSidebarSnapshot`. Its `sourceKey`
+identifies the media and subtitle source so renderer selections are invalidated on source changes,
+including changes whose cue text and timings are identical. Native selection and clean clipboard
+serialization live in `src/renderer/modals/subtitle-sidebar-selection.ts`. Electron lets standard
+Copy input reach the renderer, where sidebar selection takes priority over the live-subtitle binding.
+The preload bridge writes selections through Electron's clipboard API so copying does not depend
+on Chromium document focus or require activating the overlay window.
+
 - Config + app-state contracts: `src/types/config.ts`
 - Subtitle/token/media annotation contracts: `src/types/subtitle.ts`
 - Runtime/window/controller/Electron bridge contracts: `src/types/runtime.ts`
@@ -97,20 +97,31 @@ coming and prefetching would otherwise idle for the rest of the cue.

 ## Secondary Subtitle Flow

- `secondary-sub-text` remains the immediate fallback, so unreadable and remote subtitle sources
-  still appear without waiting for file resolution.
- Parsed secondary text and the live fallback share a flattened-line identity for long lines. This
-  removes dialogue/sign repetitions that differ only in whitespace or terminal punctuation while
-  retaining short repeated lines that can represent authored dialogue without source metadata.
+- `secondary-sub-text` remains the immediate fallback, so unreadable subtitle sources, remote URLs,
+  and still-extracting embedded tracks appear without waiting for file resolution. Embedded-track
+  extraction runs for local and network-mounted files alike (demuxing reads the whole container,
+  about 10 seconds per GB on gigabit, under a generous timeout); only true remote URLs skip it,
+  having no on-disk container to demux.
+- The live fallback also suppresses per-glyph typesetting walls: when many simultaneous
+  one-glyph lines are present (generated karaoke lettering flattened into live text), those
+  lines and their short syllable companions are dropped while concurrent dialogue lines stay.
+  This keeps the overlay clean while extraction is still in flight and for sources that never
+  produce parsed cues.
+- Parsed secondary text and the live fallback remove exact repeated lines at any length. A
+  flattened-line identity also removes long dialogue/sign repetitions that differ only in
+  whitespace or terminal punctuation, while distinct simultaneous short lines remain separate.
 - `secondary-subtitle-track.ts` resolves `secondary-sid` against mpv's track list. External tracks
  are read directly; supported embedded text tracks are extracted through the same ffmpeg-backed
  source resolver used by primary subtitle prefetching.
 - The selected source is parsed with `parseSubtitleCues()`, including metadata-aware ASS duplicate
  and animation collapse. Playback `time-pos` selects the active parsed cue after applying
  `secondary-sub-delay`.
- Fragment reconstruction marks positioned parts that span multiple vertical rows as a grid.
-  Secondary text omits those grids instead of flattening a translated table or schedule into one
-  synthetic line. Reconstructed single-line karaoke remains eligible for display.
+- Fragment reconstruction marks tall multi-row positioned parts as a grid only when they read
+  like tiling: a couple of texts repeated across many fragments, the same text re-shown at one
+  spot over time (countdown/animation frames), or scattered single glyphs. Secondary text omits
+  those grids instead of flattening a translated table or schedule into one synthetic line.
+  Wrapped lyric rows, CC-style dialogue blocks, and reconstructed single-line karaoke remain
+  eligible for display.
 - The resolved text is stored in `mpvClient.currentSecondarySubText` before it is broadcast. The
  overlay, mining, timing tracker, and immersion statistics therefore consume the same secondary
  text when a readable source is available.
@@ -118,11 +129,28 @@ coming and prefetching would otherwise idle for the rest of the cue.
  between ordinary, hard, or ideographic spaces appear once.
 - Simultaneous ASS lines are flattened in top-to-bottom positioned order, falling back to their
  authored source order when no usable position exists.
+- Half-size kana positioned directly above a same-timed kanji caption is treated as ASS
+  furigana. The parser omits it from published cues but retains hidden matching metadata so
+  mpv's raw live text can be reconciled without displaying or mining the reading. The
+  timing tracker (clipboard copy, recent-line mining) and immersion recorders run the same
+  reconciliation on the `sub-start`/`sub-end` sample, so they record what the overlay shows.
+- Broadcast-caption rows that spell one utterance across several same-timed positioned events
+  (same style, layer, and vertical band, stacked at most two text rows apart) are joined into
+  one cue with a single line break, so `preserveLineBreaks` treats them like an authored `\N`,
+  and the recorders above see the whole sentence. A row continues the one above it when that row
+  is a bare speaker label, ends without terminal punctuation, or leaves a ≪…≫ / ⸨…⸩ span open; a
+  lower row that opens its own label or span always starts a new cue, which keeps two speakers
+  sharing the screen on separate lines. The pass runs only on scripts that read as broadcast
+  captions (a meaningful share of events carry speaker labels or ≪…≫ / ⸨…⸩ spans) and only on
+  rows containing Japanese, because fansub typesetting stacks positioned rows for signs, chat
+  bubbles, and headlines where that punctuation convention does not hold.
 - Fragment-only ASS karaoke is reconstructed per style before publication. Explicit spaces
-  survive concatenation, while scripts that discarded their word boundaries remain compact
-  instead of gaining false spaces between syllables. Short runs qualify only when overlapping
-  positioned events also show changing overrides or repeated layer copies; an English or romaji
-  style name alone never turns ordinary dialogue into a lyric.
+  survive concatenation. Latin fragment typesetting with no literal spaces also recovers word
+  boundaries represented only by materially larger horizontal `\pos` or `\move` gaps within that
+  line. Unpositioned fragments stay compact instead of gaining guessed spaces between syllables.
+  Short runs qualify only when overlapping positioned events also show changing overrides or
+  repeated layer copies; an English or romaji style name alone never turns ordinary dialogue into
+  a lyric.
 - Recovered canonical ASS text remains active for the generated animation envelope. For
  reconstructed lyric styles, the longest-lived active line wins over brief entrance and exit
  fragments from the same style.
@@ -0,0 +1,245 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { parseArgs } from '../config.js';
+import {
+  createGenerationProgressReporter,
+  runGenerateSubtitlesCommand,
+} from './generate-subtitles-command.js';
+
+type Deps = NonNullable<Parameters<typeof runGenerateSubtitlesCommand>[1]>;
+
+function fixture(argv: string[] = ['generate-subs', '/media/episode.mkv']) {
+  const output: string[] = [];
+  const commands: unknown[][] = [];
+  const generations: Parameters<NonNullable<Deps['generate']>>[0][] = [];
+  let exitCode: number | undefined;
+  let interrupted: (() => void) | undefined;
+  let detached = false;
+  const context = {
+    args: parseArgs(argv, 'subminer', {}),
+    mpvSocketPath: '/tmp/test-subminer-socket',
+    processAdapter: {
+      writeStdout: (text: string) => {
+        output.push(text);
+      },
+      setExitCode: (code: number) => {
+        exitCode = code;
+      },
+    },
+  };
+  const deps: Deps = {
+    readConfig: () => ({ subtitleGeneration: { modelPath: '/models/external.bin' } }),
+    configPath: () => '/settings/SubMiner/config.jsonc',
+    resolveModel: async () => ({ kind: 'external', path: '/models/external.bin' }),
+    downloadModel: async () => {
+      throw new Error('Unexpected model download');
+    },
+    generate: async (input) => {
+      generations.push(input);
+      input.onProgress?.({
+        stage: 'transcribe',
+        percent: 50,
+        message: 'Transcribing Japanese audio',
+      });
+      return '/media/episode.ja.srt';
+    },
+    mpvCommand: async (_socket, command) => {
+      commands.push(command);
+      if (command[1] === 'path') return '/media/episode.mkv';
+      if (command[1] === 'track-list') return [{ type: 'audio', selected: true, 'ff-index': 2 }];
+      return undefined;
+    },
+    onInterrupt: (handler) => {
+      interrupted = handler;
+      return () => {
+        detached = true;
+      };
+    },
+  };
+  return {
+    context,
+    deps,
+    output,
+    commands,
+    generations,
+    exitCode: () => exitCode,
+    interrupt: () => interrupted?.(),
+    detached: () => detached,
+  };
+}
+
+test('launcher uses the shared core and selected mpv audio then loads the generated file', async () => {
+  const f = fixture(['generate-subs']);
+  assert.equal(await runGenerateSubtitlesCommand(f.context, f.deps), true);
+  assert.equal(f.generations[0]?.mediaPath, '/media/episode.mkv');
+  assert.equal(f.generations[0]?.audioStreamIndex, 2);
+  assert.equal(
+    f.generations[0]?.modelDirectory,
+    path.join('/settings/SubMiner', 'models', 'whisper'),
+  );
+  assert.equal(f.generations[0]?.config.modelPath, '/models/external.bin');
+  assert.deepEqual(f.commands.at(-2), [
+    'sub-add',
+    '/media/episode.ja.srt',
+    'select',
+    'Japanese (generated)',
+    'ja',
+  ]);
+  assert.deepEqual(f.commands.at(-1), ['set_property', 'sub-delay', 0]);
+  assert.match(f.output.join(''), /50%/);
+  assert.match(f.output.join(''), /Saved Japanese subtitles/);
+  assert.equal(f.detached(), true);
+});
+
+test('launcher never downloads a model without the explicit option', async () => {
+  const f = fixture();
+  f.deps.resolveModel = async () => ({ kind: 'missing', path: '/models/missing.bin' });
+  await assert.rejects(runGenerateSubtitlesCommand(f.context, f.deps), /--download-model/);
+  assert.equal(f.generations.length, 0);
+  assert.equal(f.detached(), true);
+});
+
+test('current mpv generation requires an identifiable selected audio track', async () => {
+  for (const tracks of [
+    [],
+    [{ type: 'audio', selected: true }],
+    [{ type: 'audio', selected: true, external: true, 'ff-index': 0 }],
+  ]) {
+    const f = fixture(['generate-subs']);
+    f.deps.mpvCommand = async (_socket, command) =>
+      command[1] === 'path' ? '/media/episode.mkv' : tracks;
+    await assert.rejects(runGenerateSubtitlesCommand(f.context, f.deps), /audio track/);
+    assert.equal(f.generations.length, 0);
+  }
+});
+
+test('explicit local file leaves Japanese track selection to the shared generator', async () => {
+  const f = fixture();
+  await runGenerateSubtitlesCommand(f.context, f.deps);
+  assert.equal(f.generations[0]?.audioStreamIndex, undefined);
+  assert.equal(
+    f.commands.some((command) => command[1] === 'track-list'),
+    false,
+  );
+});
+
+test('launcher does not load generated subtitles after mpv switches files', async () => {
+  const f = fixture(['generate-subs']);
+  let pathRequests = 0;
+  f.deps.mpvCommand = async (_socket, command) => {
+    f.commands.push(command);
+    if (command[1] === 'path')
+      return ++pathRequests === 1 ? '/media/episode.mkv' : '/media/next.mkv';
+    return [{ type: 'audio', selected: true, 'ff-index': 2 }];
+  };
+  await runGenerateSubtitlesCommand(f.context, f.deps);
+  assert.equal(
+    f.commands.some((command) => command[0] === 'sub-add'),
+    false,
+  );
+  assert.match(f.output.join(''), /Saved Japanese subtitles/);
+});
+
+test('explicit managed model overrides external config and downloads before generation', async () => {
+  const f = fixture([
+    'generate-subs',
+    '/media/episode.mkv',
+    '--model',
+    'medium',
+    '--download-model',
+  ]);
+  f.deps.resolveModel = async (config) => {
+    assert.equal(config.modelPath, '');
+    assert.equal(config.managedModel, 'medium');
+    return { kind: 'missing', path: '/models/medium.bin' };
+  };
+  let downloaded = false;
+  f.deps.downloadModel = async () => {
+    downloaded = true;
+    return '/models/medium.bin';
+  };
+  const generate = f.deps.generate;
+  f.deps.generate = async (input) => {
+    assert.equal(downloaded, true);
+    if (!generate) throw new Error('Missing fixture generator');
+    return generate(input);
+  };
+  await runGenerateSubtitlesCommand(f.context, f.deps);
+  assert.equal(f.generations.length, 1);
+});
+
+test('generation can run standalone and never loads subtitles into another video', async () => {
+  for (const playing of [null, '/media/different.mkv']) {
+    const f = fixture();
+    f.deps.mpvCommand = async (_socket, command) => {
+      f.commands.push(command);
+      if (playing === null) throw new Error('mpv is not running');
+      return playing;
+    };
+    await runGenerateSubtitlesCommand(f.context, f.deps);
+    assert.equal(f.generations.length, 1);
+    assert.equal(
+      f.commands.some((command) => command[0] === 'sub-add'),
+      false,
+    );
+  }
+});
+
+test('launcher preserves the saved path when loading into mpv fails', async () => {
+  const f = fixture();
+  const mpv = f.deps.mpvCommand;
+  f.deps.mpvCommand = async (socket, command, timeout) => {
+    if (command[0] === 'sub-add') throw new Error('load failed');
+    return mpv?.(socket, command, timeout);
+  };
+  await runGenerateSubtitlesCommand(f.context, f.deps);
+  assert.match(f.output.join(''), /Saved Japanese subtitles: \/media\/episode.ja.srt/);
+  assert.match(f.output.join(''), /mpv could not load them: load failed/);
+  assert.equal(f.exitCode(), 1);
+});
+
+test('SIGINT cancels shared generation and unregisters its handler', async () => {
+  const f = fixture();
+  f.deps.generate = async (input) => {
+    f.interrupt();
+    assert.equal(input.signal?.aborted, true);
+    throw new Error('Aborted');
+  };
+  await runGenerateSubtitlesCommand(f.context, f.deps);
+  assert.equal(f.exitCode(), 130);
+  assert.equal(f.detached(), true);
+  assert.match(f.output.join(''), /cancelled/);
+});
+
+test('cancellation after generation preserves the saved path and skips mpv loading', async () => {
+  const f = fixture();
+  f.deps.generate = async () => {
+    f.interrupt();
+    return '/media/episode.ja.srt';
+  };
+  await runGenerateSubtitlesCommand(f.context, f.deps);
+  assert.equal(
+    f.commands.some((command) => command[0] === 'sub-add'),
+    false,
+  );
+  assert.match(f.output.join(''), /Saved Japanese subtitles: \/media\/episode.ja.srt/);
+  assert.equal(f.exitCode(), 130);
+  assert.equal(f.detached(), true);
+});
+
+test('progress throttles repeated updates but always reports stage changes and completion', () => {
+  const output: string[] = [];
+  let time = 0;
+  const progress = createGenerationProgressReporter(
+    (text) => output.push(text),
+    () => time,
+  );
+  progress({ stage: 'download', percent: 0, message: 'Downloading' });
+  progress({ stage: 'download', percent: 1, message: 'Downloading' });
+  time = 1000;
+  progress({ stage: 'download', percent: 50, message: 'Downloading' });
+  progress({ stage: 'download', percent: 100, message: 'Downloading' });
+  progress({ stage: 'extract', message: 'Extracting audio' });
+  assert.equal(output.length, 4);
+});
@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+import {
+  downloadSubtitleGenerationModel,
+  generateJapaneseSubtitles,
+  resolveSubtitleGenerationModel,
+} from '../../src/core/services/subtitle-generation.js';
+import {
+  resolveSubtitleGenerationConfig,
+  type SubtitleGenerationProgress,
+} from '../../src/shared/subtitle-generation.js';
+import {
+  readLauncherMainConfigObject,
+  resolveLauncherMainConfigPath,
+} from '../config/shared-config-reader.js';
+import { sendMpvCommandWithResponse } from '../mpv.js';
+import { resolvePathMaybe } from '../util.js';
+import type { LauncherCommandContext } from './context.js';
+
+type GenerationCommandContext = Pick<LauncherCommandContext, 'args' | 'mpvSocketPath'> & {
+  processAdapter: Pick<LauncherCommandContext['processAdapter'], 'writeStdout' | 'setExitCode'>;
+};
+
+interface GenerationCommandDeps {
+  readConfig: typeof readLauncherMainConfigObject;
+  configPath: typeof resolveLauncherMainConfigPath;
+  resolveModel: typeof resolveSubtitleGenerationModel;
+  downloadModel: typeof downloadSubtitleGenerationModel;
+  generate: typeof generateJapaneseSubtitles;
+  mpvCommand: typeof sendMpvCommandWithResponse;
+  onInterrupt: (handler: () => void) => () => void;
+}
+
+const defaultDeps: GenerationCommandDeps = {
+  readConfig: readLauncherMainConfigObject,
+  configPath: resolveLauncherMainConfigPath,
+  resolveModel: resolveSubtitleGenerationModel,
+  downloadModel: downloadSubtitleGenerationModel,
+  generate: generateJapaneseSubtitles,
+  mpvCommand: sendMpvCommandWithResponse,
+  onInterrupt: (handler) => {
+    process.on('SIGINT', handler);
+    return () => process.off('SIGINT', handler);
+  },
+};
+
+function localMediaPath(value: string, workingDirectory = process.cwd()): string {
+  if (value.startsWith('file://')) return fileURLToPath(value);
+  if (/^[a-z][a-z\d+.-]*:\/\//i.test(value)) {
+    throw new Error('Japanese subtitle generation requires a local media file.');
+  }
+  return path.resolve(workingDirectory, resolvePathMaybe(value));
+}
+
+async function readMpvMedia(socketPath: string, command: GenerationCommandDeps['mpvCommand']) {
+  const media = await command(socketPath, ['get_property', 'path'], 1000);
+  if (typeof media !== 'string' || !media.trim()) return null;
+  let workingDirectory: string | undefined;
+  if (!path.isAbsolute(media) && !media.startsWith('file://')) {
+    const directory = await command(socketPath, ['get_property', 'working-directory'], 1000);
+    if (typeof directory !== 'string') return null;
+    workingDirectory = directory;
+  }
+  return localMediaPath(media, workingDirectory);
+}
+
+async function readMpvAudioStream(
+  socketPath: string,
+  command: GenerationCommandDeps['mpvCommand'],
+) {
+  const tracks = await command(socketPath, ['get_property', 'track-list'], 1000);
+  for (const track of Array.isArray(tracks) ? tracks : []) {
+    if (
+      typeof track === 'object' &&
+      track !== null &&
+      'type' in track &&
+      track.type === 'audio' &&
+      'selected' in track &&
+      track.selected === true
+    ) {
+      if ('external' in track && track.external === true) {
+        throw new Error(
+          'The selected mpv audio track is external. Pass its local file to generate-subs.',
+        );
+      }
+      if (
+        'ff-index' in track &&
+        typeof track['ff-index'] === 'number' &&
+        Number.isSafeInteger(track['ff-index']) &&
+        track['ff-index'] >= 0
+      ) {
+        return track['ff-index'];
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  throw new Error(
+    'Select an audio track in mpv, or pass --audio-stream with its absolute stream index.',
+  );
+}
+
+function sameFile(left: string, right: string): boolean {
+  try {
+    return fs.realpathSync(left) === fs.realpathSync(right);
+  } catch {
+    return path.resolve(left) === path.resolve(right);
+  }
+}
+
+/** Keep progress readable in terminals and redirected logs, even for large model downloads. */
+export function createGenerationProgressReporter(write: (text: string) => void, now = Date.now) {
+  let previousStage: SubtitleGenerationProgress['stage'] | undefined;
+  let previousTime = -Infinity;
+  let previousLine = '';
+  return (progress: SubtitleGenerationProgress): void => {
+    const percent =
+      typeof progress.percent === 'number' && Number.isFinite(progress.percent)
+        ? Math.floor(Math.max(0, Math.min(100, progress.percent)))
+        : undefined;
+    const line = `[${progress.stage}] ${percent === undefined ? '' : `${percent}% `}${progress.message}\n`;
+    const timestamp = now();
+    if (
+      line === previousLine ||
+      (progress.stage === previousStage && timestamp - previousTime < 1000 && percent !== 100)
+    )
+      return;
+    write(line);
+    previousStage = progress.stage;
+    previousTime = timestamp;
+    previousLine = line;
+  };
+}
+
+export async function runGenerateSubtitlesCommand(
+  context: GenerationCommandContext,
+  overrides: Partial<GenerationCommandDeps> = {},
+): Promise<boolean> {
+  const options = context.args.generateSubtitles;
+  if (!options) return false;
+  const deps = { ...defaultDeps, ...overrides };
+  const write = (text: string) => context.processAdapter.writeStdout(text);
+  const controller = new AbortController();
+  const removeInterrupt = deps.onInterrupt(() => controller.abort());
+  try {
+    const config = resolveSubtitleGenerationConfig(deps.readConfig()?.subtitleGeneration);
+    if (options.managedModel) {
+      config.managedModel = options.managedModel;
+      config.modelPath = '';
+    }
+    if (options.modelPath !== undefined)
+      config.modelPath = path.resolve(resolvePathMaybe(options.modelPath));
+    const modelDirectory = path.join(path.dirname(deps.configPath()), 'models', 'whisper');
+    const currentMedia = await readMpvMedia(context.mpvSocketPath, deps.mpvCommand).catch(
+      () => null,
+    );
+    const mediaPath = options.mediaPath ? localMediaPath(options.mediaPath) : currentMedia;
+    if (!mediaPath)
+      throw new Error('Pass a local video file or open one in mpv before running generate-subs.');
+    const audioStreamIndex =
+      options.audioStreamIndex ??
+      (!options.mediaPath
+        ? await readMpvAudioStream(context.mpvSocketPath, deps.mpvCommand)
+        : undefined);
+    const onProgress = createGenerationProgressReporter(write);
+    const model = await deps.resolveModel(config, modelDirectory);
+    if (model.kind === 'invalid') throw new Error(model.message);
+    if (model.kind === 'missing') {
+      if (!options.downloadModel) {
+        throw new Error(
+          'No Whisper model found. Run again with --download-model, or set subtitleGeneration.modelPath / --model-path.',
+        );
+      }
+      await deps.downloadModel({ config, modelDirectory, onProgress, signal: controller.signal });
+    }
+    const outputPath = await deps.generate({
+      config,
+      modelDirectory,
+      mediaPath,
+      audioStreamIndex,
+      outputPath: options.outputPath
+        ? path.resolve(resolvePathMaybe(options.outputPath))
+        : undefined,
+      onProgress,
+      signal: controller.signal,
+    });
+    write(`Saved Japanese subtitles: ${outputPath}\n`);
+    controller.signal.throwIfAborted();
+    const playingMedia = await readMpvMedia(context.mpvSocketPath, deps.mpvCommand).catch(
+      () => null,
+    );
+    controller.signal.throwIfAborted();
+    if (playingMedia && sameFile(playingMedia, mediaPath)) {
+      try {
+        await deps.mpvCommand(context.mpvSocketPath, [
+          'sub-add',
+          outputPath,
+          'select',
+          'Japanese (generated)',
+          'ja',
+        ]);
+        await deps.mpvCommand(context.mpvSocketPath, ['set_property', 'sub-delay', 0]);
+        write('Loaded Japanese subtitles into mpv.\n');
+      } catch (error) {
+        write(
+          `Subtitles are saved, but mpv could not load them: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}\n`,
+        );
+        context.processAdapter.setExitCode(1);
+      }
+    }
+    return true;
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (!controller.signal.aborted) throw error;
+    write('Subtitle generation cancelled.\n');
+    context.processAdapter.setExitCode(130);
+    return true;
+  } finally {
+    removeInterrupt();
+  }
+}
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ export function applyRootOptionsToArgs(
 }

 export function applyInvocationsToArgs(parsed: Args, invocations: CliInvocations): void {
+  if (invocations.generateSubtitles) parsed.generateSubtitles = invocations.generateSubtitles;
  if (invocations.dictionaryTriggered) parsed.dictionary = true;
  if (invocations.dictionaryCandidates) parsed.dictionaryCandidates = true;
  if (invocations.dictionarySelect) parsed.dictionarySelect = true;
@@ -1,6 +1,61 @@
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import test from 'node:test';
 import { parseCliPrograms, resolveTopLevelCommand } from './cli-parser-builder.js';
+import { SUBTITLE_GENERATION_MODELS } from '../../src/shared/subtitle-generation-model-catalog.js';
+
+test('generate-subs accepts all downloadable multilingual model variants', () => {
+  for (const { id } of SUBTITLE_GENERATION_MODELS) {
+    const { invocations } = parseCliPrograms(['generate-subs', '--model', id], 'subminer');
+    assert.equal(invocations.generateSubtitles?.managedModel, id);
+  }
+});
+
+test('generate-subs parses local generation options separately from YouTube options', () => {
+  const result = parseCliPrograms(
+    [
+      'generate-subs',
+      'episode.mkv',
+      '--download-model',
+      '--model',
+      'medium',
+      '--output',
+      'episode.ja.srt',
+      '--audio-stream',
+      '2',
+    ],
+    'subminer',
+  );
+  assert.deepEqual(result.invocations.generateSubtitles, {
+    mediaPath: 'episode.mkv',
+    downloadModel: true,
+    managedModel: 'medium',
+    modelPath: undefined,
+    outputPath: 'episode.ja.srt',
+    audioStreamIndex: 2,
+  });
+  assert.equal(
+    parseCliPrograms(['generate-subs'], 'subminer').invocations.generateSubtitles?.mediaPath,
+    undefined,
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    parseCliPrograms(['generate-subs', '--model-path', '/models/ggml.bin'], 'subminer').invocations
+      .generateSubtitles?.modelPath,
+    '/models/ggml.bin',
+  );
+});
+
+test('generate-subs rejects conflicting models and malformed audio stream indices', () => {
+  for (const flags of [
+    ['--model', 'tiny.en'],
+    ['--model', 'small.en-q5_1'],
+    ['--model', 'toString'],
+    ['--audio-stream', '-1'],
+    ['--audio-stream', '1.5'],
+    ['--model-path', '/model.bin', '--download-model'],
+    ['--model-path', '/model.bin', '--model', 'small'],
+  ])
+    assert.throws(() => parseCliPrograms(['generate-subs', ...flags], 'subminer'), /Generation/);
+});

 test('resolveTopLevelCommand skips root options and finds the first command', () => {
  assert.deepEqual(resolveTopLevelCommand(['--backend', 'macos', 'config', 'show']), {
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
+import type { Args } from '../types.js';
+import {
+  isSubtitleGenerationModelId,
+  SUBTITLE_GENERATION_MODELS,
+} from '../../src/shared/subtitle-generation-model-catalog.js';

 export interface JellyfinInvocation {
  action?: string;
@@ -20,6 +25,7 @@ export interface CommandActionInvocation {
 }

 export interface CliInvocations {
+  generateSubtitles?: Args['generateSubtitles'];
  jellyfinInvocation: JellyfinInvocation | null;
  configInvocation: CommandActionInvocation | null;
  settingsInvocation: CommandActionInvocation | null;
@@ -118,6 +124,7 @@ function getTopLevelCommand(argv: string[]): { name: string; index: number } | n
    'mpv',
    'logs',
    'dictionary',
+    'generate-subs',
    'dict',
    'stats',
    'sync',
@@ -199,6 +206,7 @@ export function parseCliPrograms(
  let texthookerOpenBrowser = false;
  let doctorTriggered = false;
  let texthookerTriggered = false;
+  let generateSubtitles: Args['generateSubtitles'];

  const commandProgram = new Command();
  commandProgram
@@ -223,6 +231,50 @@ export function parseCliPrograms(
    .argument('[target]', 'file, directory, or URL');
  applyRootOptions(rootProgram);

+  commandProgram
+    .command('generate-subs')
+    .description('Generate Japanese subtitles locally with whisper.cpp')
+    .argument('[video]', 'Local media file, or the current mpv file if omitted')
+    .option('--download-model', 'Download the selected managed model if missing')
+    .option('--model-path <path>', 'Use an existing whisper.cpp model file')
+    .option(
+      '--model <name>',
+      `Managed model: ${SUBTITLE_GENERATION_MODELS.map((model) => model.id).join(', ')}`,
+    )
+    .option('--output <path>', 'Save subtitles to this SRT path')
+    .option('--audio-stream <index>', 'Absolute audio stream index from ffprobe')
+    .action((mediaPath: string | undefined, options: Record<string, unknown>) => {
+      const model = options.model;
+      if (model !== undefined && !isSubtitleGenerationModelId(model)) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `Generation --model must be one of: ${SUBTITLE_GENERATION_MODELS.map((entry) => entry.id).join(', ')}.`,
+        );
+      }
+      if (
+        options.modelPath !== undefined &&
+        (model !== undefined || options.downloadModel === true)
+      ) {
+        throw new Error(
+          'Generation --model-path cannot be combined with --model or --download-model.',
+        );
+      }
+      let audioStreamIndex: number | undefined;
+      if (typeof options.audioStream === 'string') {
+        audioStreamIndex = Number(options.audioStream);
+        if (!/^\d+$/.test(options.audioStream) || !Number.isSafeInteger(audioStreamIndex)) {
+          throw new Error('Generation --audio-stream must be a non-negative integer stream index.');
+        }
+      }
+      generateSubtitles = {
+        mediaPath,
+        downloadModel: options.downloadModel === true,
+        modelPath: typeof options.modelPath === 'string' ? options.modelPath : undefined,
+        managedModel: model,
+        outputPath: typeof options.output === 'string' ? options.output : undefined,
+        audioStreamIndex,
+      };
+    });
+
  commandProgram
    .command('jellyfin')
    .alias('jf')
@@ -507,6 +559,7 @@ export function parseCliPrograms(
    options: selectedProgram.opts<Record<string, unknown>>(),
    rootTarget: rootProgram.processedArgs[0],
    invocations: {
+      generateSubtitles,
      jellyfinInvocation,
      configInvocation,
      settingsInvocation,
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { runHistorySession } from './commands/history-command.js';
 import { runSyncCommand } from './commands/sync-command.js';
 import { runPlaybackCommand } from './commands/playback-command.js';
 import { runUpdateCommand } from './commands/update-command.js';
+import { runGenerateSubtitlesCommand } from './commands/generate-subtitles-command.js';

 const APP_VERSION =
  typeof packageJson.version === 'string' && packageJson.version.trim()
@@ -112,6 +113,10 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
    return;
  }

+  if (await runGenerateSubtitlesCommand(context)) {
+    return;
+  }
+
  const resolvedAppPath = ensureAppPath(context);
  state.appPath = resolvedAppPath;
  log('debug', args.logLevel, `Using SubMiner app binary: ${resolvedAppPath}`);
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import path from 'node:path';
 import os from 'node:os';
 import type { MpvBackend, MpvLaunchMode } from '../src/types/config.js';
+import type { SubtitleGenerationConfig } from '../src/shared/subtitle-generation.js';
 import {
  resolveDefaultLogFilePath,
  type LogFileToggles,
@@ -88,6 +89,14 @@ export interface LauncherAiConfig {
 }

 export interface Args {
+  generateSubtitles?: {
+    mediaPath?: string;
+    downloadModel: boolean;
+    modelPath?: string;
+    managedModel?: SubtitleGenerationConfig['managedModel'];
+    outputPath?: string;
+    audioStreamIndex?: number;
+  };
  backend: Backend;
  directory: string;
  recursive: boolean;
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  "name": "subminer",
  "productName": "SubMiner",
  "desktopName": "SubMiner.desktop",
-  "version": "0.19.4-beta.4",
+  "version": "0.19.6",
  "description": "All-in-one sentence mining overlay with AnkiConnect and dictionary integration",
  "packageManager": "bun@1.3.5",
  "main": "dist/main-entry.js",
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
    "changelog:pr-check": "bun run scripts/build-changelog.ts pr-check",
    "changelog:release-notes": "bun run scripts/build-changelog.ts release-notes",
    "changelog:prerelease-notes": "bun run scripts/build-changelog.ts prerelease-notes",
+    "changelog:check-prerelease-notes": "bun run scripts/build-changelog.ts check-prerelease-notes",
    "format": "prettier --write .",
    "format:check": "prettier --check .",
    "format:src": "bash scripts/prettier-scope.sh --write",
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@
    "app-builder-lib": "26.15.3",
    "brace-expansion": "5.0.9",
    "electron-builder-squirrel-windows": "26.15.3",
-    "fast-uri": "3.1.5",
+    "fast-uri": "3.1.6",
    "form-data": "4.0.6",
    "ip-address": "10.2.0",
    "js-yaml": "4.3.1",
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process';
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import test from 'node:test';
@@ -43,14 +44,22 @@ function fragmentTypesInPrompt(input: string): string[] {
    .map((line) => line.slice('type: '.length).trim());
 }

-function assertReleaseNotesPromptRequestsNestedBullets(input: string): void {
-  assert.match(input, /In MODE: release-notes, use short top-level change bullets/);
-  assert.match(input, /Nested bullets should cover the change, user benefit, and any user action/);
-  assert.match(input, /Do not require the exact nested labels/);
+function assertPromptRequestsNestedBullets(input: string): void {
+  assert.match(input, /In both modes, split every item into one nested bullet per distinct change/);
+  assert.match(input, /Never stack several distinct changes into one long paragraph-shaped bullet/);
  assert.match(input, /Keep nested bullets short, concrete, and readable by non-technical users/);
  assert.match(input, /Avoid paragraph-style release-note bullets/);
 }

+function assertReleaseNotesPromptRequestsNestedBullets(input: string): void {
+  assertPromptRequestsNestedBullets(input);
+  assert.match(
+    input,
+    /In MODE: release-notes, nested bullets should also cover user benefit and any user action/,
+  );
+  assert.match(input, /Do not require the exact nested labels/);
+}
+
 function defaultPolishedBody(input: string): string {
  const mode = modeFromPrompt(input);
  const types = fragmentTypesInPrompt(input);
@@ -445,6 +454,7 @@ test('writeChangelogArtifacts prompts Claude to summarize the final stable outco
        prompt,
        /Multiple fixes within the same prerelease cycle should collapse into one current-state bullet/,
      );
+      assertPromptRequestsNestedBullets(prompt);
    }

    const releaseNotesPrompt = stub.calls.find(
@@ -583,7 +593,7 @@ test('writePrereleaseNotesForVersion writes cumulative beta notes without mutati
    const outputPath = writePrereleaseNotesForVersion({
      cwd: projectRoot,
      version: '0.11.3-beta.1',
-      deps: { runClaude: stub.runClaude },
+      deps: { runClaude: stub.runClaude, listPrereleaseTags: () => [] },
    });

    assert.equal(outputPath, path.join(projectRoot, 'release', 'prerelease-notes.md'));
@@ -605,7 +615,8 @@ test('writePrereleaseNotesForVersion writes cumulative beta notes without mutati

    const prereleaseNotes = fs.readFileSync(outputPath, 'utf8');
    assert.match(prereleaseNotes, /^> This is a prerelease build for testing\./m);
-    assert.match(prereleaseNotes, /<!-- prerelease-base-version: 0\.11\.3 -->/);
+    assert.match(prereleaseNotes, /<!-- prerelease-version: 0\.11\.3-beta\.1 -->/);
+    assert.doesNotMatch(prereleaseNotes, /## Changes since /);
    assert.match(prereleaseNotes, /## Highlights\n### Added\n- Polished: added entry\./);
    assert.match(prereleaseNotes, /### Fixed\n- Polished: fixed entry\./);
    assert.match(prereleaseNotes, /## Installation\n\nSee the README and docs\/installation guide/);
@@ -668,7 +679,7 @@ test('writePrereleaseNotesForVersion reuses existing prerelease notes when addin
    const outputPath = writePrereleaseNotesForVersion({
      cwd: projectRoot,
      version: '0.11.3-beta.2',
-      deps: { runClaude: stub.runClaude },
+      deps: { runClaude: stub.runClaude, listPrereleaseTags: () => [] },
    });

    assert.equal(stub.calls.length, 1, 'prerelease should issue exactly one Claude call');
@@ -723,7 +734,7 @@ test('writePrereleaseNotesForVersion ignores unmarked prerelease notes from an o
    const outputPath = writePrereleaseNotesForVersion({
      cwd: projectRoot,
      version: '0.17.0-beta.1',
-      deps: { runClaude: stub.runClaude },
+      deps: { runClaude: stub.runClaude, listPrereleaseTags: () => [] },
    });

    assert.equal(stub.calls.length, 1, 'prerelease should issue exactly one Claude call');
@@ -790,7 +801,7 @@ test('writePrereleaseNotesForVersion prompts Claude to revise stale prerelease b
    writePrereleaseNotesForVersion({
      cwd: projectRoot,
      version: '0.12.0-beta.2',
-      deps: { runClaude: stub.runClaude },
+      deps: { runClaude: stub.runClaude, listPrereleaseTags: () => [] },
    });

    assert.equal(stub.calls.length, 1, 'prerelease should issue exactly one Claude call');
@@ -830,7 +841,7 @@ test('writePrereleaseNotesForVersion supports rc prereleases', async () => {
    const outputPath = writePrereleaseNotesForVersion({
      cwd: projectRoot,
      version: '0.11.3-rc.1',
-      deps: { runClaude: stub.runClaude },
+      deps: { runClaude: stub.runClaude, listPrereleaseTags: () => [] },
    });

    const prereleaseNotes = fs.readFileSync(outputPath, 'utf8');
@@ -1447,3 +1458,373 @@ test('writeChangelogArtifacts strips <details> blocks from release notes when re
    fs.rmSync(workspace, { recursive: true, force: true });
  }
 });
+
+test('selectPreviousPrereleaseTag orders betas before rcs and filters other base versions', async () => {
+  const { selectPreviousPrereleaseTag } = await loadModule();
+
+  const tags = [
+    'v0.19.4-beta.1',
+    'v0.19.4-beta.3',
+    'v0.19.4-beta.2',
+    'v0.19.3-beta.9',
+    'v0.19.4-rc.1',
+    'not-a-tag',
+  ];
+
+  assert.equal(selectPreviousPrereleaseTag(tags, '0.19.4-beta.1'), null);
+  assert.equal(selectPreviousPrereleaseTag(tags, '0.19.4-beta.2'), 'v0.19.4-beta.1');
+  assert.equal(selectPreviousPrereleaseTag(tags, '0.19.4-beta.4'), 'v0.19.4-beta.3');
+  assert.equal(selectPreviousPrereleaseTag(tags, '0.19.4-rc.1'), 'v0.19.4-beta.3');
+  assert.equal(selectPreviousPrereleaseTag(tags, '0.19.4-rc.2'), 'v0.19.4-rc.1');
+  // Regenerating notes for an already-tagged version must not pick itself.
+  assert.equal(selectPreviousPrereleaseTag(tags, '0.19.4-beta.3'), 'v0.19.4-beta.2');
+  assert.equal(selectPreviousPrereleaseTag(['v0.19.3-beta.1'], '0.19.4-beta.2'), null);
+});
+
+test('writePrereleaseNotesForVersion adds a delta section generated from fragment diffs', async () => {
+  const { writePrereleaseNotesForVersion } = await loadModule();
+  const workspace = createWorkspace('prerelease-delta-section');
+  const projectRoot = path.join(workspace, 'SubMiner');
+
+  fs.mkdirSync(path.join(projectRoot, 'changes'), { recursive: true });
+  fs.writeFileSync(
+    path.join(projectRoot, 'package.json'),
+    JSON.stringify({ name: 'subminer', version: '0.12.0-beta.2' }, null, 2),
+    'utf8',
+  );
+  fs.writeFileSync(
+    path.join(projectRoot, 'changes', '001.md'),
+    ['type: fixed', 'area: overlay', '', '- Fixed overlay focus and macOS helper.'].join('\n'),
+    'utf8',
+  );
+
+  try {
+    const stub = recordingRunClaude((input) =>
+      input.includes('MODIFIED FRAGMENT')
+        ? '- Fixed the macOS helper deployment target for older systems.'
+        : '### Fixed\n- Overlay: cumulative fixed entry.',
+    );
+    const outputPath = writePrereleaseNotesForVersion({
+      cwd: projectRoot,
+      version: '0.12.0-beta.2',
+      deps: {
+        runClaude: stub.runClaude,
+        listPrereleaseTags: () => ['v0.12.0-beta.1'],
+        resolveFragmentDelta: (_cwd, previousTag) => {
+          assert.equal(previousTag, 'v0.12.0-beta.1');
+          return [
+            {
+              path: 'changes/002.md',
+              status: 'added',
+              after: 'type: fixed\narea: macos\n\n- Fixed helper deployment target.',
+            },
+            {
+              path: 'changes/001.md',
+              status: 'modified',
+              before: '- Fixed overlay focus.',
+              after: '- Fixed overlay focus and macOS helper.',
+            },
+            {
+              path: 'changes/003.md',
+              status: 'deleted',
+              before: 'type: added\narea: stats\n\n- Reverted experimental stats view.',
+            },
+          ];
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    assert.equal(stub.calls.length, 2, 'delta and cumulative polish are separate Claude calls');
+    const deltaPrompt = stub.calls[0]!.input;
+    assert.match(deltaPrompt, /ADDED FRAGMENT changes\/002\.md/);
+    assert.match(deltaPrompt, /MODIFIED FRAGMENT changes\/001\.md/);
+    assert.match(deltaPrompt, /BEFORE:\n- Fixed overlay focus\./);
+    assert.match(deltaPrompt, /AFTER:\n- Fixed overlay focus and macOS helper\./);
+    assert.match(deltaPrompt, /DELETED FRAGMENT changes\/003\.md/);
+    assert.match(deltaPrompt, /If the edit is editorial/);
+    assert.match(deltaPrompt, /removed or reverted/);
+    assert.match(deltaPrompt, /No user-facing changes since v0\.12\.0-beta\.1\./);
+    assert.equal(modeFromPrompt(stub.calls[1]!.input), 'release-notes');
+
+    const prereleaseNotes = fs.readFileSync(outputPath, 'utf8');
+    assert.match(
+      prereleaseNotes,
+      /<!-- prerelease-version: 0\.12\.0-beta\.2; since: v0\.12\.0-beta\.1 -->/,
+    );
+    const deltaIndex = prereleaseNotes.indexOf('## Changes since v0.12.0-beta.1');
+    const highlightsIndex = prereleaseNotes.indexOf('## Highlights');
+    assert.ok(deltaIndex !== -1, 'delta section heading should be present');
+    assert.ok(deltaIndex < highlightsIndex, 'delta section should precede Highlights');
+    assert.match(prereleaseNotes, /- Fixed the macOS helper deployment target for older systems\./);
+  } finally {
+    fs.rmSync(workspace, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
+
+test('writePrereleaseNotesForVersion renders a fallback delta line when no fragments changed', async () => {
+  const { writePrereleaseNotesForVersion } = await loadModule();
+  const workspace = createWorkspace('prerelease-empty-delta');
+  const projectRoot = path.join(workspace, 'SubMiner');
+
+  fs.mkdirSync(path.join(projectRoot, 'changes'), { recursive: true });
+  fs.writeFileSync(
+    path.join(projectRoot, 'package.json'),
+    JSON.stringify({ name: 'subminer', version: '0.12.0-beta.3' }, null, 2),
+    'utf8',
+  );
+  fs.writeFileSync(
+    path.join(projectRoot, 'changes', '001.md'),
+    ['type: fixed', 'area: overlay', '', '- Fixed overlay focus.'].join('\n'),
+    'utf8',
+  );
+
+  try {
+    const stub = defaultStubClaude();
+    const outputPath = writePrereleaseNotesForVersion({
+      cwd: projectRoot,
+      version: '0.12.0-beta.3',
+      deps: {
+        runClaude: stub.runClaude,
+        listPrereleaseTags: () => ['v0.12.0-beta.1', 'v0.12.0-beta.2'],
+        resolveFragmentDelta: () => [],
+      },
+    });
+
+    assert.equal(stub.calls.length, 1, 'empty delta must not spend a Claude call');
+    const prereleaseNotes = fs.readFileSync(outputPath, 'utf8');
+    assert.match(
+      prereleaseNotes,
+      /## Changes since v0\.12\.0-beta\.2\n\n- No changelog fragment changes since v0\.12\.0-beta\.2; this build contains packaging or internal-only updates\./,
+    );
+  } finally {
+    fs.rmSync(workspace, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
+
+test('writePrereleaseNotesForVersion rejects non-bullet delta output from Claude', async () => {
+  const { writePrereleaseNotesForVersion } = await loadModule();
+  const workspace = createWorkspace('prerelease-delta-invalid-output');
+  const projectRoot = path.join(workspace, 'SubMiner');
+
+  fs.mkdirSync(path.join(projectRoot, 'changes'), { recursive: true });
+  fs.writeFileSync(
+    path.join(projectRoot, 'package.json'),
+    JSON.stringify({ name: 'subminer', version: '0.12.0-beta.2' }, null, 2),
+    'utf8',
+  );
+  fs.writeFileSync(
+    path.join(projectRoot, 'changes', '001.md'),
+    ['type: fixed', 'area: overlay', '', '- Fixed overlay focus.'].join('\n'),
+    'utf8',
+  );
+
+  try {
+    const stub = recordingRunClaude(() => 'Here are the changes:\n- One change.');
+    assert.throws(
+      () =>
+        writePrereleaseNotesForVersion({
+          cwd: projectRoot,
+          version: '0.12.0-beta.2',
+          deps: {
+            runClaude: stub.runClaude,
+            listPrereleaseTags: () => ['v0.12.0-beta.1'],
+            resolveFragmentDelta: () => [
+              { path: 'changes/001.md', status: 'added', after: '- Fixed overlay focus.' },
+            ],
+          },
+        }),
+      /delta output must contain only Markdown bullets/,
+    );
+  } finally {
+    fs.rmSync(workspace, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
+
+test('writePrereleaseNotesForVersion strips the stale delta section from the reused baseline', async () => {
+  const { writePrereleaseNotesForVersion } = await loadModule();
+  const workspace = createWorkspace('prerelease-reuse-strips-delta');
+  const projectRoot = path.join(workspace, 'SubMiner');
+  const existingNotes = [
+    '> This is a prerelease build for testing. Stable changelog and docs-site updates remain pending until the final stable release.',
+    '',
+    '<!-- prerelease-version: 0.12.0-beta.2; since: v0.12.0-beta.1 -->',
+    '',
+    '## Changes since v0.12.0-beta.1',
+    '',
+    '- Stale beta-to-beta delta bullet.',
+    '',
+    '## Highlights',
+    '### Added',
+    '- Overlay: Previous beta entry.',
+    '',
+    '## Installation',
+    '',
+    'See the README and docs/installation guide for full setup steps.',
+    '',
+  ].join('\n');
+
+  fs.mkdirSync(path.join(projectRoot, 'changes'), { recursive: true });
+  fs.mkdirSync(path.join(projectRoot, 'release'), { recursive: true });
+  fs.writeFileSync(
+    path.join(projectRoot, 'package.json'),
+    JSON.stringify({ name: 'subminer', version: '0.12.0-beta.3' }, null, 2),
+    'utf8',
+  );
+  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(projectRoot, 'release', 'prerelease-notes.md'), existingNotes, 'utf8');
+  fs.writeFileSync(
+    path.join(projectRoot, 'changes', '001.md'),
+    ['type: added', 'area: overlay', '', '- Added overlay coverage.'].join('\n'),
+    'utf8',
+  );
+
+  try {
+    const stub = defaultStubClaude();
+    writePrereleaseNotesForVersion({
+      cwd: projectRoot,
+      version: '0.12.0-beta.3',
+      deps: {
+        runClaude: stub.runClaude,
+        listPrereleaseTags: () => [],
+        resolveFragmentDelta: () => [],
+      },
+    });
+
+    assert.equal(stub.calls.length, 1);
+    const prompt = stub.calls[0]!.input;
+    assert.match(prompt, /EXISTING PRERELEASE NOTES/);
+    assert.match(prompt, /Overlay: Previous beta entry\./);
+    assert.doesNotMatch(prompt, /Stale beta-to-beta delta bullet\./);
+    assert.doesNotMatch(prompt, /## Changes since /);
+  } finally {
+    fs.rmSync(workspace, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
+
+test('verifyPrereleaseNotesMatchVersion accepts matching notes and rejects stale or legacy markers', async () => {
+  const { verifyPrereleaseNotesMatchVersion } = await loadModule();
+  const workspace = createWorkspace('verify-prerelease-notes');
+  const projectRoot = path.join(workspace, 'SubMiner');
+  const notesPath = path.join(projectRoot, 'release', 'prerelease-notes.md');
+
+  fs.mkdirSync(path.join(projectRoot, 'release'), { recursive: true });
+  fs.writeFileSync(
+    path.join(projectRoot, 'package.json'),
+    JSON.stringify({ name: 'subminer', version: '0.12.0-beta.2' }, null, 2),
+    'utf8',
+  );
+
+  try {
+    assert.throws(
+      () => verifyPrereleaseNotesMatchVersion({ cwd: projectRoot, version: '0.12.0-beta.2' }),
+      /Missing .*prerelease-notes\.md/,
+    );
+
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      notesPath,
+      '<!-- prerelease-version: 0.12.0-beta.2; since: v0.12.0-beta.1 -->\n\n## Highlights\n',
+      'utf8',
+    );
+    verifyPrereleaseNotesMatchVersion({ cwd: projectRoot, version: '0.12.0-beta.2' });
+    verifyPrereleaseNotesMatchVersion({ cwd: projectRoot, version: 'v0.12.0-beta.2' });
+
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      notesPath,
+      '<!-- prerelease-version: 0.12.0-beta.1 -->\n\n## Highlights\n',
+      'utf8',
+    );
+    assert.throws(
+      () => verifyPrereleaseNotesMatchVersion({ cwd: projectRoot, version: '0.12.0-beta.2' }),
+      /generated for 0\.12\.0-beta\.1 but this release is 0\.12\.0-beta\.2/,
+    );
+
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      notesPath,
+      '<!-- prerelease-base-version: 0.12.0 -->\n\n## Highlights\n',
+      'utf8',
+    );
+    assert.throws(
+      () => verifyPrereleaseNotesMatchVersion({ cwd: projectRoot, version: '0.12.0-beta.2' }),
+      /missing or legacy prerelease-version marker/,
+    );
+  } finally {
+    fs.rmSync(workspace, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
+
+test('default git tag listing and fragment delta resolution work against a real repository', async () => {
+  const { writePrereleaseNotesForVersion } = await loadModule();
+  const workspace = createWorkspace('prerelease-git-defaults');
+  const projectRoot = path.join(workspace, 'SubMiner');
+  const git = (...args: string[]): void => {
+    execFileSync('git', args, { cwd: projectRoot, stdio: 'ignore' });
+  };
+
+  fs.mkdirSync(path.join(projectRoot, 'changes'), { recursive: true });
+  fs.writeFileSync(
+    path.join(projectRoot, 'package.json'),
+    JSON.stringify({ name: 'subminer', version: '0.11.3-beta.1' }, null, 2),
+    'utf8',
+  );
+  fs.writeFileSync(
+    path.join(projectRoot, 'changes', 'kept.md'),
+    ['type: added', 'area: overlay', '', '- Kept change.'].join('\n'),
+    'utf8',
+  );
+  fs.writeFileSync(
+    path.join(projectRoot, 'changes', 'edited.md'),
+    ['type: fixed', 'area: launcher', '', '- Original launcher fix.'].join('\n'),
+    'utf8',
+  );
+  fs.writeFileSync(
+    path.join(projectRoot, 'changes', 'removed.md'),
+    ['type: added', 'area: stats', '', '- Reverted stats change.'].join('\n'),
+    'utf8',
+  );
+
+  try {
+    git('init', '--quiet');
+    git('-c', 'user.email=test@example.com', '-c', 'user.name=Test', 'add', '.');
+    git('-c', 'user.email=test@example.com', '-c', 'user.name=Test', 'commit', '-m', 'beta.1');
+    git('tag', 'v0.11.3-beta.1');
+
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      path.join(projectRoot, 'changes', 'edited.md'),
+      ['type: fixed', 'area: launcher', '', '- Broader launcher fix.'].join('\n'),
+      'utf8',
+    );
+    fs.rmSync(path.join(projectRoot, 'changes', 'removed.md'));
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      path.join(projectRoot, 'changes', 'new.md'),
+      ['type: added', 'area: anki', '', '- New anki change.'].join('\n'),
+      'utf8',
+    );
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      path.join(projectRoot, 'package.json'),
+      JSON.stringify({ name: 'subminer', version: '0.11.3-beta.2' }, null, 2),
+      'utf8',
+    );
+
+    const stub = recordingRunClaude((input) =>
+      input.includes('PREVIOUS_TAG:') ? '- Delta bullet.' : defaultPolishedBody(input),
+    );
+    writePrereleaseNotesForVersion({
+      cwd: projectRoot,
+      version: '0.11.3-beta.2',
+      deps: { runClaude: stub.runClaude },
+    });
+
+    assert.equal(stub.calls.length, 2);
+    const deltaPrompt = stub.calls[0]!.input;
+    assert.match(deltaPrompt, /PREVIOUS_TAG: v0\.11\.3-beta\.1/);
+    assert.match(deltaPrompt, /ADDED FRAGMENT changes\/new\.md/);
+    assert.match(deltaPrompt, /- New anki change\./);
+    assert.match(deltaPrompt, /MODIFIED FRAGMENT changes\/edited\.md/);
+    assert.match(deltaPrompt, /- Original launcher fix\./);
+    assert.match(deltaPrompt, /- Broader launcher fix\./);
+    assert.match(deltaPrompt, /DELETED FRAGMENT changes\/removed\.md/);
+    assert.match(deltaPrompt, /- Reverted stats change\./);
+    assert.doesNotMatch(deltaPrompt, /kept\.md/);
+  } finally {
+    fs.rmSync(workspace, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ type Contribution = {
 // and the GitHub API.
 type ResolveContributions = (fragmentPaths: string[], cwd: string) => Contribution[];

+// One changelog fragment's change between the previous prerelease tag and the
+// working tree. `before` is the content at the tag, `after` the current content.
+export type FragmentDeltaEntry = {
+  path: string;
+  status: 'added' | 'modified' | 'deleted';
+  before?: string;
+  after?: string;
+};
+
 type ChangelogFsDeps = {
  existsSync?: (candidate: string) => boolean;
  mkdirSync?: (candidate: string, options: { recursive: true }) => void;
@@ -28,6 +37,8 @@ type ChangelogFsDeps = {
  log?: (message: string) => void;
  runClaude?: RunClaude;
  resolveContributions?: ResolveContributions;
+  listPrereleaseTags?: (cwd: string, baseVersion: string) => string[];
+  resolveFragmentDelta?: (cwd: string, previousTag: string) => FragmentDeltaEntry[];
 };

 type PolishMode = 'changelog' | 'release-notes';
@@ -103,16 +114,57 @@ function resolvePrereleaseBaseVersion(version: string): string {
  return match[1]!;
 }

-function renderPrereleaseBaseVersionMarker(version: string): string {
-  return `<!-- prerelease-base-version: ${resolvePrereleaseBaseVersion(version)} -->`;
+// The marker records which exact prerelease the committed notes were generated
+// for (and which prior tag the delta section compares against), so CI can
+// reject notes that were prepared for a different beta/RC.
+function renderPrereleaseVersionMarker(version: string, previousTag: string | null): string {
+  const since = previousTag ? `; since: ${previousTag}` : '';
+  return `<!-- prerelease-version: ${normalizeVersion(version)}${since} -->`;
 }

+export function extractPrereleaseVersionMarker(notes: string): string | null {
+  return (
+    /<!--\s*prerelease-version:\s*(\d+\.\d+\.\d+-(?:beta|rc)\.\d+)(?:;\s*since:\s*\S+)?\s*-->/u.exec(
+      notes,
+    )?.[1] ?? null
+  );
+}
+
+// Legacy marker written before the per-version marker existed. Still accepted
+// when deciding whether existing notes can seed the cumulative baseline.
 function extractPrereleaseBaseVersionMarker(notes: string): string | null {
+  const fullVersion = extractPrereleaseVersionMarker(notes);
+  if (fullVersion) {
+    return resolvePrereleaseBaseVersion(fullVersion);
+  }
  return /<!--\s*prerelease-base-version:\s*(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)\s*-->/u.exec(notes)?.[1] ?? null;
 }

+const DELTA_SECTION_HEADING_PREFIX = '## Changes since ';
+
+// Removes the previous run's "Changes since" section so the cumulative baseline
+// fed back to Claude never carries a stale beta-to-beta delta.
+function stripDeltaSection(notes: string): string {
+  const lines = notes.split(/\r?\n/);
+  const start = lines.findIndex((line) => line.startsWith(DELTA_SECTION_HEADING_PREFIX));
+  if (start === -1) {
+    return notes;
+  }
+  let end = lines.length;
+  for (let index = start + 1; index < lines.length; index += 1) {
+    if (lines[index]!.startsWith('## ')) {
+      end = index;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  return [...lines.slice(0, start), ...lines.slice(end)].join('\n');
+}
+
 function stripPrereleaseMetadata(notes: string): string {
-  return notes.replace(/<!--\s*prerelease-base-version:\s*\d+\.\d+\.\d+\s*-->\s*/u, '').trim();
+  return notes
+    .replace(/<!--\s*prerelease-version:[^>]*-->\s*/u, '')
+    .replace(/<!--\s*prerelease-base-version:\s*\d+\.\d+\.\d+\s*-->\s*/u, '')
+    .trim();
 }

 function resolveReusablePrereleaseNotes(notes: string, version: string): string | undefined {
@@ -120,7 +172,124 @@ function resolveReusablePrereleaseNotes(notes: string, version: string): string
  if (existingBaseVersion !== resolvePrereleaseBaseVersion(version)) {
    return undefined;
  }
-  return stripPrereleaseMetadata(notes);
+  return stripPrereleaseMetadata(stripDeltaSection(notes));
+}
+
+type ParsedPrereleaseTag = {
+  tag: string;
+  base: string;
+  channel: 'beta' | 'rc';
+  iteration: number;
+};
+
+function parsePrereleaseTag(tag: string): ParsedPrereleaseTag | null {
+  const match = /^v?(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)-(beta|rc)\.(\d+)$/u.exec(tag.trim());
+  if (!match) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  return {
+    tag: tag.trim(),
+    base: match[1]!,
+    channel: match[2] as 'beta' | 'rc',
+    iteration: Number.parseInt(match[3]!, 10),
+  };
+}
+
+// Semver prerelease order: every beta sorts before every rc, then numerically.
+function comparePrereleaseTags(a: ParsedPrereleaseTag, b: ParsedPrereleaseTag): number {
+  if (a.channel !== b.channel) {
+    return a.channel === 'beta' ? -1 : 1;
+  }
+  return a.iteration - b.iteration;
+}
+
+// Picks the newest prerelease tag for the same base version that strictly
+// precedes the version being released. Returns null for the first prerelease.
+export function selectPreviousPrereleaseTag(tags: string[], version: string): string | null {
+  const current = parsePrereleaseTag(normalizeVersion(version));
+  if (!current) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const candidates = tags
+    .map(parsePrereleaseTag)
+    .filter((parsed): parsed is ParsedPrereleaseTag => parsed !== null)
+    .filter((parsed) => parsed.base === current.base)
+    .filter((parsed) => comparePrereleaseTags(parsed, current) < 0)
+    .sort(comparePrereleaseTags);
+
+  return candidates[candidates.length - 1]?.tag ?? null;
+}
+
+function defaultListPrereleaseTags(cwd: string, baseVersion: string): string[] {
+  return execFileSync('git', ['tag', '--list', `v${baseVersion}-beta.*`, `v${baseVersion}-rc.*`], {
+    cwd,
+    encoding: 'utf8',
+  })
+    .split(/\r?\n/)
+    .map((line) => line.trim())
+    .filter(Boolean);
+}
+
+// Diffs changes/*.md between the previous prerelease tag and the working tree.
+// Renamed fragments are treated as modifications of the new path.
+//
+// Like every other path in this script, git paths are resolved against `cwd`,
+// which is the project root and also the repository root. Callers that point
+// `cwd` elsewhere already fail earlier and loudly, when package.json and
+// changes/ come back missing.
+function defaultResolveFragmentDelta(cwd: string, previousTag: string): FragmentDeltaEntry[] {
+  const output = execFileSync(
+    'git',
+    ['diff', '--name-status', '--find-renames', previousTag, '--', 'changes'],
+    { cwd, encoding: 'utf8' },
+  );
+  const showAtTag = (fragmentPath: string): string =>
+    execFileSync('git', ['show', `${previousTag}:${fragmentPath}`], { cwd, encoding: 'utf8' });
+  const readCurrent = (fragmentPath: string): string =>
+    fs.readFileSync(path.join(cwd, fragmentPath), 'utf8');
+
+  const entries: FragmentDeltaEntry[] = [];
+  for (const line of output.split(/\r?\n/)) {
+    if (!line.trim()) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    const [status = '', ...paths] = line.split('\t');
+    const oldPath = paths[0] ?? '';
+    const newPath = paths[paths.length - 1] ?? '';
+    if (!isFragmentPath(newPath) && !isFragmentPath(oldPath)) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (status.startsWith('A')) {
+      entries.push({ path: newPath, status: 'added', after: readCurrent(newPath) });
+    } else if (status.startsWith('D')) {
+      entries.push({ path: oldPath, status: 'deleted', before: showAtTag(oldPath) });
+    } else if (status.startsWith('M') || status.startsWith('R')) {
+      entries.push({
+        path: newPath,
+        status: 'modified',
+        before: showAtTag(oldPath),
+        after: readCurrent(newPath),
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  // git diff misses fragments that exist only in the working tree; treat
+  // untracked fragments as additions so a pre-commit run still sees them.
+  const untracked = execFileSync(
+    'git',
+    ['ls-files', '--others', '--exclude-standard', '--', 'changes'],
+    { cwd, encoding: 'utf8' },
+  )
+    .split(/\r?\n/)
+    .map((line) => line.trim())
+    .filter((candidate) => candidate && isFragmentPath(candidate));
+  for (const fragmentPath of untracked) {
+    entries.push({ path: fragmentPath, status: 'added', after: readCurrent(fragmentPath) });
+  }
+
+  return entries;
 }

 function verifyRequestedVersionMatchesPackageVersion(
@@ -311,10 +480,15 @@ You will receive a list of FRAGMENT entries below. Each fragment has metadata (t
   - Be merged with related bullets when possible. If five fragments all touch Windows overlay z-order/focus/restore, write one or two bullets that summarize the overall improvement instead of five.
   - Drop bullets that only describe PR housekeeping, CodeRabbit follow-ups, or test-only changes that don't affect users.
   - Preserve the substance of breaking changes that remain breaking after applying the Release Outcome Rules. Do not soften or omit them.
-5. In MODE: changelog, each item may be a conventional single-level bullet, e.g. "- Playlist Browser: Adds faster saved-show browsing."
-6. In MODE: release-notes, use short top-level change bullets with two or three nested bullets when an item needs explanation.
-   Nested bullets should cover the change, user benefit, and any user action or compatibility note when useful. Do not require the exact nested labels; natural phrasing is fine. Omit the action bullet when no action is needed.
+5. In both modes, split every item into one nested bullet per distinct change. Write a short bold name on the top-level bullet, then indent the details two spaces:
+   - **Playlist Browser**:
+     - Saved shows now open without rescanning the library.
+     - The picker remembers the last folder you browsed between launches.
+   Each nested bullet covers exactly one change, behavior, or user-visible outcome. Never stack several distinct changes into one long paragraph-shaped bullet.
+   Aim for two to five nested bullets per item. When an item genuinely has only one thing to say, put it inline on the top-level bullet ("- **Playlist Browser**: Saved shows now open without rescanning the library.") instead of emitting a single nested bullet.
   Keep nested bullets short, concrete, and readable by non-technical users. Avoid paragraph-style release-note bullets.
+   Bullets inside the Internal section may stay single-level.
+6. In MODE: release-notes, nested bullets should also cover user benefit and any user action or compatibility note when useful. Do not require the exact nested labels; natural phrasing is fine. Omit the action bullet when no action is needed.
 7. Do not invent features. Every bullet must be grounded in the input fragments.
 8. Do not include the version heading (## v...) — that wrapper is added by the caller.

@@ -615,7 +789,7 @@ function polishFragmentsWithClaude(
    ? [
        '## Existing Prerelease Notes',
        '',
-        'The input includes EXISTING PRERELEASE NOTES before the fragment list. Existing prerelease notes are a baseline, not an immutable changelog. Reuse reviewed highlight bullets when they still describe the current outcome, but replace stale beta or RC wording when new fragments supersede it. Merge in only new or changed fragment material, and deduplicate instead of restating existing bullets. Output only the final highlights body using the section headings above; do not include the prerelease disclaimer, Installation, or Assets sections.',
+        'The input includes EXISTING PRERELEASE NOTES before the fragment list. Existing prerelease notes are a baseline, not an immutable changelog. Reuse reviewed highlight bullets when they still describe the current outcome, but replace stale beta or RC wording when new fragments supersede it. Merge in only new or changed fragment material, and deduplicate instead of restating existing bullets. Output only the final highlights body using the section headings above; do not include the prerelease disclaimer, any "Changes since" section, or the Installation or Assets sections.',
        '',
      ].join('\n')
    : '';
@@ -627,6 +801,75 @@ function polishFragmentsWithClaude(
  return validatePolishedOutput(output, mode, hasInternalFragments);
 }

+const DELTA_PROMPT_INSTRUCTIONS = `You are writing the "changes since the previous prerelease" section of a prerelease notes file for SubMiner, an Electron app for Japanese sentence mining.
+
+You will receive changelog fragment diffs between the previous prerelease tag and the current build. Fragments are engineer-written release-note sources; a fragment diff is a proxy for what changed, not proof of a behavior change.
+
+Rules:
+
+1. Output Markdown bullets ONLY. No headings, no preamble, no commentary. Every line must be a top-level "- " bullet or an indented nested bullet.
+2. Describe only what changed for users between the two prerelease builds, in user-facing language. Drop implementation jargon, file paths, and PR numbers.
+3. ADDED fragments describe changes that are new in this build; summarize them.
+4. MODIFIED fragments include BEFORE and AFTER content. Describe only the behavioral difference between them. If the edit is editorial (rewording, deduplication, reformatting, reconciling stale phrasing) with no user-visible behavior change, omit it entirely.
+5. DELETED fragments mean the described change was removed or reverted before this build; say so explicitly.
+6. Keep bullets short and concrete. Use nested bullets sparingly.
+7. Do not invent changes. Every bullet must be grounded in the diffs.
+8. If no bullet survives rules 2-5, output exactly this single line:
+   - No user-facing changes since PREVIOUS_TAG.
+
+The input begins below.
+
+`;
+
+function serializeFragmentDeltaForPrompt(
+  delta: FragmentDeltaEntry[],
+  version: string,
+  previousTag: string,
+): string {
+  const header = [`VERSION: ${version}`, `PREVIOUS_TAG: ${previousTag}`];
+  const blocks = delta.map((entry) => {
+    if (entry.status === 'added') {
+      return [`ADDED FRAGMENT ${entry.path}`, entry.after ?? ''].join('\n');
+    }
+    if (entry.status === 'deleted') {
+      return [`DELETED FRAGMENT ${entry.path}`, entry.before ?? ''].join('\n');
+    }
+    return [
+      `MODIFIED FRAGMENT ${entry.path}`,
+      'BEFORE:',
+      entry.before ?? '',
+      'AFTER:',
+      entry.after ?? '',
+    ].join('\n');
+  });
+  return [...header, '', ...blocks].join('\n\n');
+}
+
+function validateDeltaOutput(output: string): string {
+  const trimmed = output.trim();
+  if (!trimmed) {
+    throw new Error('claude returned empty output for the prerelease delta section.');
+  }
+  const invalidLine = trimmed.split(/\r?\n/).find((line) => line.trim() && !/^\s*- /.test(line));
+  if (invalidLine !== undefined) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `claude delta output must contain only Markdown bullets. Offending line:\n${invalidLine}`,
+    );
+  }
+  return trimmed;
+}
+
+function buildDeltaSectionWithClaude(
+  delta: FragmentDeltaEntry[],
+  options: { version: string; previousTag: string; deps?: ChangelogFsDeps },
+): string {
+  const runClaude = options.deps?.runClaude ?? defaultRunClaude;
+  const prompt =
+    DELTA_PROMPT_INSTRUCTIONS.replace('PREVIOUS_TAG', options.previousTag) +
+    serializeFragmentDeltaForPrompt(delta, options.version, options.previousTag);
+  return validateDeltaOutput(runClaude(prompt, CLAUDE_CLI_ARGS));
+}
+
 function stripDetailsBlocks(body: string): string {
  return body.replace(/<details>[\s\S]*?<\/details>\s*/gm, '').trim();
 }
@@ -709,15 +952,18 @@ function renderReleaseNotes(
    contributions?: Contribution[];
    contributorSections?: string[];
    metadata?: string[];
+    deltaSection?: string[];
  },
 ): string {
  const prefix = options?.disclaimer ? [options.disclaimer, ''] : [];
  const metadata = options?.metadata?.length ? [...options.metadata, ''] : [];
+  const deltaSection = options?.deltaSection?.length ? [...options.deltaSection, ''] : [];
  const contributorSections =
    options?.contributorSections ?? renderContributorsSections(options?.contributions ?? []);
  return [
    ...prefix,
    ...metadata,
+    ...deltaSection,
    '## Highlights',
    changes,
    '',
@@ -748,6 +994,7 @@ function writeReleaseNotesFile(
    contributions?: Contribution[];
    contributorSections?: string[];
    metadata?: string[];
+    deltaSection?: string[];
  },
 ): string {
  const mkdirSync = deps?.mkdirSync ?? fs.mkdirSync;
@@ -1079,6 +1326,26 @@ export function writePrereleaseNotesForVersion(options?: ChangelogOptions): stri
    throw new Error('No changelog fragments found in changes/.');
  }

+  const listPrereleaseTags = options?.deps?.listPrereleaseTags ?? defaultListPrereleaseTags;
+  const previousTag = selectPreviousPrereleaseTag(
+    listPrereleaseTags(cwd, resolvePrereleaseBaseVersion(version)),
+    version,
+  );
+
+  // Later betas/RCs get a "Changes since <previous tag>" section on top of the
+  // cumulative Highlights, generated from the fragment diff between the
+  // previous prerelease tag and the working tree.
+  let deltaSection: string[] = [];
+  if (previousTag) {
+    const resolveFragmentDelta = options?.deps?.resolveFragmentDelta ?? defaultResolveFragmentDelta;
+    const delta = resolveFragmentDelta(cwd, previousTag);
+    const deltaBody =
+      delta.length === 0
+        ? `- No changelog fragment changes since ${previousTag}; this build contains packaging or internal-only updates.`
+        : buildDeltaSectionWithClaude(delta, { version, previousTag, deps: options?.deps });
+    deltaSection = [`${DELTA_SECTION_HEADING_PREFIX}${previousTag}`, '', deltaBody];
+  }
+
  const prereleaseNotesPath = path.join(cwd, PRERELEASE_NOTES_PATH);
  const existingReleaseNotes = existsSync(prereleaseNotesPath)
    ? resolveReusablePrereleaseNotes(readFileSync(prereleaseNotesPath, 'utf8'), version)
@@ -1095,10 +1362,41 @@ export function writePrereleaseNotesForVersion(options?: ChangelogOptions): stri
      '> This is a prerelease build for testing. Stable changelog and docs-site updates remain pending until the final stable release.',
    outputPath: PRERELEASE_NOTES_PATH,
    contributions,
-    metadata: [renderPrereleaseBaseVersionMarker(version)],
+    metadata: [renderPrereleaseVersionMarker(version, previousTag)],
+    deltaSection,
  });
 }

+// CI gate: the committed prerelease notes must carry a marker generated for
+// exactly the version being tagged, so stale beta.N-1 notes can't ship.
+export function verifyPrereleaseNotesMatchVersion(options?: ChangelogOptions): void {
+  verifyRequestedVersionMatchesPackageVersion(options ?? {});
+
+  const cwd = options?.cwd ?? process.cwd();
+  const existsSync = options?.deps?.existsSync ?? fs.existsSync;
+  const readFileSync = options?.deps?.readFileSync ?? fs.readFileSync;
+  const version = resolveVersion(options ?? {});
+  if (!isSupportedPrereleaseVersion(version)) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Unsupported prerelease version (${version}). Expected x.y.z-beta.N or x.y.z-rc.N.`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  const prereleaseNotesPath = path.join(cwd, PRERELEASE_NOTES_PATH);
+  if (!existsSync(prereleaseNotesPath)) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Missing ${prereleaseNotesPath}. Run 'bun run changelog:prerelease-notes --version ${version}' and commit the file before tagging.`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  const markerVersion = extractPrereleaseVersionMarker(readFileSync(prereleaseNotesPath, 'utf8'));
+  if (markerVersion !== version) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `release/prerelease-notes.md was generated for ${markerVersion ?? 'an unknown version (missing or legacy prerelease-version marker)'} but this release is ${version}. Rerun 'bun run changelog:prerelease-notes --version ${version}' and commit the result.`,
+    );
+  }
+}
+
 function parseCliArgs(argv: string[]): {
  baseRef?: string;
  cwd?: string;
@@ -1206,6 +1504,11 @@ function main(): void {
    return;
  }

+  if (command === 'check-prerelease-notes') {
+    verifyPrereleaseNotesMatchVersion(options);
+    return;
+  }
+
  if (command === 'docs') {
    generateDocsChangelog(options);
    return;
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@ import type { MediaInput } from './media-input';
 import { AnkiConnectConfig } from './types';

 type TestOverlayNotificationPayload = {
+  id?: string;
  title: string;
  body?: string;
  image?: string;
  variant?: string;
+  persistent?: boolean;
  actions?: Array<{ id: string; label: string; noteId?: number }>;
 };

@@ -153,6 +155,7 @@ function createFieldGroupingMergeCollaborator(options?: {
    getEffectiveSentenceCardConfig: () => ({
      sentenceField: 'Sentence',
      audioField: 'SentenceAudio',
+      fieldGroupingProvider: 'kiku' as const,
    }),
    getCurrentSubtitleText: () => options?.currentSubtitleText,
    resolveFieldName,
@@ -606,6 +609,7 @@ test('AnkiIntegration applies ready YouTube cache media to every queued note id'
  const integration = new AnkiIntegration(
    {
      fields: {
+        audio: 'ExpressionAudio',
        image: 'Picture',
      },
      media: {
@@ -659,7 +663,7 @@ test('AnkiIntegration applies ready YouTube cache media to every queued note id'
      noteIds.map((noteId) => ({
        noteId,
        fields: {
-          SentenceAudio: { value: '' },
+          ExpressionAudio: { value: '' },
          Picture: { value: '' },
        },
      })),
@@ -944,7 +948,7 @@ test('AnkiIntegration queues YouTube media updates against recovered source URLs
    noteInfo: {
      noteId: 404,
      fields: {
-        SentenceAudio: { value: '' },
+        ExpressionAudio: { value: '' },
        Picture: { value: '' },
      },
    },
@@ -956,7 +960,8 @@ test('AnkiIntegration queues YouTube media updates against recovered source URLs
  assert.equal(queued, true);
  assert.equal(updatedNotes.length, 1);
  assert.equal(updatedNotes[0]?.noteId, 404);
-  assert.match(updatedNotes[0]?.fields.SentenceAudio ?? '', /^\[sound:audio_/);
+  assert.match(updatedNotes[0]?.fields.ExpressionAudio ?? '', /^\[sound:audio_/);
+  assert.equal(updatedNotes[0]?.fields.SentenceAudio, undefined);
  assert.match(updatedNotes[0]?.fields.Picture ?? '', /^<img src="image_/);
  assert.equal(storedMedia.length, 2);
  assert.deepEqual(audioVolumeScales, [0.3 ** 3]);
@@ -1182,6 +1187,117 @@ test('AnkiIntegration embeds generated notification image on overlay mined-card
  assert.deepEqual(cleanupPaths, [notificationIconPath]);
 });

+test('AnkiIntegration keeps overlay card-update progress visible until the terminal notification', async () => {
+  const overlayNotifications: TestOverlayNotificationPayload[] = [];
+  const integration = new AnkiIntegration(
+    {
+      behavior: {
+        notificationType: 'overlay',
+      },
+    },
+    {} as never,
+    {} as never,
+    undefined,
+    undefined,
+    undefined,
+    undefined,
+    {},
+    undefined,
+    (payload) => {
+      overlayNotifications.push(payload);
+    },
+  );
+  const updateNotifications = integration as unknown as {
+    beginUpdateProgress: (message: string) => void;
+    showNotification: (noteId: number, label: string | number) => Promise<void>;
+  };
+
+  updateNotifications.beginUpdateProgress('Updating card');
+  await updateNotifications.showNotification(42, '食べる');
+
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    overlayNotifications.map(({ id, variant, persistent }) => ({ id, variant, persistent })),
+    [
+      { id: 'anki-update-progress', variant: 'progress', persistent: true },
+      { id: 'anki-update-progress', variant: 'success', persistent: false },
+    ],
+  );
+});
+
+test('AnkiIntegration dismisses persistent overlay update progress when no terminal notification replaces it', () => {
+  const overlayNotifications: TestOverlayNotificationPayload[] = [];
+  const dismissedIds: string[] = [];
+  const integration = new AnkiIntegration(
+    {
+      behavior: {
+        notificationType: 'overlay',
+      },
+    },
+    {} as never,
+    {} as never,
+    undefined,
+    undefined,
+    undefined,
+    undefined,
+    {},
+    undefined,
+    (payload) => {
+      overlayNotifications.push(payload);
+    },
+    undefined,
+    undefined,
+    undefined,
+    (id) => {
+      dismissedIds.push(id);
+    },
+  );
+  const updateNotifications = integration as unknown as {
+    beginUpdateProgress: (message: string) => void;
+    endUpdateProgress: () => void;
+  };
+
+  updateNotifications.beginUpdateProgress('Updating card');
+  updateNotifications.endUpdateProgress();
+
+  assert.equal(overlayNotifications[0]?.persistent, true);
+  assert.deepEqual(dismissedIds, ['anki-update-progress']);
+});
+
+test('AnkiIntegration dismisses overlay update progress after notifications switch to OSD', () => {
+  const behavior: NonNullable<AnkiConnectConfig['behavior']> = {
+    notificationType: 'overlay',
+  };
+  const dismissedIds: string[] = [];
+  const integration = new AnkiIntegration(
+    { behavior },
+    {} as never,
+    {} as never,
+    undefined,
+    undefined,
+    undefined,
+    undefined,
+    {},
+    undefined,
+    () => {},
+    undefined,
+    undefined,
+    undefined,
+    (id) => {
+      dismissedIds.push(id);
+    },
+  );
+  const updateNotifications = integration as unknown as {
+    beginUpdateProgress: (message: string) => void;
+    endUpdateProgress: () => void;
+  };
+
+  updateNotifications.beginUpdateProgress('Updating card');
+  behavior.notificationType = 'osd';
+  updateNotifications.endUpdateProgress();
+
+  assert.deepEqual(dismissedIds, ['anki-update-progress']);
+});
+
 test('AnkiIntegration keeps overlay notification image when temp icon write fails', async () => {
  const desktopNotifications: Array<{ title: string; body?: string; icon?: string }> = [];
  const overlayNotifications: TestOverlayNotificationPayload[] = [];
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ import {
  KikuMergePreviewResponse,
  NotificationOptions,
  type WordCardKind,
+  type MediaTimingReviewDecision,
+  type MediaTimingReviewRequest,
 } from './types/anki';
 import { AiConfig } from './types/integrations';
 import type { KnownWordMaturityTier } from './types/subtitle';
@@ -218,6 +220,8 @@ export class AnkiIntegration {
    null;
  private overlayNotificationCallback: ((payload: OverlayNotificationPayload) => void) | null =
    null;
+  private overlayNotificationDismissCallback: ((id: string) => void) | null = null;
+  private overlayUpdateProgressActive = false;
  private updateInProgress = false;
  private uiFeedbackState: UiFeedbackState = createUiFeedbackState();
  private parseWarningKeys = new Set<string>();
@@ -238,6 +242,9 @@ export class AnkiIntegration {
  private recordCardsMinedCallback: ((count: number, noteIds?: number[]) => void) | null = null;
  private knownWordCacheUpdatedCallback: (() => void) | null = null;
  private consumeSubtitleMiningContextCallback: (() => SubtitleMiningContext | null) | null = null;
+  private mediaTimingReviewCallback:
+    | ((request: MediaTimingReviewRequest) => Promise<MediaTimingReviewDecision>)
+    | null = null;
  private noteIdRedirects = new Map<number, number>();
  private trackedDuplicateNoteIds = new Map<number, number[]>();
  private getCachedMediaPath: MediaGenerationInputResolverOptions['getCachedMediaPath'] | null =
@@ -265,6 +272,7 @@ export class AnkiIntegration {
    getCachedMediaPath?: MediaGenerationInputResolverOptions['getCachedMediaPath'],
    shouldRequireRemoteMediaCache?: () => boolean,
    getYoutubeMediaSourceUrl?: () => Promise<string | null | undefined> | string | null | undefined,
+    overlayNotificationDismissCallback?: (id: string) => void,
  ) {
    this.config = normalizeAnkiIntegrationConfig(config);
    this.aiConfig = { ...aiConfig };
@@ -280,6 +288,7 @@ export class AnkiIntegration {
    this.getCachedMediaPath = getCachedMediaPath ?? null;
    this.shouldRequireRemoteMediaCache = shouldRequireRemoteMediaCache ?? null;
    this.getYoutubeMediaSourceUrl = getYoutubeMediaSourceUrl ?? null;
+    this.overlayNotificationDismissCallback = overlayNotificationDismissCallback ?? null;
    this.pendingYoutubeMediaQueue = this.createPendingYoutubeMediaQueue();
    this.knownWordCache = this.createKnownWordCache(knownWordCacheStatePath);
    this.pollingRunner = this.createPollingRunner();
@@ -379,8 +388,6 @@ export class AnkiIntegration {
      getCachedMediaPath: this.getCachedMediaPath,
      shouldRequireRemoteMediaCache: () => this.shouldRequireRemoteMediaCache?.() === true,
      getSubtitleMediaRange: (context) => this.getSubtitleMediaRange(context),
-      getResolvedSentenceAudioFieldName: (noteInfo) =>
-        this.getResolvedSentenceAudioFieldName(noteInfo),
      resolveConfiguredFieldName: (noteInfo, ...preferredNames) =>
        this.resolveConfiguredFieldName(noteInfo, ...preferredNames),
      mergeFieldValue: (existing, newValue, overwrite) =>
@@ -509,6 +516,7 @@ export class AnkiIntegration {
        findNotes: async (query, options) =>
          (await this.client.findNotes(query, options)) as number[],
        retrieveMediaFile: (filename) => this.client.retrieveMediaFile(filename),
+        deleteNotes: (noteIds) => this.client.deleteNotes(noteIds),
      },
      mediaGenerator: {
        generateAudio: (
@@ -566,6 +574,7 @@ export class AnkiIntegration {
      getEffectiveSentenceCardConfig: () => this.getEffectiveSentenceCardConfig(),
      getFallbackDurationSeconds: () => this.getFallbackDurationSeconds(),
      appendKnownWordsFromNoteInfo: (noteInfo) => this.appendKnownWordsFromNoteInfo(noteInfo),
+      removeKnownWordNote: (noteId) => this.removeKnownWordNote(noteId),
      isUpdateInProgress: () => this.updateInProgress,
      setUpdateInProgress: (value) => {
        this.updateInProgress = value;
@@ -581,6 +590,7 @@ export class AnkiIntegration {
      recordCardsMinedCallback: (count, noteIds) => {
        this.recordCardsMinedSafely(count, noteIds, 'card creation');
      },
+      reviewMediaTiming: (request) => this.reviewMediaTiming(request),
    });
  }

@@ -637,12 +647,14 @@ export class AnkiIntegration {
        notesInfo: async (noteIds) => (await this.client.notesInfo(noteIds)) as unknown,
        updateNoteFields: (noteId, fields) => this.client.updateNoteFields(noteId, fields),
        storeMediaFile: (filename, data) => this.client.storeMediaFile(filename, data),
+        deleteNotes: (noteIds) => this.client.deleteNotes(noteIds),
      },
      getConfig: () => this.config,
      getCurrentSubtitleText: () => this.mpvClient.currentSubText,
      getCurrentSubtitleStart: () => this.mpvClient.currentSubStart,
      getEffectiveSentenceCardConfig: () => this.getEffectiveSentenceCardConfig(),
      appendKnownWordsFromNoteInfo: (noteInfo) => this.appendKnownWordsFromNoteInfo(noteInfo),
+      removeKnownWordNote: (noteId) => this.removeKnownWordNote(noteId),
      extractFields: (fields) => this.extractFields(fields),
      findDuplicateNote: (expression, excludeNoteId, noteInfo) =>
        this.findDuplicateNote(expression, excludeNoteId, noteInfo),
@@ -657,8 +669,6 @@ export class AnkiIntegration {
        this.setCardTypeFields(updatedFields, availableFieldNames, cardKind),
      resolveConfiguredFieldName: (noteInfo, ...preferredNames) =>
        this.resolveConfiguredFieldName(noteInfo, ...preferredNames),
-      getResolvedSentenceAudioFieldName: (noteInfo) =>
-        this.getResolvedSentenceAudioFieldName(noteInfo),
      getAnimatedImageLeadInSeconds: (noteInfo) => this.getAnimatedImageLeadInSeconds(noteInfo),
      mergeFieldValue: (existing, newValue, overwrite) =>
        this.mergeFieldValue(existing, newValue, overwrite),
@@ -680,6 +690,7 @@ export class AnkiIntegration {
      logWarn: (...args) => log.warn(args[0] as string, ...args.slice(1)),
      logInfo: (...args) => log.info(args[0] as string, ...args.slice(1)),
      logError: (...args) => log.error(args[0] as string, ...args.slice(1)),
+      reviewMediaTiming: (request) => this.reviewMediaTiming(request),
    });
  }

@@ -799,6 +810,12 @@ export class AnkiIntegration {
    }
  }

+  private removeKnownWordNote(noteId: number): void {
+    if (this.knownWordCache.removeNote(noteId)) {
+      this.notifyKnownWordCacheUpdated();
+    }
+  }
+
  private notifyKnownWordCacheUpdated(): void {
    if (!this.knownWordCacheUpdatedCallback) {
      return;
@@ -835,6 +852,19 @@ export class AnkiIntegration {
    };
  }

+  private getSenrenConfig(): {
+    enabled: boolean;
+    fieldGrouping?: 'auto' | 'manual' | 'disabled';
+    deleteDuplicateInAuto?: boolean;
+  } {
+    const senren = this.config.isSenren;
+    return {
+      enabled: senren?.enabled === true,
+      fieldGrouping: senren?.fieldGrouping,
+      deleteDuplicateInAuto: senren?.deleteDuplicateInAuto,
+    };
+  }
+
  private getEffectiveSentenceCardConfig(): {
    model?: string;
    sentenceField: string;
@@ -843,10 +873,27 @@ export class AnkiIntegration {
    kikuEnabled: boolean;
    kikuFieldGrouping: 'auto' | 'manual' | 'disabled';
    kikuDeleteDuplicateInAuto: boolean;
+    senrenEnabled: boolean;
+    fieldGroupingProvider: 'kiku' | 'senren' | null;
+    fieldGroupingMode: 'auto' | 'manual' | 'disabled';
+    fieldGroupingDeleteDuplicateInAuto: boolean;
    wordCardKind: WordCardKind;
  } {
    const lapis = this.getLapisConfig();
    const kiku = this.getKikuConfig();
+    const senren = this.getSenrenConfig();
+
+    const kikuFieldGrouping = (kiku.fieldGrouping || 'disabled') as 'auto' | 'manual' | 'disabled';
+    const senrenFieldGrouping = (senren.fieldGrouping || 'auto') as 'auto' | 'manual' | 'disabled';
+    // Kiku and Senren are mutually exclusive; config resolution enforces it, and
+    // Kiku wins here too in case a runtime patch re-enables both.
+    const fieldGroupingProvider = kiku.enabled ? 'kiku' : senren.enabled ? 'senren' : null;
+    const fieldGroupingMode =
+      fieldGroupingProvider === 'kiku'
+        ? kikuFieldGrouping
+        : fieldGroupingProvider === 'senren'
+          ? senrenFieldGrouping
+          : 'disabled';

    return {
      model: lapis.sentenceCardModel,
@@ -854,8 +901,15 @@ export class AnkiIntegration {
      audioField: 'SentenceAudio',
      lapisEnabled: lapis.enabled,
      kikuEnabled: kiku.enabled,
-      kikuFieldGrouping: (kiku.fieldGrouping || 'disabled') as 'auto' | 'manual' | 'disabled',
+      kikuFieldGrouping,
      kikuDeleteDuplicateInAuto: kiku.deleteDuplicateInAuto !== false,
+      senrenEnabled: senren.enabled,
+      fieldGroupingProvider,
+      fieldGroupingMode,
+      fieldGroupingDeleteDuplicateInAuto:
+        fieldGroupingProvider === 'senren'
+          ? senren.deleteDuplicateInAuto !== false
+          : kiku.deleteDuplicateInAuto !== false,
      wordCardKind: resolveWordCardKindSetting(this.config.lapisKiku?.wordCardKind),
    };
  }
@@ -874,7 +928,7 @@ export class AnkiIntegration {

  private async processNewCard(
    noteId: number,
-    options?: { skipKikuFieldGrouping?: boolean },
+    options?: { skipFieldGrouping?: boolean },
  ): Promise<void> {
    await this.noteUpdateWorkflow.execute(noteId, options);
  }
@@ -1039,7 +1093,7 @@ export class AnkiIntegration {
      videoPath,
      startTime,
      endTime,
-      this.config.media?.audioPadding,
+      context?.mediaPaddingSeconds ?? this.config.media?.audioPadding,
      resolveAudioStreamIndexForMediaGeneration(videoPath, this.mpvClient.currentAudioStreamIndex),
      this.config.media?.normalizeAudio !== false,
      await this.getMpvVolumeScale(),
@@ -1072,7 +1126,7 @@ export class AnkiIntegration {
        videoPath,
        mediaRange.startTime,
        mediaRange.endTime,
-        this.config.media?.audioPadding,
+        context?.mediaPaddingSeconds ?? this.config.media?.audioPadding,
        {
          fps: this.config.media?.animatedFps,
          maxWidth: this.config.media?.animatedMaxWidth,
@@ -1203,12 +1257,13 @@ export class AnkiIntegration {
  private beginUpdateProgress(initialMessage: string): void {
    if (!this.shouldUseOsdNotifications()) {
      if (this.shouldUseOverlayNotifications()) {
+        this.overlayUpdateProgressActive = true;
        this.overlayNotificationCallback?.({
          id: 'anki-update-progress',
          title: 'Anki update',
          body: initialMessage,
          variant: 'progress',
-          persistent: false,
+          persistent: true,
        });
      }
      return;
@@ -1219,6 +1274,10 @@ export class AnkiIntegration {
  }

  private endUpdateProgress(): void {
+    if (this.overlayUpdateProgressActive) {
+      this.overlayUpdateProgressActive = false;
+      this.overlayNotificationDismissCallback?.('anki-update-progress');
+    }
    if (!this.shouldUseOsdNotifications()) {
      return;
    }
@@ -1243,18 +1302,20 @@ export class AnkiIntegration {
    if (!this.shouldUseOsdNotifications()) {
      this.updateInProgress = true;
      if (this.shouldUseOverlayNotifications()) {
+        this.overlayUpdateProgressActive = true;
        this.overlayNotificationCallback?.({
          id: 'anki-update-progress',
          title: 'Anki update',
          body: initialMessage,
          variant: 'progress',
-          persistent: false,
+          persistent: true,
        });
      }
      try {
        return await action();
      } finally {
        this.updateInProgress = false;
+        this.endUpdateProgress();
      }
    }
    return withUpdateProgress(
@@ -1353,6 +1414,7 @@ export class AnkiIntegration {
        : undefined;

    if (shouldShowOverlayNotification && this.overlayNotificationCallback) {
+      this.overlayUpdateProgressActive = false;
      this.overlayNotificationCallback({
        id: 'anki-update-progress',
        title: 'Anki Card Updated',
@@ -1496,7 +1558,7 @@ export class AnkiIntegration {
    trackedDuplicateNoteIdsBeforeCreate: Set<number>,
  ): boolean {
    const sentenceCardConfig = this.getEffectiveSentenceCardConfig();
-    if (!sentenceCardConfig.kikuEnabled || sentenceCardConfig.kikuFieldGrouping === 'disabled') {
+    if (sentenceCardConfig.fieldGroupingMode === 'disabled') {
      return false;
    }

@@ -1555,13 +1617,6 @@ export class AnkiIntegration {
    return sentenceCardConfig.audioField || 'SentenceAudio';
  }

-  private getResolvedSentenceAudioFieldName(noteInfo: NoteInfo): string | null {
-    return (
-      this.resolveNoteFieldName(noteInfo, this.getPreferredSentenceAudioFieldName()) ||
-      this.resolveConfiguredFieldName(noteInfo, this.config.fields?.audio)
-    );
-  }
-
  private getConfiguredWordFieldName(): string {
    return getConfiguredWordFieldName(this.config);
  }
@@ -1723,6 +1778,25 @@ export class AnkiIntegration {
    this.consumeSubtitleMiningContextCallback = callback;
  }

+  setMediaTimingReviewCallback(
+    callback: ((request: MediaTimingReviewRequest) => Promise<MediaTimingReviewDecision>) | null,
+  ): void {
+    this.mediaTimingReviewCallback = callback;
+  }
+
+  private async reviewMediaTiming(
+    request: Omit<MediaTimingReviewRequest, 'audioPadding' | 'maxMediaDuration'>,
+  ): Promise<MediaTimingReviewDecision> {
+    if (this.config.media?.reviewTiming !== true || !this.mediaTimingReviewCallback) {
+      return { action: 'use-original' };
+    }
+    return await this.mediaTimingReviewCallback({
+      ...request,
+      audioPadding: Math.max(0, this.config.media.audioPadding ?? 0),
+      maxMediaDuration: Math.max(0, this.config.media.maxMediaDuration ?? 30),
+    });
+  }
+
  resolveCurrentNoteId(noteId: number): number {
    let resolved = noteId;
    const seen = new Set<number>();
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ function createManualUpdateService(overrides: Partial<CardCreationDeps> = {}): {
      },
      findNotes: async () => [42],
      retrieveMediaFile: async () => '',
+      deleteNotes: async () => undefined,
    },
    mediaGenerator: {
      generateAudio: async () => Buffer.from('audio'),
@@ -124,11 +125,11 @@ function createManualUpdateService(overrides: Partial<CardCreationDeps> = {}): {
      audioField: 'SentenceAudio',
      lapisEnabled: false,
      kikuEnabled: false,
-      kikuFieldGrouping: 'disabled',
-      kikuDeleteDuplicateInAuto: false,
+      fieldGroupingMode: 'disabled',
    }),
    getFallbackDurationSeconds: () => 10,
    appendKnownWordsFromNoteInfo: () => undefined,
+    removeKnownWordNote: () => undefined,
    isUpdateInProgress: () => false,
    setUpdateInProgress: () => undefined,
    trackLastAddedNoteId: () => undefined,
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ function createManualUpdateService(overrides: Partial<CardCreationDeps> = {}): {
  };
 }

-test('manual clipboard subtitle update replaces sentence audio without touching expression audio', async () => {
+test('manual clipboard subtitle update replaces audio in the configured field', async () => {
  const { service, updatedFields, mergeCalls, storedMedia } = createManualUpdateService();

  await service.updateLastAddedFromClipboard('字幕');
@@ -151,14 +152,144 @@ test('manual clipboard subtitle update replaces sentence audio without touching
  assert.equal(updatedFields.length, 1);
  assert.equal(storedMedia.length, 1);
  const audioValue = `[sound:${storedMedia[0]}]`;
-  assert.equal(updatedFields[0]?.SentenceAudio, audioValue);
-  assert.equal('ExpressionAudio' in updatedFields[0]!, false);
+  assert.equal(updatedFields[0]?.ExpressionAudio, audioValue);
+  assert.equal('SentenceAudio' in updatedFields[0]!, false);
  assert.deepEqual(
    mergeCalls.map((call) => call.overwrite),
    [true],
  );
 });

+test('manual clipboard word-card update uses configured fields with Lapis and Kiku enabled', async () => {
+  const { service, updatedFields } = createManualUpdateService({
+    getConfig: () =>
+      ({
+        deck: 'Mining',
+        fields: {
+          word: 'Expression',
+          sentence: 'Context',
+          audio: 'ContextAudio',
+        },
+        media: {
+          generateAudio: true,
+          generateImage: false,
+          maxMediaDuration: 30,
+        },
+        behavior: {
+          overwriteAudio: false,
+          overwriteImage: false,
+        },
+        ai: false,
+      }) as AnkiConnectConfig,
+    client: {
+      addNote: async () => 0,
+      addTags: async () => undefined,
+      notesInfo: async () => [
+        {
+          noteId: 42,
+          fields: {
+            Expression: { value: '単語' },
+            Sentence: { value: '' },
+            SentenceAudio: { value: '' },
+            Context: { value: '' },
+            ContextAudio: { value: '' },
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+      updateNoteFields: async (_noteId, fields) => {
+        updatedFields.push(fields);
+      },
+      storeMediaFile: async () => undefined,
+      findNotes: async () => [42],
+      retrieveMediaFile: async () => '',
+      deleteNotes: async () => undefined,
+    },
+    getEffectiveSentenceCardConfig: () => ({
+      model: 'Sentence',
+      sentenceField: 'Sentence',
+      audioField: 'SentenceAudio',
+      lapisEnabled: true,
+      kikuEnabled: true,
+      fieldGroupingMode: 'disabled',
+    }),
+  });
+
+  await service.updateLastAddedFromClipboard('字幕');
+
+  assert.equal(updatedFields.length, 1);
+  assert.match(updatedFields[0]?.ContextAudio ?? '', /^\[sound:audio_\d+\.mp3\]$/);
+  assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(updatedFields[0] ?? {}).sort(), ['Context', 'ContextAudio']);
+  assert.equal(updatedFields[0]?.Context, '字幕');
+});
+
+test('audio-card action keeps Lapis and Kiku sentence fields', async () => {
+  const { service, updatedFields } = createManualUpdateService({
+    getConfig: () =>
+      ({
+        deck: 'Mining',
+        fields: {
+          word: 'Expression',
+          sentence: 'Context',
+          audio: 'ContextAudio',
+        },
+        media: {
+          generateAudio: true,
+          generateImage: false,
+          maxMediaDuration: 30,
+        },
+        behavior: {},
+        ai: false,
+      }) as AnkiConnectConfig,
+    getMpvClient: () =>
+      ({
+        currentVideoPath: '/video.mp4',
+        currentAudioStreamIndex: 0,
+        currentSubText: '字幕',
+        currentSubStart: 12,
+        currentSubEnd: 14,
+      }) as never,
+    client: {
+      addNote: async () => 0,
+      addTags: async () => undefined,
+      notesInfo: async () => [
+        {
+          noteId: 42,
+          fields: {
+            Expression: { value: '単語' },
+            Sentence: { value: '' },
+            SentenceAudio: { value: '' },
+            Context: { value: '' },
+            ContextAudio: { value: '' },
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+      updateNoteFields: async (_noteId, fields) => {
+        updatedFields.push(fields);
+      },
+      storeMediaFile: async () => undefined,
+      findNotes: async () => [42],
+      retrieveMediaFile: async () => '',
+      deleteNotes: async () => undefined,
+    },
+    getEffectiveSentenceCardConfig: () => ({
+      model: 'Sentence',
+      sentenceField: 'Sentence',
+      audioField: 'SentenceAudio',
+      lapisEnabled: true,
+      kikuEnabled: true,
+      fieldGroupingMode: 'disabled',
+    }),
+  });
+
+  await service.markLastCardAsAudioCard();
+
+  assert.equal(updatedFields.length, 1);
+  assert.equal(updatedFields[0]?.Sentence, '字幕');
+  assert.match(updatedFields[0]?.SentenceAudio ?? '', /^\[sound:audio_\d+\.mp3\]$/);
+  assert.equal('Context' in (updatedFields[0] ?? {}), false);
+  assert.equal('ContextAudio' in (updatedFields[0] ?? {}), false);
+});
+
 test('manual clipboard subtitle update marks Kiku word cards as word-and-sentence cards when enabled', async () => {
  const { service, updatedFields } = createManualUpdateService({
    getConfig: () =>
@@ -201,6 +332,7 @@ test('manual clipboard subtitle update marks Kiku word cards as word-and-sentenc
      storeMediaFile: async () => undefined,
      findNotes: async () => [42],
      retrieveMediaFile: async () => '',
+      deleteNotes: async () => undefined,
    },
    getEffectiveSentenceCardConfig: () => ({
      model: 'Sentence',
@@ -208,8 +340,7 @@ test('manual clipboard subtitle update marks Kiku word cards as word-and-sentenc
      audioField: 'SentenceAudio',
      lapisEnabled: false,
      kikuEnabled: true,
-      kikuFieldGrouping: 'disabled',
-      kikuDeleteDuplicateInAuto: false,
+      fieldGroupingMode: 'disabled',
    }),
    setCardTypeFields,
  });
@@ -225,7 +356,7 @@ test('manual clipboard subtitle update marks Kiku word cards as word-and-sentenc
  });
 });

-test('manual clipboard subtitle update skips audio when sentence audio field is missing', async () => {
+test('manual clipboard subtitle update uses configured audio when SentenceAudio is missing', async () => {
  const { service, updatedFields, mergeCalls, storedMedia } = createManualUpdateService({
    client: {
      addNote: async () => 0,
@@ -248,6 +379,7 @@ test('manual clipboard subtitle update skips audio when sentence audio field is
      },
      findNotes: async () => [42],
      retrieveMediaFile: async () => '',
+      deleteNotes: async () => undefined,
    },
  });

@@ -255,8 +387,9 @@ test('manual clipboard subtitle update skips audio when sentence audio field is

  assert.equal(storedMedia.length, 1);
  assert.equal(updatedFields.length, 1);
-  assert.deepEqual(updatedFields[0], { Sentence: '字幕' });
-  assert.equal(mergeCalls.length, 0);
+  assert.match(updatedFields[0]?.ExpressionAudio ?? '', /^\[sound:audio_\d+\.mp3\]$/);
+  assert.equal(updatedFields[0]?.Sentence, '字幕');
+  assert.equal(mergeCalls.length, 1);
 });

 test('manual clipboard subtitle update uses resolved mpv stream URLs for remote media', async () => {
@@ -335,6 +468,7 @@ test('manual clipboard subtitle update uses resolved mpv stream URLs for remote
      },
      findNotes: async () => [42],
      retrieveMediaFile: async () => '',
+      deleteNotes: async () => undefined,
    },
    mediaGenerator: {
      generateAudio: async (path) => {
@@ -383,3 +517,98 @@ test('createSentenceCard relies on Anki progress notification without standalone
  assert.deepEqual(progressMessages, ['Creating sentence card']);
  assert.deepEqual(statusMessages, []);
 });
+
+test('discarding an audio-card timing review deletes the note before evicting its cache entry', async () => {
+  const events: string[] = [];
+  const statusMessages: string[] = [];
+  const { service } = createManualUpdateService({
+    getMpvClient: () =>
+      ({
+        currentVideoPath: '/video.mp4',
+        currentSubText: '字幕',
+        currentSubStart: 4,
+        currentSubEnd: 6,
+        currentTimePos: 5,
+      }) as never,
+    client: {
+      addNote: async () => 0,
+      addTags: async () => undefined,
+      notesInfo: async () => [
+        {
+          noteId: 42,
+          fields: { Expression: { value: '単語' } },
+        },
+      ],
+      updateNoteFields: async () => undefined,
+      storeMediaFile: async () => undefined,
+      findNotes: async () => [42],
+      retrieveMediaFile: async () => '',
+      deleteNotes: async (noteIds) => {
+        events.push(`delete:${noteIds.join(',')}`);
+      },
+    },
+    reviewMediaTiming: async () => ({ action: 'discard' }),
+    removeKnownWordNote: (noteId) => {
+      events.push(`cache:${noteId}`);
+    },
+    showStatusNotification: (message) => {
+      statusMessages.push(message);
+    },
+  });
+
+  await service.markLastCardAsAudioCard();
+
+  assert.deepEqual(events, ['delete:42', 'cache:42']);
+  assert.deepEqual(statusMessages, ['Card deleted.']);
+});
+
+test('keeping an audio card without media skips generation and preserves the note', async () => {
+  let generatedAudio = false;
+  let deleted = false;
+  const updates: Array<{ noteId: number; fields: Record<string, string> }> = [];
+  const { service, storedMedia } = createManualUpdateService({
+    getMpvClient: () =>
+      ({
+        currentVideoPath: '/video.mp4',
+        currentSubText: '字幕',
+        currentSubStart: 4,
+        currentSubEnd: 6,
+        currentTimePos: 5,
+      }) as never,
+    client: {
+      addNote: async () => 0,
+      addTags: async () => undefined,
+      notesInfo: async () => [
+        {
+          noteId: 42,
+          fields: { Expression: { value: '単語' }, Sentence: { value: '' } },
+        },
+      ],
+      updateNoteFields: async (noteId, fields) => {
+        updates.push({ noteId, fields });
+      },
+      storeMediaFile: async () => undefined,
+      findNotes: async () => [42],
+      retrieveMediaFile: async () => '',
+      deleteNotes: async () => {
+        deleted = true;
+      },
+    },
+    mediaGenerator: {
+      generateAudio: async () => {
+        generatedAudio = true;
+        return Buffer.from('audio');
+      },
+      generateScreenshot: async () => null,
+      generateAnimatedImage: async () => null,
+    },
+    reviewMediaTiming: async () => ({ action: 'skip-media' }),
+  });
+
+  await service.markLastCardAsAudioCard();
+
+  assert.equal(generatedAudio, false);
+  assert.equal(deleted, false);
+  assert.deepEqual(storedMedia, []);
+  assert.deepEqual(updates, [{ noteId: 42, fields: { Sentence: '字幕' } }]);
+});
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ test('sentence card writes generated audio only to sentence audio field', async
  const storedMedia: string[] = [];
  const requestedProperties: string[] = [];
  const audioVolumeScales: Array<number | undefined> = [];
+  const audioRanges: Array<{ start: number; end: number; padding: number | undefined }> = [];

  const deps: CardCreationDeps = {
    getConfig: () =>
@@ -73,17 +74,19 @@ test('sentence card writes generated audio only to sentence audio field', async
      },
      findNotes: async () => [],
      retrieveMediaFile: async () => '',
+      deleteNotes: async () => undefined,
    },
    mediaGenerator: {
      generateAudio: async (
        _path,
-        _startTime,
-        _endTime,
-        _audioPadding,
+        startTime,
+        endTime,
+        audioPadding,
        _audioStreamIndex,
        _normalizeAudio,
        volumeScale,
      ) => {
+        audioRanges.push({ start: startTime, end: endTime, padding: audioPadding });
        audioVolumeScales.push(volumeScale);
        return Buffer.from('audio');
      },
@@ -117,22 +120,19 @@ test('sentence card writes generated audio only to sentence audio field', async
      audioField: 'SentenceAudio',
      lapisEnabled: true,
      kikuEnabled: false,
-      kikuFieldGrouping: 'disabled',
-      kikuDeleteDuplicateInAuto: false,
+      fieldGroupingMode: 'disabled',
    }),
    getFallbackDurationSeconds: () => 10,
    appendKnownWordsFromNoteInfo: () => undefined,
+    removeKnownWordNote: () => undefined,
    isUpdateInProgress: () => false,
    setUpdateInProgress: () => undefined,
    trackLastAddedNoteId: () => undefined,
+    reviewMediaTiming: async () => ({ action: 'confirm', startTime: 11.4, endTime: 14.2 }),
  };

-  const created = await new CardCreationService(deps).createSentenceCard(
-    '字幕',
-    12,
-    14,
-    'Subtitle',
-  );
+  const service = new CardCreationService(deps);
+  const created = await service.createSentenceCard('字幕', 12, 14, 'Subtitle');

  assert.equal(created, true);
  assert.deepEqual(addedFields[0], {
@@ -144,7 +144,19 @@ test('sentence card writes generated audio only to sentence audio field', async
  assert.equal(storedMedia.length, 1);
  assert.deepEqual(requestedProperties, ['volume']);
  assert.deepEqual(audioVolumeScales, [0.4 ** 3]);
+  assert.deepEqual(audioRanges, [{ start: 11.4, end: 14.2, padding: 0 }]);
  const mediaUpdate = updatedFields.find((fields) => 'SentenceAudio' in fields);
  assert.equal(mediaUpdate?.SentenceAudio, `[sound:${storedMedia[0]}]`);
  assert.equal('ExpressionAudio' in mediaUpdate!, false);
+
+  deps.reviewMediaTiming = async () => ({ action: 'discard' });
+  assert.equal(await service.createSentenceCard('作らない', 20, 22), false);
+  assert.equal(addedFields.length, 1);
+
+  deps.reviewMediaTiming = async () => ({ action: 'skip-media' });
+  assert.equal(await service.createSentenceCard('メディアなし', 30, 32), true);
+  assert.equal(addedFields.length, 2);
+  assert.equal(storedMedia.length, 1);
+  assert.deepEqual(audioRanges, [{ start: 11.4, end: 14.2, padding: 0 }]);
+  assert.deepEqual(requestedProperties, ['volume']);
 });
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ test('CardCreationService counts locally created sentence cards', async () => {
      storeMediaFile: async () => undefined,
      findNotes: async () => [],
      retrieveMediaFile: async () => '',
+      deleteNotes: async () => undefined,
    },
    mediaGenerator: {
      generateAudio: async () => null,
@@ -69,11 +70,11 @@ test('CardCreationService counts locally created sentence cards', async () => {
      audioField: 'SentenceAudio',
      lapisEnabled: false,
      kikuEnabled: false,
-      kikuFieldGrouping: 'disabled',
-      kikuDeleteDuplicateInAuto: false,
+      fieldGroupingMode: 'disabled',
    }),
    getFallbackDurationSeconds: () => 10,
    appendKnownWordsFromNoteInfo: () => undefined,
+    removeKnownWordNote: () => undefined,
    isUpdateInProgress: () => false,
    setUpdateInProgress: () => undefined,
    trackLastAddedNoteId: () => undefined,
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ test('CardCreationService keeps updating after trackLastAddedNoteId throws', asy
      storeMediaFile: async () => undefined,
      findNotes: async () => [],
      retrieveMediaFile: async () => '',
+      deleteNotes: async () => undefined,
    },
    mediaGenerator: {
      generateAudio: async () => null,
@@ -168,11 +170,11 @@ test('CardCreationService keeps updating after trackLastAddedNoteId throws', asy
      audioField: 'SentenceAudio',
      lapisEnabled: false,
      kikuEnabled: false,
-      kikuFieldGrouping: 'disabled',
-      kikuDeleteDuplicateInAuto: false,
+      fieldGroupingMode: 'disabled',
    }),
    getFallbackDurationSeconds: () => 10,
    appendKnownWordsFromNoteInfo: () => undefined,
+    removeKnownWordNote: () => undefined,
    isUpdateInProgress: () => false,
    setUpdateInProgress: () => undefined,
    trackLastAddedNoteId: () => {
@@ -238,6 +240,7 @@ test('CardCreationService keeps updating after recordCardsMinedCallback throws',
      storeMediaFile: async () => undefined,
      findNotes: async () => [],
      retrieveMediaFile: async () => '',
+      deleteNotes: async () => undefined,
    },
    mediaGenerator: {
      generateAudio: async () => null,
@@ -267,11 +270,11 @@ test('CardCreationService keeps updating after recordCardsMinedCallback throws',
      audioField: 'SentenceAudio',
      lapisEnabled: false,
      kikuEnabled: false,
-      kikuFieldGrouping: 'disabled',
-      kikuDeleteDuplicateInAuto: false,
+      fieldGroupingMode: 'disabled',
    }),
    getFallbackDurationSeconds: () => 10,
    appendKnownWordsFromNoteInfo: () => undefined,
+    removeKnownWordNote: () => undefined,
    isUpdateInProgress: () => false,
    setUpdateInProgress: () => undefined,
    recordCardsMinedCallback: () => {
@@ -348,6 +351,7 @@ test('CardCreationService uses stream-open-filename for remote media generation'
      storeMediaFile: async () => undefined,
      findNotes: async () => [],
      retrieveMediaFile: async () => '',
+      deleteNotes: async () => undefined,
    },
    mediaGenerator: {
      generateAudio: async (path) => {
@@ -387,11 +391,11 @@ test('CardCreationService uses stream-open-filename for remote media generation'
      audioField: 'SentenceAudio',
      lapisEnabled: false,
      kikuEnabled: false,
-      kikuFieldGrouping: 'disabled',
-      kikuDeleteDuplicateInAuto: false,
+      fieldGroupingMode: 'disabled',
    }),
    getFallbackDurationSeconds: () => 10,
    appendKnownWordsFromNoteInfo: () => undefined,
+    removeKnownWordNote: () => undefined,
    isUpdateInProgress: () => false,
    setUpdateInProgress: () => undefined,
    trackLastAddedNoteId: () => undefined,
@@ -454,6 +458,7 @@ test('CardCreationService does not use mpv stream indexes for ready cached YouTu
      storeMediaFile: async () => undefined,
      findNotes: async () => [],
      retrieveMediaFile: async () => '',
+      deleteNotes: async () => undefined,
    },
    mediaGenerator: {
      generateAudio: async (path, _startTime, _endTime, _padding, audioStreamIndex) => {
@@ -490,11 +495,11 @@ test('CardCreationService does not use mpv stream indexes for ready cached YouTu
      audioField: 'SentenceAudio',
      lapisEnabled: false,
      kikuEnabled: false,
-      kikuFieldGrouping: 'disabled',
-      kikuDeleteDuplicateInAuto: false,
+      fieldGroupingMode: 'disabled',
    }),
    getFallbackDurationSeconds: () => 10,
    appendKnownWordsFromNoteInfo: () => undefined,
+    removeKnownWordNote: () => undefined,
    isUpdateInProgress: () => false,
    setUpdateInProgress: () => undefined,
    trackLastAddedNoteId: () => undefined,
@@ -590,6 +595,7 @@ test('CardCreationService queues YouTube media when required cache is not ready'
      storeMediaFile: async () => undefined,
      findNotes: async () => [],
      retrieveMediaFile: async () => '',
+      deleteNotes: async () => undefined,
    },
    mediaGenerator: {
      generateAudio: async () => {
@@ -629,11 +635,11 @@ test('CardCreationService queues YouTube media when required cache is not ready'
      audioField: 'SentenceAudio',
      lapisEnabled: false,
      kikuEnabled: false,
-      kikuFieldGrouping: 'disabled',
-      kikuDeleteDuplicateInAuto: false,
+      fieldGroupingMode: 'disabled',
    }),
    getFallbackDurationSeconds: () => 10,
    appendKnownWordsFromNoteInfo: () => undefined,
+    removeKnownWordNote: () => undefined,
    isUpdateInProgress: () => false,
    setUpdateInProgress: () => undefined,
    trackLastAddedNoteId: () => undefined,
@@ -701,6 +707,7 @@ test('CardCreationService tracks pre-add duplicate note ids for kiku sentence ca
      storeMediaFile: async () => undefined,
      findNotes: async () => [],
      retrieveMediaFile: async () => '',
+      deleteNotes: async () => undefined,
    },
    mediaGenerator: {
      generateAudio: async () => null,
@@ -728,11 +735,11 @@ test('CardCreationService tracks pre-add duplicate note ids for kiku sentence ca
      audioField: 'SentenceAudio',
      lapisEnabled: false,
      kikuEnabled: true,
-      kikuFieldGrouping: 'manual',
-      kikuDeleteDuplicateInAuto: false,
+      fieldGroupingMode: 'manual',
    }),
    getFallbackDurationSeconds: () => 10,
    appendKnownWordsFromNoteInfo: () => undefined,
+    removeKnownWordNote: () => undefined,
    isUpdateInProgress: () => false,
    setUpdateInProgress: () => undefined,
    trackLastAddedNoteId: () => undefined,
@@ -790,6 +797,7 @@ test('CardCreationService does not track duplicate ids when pre-add lookup retur
      storeMediaFile: async () => undefined,
      findNotes: async () => [],
      retrieveMediaFile: async () => '',
+      deleteNotes: async () => undefined,
    },
    mediaGenerator: {
      generateAudio: async () => null,
@@ -817,11 +825,11 @@ test('CardCreationService does not track duplicate ids when pre-add lookup retur
      audioField: 'SentenceAudio',
      lapisEnabled: false,
      kikuEnabled: true,
-      kikuFieldGrouping: 'manual',
-      kikuDeleteDuplicateInAuto: false,
+      fieldGroupingMode: 'manual',
    }),
    getFallbackDurationSeconds: () => 10,
    appendKnownWordsFromNoteInfo: () => undefined,
+    removeKnownWordNote: () => undefined,
    isUpdateInProgress: () => false,
    setUpdateInProgress: () => undefined,
    trackLastAddedNoteId: () => undefined,
@@ -3,7 +3,13 @@ import {
  getConfiguredWordFieldName,
  getPreferredWordValueFromExtractedFields,
 } from '../anki-field-config';
-import { AnkiConnectConfig, type CardKind, type WordCardKind } from '../types/anki';
+import {
+  AnkiConnectConfig,
+  type CardKind,
+  type MediaTimingReviewDecision,
+  type MediaTimingReviewRequest,
+  type WordCardKind,
+} from '../types/anki';
 import { createLogger } from '../logger';
 import type { MediaInput } from '../media-input';
 import { SubtitleTimingTracker } from '../subtitle-timing-tracker';
@@ -55,6 +61,7 @@ interface CardCreationClient {
  storeMediaFile(filename: string, data: Buffer): Promise<void>;
  findNotes(query: string, options?: { maxRetries?: number }): Promise<number[]>;
  retrieveMediaFile(filename: string): Promise<string>;
+  deleteNotes(noteIds: number[]): Promise<void>;
 }

 interface CardCreationMediaGenerator {
@@ -132,18 +139,21 @@ interface CardCreationDeps {
    audioField: string;
    lapisEnabled: boolean;
    kikuEnabled: boolean;
-    kikuFieldGrouping: 'auto' | 'manual' | 'disabled';
-    kikuDeleteDuplicateInAuto: boolean;
+    fieldGroupingMode: 'auto' | 'manual' | 'disabled';
    wordCardKind?: WordCardKind;
  };
  getFallbackDurationSeconds: () => number;
  appendKnownWordsFromNoteInfo: (noteInfo: CardCreationNoteInfo) => void;
+  removeKnownWordNote: (noteId: number) => void;
  isUpdateInProgress: () => boolean;
  setUpdateInProgress: (value: boolean) => void;
  trackLastAddedNoteId?: (noteId: number) => void;
  trackLastAddedDuplicateNoteIds?: (noteId: number, duplicateNoteIds: number[]) => void;
  findDuplicateNoteIds?: (expression: string, noteInfo: CardCreationNoteInfo) => Promise<number[]>;
  recordCardsMinedCallback?: (count: number, noteIds?: number[]) => void;
+  reviewMediaTiming?: (
+    request: Omit<MediaTimingReviewRequest, 'audioPadding' | 'maxMediaDuration'>,
+  ) => Promise<MediaTimingReviewDecision>;
 }

 export class CardCreationService {
@@ -260,9 +270,16 @@ export class CardCreationService {
          fields,
          this.deps.getConfig(),
        );
-        const sentenceAudioField = this.getResolvedSentenceOnlyAudioFieldName(noteInfo);
+        const config = this.deps.getConfig();
+        const sentenceAudioField = this.deps.resolveConfiguredFieldName(
+          noteInfo,
+          config.fields?.audio ?? DEFAULT_ANKI_CONNECT_CONFIG.fields.audio,
+        );
        const sentenceCardConfig = this.deps.getEffectiveSentenceCardConfig();
-        const sentenceField = sentenceCardConfig.sentenceField;
+        const sentenceField = this.deps.resolveConfiguredFieldName(
+          noteInfo,
+          config.fields?.sentence ?? DEFAULT_ANKI_CONNECT_CONFIG.fields.sentence,
+        );

        const sentence = blocks.join(' ');
        const updatedFields: Record<string, string> = {};
@@ -284,7 +301,6 @@ export class CardCreationService {
          `Clipboard update: timing range ${rangeStart.toFixed(2)}s - ${rangeEnd.toFixed(2)}s`,
        );

-        const config = this.deps.getConfig();
        const generateAudio = shouldGenerateAudio(config);
        const generateImage = shouldGenerateImage(config);
        const mediaResolverOptions = this.getMediaResolverOptions();
@@ -451,39 +467,66 @@ export class CardCreationService {
          this.deps.getConfig(),
        );

+        const timingDecision = this.deps.reviewMediaTiming
+          ? await this.deps.reviewMediaTiming({
+              kind: 'audio',
+              text: mpvClient.currentSubText,
+              startTime,
+              endTime,
+              noteId,
+            })
+          : ({ action: 'use-original' } as const);
+        if (timingDecision.action === 'discard') {
+          await this.deps.client.deleteNotes([noteId]);
+          this.deps.removeKnownWordNote(noteId);
+          this.deps.showStatusNotification('Card deleted.');
+          return;
+        }
+        const skipMedia = timingDecision.action === 'skip-media';
+        const exactReviewedRange = timingDecision.action === 'confirm';
+        let sentenceText = mpvClient.currentSubText;
+        if (timingDecision.action === 'confirm') {
+          startTime = timingDecision.startTime;
+          endTime = timingDecision.endTime;
+          sentenceText = timingDecision.text?.trim() || sentenceText;
+        }
+
        const updatedFields: Record<string, string> = {};
        const errors: string[] = [];
        let miscInfoFilename: string | null = null;

        this.deps.setCardTypeFields(updatedFields, Object.keys(noteInfo.fields), 'audio');

-        const sentenceField = this.deps.getConfig().fields?.sentence;
+        const sentenceCardConfig = this.deps.getEffectiveSentenceCardConfig();
+        const sentenceField = sentenceCardConfig.sentenceField;
        if (sentenceField) {
-          const processedSentence = this.deps.processSentence(mpvClient.currentSubText, fields);
+          const processedSentence = this.deps.processSentence(sentenceText, fields);
          updatedFields[sentenceField] = processedSentence;
        }

-        const sentenceCardConfig = this.deps.getEffectiveSentenceCardConfig();
        const audioFieldName = sentenceCardConfig.audioField;
-        try {
-          const audioFilename = this.generateAudioFilename();
-          const audioBuffer = await this.mediaGenerateAudio(
-            mpvClient.currentVideoPath,
-            startTime,
-            endTime,
-          );
+        if (!skipMedia) {
+          try {
+            const audioFilename = this.generateAudioFilename();
+            const audioBuffer = await this.mediaGenerateAudio(
+              mpvClient.currentVideoPath,
+              startTime,
+              endTime,
+              exactReviewedRange ? 0 : undefined,
+            );

-          if (audioBuffer) {
-            await this.deps.client.storeMediaFile(audioFilename, audioBuffer);
-            updatedFields[audioFieldName] = `[sound:${audioFilename}]`;
-            miscInfoFilename = audioFilename;
+            if (audioBuffer) {
+              await this.deps.client.storeMediaFile(audioFilename, audioBuffer);
+              updatedFields[audioFieldName] = `[sound:${audioFilename}]`;
+              miscInfoFilename = audioFilename;
+            }
+          } catch (error) {
+            log.error('Failed to generate audio for audio card:', (error as Error).message);
+            errors.push('audio');
          }
-        } catch (error) {
-          log.error('Failed to generate audio for audio card:', (error as Error).message);
-          errors.push('audio');
        }

-        if (shouldGenerateImage(this.deps.getConfig())) {
+        if (!skipMedia && shouldGenerateImage(this.deps.getConfig())) {
          try {
            const animatedLeadInSeconds = await this.deps.getAnimatedImageLeadInSeconds(noteInfo);
            const imageFilename = this.generateImageFilename();
@@ -492,6 +535,7 @@ export class CardCreationService {
              startTime,
              endTime,
              animatedLeadInSeconds,
+              exactReviewedRange,
            );

            const imageField = this.deps.getConfig().fields?.image;
@@ -564,9 +608,29 @@ export class CardCreationService {

    try {
      return await this.deps.withUpdateProgress('Creating sentence card', async () => {
+        const timingDecision = this.deps.reviewMediaTiming
+          ? await this.deps.reviewMediaTiming({
+              kind: 'sentence',
+              text: sentence,
+              startTime,
+              endTime,
+            })
+          : ({ action: 'use-original' } as const);
+        if (timingDecision.action === 'discard') {
+          this.deps.showStatusNotification('Card creation cancelled.');
+          return false;
+        }
+        const skipMedia = timingDecision.action === 'skip-media';
+        const exactReviewedRange = timingDecision.action === 'confirm';
+        if (timingDecision.action === 'confirm') {
+          startTime = timingDecision.startTime;
+          endTime = timingDecision.endTime;
+          sentence = timingDecision.text?.trim() || sentence;
+        }
+
        const config = this.deps.getConfig();
-        const generateAudio = shouldGenerateAudio(config);
-        const generateImage = shouldGenerateImage(config);
+        const generateAudio = !skipMedia && shouldGenerateAudio(config);
+        const generateImage = !skipMedia && shouldGenerateImage(config);
        const mediaResolverOptions = this.getMediaResolverOptions();
        const videoPath = generateImage
          ? await resolveMediaGenerationInput(mpvClient, 'video', mediaResolverOptions)
@@ -632,8 +696,7 @@ export class CardCreationService {
        ).trim();
        let duplicateNoteIds: number[] = [];
        if (
-          sentenceCardConfig.kikuEnabled &&
-          sentenceCardConfig.kikuFieldGrouping !== 'disabled' &&
+          sentenceCardConfig.fieldGroupingMode !== 'disabled' &&
          pendingExpressionText &&
          this.deps.findDuplicateNoteIds
        ) {
@@ -732,6 +795,7 @@ export class CardCreationService {
            generateAudio,
            generateImage,
            volumeScale,
+            ...(exactReviewedRange ? { mediaPaddingSeconds: 0 } : {}),
          });
          await this.deps.showNotification(noteId, label, 'media queued');
          return true;
@@ -747,7 +811,12 @@ export class CardCreationService {
          try {
            const audioFilename = this.generateAudioFilename();
            const audioBuffer = audioSourcePath
-              ? await this.mediaGenerateAudio(audioSourcePath, startTime, endTime)
+              ? await this.mediaGenerateAudio(
+                  audioSourcePath,
+                  startTime,
+                  endTime,
+                  exactReviewedRange ? 0 : undefined,
+                )
              : null;

            if (audioBuffer) {
@@ -765,7 +834,13 @@ export class CardCreationService {
        if (generateImage) {
          try {
            const imageFilename = this.generateImageFilename();
-            const imageBuffer = await this.generateImageBuffer(videoPath!, startTime, endTime);
+            const imageBuffer = await this.generateImageBuffer(
+              videoPath!,
+              startTime,
+              endTime,
+              0,
+              exactReviewedRange,
+            );

            const imageField = config.fields?.image;
            if (imageBuffer && imageField) {
@@ -806,22 +881,6 @@ export class CardCreationService {
    }
  }

-  private getResolvedSentenceAudioFieldName(noteInfo: CardCreationNoteInfo): string | null {
-    return (
-      this.deps.resolveNoteFieldName(
-        noteInfo,
-        this.deps.getEffectiveSentenceCardConfig().audioField || 'SentenceAudio',
-      ) || this.deps.resolveConfiguredFieldName(noteInfo, this.deps.getConfig().fields?.audio)
-    );
-  }
-
-  private getResolvedSentenceOnlyAudioFieldName(noteInfo: CardCreationNoteInfo): string | null {
-    return this.deps.resolveNoteFieldName(
-      noteInfo,
-      this.deps.getEffectiveSentenceCardConfig().audioField || 'SentenceAudio',
-    );
-  }
-
  private createPendingNoteInfo(fields: Record<string, string>): CardCreationNoteInfo {
    return {
      noteId: -1,
@@ -833,6 +892,7 @@ export class CardCreationService {
    videoPath: MediaInput,
    startTime: number,
    endTime: number,
+    audioPaddingOverride?: number,
  ): Promise<Buffer | null> {
    const mpvClient = this.deps.getMpvClient();
    if (!mpvClient) {
@@ -843,7 +903,7 @@ export class CardCreationService {
      videoPath,
      startTime,
      endTime,
-      this.deps.getConfig().media?.audioPadding,
+      audioPaddingOverride ?? this.deps.getConfig().media?.audioPadding,
      resolveAudioStreamIndexForMediaGeneration(
        videoPath,
        mpvClient.currentAudioStreamIndex ?? undefined,
@@ -861,13 +921,16 @@ export class CardCreationService {
    startTime: number,
    endTime: number,
    animatedLeadInSeconds = 0,
+    exactReviewedRange = false,
  ): Promise<Buffer | null> {
    const mpvClient = this.deps.getMpvClient();
    if (!mpvClient) {
      return null;
    }

-    const timestamp = mpvClient.currentTimePos || 0;
+    const timestamp = exactReviewedRange
+      ? startTime + (endTime - startTime) / 2
+      : mpvClient.currentTimePos || 0;

    if (this.deps.getConfig().media?.imageType === 'avif') {
      let imageStart = startTime;
@@ -883,7 +946,7 @@ export class CardCreationService {
        videoPath,
        imageStart,
        imageEnd,
-        this.deps.getConfig().media?.audioPadding,
+        exactReviewedRange ? 0 : this.deps.getConfig().media?.audioPadding,
        {
          fps: this.deps.getConfig().media?.animatedFps,
          maxWidth: this.deps.getConfig().media?.animatedMaxWidth,
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ function createCollaborator(
      miscInfoValue?: string;
    };
    warnings?: Array<{ fieldName: string; reason: string; detail?: string }>;
+    fieldGroupingProvider?: 'kiku' | 'senren' | null;
  } = {},
 ) {
  const warnings = options.warnings ?? [];
@@ -46,6 +47,8 @@ function createCollaborator(
      getEffectiveSentenceCardConfig: () => ({
        sentenceField: 'Sentence',
        audioField: 'SentenceAudio',
+        fieldGroupingProvider:
+          options.fieldGroupingProvider === undefined ? 'kiku' : options.fieldGroupingProvider,
      }),
      getCurrentSubtitleText: () => options.currentSubtitleText,
      resolveFieldName,
@@ -251,7 +254,218 @@ test('computeFieldGroupingMergedFields uses generated media only when includeGen
  assert.equal(withMedia.MiscInfo, '<span data-group-id="11">generated misc</span>');
 });

-test('computeFieldGroupingMergedFields clears SentenceFurigana when either note lacks it', async () => {
+test('computeFieldGroupingMergedFields merges Senren notes into scene-switching markup', async () => {
+  const { collaborator } = createCollaborator({ fieldGroupingProvider: 'senren' });
+
+  const merged = await collaborator.computeFieldGroupingMergedFields(
+    300,
+    200,
+    makeNote(300, {
+      word: '語',
+      sentence: '<span class="group">前<span class="highlight">語</span>後</span>',
+      sentenceAudio: '[sound:original.opus]',
+      picture: '<img src="original.webp">',
+      miscInfo: '<span class="group">Show EP1 (0:01:00)</span>',
+    }),
+    makeNote(200, {
+      word: '語',
+      sentence: '<span class="group">次<span class="highlight">語</span>文</span>',
+      sentenceAudio: '[sound:new.opus]',
+      picture: '<img src="new.webp">',
+      miscInfo: 'Show EP2 (0:02:00)',
+    }),
+    false,
+  );
+
+  assert.equal(
+    merged.sentence,
+    '<span class="group">前<span class="highlight">語</span>後</span>' +
+      '<span class="group2">次<span class="highlight">語</span>文</span>',
+  );
+  assert.equal(merged.sentenceAudio, '[sound:original.opus][sound:new.opus]');
+  assert.equal(merged.picture, '<img src="original.webp"><img src="new.webp">');
+  assert.equal(
+    merged.miscInfo,
+    '<span class="group">Show EP1 (0:01:00)</span><span class="group2">Show EP2 (0:02:00)</span>',
+  );
+});
+
+test('Senren merge warns for invalid source audio when kept audio is empty', async () => {
+  const warnings: Array<{ fieldName: string; reason: string; detail?: string }> = [];
+  const { collaborator } = createCollaborator({
+    fieldGroupingProvider: 'senren',
+    warnings,
+  });
+
+  const merged = await collaborator.computeFieldGroupingMergedFields(
+    300,
+    200,
+    makeNote(300, { SentenceAudio: '' }),
+    makeNote(200, { SentenceAudio: 'invalid audio' }),
+    false,
+  );
+
+  assert.equal(merged.SentenceAudio, 'invalid audio');
+  assert.deepEqual(warnings, [
+    {
+      fieldName: 'SentenceAudio',
+      reason: 'missing-sound-tag',
+      detail: undefined,
+    },
+  ]);
+});
+
+test('Senren merge wraps ungrouped legacy content and preserves numbered groups', async () => {
+  const { collaborator } = createCollaborator({ fieldGroupingProvider: 'senren' });
+
+  const merged = await collaborator.computeFieldGroupingMergedFields(
+    300,
+    200,
+    makeNote(300, {
+      sentence: 'plain legacy sentence',
+      sentenceAudio: '[sound:a.opus][sound:b.opus]',
+      miscInfo: '<span class="group2">pinned</span> stray text',
+    }),
+    makeNote(200, {
+      sentence: '<span class="group">new sentence</span>',
+      sentenceAudio: '[sound:c.opus]',
+      miscInfo: '<span class="group">new misc</span>',
+    }),
+    false,
+  );
+
+  assert.equal(
+    merged.sentence,
+    '<span class="group">plain legacy sentence</span><span class="group3">new sentence</span>',
+  );
+  assert.equal(merged.sentenceAudio, '[sound:a.opus][sound:b.opus][sound:c.opus]');
+  assert.equal(
+    merged.miscInfo,
+    '<span class="group2">pinned</span><span class="group">stray text</span>' +
+      '<span class="group3">new misc</span>',
+  );
+});
+
+test('Senren merge rebases numbered groups from an appended source note', async () => {
+  const { collaborator } = createCollaborator({ fieldGroupingProvider: 'senren' });
+
+  const merged = await collaborator.computeFieldGroupingMergedFields(
+    300,
+    200,
+    makeNote(300, {
+      sentenceAudio: '[sound:keep-a.opus][sound:keep-b.opus]',
+      miscInfo: '<span class="group">keep one</span><span class="group">keep two</span>',
+    }),
+    makeNote(200, {
+      sentenceAudio: '[sound:source-a.opus][sound:source-b.opus]',
+      miscInfo: '<span class="group2">source two</span>',
+    }),
+    false,
+  );
+
+  assert.equal(
+    merged.sentenceAudio,
+    '[sound:keep-a.opus][sound:keep-b.opus][sound:source-a.opus][sound:source-b.opus]',
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    merged.miscInfo,
+    '<span class="group">keep one</span><span class="group">keep two</span>' +
+      '<span class="group4">source two</span>',
+  );
+});
+
+test('Senren merge rebases plain source groups after empty and sparse kept fields', async () => {
+  const { collaborator } = createCollaborator({ fieldGroupingProvider: 'senren' });
+
+  const merged = await collaborator.computeFieldGroupingMergedFields(
+    300,
+    200,
+    makeNote(300, {
+      sentenceAudio: '[sound:keep-a.opus][sound:keep-b.opus]',
+      sentence: '',
+      miscInfo: '<span class="group">keep first</span>',
+    }),
+    makeNote(200, {
+      sentenceAudio: '[sound:source-a.opus][sound:source-b.opus]',
+      sentence: '<span class="group">source first</span>',
+      miscInfo: '<span class="group">source first</span><span class="group2">source second</span>',
+    }),
+    false,
+  );
+
+  assert.equal(merged.sentence, '<span class="group3">source first</span>');
+  assert.equal(
+    merged.miscInfo,
+    '<span class="group">keep first</span><span class="group3">source first</span>' +
+      '<span class="group4">source second</span>',
+  );
+});
+
+test('Senren merge keeps ungrouped text in place around an existing group span', async () => {
+  const { collaborator } = createCollaborator({ fieldGroupingProvider: 'senren' });
+
+  const merged = await collaborator.computeFieldGroupingMergedFields(
+    300,
+    200,
+    makeNote(300, {
+      miscInfo: 'leading<span class="group">middle</span>trailing',
+      sentenceAudio: '[sound:a.opus][sound:b.opus][sound:c.opus]',
+    }),
+    makeNote(200, {
+      miscInfo: '<span class="group">appended</span>',
+      sentenceAudio: '[sound:d.opus]',
+    }),
+    false,
+  );
+
+  // Order must follow the source field, and the two ungrouped runs must stay separate.
+  assert.equal(
+    merged.miscInfo,
+    '<span class="group">leading</span><span class="group">middle</span>' +
+      '<span class="group">trailing</span><span class="group4">appended</span>',
+  );
+  assert.equal(merged.sentenceAudio, '[sound:a.opus][sound:b.opus][sound:c.opus][sound:d.opus]');
+});
+
+test('Senren merge closes unclosed group spans so later scenes stay siblings', async () => {
+  const { collaborator } = createCollaborator({ fieldGroupingProvider: 'senren' });
+
+  const merged = await collaborator.computeFieldGroupingMergedFields(
+    300,
+    200,
+    makeNote(300, { miscInfo: '<span class="group">a<span class="highlight">b' }),
+    makeNote(200, { miscInfo: '<span class="group">next</span>' }),
+    false,
+  );
+
+  assert.equal(
+    merged.miscInfo,
+    '<span class="group">a<span class="highlight">b</span></span><span class="group">next</span>',
+  );
+  const openTags = merged.miscInfo!.match(/<span\b/g)?.length ?? 0;
+  const closeTags = merged.miscInfo!.match(/<\/span>/g)?.length ?? 0;
+  assert.equal(openTags, closeTags);
+});
+
+test('Senren merge closes unclosed trailing markup before appending later scenes', async () => {
+  const { collaborator } = createCollaborator({ fieldGroupingProvider: 'senren' });
+
+  const merged = await collaborator.computeFieldGroupingMergedFields(
+    300,
+    200,
+    makeNote(300, { miscInfo: 'leading<span class="highlight">tail' }),
+    makeNote(200, { miscInfo: '<span class="group">next</span>' }),
+    false,
+  );
+
+  assert.equal(
+    merged.miscInfo,
+    '<span class="group">leading<span class="highlight">tail</span></span>' +
+      '<span class="group">next</span>',
+  );
+});
+
+test('Kiku merge clears SentenceFurigana when either note lacks it', async () => {
  const { collaborator } = createCollaborator();

  const merged = await collaborator.computeFieldGroupingMergedFields(
@@ -268,3 +482,21 @@ test('computeFieldGroupingMergedFields clears SentenceFurigana when either note

  assert.equal(merged.SentenceFurigana, '');
 });
+
+test('Senren merge keeps duplicate SentenceFurigana when the kept field is empty', async () => {
+  const { collaborator } = createCollaborator({ fieldGroupingProvider: 'senren' });
+
+  const merged = await collaborator.computeFieldGroupingMergedFields(
+    300,
+    200,
+    makeNote(300, {
+      SentenceFurigana: '',
+    }),
+    makeNote(200, {
+      SentenceFurigana: 'duplicate furigana',
+    }),
+    false,
+  );
+
+  assert.equal(merged.SentenceFurigana, '<span class="group">duplicate furigana</span>');
+});
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ interface FieldGroupingMergeDeps {
  getEffectiveSentenceCardConfig: () => {
    sentenceField: string;
    audioField: string;
+    fieldGroupingProvider: 'kiku' | 'senren' | null;
  };
  getCurrentSubtitleText: () => string | undefined;
  resolveFieldName: (availableFieldNames: string[], preferredName: string) => string | null;
@@ -78,6 +79,13 @@ export class FieldGroupingMergeCollaborator {
    const configuredWordField = getConfiguredWordFieldName(config);
    const groupableFields = this.getGroupableFieldNames();
    const keepFieldNames = Object.keys(keepNoteInfo.fields);
+    const sentenceCardConfig = this.deps.getEffectiveSentenceCardConfig();
+    const senrenSourceSceneOffset =
+      sentenceCardConfig.fieldGroupingProvider === 'senren'
+        ? this.countSenrenAudioScenes(
+            this.getResolvedFieldValue(keepNoteInfo, sentenceCardConfig.audioField),
+          )
+        : 0;
    const sourceFields: Record<string, string> = {};
    const resolvedKeepFieldByPreferred = new Map<string, string>();
    for (const preferredFieldName of groupableFields) {
@@ -154,14 +162,18 @@ export class FieldGroupingMergeCollaborator {
      if (!existingValue.trim() && !newValue.trim()) continue;

      if (keepFieldNormalized === 'sentencefurigana') {
+        const hasBothValues = existingValue.trim().length > 0 && newValue.trim().length > 0;
+        const usesSenrenGrouping =
+          this.deps.getEffectiveSentenceCardConfig().fieldGroupingProvider === 'senren';
        mergedFields[keepFieldName] =
-          existingValue.trim() && newValue.trim()
+          hasBothValues || usesSenrenGrouping
            ? this.applyFieldGrouping(
                existingValue,
                newValue,
                keepNoteId,
                deleteNoteId,
                keepFieldName,
+                senrenSourceSceneOffset,
              )
            : '';
        continue;
@@ -174,6 +186,7 @@ export class FieldGroupingMergeCollaborator {
          keepNoteId,
          deleteNoteId,
          keepFieldName,
+          senrenSourceSceneOffset,
        );
      } else if (existingValue.trim() && newValue.trim()) {
        mergedFields[keepFieldName] = this.applyFieldGrouping(
@@ -182,6 +195,7 @@ export class FieldGroupingMergeCollaborator {
          keepNoteId,
          deleteNoteId,
          keepFieldName,
+          senrenSourceSceneOffset,
        );
      } else {
        if (!newValue.trim()) continue;
@@ -342,13 +356,152 @@ export class FieldGroupingMergeCollaborator {
    return [...entries].sort((a, b) => b.groupId - a.groupId);
  }

+  private isSentenceAudioField(fieldName: string): boolean {
+    const normalized = fieldName.toLowerCase();
+    const audioField = (
+      this.deps.getEffectiveSentenceCardConfig().audioField || 'sentenceaudio'
+    ).toLowerCase();
+    return normalized === 'sentenceaudio' || normalized === audioField;
+  }
+
+  private isSenrenGroupOpenTag(openTag: string): boolean {
+    const classMatch =
+      openTag.match(/class\s*=\s*"([^"]*)"/i) || openTag.match(/class\s*=\s*'([^']*)'/i);
+    if (!classMatch) return false;
+    // Senren's templates match class tokens case-sensitively (/^group\d*$/).
+    return classMatch[1]!.split(/\s+/).some((token) => /^group\d*$/.test(token));
+  }
+
+  private countSenrenAudioScenes(value: string): number {
+    const soundEntries = value.match(/\[sound:[^\]]+\]/g)?.length ?? 0;
+    if (soundEntries > 0) return soundEntries;
+    return this.parseSenrenSceneEntries(value).length;
+  }
+
+  private rebaseSenrenGroup(entry: string, sceneOffset: number, sourceEntryIndex: number): string {
+    if (sceneOffset <= 0) return entry;
+
+    return entry.replace(
+      /^(\s*<span\b[^>]*?\bclass\s*=\s*)(["'])([^"']*)\2/i,
+      (_match: string, prefix: string, quote: string, rawClasses: string) => {
+        const classes = rawClasses
+          .split(/(\s+)/)
+          .map((classToken) => {
+            if (classToken === 'group') {
+              return `group${sceneOffset + sourceEntryIndex + 1}`;
+            }
+            const groupMatch = classToken.match(/^group(\d+)$/);
+            if (!groupMatch) return classToken;
+            const targetScene = Number(groupMatch[1]);
+            if (!Number.isSafeInteger(targetScene) || targetScene <= 0) return classToken;
+            return `group${targetScene + sceneOffset}`;
+          })
+          .join('');
+        return `${prefix}${quote}${classes}${quote}`;
+      },
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Splits a Senren field into ordered scene entries. Top-level
+   * `<span class="group">`/`"groupN"` spans are kept verbatim (nested markup like
+   * `<span class="highlight">` included); ungrouped runs are wrapped in a group
+   * span at their original position, because Senren discards anything outside a
+   * group span once scene switching activates.
+   */
+  private parseSenrenSceneEntries(value: string): string[] {
+    const tokenRegex = /<span\b[^>]*>|<\/span>/gi;
+    const entries: string[] = [];
+    const pushUngrouped = (raw: string): void => {
+      const text = raw.replace(/<br\s*\/?>/gi, ' ').trim();
+      if (text) entries.push(`<span class="group">${text}</span>`);
+    };
+    let cursor = 0;
+    let depth = 0;
+    let entryStart = -1;
+    let match;
+    while ((match = tokenRegex.exec(value)) !== null) {
+      const token = match[0]!;
+      if (token[1] !== '/') {
+        if (depth === 0 && this.isSenrenGroupOpenTag(token)) {
+          pushUngrouped(value.slice(cursor, match.index));
+          entryStart = match.index;
+          cursor = match.index;
+        }
+        depth += 1;
+      } else {
+        depth = Math.max(0, depth - 1);
+        if (depth === 0 && entryStart !== -1) {
+          const end = match.index + token.length;
+          entries.push(value.slice(entryStart, end));
+          entryStart = -1;
+          cursor = end;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    if (entryStart !== -1) {
+      // Unclosed group span: close every span still open (the group and any nested
+      // markup) so the following scenes are siblings rather than nested inside it.
+      entries.push(`${value.slice(entryStart)}${'</span>'.repeat(depth)}`);
+    } else {
+      pushUngrouped(`${value.slice(cursor)}${'</span>'.repeat(depth)}`);
+    }
+    return entries;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Merges two notes' field values in Senren's scene-switching format. Scenes are
+   * appended in order (existing first, never resorted) so indices stay aligned
+   * across sentence/picture/miscInfo with the sentenceAudio entries, which alone
+   * drive Senren's scene count.
+   */
+  private applySenrenFieldGrouping(
+    existingValue: string,
+    newValue: string,
+    fieldName: string,
+    sourceSceneOffset: number,
+  ): string {
+    if (this.isPictureField(fieldName)) {
+      const tags = [...this.extractImageTags(existingValue), ...this.extractImageTags(newValue)];
+      if (tags.length === 0) return existingValue || newValue;
+      return tags.join('');
+    }
+
+    if (this.isSentenceAudioField(fieldName)) {
+      const existing = existingValue.trim();
+      const added = newValue.trim();
+      if (added && !/\[sound:[^\]]+\]/.test(added)) {
+        this.deps.warnFieldParseOnce(fieldName, 'missing-sound-tag');
+      }
+      if (!existing || !added) return existing || added;
+      return existing + added;
+    }
+
+    const sourceEntries = this.parseSenrenSceneEntries(newValue).map((entry, sourceEntryIndex) =>
+      this.rebaseSenrenGroup(entry, sourceSceneOffset, sourceEntryIndex),
+    );
+    const merged = [...this.parseSenrenSceneEntries(existingValue), ...sourceEntries];
+    if (merged.length === 0) return existingValue || newValue;
+    return merged.join('');
+  }
+
  private applyFieldGrouping(
    existingValue: string,
    newValue: string,
    keepGroupId: number,
    sourceGroupId: number,
    fieldName: string,
+    senrenSourceSceneOffset: number,
  ): string {
+    if (this.deps.getEffectiveSentenceCardConfig().fieldGroupingProvider === 'senren') {
+      return this.applySenrenFieldGrouping(
+        existingValue,
+        newValue,
+        fieldName,
+        senrenSourceSceneOffset,
+      );
+    }
+
    if (this.shouldUseStrictSpanGrouping(fieldName)) {
      if (this.isPictureField(fieldName)) {
        const keepEntries = this.parsePictureEntries(existingValue, keepGroupId);
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ function createWorkflowHarness() {
    getEffectiveSentenceCardConfig: () => ({
      sentenceField: 'Sentence',
      audioField: 'SentenceAudio',
-      kikuDeleteDuplicateInAuto: true,
+      fieldGroupingDeleteDuplicateInAuto: true,
    }),
    getCurrentSubtitleText: () => 'subtitle-text',
    getFieldGroupingCallback: (): FieldGroupingCallback | null => {
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export interface FieldGroupingWorkflowDeps {
  getEffectiveSentenceCardConfig: () => {
    sentenceField: string;
    audioField: string;
-    kikuDeleteDuplicateInAuto: boolean;
+    fieldGroupingDeleteDuplicateInAuto: boolean;
  };
  getCurrentSubtitleText: () => string | undefined;
  getFieldGroupingCallback:
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export class FieldGroupingWorkflow {
        originalNoteId,
        newNoteId,
        this.getExpression(newNoteInfo),
-        sentenceCardConfig.kikuDeleteDuplicateInAuto,
+        sentenceCardConfig.fieldGroupingDeleteDuplicateInAuto,
      );
    } catch (error) {
      this.deps.logError('Field grouping auto merge failed:', (error as Error).message);
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ function createHarness(
    manualHandled?: boolean;
    expression?: string | null;
    currentSentenceImageField?: string | undefined;
-    onProcessNewCard?: (noteId: number, options?: { skipKikuFieldGrouping?: boolean }) => void;
+    onProcessNewCard?: (noteId: number, options?: { skipFieldGrouping?: boolean }) => void;
  } = {},
 ) {
  const calls: string[] = [];
  const findNotesQueries: Array<{ query: string; maxRetries?: number }> = [];
  const noteInfoRequests: number[][] = [];
  const duplicateRequests: Array<{ expression: string; excludeNoteId: number }> = [];
-  const processCalls: Array<{ noteId: number; options?: { skipKikuFieldGrouping?: boolean } }> = [];
+  const processCalls: Array<{ noteId: number; options?: { skipFieldGrouping?: boolean } }> = [];
  const autoCalls: Array<{ originalNoteId: number; newNoteId: number; expression: string }> = [];
  const manualCalls: Array<{ originalNoteId: number; newNoteId: number; expression: string }> = [];

@@ -46,9 +46,8 @@ function createHarness(
      sentenceField: 'Sentence',
      audioField: 'SentenceAudio',
      lapisEnabled: false,
-      kikuEnabled: options.kikuEnabled ?? true,
-      kikuFieldGrouping: options.kikuFieldGrouping ?? 'auto',
-      kikuDeleteDuplicateInAuto: true,
+      fieldGroupingProvider: (options.kikuEnabled ?? true) ? ('kiku' as const) : null,
+      fieldGroupingMode: options.kikuFieldGrouping ?? 'auto',
    }),
    isUpdateInProgress: () => false,
    getDeck: options.deck ? () => options.deck : undefined,
@@ -134,7 +133,7 @@ test('triggerFieldGroupingForLastAddedCard stops when kiku mode is disabled', as

  await harness.service.triggerFieldGroupingForLastAddedCard();

-  assert.deepEqual(harness.calls, ['osd:Kiku mode is not enabled']);
+  assert.deepEqual(harness.calls, ['osd:Field grouping requires Kiku or Senren mode']);
  assert.equal(harness.findNotesQueries.length, 0);
 });

@@ -143,7 +142,7 @@ test('triggerFieldGroupingForLastAddedCard stops when field grouping is disabled

  await harness.service.triggerFieldGroupingForLastAddedCard();

-  assert.deepEqual(harness.calls, ['osd:Kiku field grouping is disabled']);
+  assert.deepEqual(harness.calls, ['osd:Field grouping is disabled']);
  assert.equal(harness.findNotesQueries.length, 0);
 });

@@ -155,9 +154,8 @@ test('triggerFieldGroupingForLastAddedCard stops when an update is already in pr
      sentenceField: 'Sentence',
      audioField: 'SentenceAudio',
      lapisEnabled: false,
-      kikuEnabled: true,
-      kikuFieldGrouping: 'auto',
-      kikuDeleteDuplicateInAuto: true,
+      fieldGroupingProvider: 'kiku' as const,
+      fieldGroupingMode: 'auto' as const,
    }),
    isUpdateInProgress: () => true,
    withUpdateProgress: async () => {
@@ -266,7 +264,7 @@ test('triggerFieldGroupingForLastAddedCard prefers tracked duplicate note ids be
 });

 test('triggerFieldGroupingForLastAddedCard refreshes the card when configured fields are missing', async () => {
-  const processCalls: Array<{ noteId: number; options?: { skipKikuFieldGrouping?: boolean } }> = [];
+  const processCalls: Array<{ noteId: number; options?: { skipFieldGrouping?: boolean } }> = [];
  const harness = createHarness({
    noteIds: [11],
    notesInfo: [
@@ -298,7 +296,7 @@ test('triggerFieldGroupingForLastAddedCard refreshes the card when configured fi

  await harness.service.triggerFieldGroupingForLastAddedCard();

-  assert.deepEqual(processCalls, [{ noteId: 11, options: { skipKikuFieldGrouping: true } }]);
+  assert.deepEqual(processCalls, [{ noteId: 11, options: { skipFieldGrouping: true } }]);
  assert.deepEqual(harness.manualCalls, []);
 });

@@ -352,9 +350,8 @@ test('buildFieldGroupingPreview returns merged compact and full previews', async
      sentenceField: 'Sentence',
      audioField: 'SentenceAudio',
      lapisEnabled: false,
-      kikuEnabled: true,
-      kikuFieldGrouping: 'auto',
-      kikuDeleteDuplicateInAuto: true,
+      fieldGroupingProvider: 'kiku' as const,
+      fieldGroupingMode: 'auto' as const,
    }),
    isUpdateInProgress: () => false,
    withUpdateProgress: async (_message, action) => action(),
@@ -417,9 +414,8 @@ test('buildFieldGroupingPreview reports missing notes cleanly', async () => {
      sentenceField: 'Sentence',
      audioField: 'SentenceAudio',
      lapisEnabled: false,
-      kikuEnabled: true,
-      kikuFieldGrouping: 'auto',
-      kikuDeleteDuplicateInAuto: true,
+      fieldGroupingProvider: 'kiku' as const,
+      fieldGroupingMode: 'auto' as const,
    }),
    isUpdateInProgress: () => false,
    withUpdateProgress: async (_message, action) => action(),
@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@ interface FieldGroupingDeps {
    sentenceField: string;
    audioField: string;
    lapisEnabled: boolean;
-    kikuEnabled: boolean;
-    kikuFieldGrouping: 'auto' | 'manual' | 'disabled';
-    kikuDeleteDuplicateInAuto: boolean;
+    fieldGroupingProvider: 'kiku' | 'senren' | null;
+    fieldGroupingMode: 'auto' | 'manual' | 'disabled';
  };
  isUpdateInProgress: () => boolean;
  getDeck?: () => string | undefined;
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ interface FieldGroupingDeps {
    noteInfo: FieldGroupingNoteInfo,
    configuredFieldNames: (string | undefined)[],
  ) => boolean;
-  processNewCard: (noteId: number, options?: { skipKikuFieldGrouping?: boolean }) => Promise<void>;
+  processNewCard: (noteId: number, options?: { skipFieldGrouping?: boolean }) => Promise<void>;
  getSentenceCardImageFieldName: () => string | undefined;
  resolveFieldName: (availableFieldNames: string[], preferredName: string) => string | null;
  computeFieldGroupingMergedFields: (
@@ -76,12 +75,12 @@ export class FieldGroupingService {

  async triggerFieldGroupingForLastAddedCard(): Promise<void> {
    const sentenceCardConfig = this.deps.getEffectiveSentenceCardConfig();
-    if (!sentenceCardConfig.kikuEnabled) {
-      this.deps.showOsdNotification('Kiku mode is not enabled');
+    if (sentenceCardConfig.fieldGroupingProvider === null) {
+      this.deps.showOsdNotification('Field grouping requires Kiku or Senren mode');
      return;
    }
-    if (sentenceCardConfig.kikuFieldGrouping === 'disabled') {
-      this.deps.showOsdNotification('Kiku field grouping is disabled');
+    if (sentenceCardConfig.fieldGroupingMode === 'disabled') {
+      this.deps.showOsdNotification('Field grouping is disabled');
      return;
    }

@@ -134,7 +133,7 @@ export class FieldGroupingService {
          ])
        ) {
          await this.deps.processNewCard(noteId, {
-            skipKikuFieldGrouping: true,
+            skipFieldGrouping: true,
          });
        }

@@ -147,7 +146,7 @@ export class FieldGroupingService {

        const noteInfo = refreshedInfo[0]!;

-        if (sentenceCardConfig.kikuFieldGrouping === 'auto') {
+        if (sentenceCardConfig.fieldGroupingMode === 'auto') {
          await this.deps.handleFieldGroupingAuto(
            duplicateNoteId,
            noteId,
@@ -261,6 +261,32 @@ test('KnownWordCacheManager invalidates persisted cache when fields.word changes
  }
 });

+test('KnownWordCacheManager removes a deleted note from memory and persisted state', () => {
+  const config: AnkiConnectConfig = {
+    fields: { word: 'Word' },
+    knownWords: { highlightEnabled: true },
+  };
+  const { manager, statePath, cleanup } = createKnownWordCacheHarness(config);
+
+  try {
+    manager.appendFromNoteInfo({
+      noteId: 42,
+      fields: { Word: { value: '猫' } },
+    });
+
+    assert.equal(manager.removeNote(42), true);
+    assert.equal(manager.removeNote(42), false);
+    assert.equal(manager.isKnownWord('猫'), false);
+
+    const persisted = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(statePath, 'utf-8')) as {
+      notes?: Record<string, unknown>;
+    };
+    assert.deepEqual(persisted.notes, {});
+  } finally {
+    cleanup();
+  }
+});
+
 test('KnownWordCacheManager refresh incrementally reconciles deleted and edited note words', async () => {
  const config: AnkiConnectConfig = {
    fields: {
@@ -350,6 +350,17 @@ export class KnownWordCacheManager {
    return true;
  }

+  removeNote(noteId: number): boolean {
+    if (!this.noteEntriesById.has(noteId)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    this.removeNoteSnapshot(noteId);
+    this.persistKnownWordCacheState();
+    log.info('Known-word cache removed deleted note', `noteId=${noteId}`);
+    return true;
+  }
+
  clearKnownWordCacheState(): void {
    this.clearInMemoryState();
    this.knownWordsStateKey = this.getKnownWordCacheStateKey();
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ function createWorkflowHarness() {
        updates.push({ noteId, fields });
      },
      storeMediaFile: async () => undefined,
+      deleteNotes: async () => undefined,
    },
    getConfig: () => ({
      fields: {
@@ -58,9 +59,10 @@ function createWorkflowHarness() {
      sentenceField: 'Sentence',
      lapisEnabled: false,
      kikuEnabled: false,
-      kikuFieldGrouping: 'disabled' as const,
+      fieldGroupingMode: 'disabled' as const,
    }),
    appendKnownWordsFromNoteInfo: (_noteInfo: NoteUpdateWorkflowNoteInfo) => undefined,
+    removeKnownWordNote: (_noteId: number) => undefined,
    extractFields: (fields: Record<string, { value: string }>) => {
      const out: Record<string, string> = {};
      for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(fields)) {
@@ -80,7 +82,6 @@ function createWorkflowHarness() {
      const names = Object.keys(noteInfo.fields);
      return names.find((name) => name.toLowerCase() === preferred.toLowerCase()) ?? null;
    },
-    getResolvedSentenceAudioFieldName: () => null,
    getAnimatedImageLeadInSeconds: async () => 0,
    mergeFieldValue: (_existing: string, next: string, _overwrite: boolean) => next,
    generateAudioFilename: () => 'audio_1.mp3',
@@ -120,6 +121,49 @@ test('NoteUpdateWorkflow updates sentence field and emits notification', async (
  assert.equal(harness.notifications.length, 1);
 });

+test('NoteUpdateWorkflow uses configured fields for word-card enrichment with Lapis and Kiku enabled', async () => {
+  const harness = createWorkflowHarness();
+  harness.deps.getConfig = () => ({
+    fields: {
+      sentence: 'Context',
+      audio: 'ContextAudio',
+    },
+    media: {
+      generateAudio: true,
+      generateImage: false,
+    },
+    behavior: {},
+  });
+  harness.deps.getEffectiveSentenceCardConfig = () => ({
+    sentenceField: 'Sentence',
+    lapisEnabled: true,
+    kikuEnabled: true,
+    fieldGroupingMode: 'disabled',
+  });
+  harness.deps.client.notesInfo = async () =>
+    [
+      {
+        noteId: 42,
+        fields: {
+          Expression: { value: 'taberu' },
+          Sentence: { value: '' },
+          SentenceAudio: { value: '' },
+          Context: { value: '' },
+          ContextAudio: { value: '' },
+        },
+      },
+    ] satisfies NoteUpdateWorkflowNoteInfo[];
+  harness.deps.generateAudio = async () => Buffer.from('audio');
+
+  await harness.workflow.execute(42);
+
+  assert.equal(harness.updates.length, 1);
+  assert.deepEqual(harness.updates[0]?.fields, {
+    Context: 'subtitle-text',
+    ContextAudio: '[sound:audio_1.mp3]',
+  });
+});
+
 test('NoteUpdateWorkflow updates sentence furigana when highlight processor changes it', async () => {
  const harness = createWorkflowHarness();
  harness.deps.client.notesInfo = async () =>
@@ -151,7 +195,7 @@ test('NoteUpdateWorkflow marks enriched Kiku word cards as word-and-sentence car
    sentenceField: 'Sentence',
    lapisEnabled: false,
    kikuEnabled: true,
-    kikuFieldGrouping: 'manual',
+    fieldGroupingMode: 'manual',
  });
  harness.deps.client.notesInfo = async () =>
    [
@@ -184,7 +228,7 @@ test('NoteUpdateWorkflow marks the configured word card kind instead of word-and
    sentenceField: 'Sentence',
    lapisEnabled: false,
    kikuEnabled: true,
-    kikuFieldGrouping: 'manual',
+    fieldGroupingMode: 'manual',
    wordCardKind: 'click',
  });
  harness.deps.client.notesInfo = async () =>
@@ -220,7 +264,7 @@ test('NoteUpdateWorkflow leaves card type flags alone when the word card kind is
    sentenceField: 'Sentence',
    lapisEnabled: false,
    kikuEnabled: true,
-    kikuFieldGrouping: 'manual',
+    fieldGroupingMode: 'manual',
    wordCardKind: 'none',
  });
  harness.deps.client.notesInfo = async () =>
@@ -275,7 +319,7 @@ test('NoteUpdateWorkflow preserves explicit sentence card type during sentence e
    sentenceField: 'Sentence',
    lapisEnabled: true,
    kikuEnabled: false,
-    kikuFieldGrouping: 'disabled',
+    fieldGroupingMode: 'disabled',
  });
  harness.deps.client.notesInfo = async () =>
    [
@@ -318,7 +362,7 @@ test('NoteUpdateWorkflow updates note before auto field grouping merge', async (
    sentenceField: 'Sentence',
    lapisEnabled: false,
    kikuEnabled: true,
-    kikuFieldGrouping: 'auto',
+    fieldGroupingMode: 'auto',
  });
  harness.deps.findDuplicateNote = async () => 99;
  harness.deps.client.notesInfo = async () => {
@@ -432,6 +476,7 @@ test('NoteUpdateWorkflow uses subtitle sidebar context for sentence media timing
  harness.deps.getConfig = () => ({
    fields: {
      sentence: 'Sentence',
+      audio: 'SentenceAudio',
      image: 'Picture',
      miscInfo: 'MiscInfo',
    },
@@ -444,7 +489,6 @@ test('NoteUpdateWorkflow uses subtitle sidebar context for sentence media timing
  });
  harness.deps.getCurrentSubtitleText = () => 'current primary line';
  harness.deps.getCurrentSubtitleStart = () => 20;
-  harness.deps.getResolvedSentenceAudioFieldName = () => 'SentenceAudio';
  harness.deps.generateAudio = async (context?: SubtitleMiningContext) => {
    audioContext = context ?? null;
    return Buffer.from('audio');
@@ -501,6 +545,7 @@ test('NoteUpdateWorkflow snapshots one media range for audio and image without a
  harness.deps.getConfig = () => ({
    fields: {
      sentence: 'Sentence',
+      audio: 'SentenceAudio',
      image: 'Picture',
      miscInfo: 'MiscInfo',
    },
@@ -511,7 +556,6 @@ test('NoteUpdateWorkflow snapshots one media range for audio and image without a
    },
    behavior: {},
  });
-  harness.deps.getResolvedSentenceAudioFieldName = () => 'SentenceAudio';
  harness.deps.captureSubtitleMediaContext = () => {
    captureCalls += 1;
    return capturedContext;
@@ -592,3 +636,141 @@ test('NoteUpdateWorkflow queues media updates when YouTube cache is pending', as
  assert.equal(queuedUpdates[0]?.context, undefined);
  assert.deepEqual(harness.updates, [{ noteId: 42, fields: { Sentence: 'subtitle-text' } }]);
 });
+
+test('NoteUpdateWorkflow deletes an existing word card when timing review discards it', async () => {
+  const harness = createWorkflowHarness();
+  const deletedNoteIds: number[][] = [];
+  const removedKnownWordNoteIds: number[] = [];
+  let appendedKnownWords = false;
+  harness.deps.captureSubtitleMediaContext = () => ({
+    source: 'overlay',
+    text: 'subtitle-text',
+    startTime: 4,
+    endTime: 6,
+  });
+  harness.deps.client.deleteNotes = async (noteIds) => {
+    deletedNoteIds.push(noteIds);
+  };
+  harness.deps.appendKnownWordsFromNoteInfo = () => {
+    appendedKnownWords = true;
+  };
+  harness.deps.removeKnownWordNote = (noteId) => {
+    removedKnownWordNoteIds.push(noteId);
+  };
+  harness.deps.reviewMediaTiming = async () => ({ action: 'discard' });
+
+  await harness.workflow.execute(42);
+
+  assert.deepEqual(deletedNoteIds, [[42]]);
+  assert.deepEqual(removedKnownWordNoteIds, [42]);
+  assert.equal(appendedKnownWords, false);
+  assert.deepEqual(harness.updates, []);
+  assert.deepEqual(harness.notifications, []);
+});
+
+test('NoteUpdateWorkflow keeps the word card but skips media after timing review', async () => {
+  const harness = createWorkflowHarness();
+  const mediaCalls: string[] = [];
+  const deletedNoteIds: number[][] = [];
+  const queuedUpdates: unknown[] = [];
+  harness.deps.captureSubtitleMediaContext = () => ({
+    source: 'overlay',
+    text: 'subtitle-text',
+    startTime: 4,
+    endTime: 6,
+  });
+  harness.deps.getConfig = () => ({
+    fields: { sentence: 'Sentence', image: 'Picture' },
+    media: { generateAudio: true, generateImage: true },
+    behavior: {},
+  });
+  harness.deps.reviewMediaTiming = async () => ({ action: 'skip-media' });
+  harness.deps.generateAudio = async () => {
+    mediaCalls.push('audio');
+    return Buffer.from('audio');
+  };
+  harness.deps.generateImage = async () => {
+    mediaCalls.push('image');
+    return Buffer.from('image');
+  };
+  harness.deps.queuePendingYoutubeMediaUpdate = async (update) => {
+    queuedUpdates.push(update);
+    return true;
+  };
+  harness.deps.client.deleteNotes = async (noteIds) => {
+    deletedNoteIds.push(noteIds);
+  };
+
+  await harness.workflow.execute(42);
+
+  assert.deepEqual(mediaCalls, []);
+  assert.deepEqual(queuedUpdates, []);
+  assert.deepEqual(deletedNoteIds, []);
+  assert.deepEqual(harness.updates, [{ noteId: 42, fields: { Sentence: 'subtitle-text' } }]);
+  assert.deepEqual(harness.notifications, [{ noteId: 42, label: 'taberu' }]);
+});
+
+test('NoteUpdateWorkflow uses the combined review sentence for the card and media range', async () => {
+  const harness = createWorkflowHarness();
+  const audioContexts: Array<SubtitleMiningContext | undefined> = [];
+  harness.deps.captureSubtitleMediaContext = () => ({
+    source: 'overlay',
+    text: 'current-line',
+    startTime: 4,
+    endTime: 6,
+  });
+  harness.deps.getConfig = () => ({
+    fields: { sentence: 'Sentence' },
+    media: { generateAudio: true, generateImage: false },
+    behavior: {},
+  });
+  harness.deps.reviewMediaTiming = async () => ({
+    action: 'confirm',
+    startTime: 2,
+    endTime: 7,
+    text: 'previous-line current-line next-line',
+  });
+  harness.deps.generateAudio = async (context) => {
+    audioContexts.push(context);
+    return null;
+  };
+
+  await harness.workflow.execute(42);
+
+  assert.deepEqual(harness.updates, [
+    { noteId: 42, fields: { Sentence: 'previous-line current-line next-line' } },
+  ]);
+  assert.equal(audioContexts.length, 1);
+  assert.equal(audioContexts[0]?.text, 'previous-line current-line next-line');
+  assert.equal(audioContexts[0]?.startTime, 2);
+  assert.equal(audioContexts[0]?.endTime, 7);
+  assert.equal(audioContexts[0]?.mediaPaddingSeconds, 0);
+});
+
+test('NoteUpdateWorkflow keeps cache unchanged and reports when deletion fails', async () => {
+  const harness = createWorkflowHarness();
+  const statusMessages: string[] = [];
+  let removedKnownWord = false;
+  harness.deps.captureSubtitleMediaContext = () => ({
+    source: 'overlay',
+    text: 'subtitle-text',
+    startTime: 4,
+    endTime: 6,
+  });
+  harness.deps.client.deleteNotes = async () => {
+    throw new Error('delete failed');
+  };
+  harness.deps.removeKnownWordNote = () => {
+    removedKnownWord = true;
+  };
+  harness.deps.showOsdNotification = (message) => {
+    statusMessages.push(message);
+  };
+  harness.deps.reviewMediaTiming = async () => ({ action: 'discard' });
+
+  await harness.workflow.execute(42);
+
+  assert.equal(removedKnownWord, false);
+  assert.deepEqual(statusMessages, ['Card deletion failed: delete failed']);
+  assert.ok(harness.warnings.length === 0);
+});
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 import { DEFAULT_ANKI_CONNECT_CONFIG } from '../config';
 import { getPreferredWordValueFromExtractedFields } from '../anki-field-config';
 import type { SubtitleMiningContext } from '../types/subtitle';
-import type { CardKind, WordCardKind } from '../types/anki';
+import type {
+  CardKind,
+  MediaTimingReviewDecision,
+  MediaTimingReviewRequest,
+  WordCardKind,
+} from '../types/anki';
 import { resolveWordCardKind } from './note-field-utils';

 export interface NoteUpdateWorkflowNoteInfo {
@@ -14,11 +19,13 @@ export interface NoteUpdateWorkflowDeps {
    notesInfo(noteIds: number[]): Promise<unknown>;
    updateNoteFields(noteId: number, fields: Record<string, string>): Promise<void>;
    storeMediaFile(filename: string, data: Buffer): Promise<void>;
+    deleteNotes(noteIds: number[]): Promise<void>;
  };
  getConfig: () => {
    fields?: {
      word?: string;
      sentence?: string;
+      audio?: string;
      image?: string;
      miscInfo?: string;
    };
@@ -39,10 +46,11 @@ export interface NoteUpdateWorkflowDeps {
    sentenceField: string;
    lapisEnabled: boolean;
    kikuEnabled: boolean;
-    kikuFieldGrouping: 'auto' | 'manual' | 'disabled';
+    fieldGroupingMode: 'auto' | 'manual' | 'disabled';
    wordCardKind?: WordCardKind;
  };
  appendKnownWordsFromNoteInfo: (noteInfo: NoteUpdateWorkflowNoteInfo) => void;
+  removeKnownWordNote: (noteId: number) => void;
  extractFields: (fields: Record<string, { value: string }>) => Record<string, string>;
  findDuplicateNote: (
    expression: string,
@@ -75,7 +83,6 @@ export interface NoteUpdateWorkflowDeps {
    noteInfo: NoteUpdateWorkflowNoteInfo,
    ...preferredNames: (string | undefined)[]
  ) => string | null;
-  getResolvedSentenceAudioFieldName: (noteInfo: NoteUpdateWorkflowNoteInfo) => string | null;
  getAnimatedImageLeadInSeconds: (noteInfo: NoteUpdateWorkflowNoteInfo) => Promise<number>;
  mergeFieldValue: (existing: string, newValue: string, overwrite: boolean) => string;
  generateAudioFilename: () => string;
@@ -102,6 +109,9 @@ export interface NoteUpdateWorkflowDeps {
  logWarn: (message: string, ...args: unknown[]) => void;
  logInfo: (message: string, ...args: unknown[]) => void;
  logError: (message: string, ...args: unknown[]) => void;
+  reviewMediaTiming?: (
+    request: Omit<MediaTimingReviewRequest, 'audioPadding' | 'maxMediaDuration'>,
+  ) => Promise<MediaTimingReviewDecision>;
 }

 function normalizeSubtitleContextText(text: string): string {
@@ -160,7 +170,7 @@ export class NoteUpdateWorkflow {
    return null;
  }

-  async execute(noteId: number, options?: { skipKikuFieldGrouping?: boolean }): Promise<void> {
+  async execute(noteId: number, options?: { skipFieldGrouping?: boolean }): Promise<void> {
    this.deps.beginUpdateProgress('Updating card');
    try {
      const notesInfoResult = await this.deps.client.notesInfo([noteId]);
@@ -171,7 +181,6 @@ export class NoteUpdateWorkflow {
      }

      const noteInfo = notesInfo[0]!;
-      this.deps.appendKnownWordsFromNoteInfo(noteInfo);
      const fields = this.deps.extractFields(noteInfo.fields);
      const config = this.deps.getConfig();

@@ -187,9 +196,7 @@ export class NoteUpdateWorkflow {

      const sentenceCardConfig = this.deps.getEffectiveSentenceCardConfig();
      const shouldRunFieldGrouping =
-        !options?.skipKikuFieldGrouping &&
-        sentenceCardConfig.kikuEnabled &&
-        sentenceCardConfig.kikuFieldGrouping !== 'disabled';
+        !options?.skipFieldGrouping && sentenceCardConfig.fieldGroupingMode !== 'disabled';
      let duplicateNoteId: number | null = null;
      if (shouldRunFieldGrouping && hasExpressionText) {
        duplicateNoteId = await this.deps.findDuplicateNote(expressionText, noteId, noteInfo);
@@ -198,20 +205,64 @@ export class NoteUpdateWorkflow {
      const updatedFields: Record<string, string> = {};
      let updatePerformed = false;
      let miscInfoFilename: string | null = null;
-      const sentenceField = sentenceCardConfig.sentenceField;
+      const configuredSentenceField =
+        config.fields?.sentence ?? DEFAULT_ANKI_CONNECT_CONFIG.fields.sentence;
+      const sentenceField = this.deps.resolveConfiguredFieldName(noteInfo, configuredSentenceField);
      const subtitleMiningContext = this.consumeMatchingSubtitleMiningContext(
        fields,
-        sentenceField,
-        config.fields?.sentence,
+        sentenceField ?? configuredSentenceField,
+        configuredSentenceField,
      );
      // Audio and image generation run sequentially and audio extraction can take tens of
      // seconds, so resolve the clip range exactly once up front; reading live mpv sub
      // timings per generator clips whichever line is on screen when each one starts.
-      const mediaTimingContext =
+      let mediaTimingContext =
        subtitleMiningContext ?? this.deps.captureSubtitleMediaContext?.() ?? null;
+      let skipMedia = false;
+      let reviewedSentenceText: string | undefined;
      const noteLabel = hasExpressionText ? expressionText : noteId;

-      const currentSubtitleText = subtitleMiningContext?.text ?? this.deps.getCurrentSubtitleText();
+      if (mediaTimingContext) {
+        const timingDecision = this.deps.reviewMediaTiming
+          ? await this.deps.reviewMediaTiming({
+              kind: 'word',
+              text: mediaTimingContext.text,
+              startTime: mediaTimingContext.startTime,
+              endTime: mediaTimingContext.endTime,
+              noteId,
+            })
+          : ({ action: 'use-original' } as const);
+        if (timingDecision.action === 'discard') {
+          try {
+            await this.deps.client.deleteNotes([noteId]);
+          } catch (error) {
+            const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
+            this.deps.logError('Failed to delete discarded card:', message);
+            this.deps.showOsdNotification(`Card deletion failed: ${message}`);
+            return;
+          }
+          this.deps.removeKnownWordNote(noteId);
+          this.deps.showOsdNotification('Card deleted.');
+          return;
+        }
+        if (timingDecision.action === 'confirm') {
+          reviewedSentenceText = timingDecision.text?.trim() || undefined;
+          mediaTimingContext = {
+            ...mediaTimingContext,
+            ...(reviewedSentenceText !== undefined ? { text: reviewedSentenceText } : {}),
+            startTime: timingDecision.startTime,
+            endTime: timingDecision.endTime,
+            mediaPaddingSeconds: 0,
+          };
+        } else if (timingDecision.action === 'skip-media') {
+          skipMedia = true;
+        }
+      }
+
+      this.deps.appendKnownWordsFromNoteInfo(noteInfo);
+
+      const currentSubtitleText =
+        reviewedSentenceText ?? subtitleMiningContext?.text ?? this.deps.getCurrentSubtitleText();
      if (sentenceField && currentSubtitleText) {
        const processedSentence = this.deps.processSentence(currentSubtitleText, fields);
        updatedFields[sentenceField] = processedSentence;
@@ -239,8 +290,8 @@ export class NoteUpdateWorkflow {
        }
      }

-      const generateAudio = config.media?.generateAudio !== false;
-      const generateImage = config.media?.generateImage !== false;
+      const generateAudio = !skipMedia && config.media?.generateAudio !== false;
+      const generateImage = !skipMedia && config.media?.generateImage !== false;
      const mediaCacheQueued =
        (generateAudio || generateImage) && this.deps.queuePendingYoutubeMediaUpdate
          ? await this.deps.queuePendingYoutubeMediaUpdate({
@@ -258,7 +309,10 @@ export class NoteUpdateWorkflow {

          if (audioBuffer) {
            await this.deps.client.storeMediaFile(audioFilename, audioBuffer);
-            const sentenceAudioField = this.deps.getResolvedSentenceAudioFieldName(noteInfo);
+            const sentenceAudioField = this.deps.resolveConfiguredFieldName(
+              noteInfo,
+              config.fields?.audio ?? DEFAULT_ANKI_CONNECT_CONFIG.fields.audio,
+            );
            if (sentenceAudioField) {
              const existingAudio = noteInfo.fields[sentenceAudioField]?.value || '';
              updatedFields[sentenceAudioField] = this.deps.mergeFieldValue(
@@ -345,7 +399,7 @@ export class NoteUpdateWorkflow {
          noteInfoForGrouping = refreshedInfo[0]!;
        }

-        if (sentenceCardConfig.kikuFieldGrouping === 'auto') {
+        if (sentenceCardConfig.fieldGroupingMode === 'auto') {
          await this.deps.handleFieldGroupingAuto(
            duplicateNoteId,
            noteId,
@@ -354,7 +408,7 @@ export class NoteUpdateWorkflow {
          );
          return;
        }
-        if (sentenceCardConfig.kikuFieldGrouping === 'manual') {
+        if (sentenceCardConfig.fieldGroupingMode === 'manual') {
          await this.deps.handleFieldGroupingManual(
            duplicateNoteId,
            noteId,
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ function createDeps(
    getCachedMediaPath: async () => null,
    shouldRequireRemoteMediaCache: () => true,
    getSubtitleMediaRange: () => ({ startTime: 1, endTime: 2 }),
-    getResolvedSentenceAudioFieldName: () => 'SentenceAudio',
    resolveConfiguredFieldName: () => 'Picture',
    mergeFieldValue: (_existing, newValue) => newValue,
    getAnimatedImageLeadInSeconds: async () => 0,
@@ -133,7 +132,7 @@ test('PendingYoutubeMediaQueue defaults missing media flags to enabled when queu
        noteIds.map((noteId) => ({
          noteId,
          fields: {
-            SentenceAudio: { value: '' },
+            ExpressionAudio: { value: '' },
            Picture: { value: '' },
          },
        })),
@@ -144,13 +143,16 @@ test('PendingYoutubeMediaQueue defaults missing media flags to enabled when queu
        storedMedia.push(filename);
      },
    },
-    getConfig: () => ({ media: {}, fields: { image: 'Picture' } }) as AnkiConnectConfig,
+    getConfig: () =>
+      ({ media: {}, fields: { audio: 'ExpressionAudio', image: 'Picture' } }) as AnkiConnectConfig,
+    resolveConfiguredFieldName: (noteInfo, ...preferredNames) =>
+      preferredNames.find((name) => name && name in noteInfo.fields) ?? null,
  });
  const queue = new PendingYoutubeMediaQueue(deps);

  const queued = await queue.queueFromNote({
    noteId: 42,
-    noteInfo: { noteId: 42, fields: {} },
+    noteInfo: { noteId: 42, fields: { ExpressionAudio: { value: '' } } },
    label: 'demo',
  });
  await queue.handleReady('https://youtu.be/abc123', '/tmp/media.mkv');
@@ -158,7 +160,8 @@ test('PendingYoutubeMediaQueue defaults missing media flags to enabled when queu
  assert.equal(queued, true);
  assert.equal(updatedNotes.length, 1);
  assert.equal(storedMedia.length, 2);
-  assert.match(updatedNotes[0]?.fields.SentenceAudio ?? '', /^\[sound:audio\.mp3\]$/);
+  assert.match(updatedNotes[0]?.fields.ExpressionAudio ?? '', /^\[sound:audio\.mp3\]$/);
+  assert.equal('SentenceAudio' in (updatedNotes[0]?.fields ?? {}), false);
  assert.match(updatedNotes[0]?.fields.Picture ?? '', /^<img src="image\.webp">$/);
 });

@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ export interface PendingYoutubeMediaQueueDeps {
    startTime: number;
    endTime: number;
  };
-  getResolvedSentenceAudioFieldName: (noteInfo: PendingYoutubeMediaNoteInfo) => string | null;
  resolveConfiguredFieldName: (
    noteInfo: PendingYoutubeMediaNoteInfo,
    ...preferredNames: (string | undefined)[]
@@ -136,7 +135,7 @@ export class PendingYoutubeMediaQueue {
      startTime: mediaRange.startTime,
      endTime: mediaRange.endTime,
      label: job.label,
-      audioFieldName: this.deps.getResolvedSentenceAudioFieldName(job.noteInfo) ?? undefined,
+      audioFieldName: this.resolveConfiguredAudioFieldName(job.noteInfo) ?? undefined,
      imageFieldName:
        this.deps.resolveConfiguredFieldName(
          job.noteInfo,
@@ -148,6 +147,9 @@ export class PendingYoutubeMediaQueue {
      generateAudio: shouldGenerateAudio(config),
      generateImage: shouldGenerateImage(config),
      volumeScale,
+      ...(job.context?.mediaPaddingSeconds !== undefined
+        ? { mediaPaddingSeconds: job.context.mediaPaddingSeconds }
+        : {}),
    });
    return true;
  }
@@ -247,6 +249,14 @@ export class PendingYoutubeMediaQueue {
    return matched;
  }

+  private resolveConfiguredAudioFieldName(noteInfo: PendingYoutubeMediaNoteInfo): string | null {
+    const config = this.deps.getConfig();
+    return this.deps.resolveConfiguredFieldName(
+      noteInfo,
+      config.fields?.audio ?? DEFAULT_ANKI_CONNECT_CONFIG.fields.audio,
+    );
+  }
+
  private async applyUpdate(
    job: PendingYoutubeMediaUpdate,
    cachedPath: string,
@@ -275,7 +285,7 @@ export class PendingYoutubeMediaQueue {
          cachedMediaInput,
          job.startTime,
          job.endTime,
-          config.media?.audioPadding,
+          job.mediaPaddingSeconds ?? config.media?.audioPadding,
          undefined,
          config.media?.normalizeAudio !== false,
          job.volumeScale,
@@ -283,7 +293,7 @@ export class PendingYoutubeMediaQueue {
        if (audioBuffer) {
          await this.deps.client.storeMediaFile(audioFilename, audioBuffer);
          const audioField =
-            job.audioFieldName || this.deps.getResolvedSentenceAudioFieldName(noteInfo) || null;
+            job.audioFieldName || this.resolveConfiguredAudioFieldName(noteInfo) || null;
          if (audioField) {
            const existingAudio = noteInfo.fields[audioField]?.value || '';
            mediaFields[audioField] = this.deps.mergeFieldValue(
@@ -309,6 +319,7 @@ export class PendingYoutubeMediaQueue {
          job.startTime,
          job.endTime,
          animatedLeadInSeconds,
+          job.mediaPaddingSeconds,
        );
        if (imageBuffer) {
          await this.deps.client.storeMediaFile(imageFilename, imageBuffer);
@@ -369,6 +380,7 @@ export class PendingYoutubeMediaQueue {
    startTime: number,
    endTime: number,
    animatedLeadInSeconds = 0,
+    mediaPaddingSeconds?: number,
  ): Promise<Buffer | null> {
    const config = this.deps.getConfig();
    if (config.media?.imageType === 'avif') {
@@ -376,7 +388,7 @@ export class PendingYoutubeMediaQueue {
        videoPath,
        startTime,
        endTime,
-        config.media?.audioPadding,
+        mediaPaddingSeconds ?? config.media?.audioPadding,
        {
          fps: config.media?.animatedFps,
          maxWidth: config.media?.animatedMaxWidth,
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export interface PendingYoutubeMediaUpdate {
  generateAudio: boolean;
  generateImage: boolean;
  volumeScale?: number;
+  mediaPaddingSeconds?: number;
 }

 function trimToNonEmptyString(value: unknown): string | null {
@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ export function normalizeAnkiIntegrationConfig(config: AnkiConnectConfig): AnkiC
      ...DEFAULT_ANKI_CONNECT_CONFIG.isKiku,
      ...(config.isKiku ?? {}),
    },
+    isSenren: {
+      ...DEFAULT_ANKI_CONNECT_CONFIG.isSenren,
+      ...(config.isSenren ?? {}),
+    },
    lapisKiku: {
      ...DEFAULT_ANKI_CONNECT_CONFIG.lapisKiku,
      ...(config.lapisKiku ?? {}),
@@ -209,6 +213,10 @@ export class AnkiIntegrationRuntime {
        patch.isKiku !== undefined
          ? { ...this.config.isKiku, ...patch.isKiku }
          : this.config.isKiku,
+      isSenren:
+        patch.isSenren !== undefined
+          ? { ...this.config.isSenren, ...patch.isSenren }
+          : this.config.isSenren,
      lapisKiku:
        patch.lapisKiku !== undefined
          ? { ...this.config.lapisKiku, ...patch.lapisKiku }
@@ -2181,6 +2181,7 @@ test('runtime options registry is centralized', () => {
  const ids = RUNTIME_OPTION_REGISTRY.map((entry) => entry.id);
  assert.deepEqual(ids, [
    'anki.autoUpdateNewCards',
+    'anki.mediaReviewTiming',
    'subtitle.annotation.knownWords.highlightEnabled',
    'subtitle.annotation.knownWords.maturityEnabled',
    'subtitle.annotation.nPlusOne',
@@ -2188,6 +2189,7 @@ test('runtime options registry is centralized', () => {
    'subtitle.annotation.frequency',
    'anki.nPlusOneMatchMode',
    'anki.kikuFieldGrouping',
+    'anki.senrenFieldGrouping',
  ]);
 });

@@ -2775,6 +2777,47 @@ test('accepts a Kiku/Lapis word card kind and warns on an unknown one', () => {
  );
 });

+test('forces Senren off when Kiku is also enabled and validates Senren fieldGrouping', () => {
+  const dir = makeTempDir();
+  fs.writeFileSync(
+    path.join(dir, 'config.jsonc'),
+    `{
+      "ankiConnect": {
+        "isKiku": { "enabled": true },
+        "isSenren": { "enabled": true }
+      }
+    }`,
+    'utf-8',
+  );
+
+  const service = new ConfigService(dir);
+  assert.equal(service.getConfig().ankiConnect.isKiku.enabled, true);
+  assert.equal(service.getConfig().ankiConnect.isSenren.enabled, false);
+  assert.ok(
+    service.getWarnings().some((warning) => warning.path === 'ankiConnect.isSenren.enabled'),
+  );
+
+  const senrenOnlyDir = makeTempDir();
+  fs.writeFileSync(
+    path.join(senrenOnlyDir, 'config.jsonc'),
+    `{
+      "ankiConnect": {
+        "isSenren": { "enabled": true, "fieldGrouping": "sometimes" }
+      }
+    }`,
+    'utf-8',
+  );
+
+  const senrenOnlyService = new ConfigService(senrenOnlyDir);
+  assert.equal(senrenOnlyService.getConfig().ankiConnect.isSenren.enabled, true);
+  assert.equal(senrenOnlyService.getConfig().ankiConnect.isSenren.fieldGrouping, 'auto');
+  assert.ok(
+    senrenOnlyService
+      .getWarnings()
+      .some((warning) => warning.path === 'ankiConnect.isSenren.fieldGrouping'),
+  );
+});
+
 test('accepts valid ankiConnect knownWords deck object', () => {
  const dir = makeTempDir();
  fs.writeFileSync(
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { RawConfig, ResolvedConfig } from '../types/config';
+import { DEFAULT_SUBTITLE_GENERATION_CONFIG } from '../shared/subtitle-generation';
 import { CORE_DEFAULT_CONFIG } from './definitions/defaults-core';
 import { IMMERSION_DEFAULT_CONFIG } from './definitions/defaults-immersion';
 import { INTEGRATIONS_DEFAULT_CONFIG } from './definitions/defaults-integrations';
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ const { immersionTracking } = IMMERSION_DEFAULT_CONFIG;
 const { stats } = STATS_DEFAULT_CONFIG;

 export const DEFAULT_CONFIG: ResolvedConfig = {
+  subtitleGeneration: { ...DEFAULT_SUBTITLE_GENERATION_CONFIG },
  subtitlePosition,
  keybindings,
  websocket,
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ export const CORE_DEFAULT_CONFIG: Pick<
    openRuntimeOptions: 'CommandOrControl+Shift+O',
    openJimaku: 'Ctrl+Shift+J',
    openTsukihime: 'Ctrl+Shift+T',
+    openSubtitleGeneration: 'Ctrl+Shift+G',
    openSessionHelp: 'CommandOrControl+Slash',
    openControllerSelect: 'Alt+C',
    openControllerDebug: 'Alt+Shift+C',
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export const INTEGRATIONS_DEFAULT_CONFIG: Pick<
      syncAnimatedImageToWordAudio: true,
      normalizeAudio: true,
      mirrorMpvVolume: true,
+      reviewTiming: false,
      audioPadding: 0,
      fallbackDuration: 3.0,
      maxMediaDuration: 30,
@@ -91,6 +92,11 @@ export const INTEGRATIONS_DEFAULT_CONFIG: Pick<
      fieldGrouping: 'disabled',
      deleteDuplicateInAuto: true,
    },
+    isSenren: {
+      enabled: false,
+      fieldGrouping: 'auto',
+      deleteDuplicateInAuto: true,
+    },
    lapisKiku: {
      wordCardKind: 'word-and-sentence',
    },
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
sudacode	7975b79bf2	feat(overlay): support selecting and copying subtitle sidebar text - Select dialogue across rows and copy it without timestamps - Keep selected excerpts visible during playback	2026-09-08 01:08:16 -07:00
sudacode	9eecb7358b	docs: refresh user-facing guides and examples - Clarify current integration, media review, and Anki behavior - Remove obsolete AI translation and configuration references - Standardize headings and prose across docs	2026-09-08 00:23:38 -07:00
sudacode	9eb70f5ff2	fix(subtitles): match duplicate cues by greatest timing overlap - Add regression coverage for repeated dialogue cues	2026-09-07 23:51:44 -07:00
sudacode	773664db78	feat(subtitles): refine dialogue-focused subtitle generation - Split long speech at quiet pauses with overlapping context - Stitch overlapping cues without merging repeated dialogue - Clarify dialogue controls and hide the sidebar button when cues load	2026-09-07 23:28:32 -07:00
sudacode	2d623838d5	feat(subtitles): add local Japanese subtitle generation - Generate Japanese SRTs through the overlay modal or launcher - Support managed whisper.cpp models and optional dialogue detection	2026-09-07 21:43:53 -07:00
sudacode	1e5d7747b4	feat(sidebar): add dialogue selection and copying (#238 )	2026-09-07 14:03:54 -07:00
sudacode	c14c690875	chore(release): prepare v0.19.6	2026-09-04 01:59:39 -07:00
sudacode	84f718043a	feat(anki): add media timing review before card creation (#203 )	2026-09-04 01:40:56 -07:00
sudacode	99266294b8	fix(tsukihime): filter releases by subtitle language (#235 )	2026-09-02 20:29:59 -07:00
sudacode	c055359be1	chore(deps): update fast-uri to 3.1.6	2026-09-02 20:16:08 -07:00
sudacode	ec5a147095	fix(subtitles): merge wrapped positioned caption rows (#234 )	2026-09-01 23:11:38 -07:00
sudacode	a0635f4360	fix(subtitles): drop ASS furigana from recorded cues (#233 )	2026-09-01 22:49:20 -07:00
sudacode	c0a78ef008	feat(anki): support Senren scene-switching field grouping (#230 )	2026-09-01 22:18:30 -07:00
sudacode	87b01155df	fix(mining): copy multi-line subtitles backward from current line (#231 )	2026-09-01 22:17:41 -07:00
sudacode	fc5c49e365	fix(subtitles): keep native secondary subtitles hidden (#232 ) - Reapply hidden visibility after secondary track changes - Relinquish suppression only after successful restoration	2026-09-01 00:49:37 -07:00
sudacode	a20269e9f5	fix(jellyfin): stop inferring subtitle delays (#227 )	2026-08-31 23:31:31 -07:00
sudacode	2ad491e95c	chore(release): prepare v0.19.5	2026-08-30 01:02:44 -07:00
sudacode	6fffcc731f	fix(youtube): keep auto captions on screen for their full span (#219 )	2026-08-29 13:18:55 -07:00
sudacode	5cc21113fd	fix(subtitles): drop ASS furigana from published cues (#224 )	2026-08-29 13:15:30 -07:00
sudacode	051140f910	fix(anki): respect configured fields for word-card enrichment (#223 )	2026-08-29 13:09:31 -07:00
sudacode	6e945f0872	fix(subtitles): keep overlapping lines that join an already active cue (#221 )	2026-08-27 23:13:29 -07:00
sudacode	c2c25c0da6	fix(anki): keep overlay progress visible through card updates (#218 )	2026-08-25 20:27:58 -07:00
sudacode	556de61756	chore(changelog): split release details into nested bullets - Update changelog generation guidance and tests - Reformat current release notes and document the new style	2026-08-25 12:39:45 -07:00
sudacode	a98fb0fddf	chore(release): prepare v0.19.4	2026-08-25 02:43:48 -07:00
sudacode	e816b3b371	fix(subtitles): recover positioned ASS word spacing and drop control debris (#217 )	2026-08-25 02:22:21 -07:00
sudacodeandsudacode	ed7d3f4c3d	feat(release): track prerelease deltas and validate committed notes (#216 ) Co-authored-by: sudacode <claude@lmaoxd.lol>	2026-08-23 15:24:18 -07:00
sudacode	509dc5bf7f	fix(subtitles): improve secondary subtitle extraction and display (#215 )	2026-08-23 01:56:49 -07:00