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Problem

Both CMAF decoders (fmp4::decode in moq-mux, Cmaf.Format in @moq/hang) took sample times from tfdt and ignored the moq-lite frame timestamp. A publisher that moves a passthrough track onto another timeline without rewriting the payload (shared-clock's importer offset, ad insertion) would play at the source's PTS.

Approach

  • Rule. A sample presents at the frame timestamp plus its PTS offset from the fragment's earliest sample. tfdt and trun offsets only place samples relative to each other, so B-frame reordering is kept.
  • Earliest, not first. The quest said "first sample", but the passthrough importer already stamps the fragment's earliest PTS. The two differ on open-GOP leading pictures or a fragment cut mid-GOP, so anchoring the first sample would have shifted frames the importer already publishes. fmp4::encode stamped the first sample (its comment said earliest); it now stamps the earliest, rounded to the track's ticks like its tfdt.
  • Untimed frames. An untimed track's frames carry no timestamp (#4822), so their samples present at tfdt, as on main.
  • Rust. fmp4::decode (crate-private) takes the optional frame timestamp from Wire::poll_read and rounds it to the nearest track tick, as encode stamps it. The fMP4 exporter and moq-hls re-fragment decoded frames, so they follow; a new exporter test confirms it. The test-only decode_at_tfdt helper is gone: decode(.., None, ..) is the same thing.
  • JS. Format.decode(payload, timestamp) and decodeDataSegment(segment, init, timestamp), where timestamp is undefined for an untimed frame. Anchoring happens in ticks inside decodeDataSegment, so offsets aren't rounded twice.
  • Track timescale. The frame timestamp carries the earliest PTS exactly only at the media's own scale, so the draft requires a timed CMAF track's timescale to equal mdhd, and Wire::write refuses another (fmp4::Error::TimescaleMismatch). The fMP4 importer already declared mdhd; import::Track and TrackStream now accept a CMAF rendition's track at it too, which covers the bindings' publish paths.
  • Run offsets. Both decoders read the mdat front to back, so they refuse a trun whose data_offset doesn't start at the next sample, and a tfhd base_data_offset (which CMAF forbids), instead of slicing the wrong bytes. The draft requires runs to lie back to back.
  • TS exporter. No change needed: verbatim PES tracks carry only the PES payload, and export writes a fresh PES header from the frame timestamp.
  • Draft and docs. draft-lcurley-moq-hang states the rule, untimed case included, in the cmaf section (moq-hang-03 changelog bullet). Also updated doc/concept/hang.md and doc/setup/upgrade.md.
  • Quest. Deletes quest/m1/cmaf-frame-timestamp.md, which unblocks shared clock and fMP4 edit lists, and drops shared-clock's tfdt decode test, which this PR covers.

Tests: Rust decode_times_samples_from_the_frame_timestamp, the_frame_timestamp_is_the_earliest_presentation_time (encoder stamp and decoder anchor through a moq-net group), an_untimed_fragment_decodes_at_its_tfdt (through Wire::poll_read on an untimed track), decode_rounds_the_frame_timestamp_to_the_nearest_tick, write_refuses_a_track_at_another_timescale, decode_refuses_a_run_that_skips_bytes, cmaf_audio_counts_in_the_init_timescale (an Opus CMAF rendition through import::Track), and cmaf_source_exports_at_the_frame_timestamp (fMP4 export). JS cmaf/format.test.ts covers the decoder cases with a hand-built multi-run fragment, a run that skips bytes, and consumer.test.ts an untimed track through Container.Consumer. Each fails without its fix. just check and just drafts check pass.

Decisions

Untimed CMAF over lite-05+: no lite version can mark a track untimed yet, so a relay stamps an untimed track's frames with its send time on lite-05/06 (and lite-07 until lite-07 untimed lands). An untimed CMAF track, such as one from a draft-14 publisher like MOQtail relayed to a lite subscriber, then anchors to send times, where main plays it at tfdt.

  • ✅ Ship now and record the gap in the lite-07 untimed quest (recommended). The invented timestamp is the relay's bug, which lite-07 removes for new peers.
  • Hold for lite-07 untimed. Lite-07 peers would be right from day one; lite-05/06 peers still anchor to send times.

Anchor precision: the maintainer asked to either refuse a lossy anchor conversion in fmp4::encode or have the draft require the track timescale to match mdhd.

  • Refuse per frame when the stamp wouldn't round back to the same mdhd tick (recommended). Keeps µs tracks carrying 90 kHz CMAF working.
  • ✅ The draft requires equal scales, enforced in Wire::write. A µs track carrying 90 kHz CMAF must now declare mdhd: the importer facades do so, and a caller creating its own track declares it.
  • Document only.

Impact

  • @moq/hang (breaking): Container.Format.decode takes (payload, timestamp: Time.Timestamp | undefined); Cmaf.decodeDataSegment takes a third timestamp argument. LOC and Legacy implementations are unchanged (they ignore it). Cmaf.decodeTimestamp is removed.
  • moq-mux: fmp4::Error gains TimescaleMismatch (the enum is #[non_exhaustive]). Wire::write refuses a track whose timescale isn't the init's mdhd. CMAF frames written through Wire are now stamped with the fragment's earliest PTS instead of its first sample's. Both CMAF decoders refuse non-contiguous runs.
  • Wire: no encoding change. The moq-hang draft now says what the CMAF frame timestamp means, that a timed CMAF track counts in mdhd ticks, and that runs lie back to back.

Follow-ups

  • SCTE-35 sections carry splice times inside the payload; a track moved to another timeline leaves them stale. The shared clock quest covers this with pts_adjustment.

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The moq-lite frame timestamp is the broadcast timeline: a CMAF fragment's
earliest sample presents at it, and `tfdt` only places the samples
relative to each other. Both decoders used `tfdt` alone, so a publisher
moving a passthrough track to another timeline would play at the
source's PTS.

`fmp4::encode` now stamps the fragment's earliest PTS, which the
passthrough importer already does, instead of its first sample's.

JS: `Format.decode` and `decodeDataSegment` take the frame timestamp.

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Outcome: implemented in full, draft pending review.

Decided with OneTooMany: the JS Format.decode gets the timestamp as a second parameter, not the whole moq-net frame, so LOC and Legacy implementations stay unchanged.

Deviation from the quest text: the anchor is the fragment's earliest PTS, not its first sample's, to match what the passthrough importer already stamps (details in the description).

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[P2] Compute the anchor across all runs — js/hang/src/container/cmaf/decode.ts:429–432. ptss contains only the first trun (selected at line 351), but the passthrough importer computes the frame timestamp across every run (rs/moq-mux/src/container/fmp4/import.rs:740–812, 911). If a later run contains an earlier-presenting B-frame, this newly shifts even the first run's previously correct timestamps. For example, at 90 kHz with tfdt=0, a first-run sample with duration=3000/CTS=6000 and a second-run sample with CTS=0 has PTS 6000 and 3000. With the importer's frame timestamp of 3000 ticks, JS now presents the first sample at 33,333 µs instead of about 66,667 µs; Rust computes the fragment-wide minimum correctly. Iterate the track's runs with continuous DTS and use their shared minimum; add a two-run regression test with the earliest PTS in the second run. Dropping later runs was pre-existing, but mistiming the retained first run is introduced here.

Direction: making the frame timestamp authoritative and anchoring the earliest PTS is sound; the Rust encoder adjustment and reordered-sample tests support that contract. Fix the JS multi-run mismatch before relying on Rust/JS parity.

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…stamp

A traf may split its samples across runs that continue one decode
timeline; the JS decoder read only the first, so a later run's earlier
B-frame mistimed the anchor. Round the anchor and offset once, not apart.

`Cmaf.decodeTimestamp` returned `tfdt`, which is no longer the timeline.

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Re the [P2] multi-run anchor: fixed in b2feacf. decodeDataSegment now walks every trun in the traf on one decode timeline and anchors on the earliest sample across all of them. CmafFormat anchors the earliest sample across runs covers the two-run case from the review. The same commit removes Cmaf.decodeTimestamp, which returned tfdt.

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Reviewed commit: b2feacf (one-commit, three-file delta from 899af89; unchanged base).

The earlier P2 multi-run anchor finding is addressed in the code: js/hang/src/container/cmaf/decode.ts:331–338, 365–419 now traverses all runs on a continuous decode timeline and anchors to their shared minimum. The regression case at js/hang/src/container/cmaf/format.test.ts:93–98 covers the earlier-presenting sample in the second run. Rounding the final timestamp once also preserves the expected 66,667 µs result in that case.

No new actionable findings in this delta. Direction remains sound; removing the tfdt-based decodeTimestamp helper and documenting its removal keeps the API consistent with the frame-timestamp contract.

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Ready for the maintainer. All checks pass on b2feacf, and the automated re-review found nothing new.

Since the outcome comment: JS now anchors across every trun (review fix), and Cmaf.decodeTimestamp is removed (decided with OneTooMany). The SCTE-35 follow-up, rewriting pts_adjustment when an importer offsets a TS import, is folded into shared-clock in #4824.

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CMAF decoders now use the enclosing frame timestamp as the anchor for sample presentation times. They preserve each sample’s offset from the fragment’s earliest presentation time, including across multiple runs. The TypeScript decode API accepts the timestamp separately from the payload, and decoding call sites now pass it. Rust encoding stamps fragments with the earliest frame timestamp. Tests and documentation cover the timestamp rules and API changes.

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for (const trun of truns) {
for (let i = 0; i < trun.sampleCount; i++) {
const sample: TrackRunSample = trun.samples[i] ?? {};

const sampleSize = sample.sampleSize ?? defaultSize;
const sampleDuration = sample.sampleDuration ?? defaultDuration;
const sampleSize = sample.sampleSize ?? defaultSize;
const sampleDuration = sample.sampleDuration ?? defaultDuration;

// Validate sample size - must be positive to produce valid data
if (sampleSize <= 0) {
throw new Error(`Invalid sample size ${sampleSize} for sample ${i} in trun`);
}
// Validate sample size - must be positive to produce valid data
if (sampleSize <= 0) {
throw new Error(`Invalid sample size ${sampleSize} for sample ${i} in trun`);
}

// Duration 0 is valid for single-sample CMAF fragments where duration
// is implicit. Negative duration would indicate corrupt data.
if (sampleDuration < 0) {
throw new Error(`Invalid sample duration ${sampleDuration} for sample ${i} in trun`);
}
// Duration 0 is valid for single-sample CMAF fragments where duration
// is implicit. Negative duration would indicate corrupt data.
if (sampleDuration < 0) {
throw new Error(`Invalid sample duration ${sampleDuration} for sample ${i} in trun`);
}

// Bounds check before slicing to prevent reading past mdat data
if (dataOffset + sampleSize > mdatData.length) {
throw new Error(
`Sample ${i} would overflow mdat: offset=${dataOffset}, size=${sampleSize}, mdatLength=${mdatData.length}`,
);
}

// Bounds check before slicing to prevent reading past mdat data
if (dataOffset + sampleSize > mdatData.length) {
throw new Error(
`Sample ${i} would overflow mdat: offset=${dataOffset}, size=${sampleSize}, mdatLength=${mdatData.length}`,
);
const sampleFlags =
i === 0 && trun.firstSampleFlags !== undefined
? trun.firstSampleFlags
: (sample.sampleFlags ?? defaultFlags);
const compositionOffset = sample.sampleCompositionTimeOffset ?? 0;

// Extract sample data
const data = new Uint8Array(mdatData.slice(dataOffset, dataOffset + sampleSize));
dataOffset += sampleSize;

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Honor each run’s data offset.

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Not in this PR. Both decoders walk mdat sequentially and ignore data_offset; Rust's fmp4::decode says so, and the JS TODO above the loop flags it. That behavior predates this change, which only extends it from the first run to all of them, matching Rust. A run that skips bytes would need both fixed together, so it's better as a follow-up.

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@Dryvnt, thanks for clarifying the scope. The JS TODO documents the existing sequential mdat behavior. This PR extends that behavior to all runs; it does not introduce dataOffset support.

A follow-up should add offset handling to both decoders. Would you like me to open a GitHub issue for that work?


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@kixelated, your call on whether this needs tracking. Both CMAF decoders (Rust fmp4::decode and JS decodeDataSegment) read mdat front to back and ignore each run's trun.data_offset. That matters only for a producer whose runs skip bytes, and we know of none in-tree. If you want it fixed, the follow-up would honor data_offset (relative to the tfhd base) in both decoders together; this PR leaves it as is.

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Reviewed commit: cf87b34 (one-file delta from b2feacf; unchanged base).

No new actionable findings in this delta. js/hang/src/container/cmaf/decode.ts:415–417 replaces the variadic minimum with a fixed-arity loop, addressing the existing large-fragment argument-limit finding while preserving the minimum and empty-array behavior. The earlier whole-fragment earliest-PTS fix remains intact. Direction: this is an appropriate, narrowly scoped robustness fix.

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The rule is right for Lite05+. Anchoring to the earliest PTS instead of the first sample is the correct call, and the tests show the B-frame order survives. CI is green. One versioning gap needs closing before CMAF timing can depend on the frame timestamp.

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  1. Where the wire carries no timestamp, CMAF now plays at arrival time. Pre-Lite05 moq-lite and IETF tracks without a TIMESCALE property stamp each frame with the local clock when it arrives: rs/moq-net/src/lite/subscriber.rs:988-990, rs/moq-net/src/ietf/subscriber.rs:3346-3353 and :2748, js/net/src/lite/group.ts:81, js/net/src/ietf/subscriber.ts:1127. track.rs:92-96 documents that fallback. On main that was harmless for CMAF, because tfdt carried the timing. With this PR, fmp4::decode (mod.rs:384) and decodeDataSegment (decode.ts:418) throw tfdt away and anchor every fragment to its receive time. Example: a CMAF broadcast (an fMP4 import, or an external MSF/CMSF publisher over moq-transport) watched over a draft-14..16 session or an older lite client. Each fragment's samples present at network arrival, so jitter becomes PTS jitter. Audio and video anchor separately, so A/V sync is lost. Group-gap and contiguity checks in consumer.ts see gaps and overlaps that aren't in the media. The draft's new MUST makes that the specified behaviour.
    Fix: when the frame timestamp isn't a media timestamp, decode at tfdt (what decode_at_tfdt already does). On main that means tracks with no wire timescale. After feat(net)!: carry untimed tracks faithfully #4822 it means untimed frames. That also changes the plan in the body: an untimed CMAF frame should fall back to tfdt, not be refused. Refusing would turn the regression into "CMAF doesn't play on drafts 14-16". Add a test that decodes a CMAF fragment through a pre-Lite05 or IETF no-timescale path.

Non-blocking

  1. The anchor is truncated to the moq-net track timescale. create_frame normalizes into the track's Info::timescale, which defaults to MILLI, and Timestamp::convert floors. On any CMAF track whose moq-net timescale is coarser than mdhd (a track created with None info, or one republished at ms), each fragment's anchor can land up to one coarse tick (1 ms) early, separately for each fragment. Before this PR the timing was exact tfdt ticks. The importer is safe because it sets with_timescale(mdhd) (import.rs:311-313). Either require the track timescale to divide the media timescale for CMAF, or document it.
  2. The comment at rs/moq-mux/src/container/fmp4/import.rs:908-910 is now wrong: it still says "the consumer still drives playback from the fragment's internal timing".
  3. JS decodeDataSegment now walks every trun but keeps reading the mdat sequentially, ignoring each run's own dataOffset. That's fine for contiguous runs, but a muxer that writes runs out of order slices the wrong bytes. Rust has the same assumption, so at least add a comment or a check.

Verdict: ITERATE on head cf87b34. Coordinate the fallback with #4822.

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Maintainer decision from @kixelated (in a planning session today), relayed by an agent.

Where the wire carries no timestamp, CMAF now plays at arrival time.

When the frame timestamp isn't media time (an untimed track, once the untimed model lands), CMAF decoders fall back to tfdt. This replaces the quest's 2026-10-02 "refuse untimed CMAF" decision.

Ordering: this lands after #4822, which now waits on a new typed-timedness quest (details on #4822). Timedness becomes a per-track property, so the decoder can check the track instead of each frame.

Meanwhile, the mechanical items:

  • Fix the stale comments in rs/moq-mux/src/container/fmp4/import.rs (~306 and ~908-910), which still describe the frame timestamp as redundant with the fragment's own timing.
  • Reject a trun whose data_offset doesn't match the running offset, in both Rust and JS.
  • Refuse a lossy timescale conversion of the anchor in fmp4::encode, or have the moq-hang draft require the track timescale to match mdhd.
  • Update the PR body's "Untimed CMAF frames" bullet and the draft's MUST to name the tfdt fallback.
  • Add a Rust test that decodes CMAF through an untimed path.

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Follow-up to the decision comment above: the typed-timedness quest it names, which #4822 now waits on, is added in #4835 (quest/m1/typed-timedness.md).

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#	quest/m2/README.md
#	quest/m2/shared-clock.md
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Adversarial review (Codex) of head 9f2bd4c, which merges main (#4883, #4894, #4885 and the quest moves) into this PR. Conflicts in export_test.rs, upgrade.md, and quest/ were resolved keeping both sides. just check passes. just test interop --all passed on rerun; the first run had a go -> js resume flake on Legacy tracks.

Verdict: needs attention.

[high] CMAF now anchors to synthesized arrival timestamps (js/hang/src/container/cmaf/decode.ts:418-420, same in fmp4::decode). Until the untimed model lands, receivers fill in local arrival time for a frame with no wire timestamp: IETF without TIMESCALE (rs/moq-net/src/ietf/subscriber.rs:4032, js/net/src/ietf/subscriber.ts:1127) and lite before lite-05. Both decoders now anchor unconditionally to that frame timestamp, so CMAF fragments that arrive in a burst lose their spacing. Repro with the JS decoder: payload PTS [0, 33333, 66667] us with arrival stamps [10000, 10001, 10002] ms decode at [10000000, 10001000, 10002000] us. On main they decode at their tfdt.

This is why quest/m1/cmaf-frame-timestamp.md lists the untimed model under Required. The tfdt fallback for untimed frames can't exist until receivers stop inventing timestamps.

Suggested: hold this PR until #4822 (and typed timedness) lands, then add the untimed tfdt fallback in both decoders here, with a receive-path test.

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A heads-up from the 2026-10-06 quest audit. This PR implements quest/m1/cmaf-frame-timestamp.md, so it should also delete that quest in the same PR:

  • delete the quest file;
  • remove its line from quest/m1/README.md;
  • drop the "CMAF frame timestamp" entry from the Required list in quest/m1/shared-clock.md.

Main moved the quest from m2 to m1 on 2026-10-05, so your branch still has the old m2 path. Its decode test also covers shared-clock's last duplicate test bullet (tfdt versus frame timestamp), so that bullet can go too. Run quest check after.

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Reviewed commit: 6c5eb95; follow-up to cf87b34, separating the main merge from the five-file hold-state restoration.

The hold is the right direction: keep CMAF's untimed tfdt fallback and Rust/JS regressions owned here, and keep shared-clock dependent on this behavior until #4822 and the timedness decision are ready. The earlier JS multi-run and argument-limit repairs remain present at js/hang/src/container/cmaf/decode.ts:331–338,365–422; restoring the quest does not undo them or implement the untimed fallback.

One planning correction: quest/m1/cmaf-frame-timestamp.md:20–22 restores "first sample" as the anchor, although the implementation, PR description and prior B-frame fix use the fragment-wide earliest PTS. Change that wording to earliest PTS so the held follow-up preserves reordered samples. Its "no API change" statements at :31,44 also need to distinguish Rust's internal change from the documented breaking JS decode timestamp parameter/removal of decodeTimestamp.

The pre-existing trun.data_offset limitation is still outside this change. The separate anchor-rounding comment at #4826 (comment) is not cleared by quest restoration; I have not duplicated it as a new finding.

Verification: static restored-plan comparison and current Rust/JS decoder inspection; no builds, tests or playback run, and no PR-triggered workflow runs returned for this head. GitHub reports merge conflicts. Keep this held until the required untimed behavior and final integrated validation exist.

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An untimed track's frames carry no broadcast time, so both CMAF decoders
fall back to the fragment's own tfdt timeline. Rust rounds the frame
timestamp to the nearest track tick, as the encoder stamps it, so a
timestamp carried at another scale doesn't land a tick early.

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Reviewed commit: fef4566. Delta since 6c5eb95, separating the main merge onto 7c6b6af from the fallback/rounding fix and quest cleanup.

No new actionable findings in this delta.

Fixed:

  • Genuine untimed frames now retain their original tfdt/CTS timeline: js/hang/src/container/cmaf/decode.ts:422–429 and rs/moq-mux/src/container/fmp4/mod.rs:465–476. The new js/hang/src/container/consumer.test.ts:1084–1100 and Rust mod.rs:1618–1641 regressions exercise absent timestamps through their production callers. Earlier multi-run/minimum fixes remain intact.
  • The prior Rust rounding finding is addressed at mod.rs:408–410; the :1643–1653 regression covers 1,111 µs returning to 90 kHz tick 100.
  • Deleting the completed quest removes its previously flagged first-sample/no-API-change mismatch; the upgrade guide correctly retains the breaking JS API notice.

Still open, rather than new findings:

  • The earlier coarse-timescale concern survives: rs/moq-net/src/model/group.rs:348–351 can discard precision before decoding. For example, 100/90,000 → 1/1,000 → 90/90,000; nearest-tick rounding cannot recover that loss.
  • The existing run-offset limitation is unchanged. Synthetic send timestamps over lite-05+ also remain a playback-timing limitation, now explicitly deferred in quest/m1/lite-untimed.md:20–25; the untimed fallback only helps when absence survives transport.

Direction: the optional-timestamp fallback is sound, and replacing the test-only decode_at_tfdt helper with the production None path simplifies validation. Preserve the above distinctions when calling the prior timing issues resolved.

Verification: GitHub-only source, diff and regression-test inspection; no builds, tests, interop or playback executed. Check and Platform workflows were still running at publication; Android completed successfully.

Dryvnt and others added 2 commits October 8, 2026 14:02
The frame timestamp carries a fragment's earliest presentation time
exactly only at the media's own scale, so fmp4's Wire::write refuses a
track whose timescale isn't the init's mdhd timescale, and the moq-hang
draft requires it. Both decoders read the mdat front to back, so they now
refuse a trun whose data_offset doesn't start at the next sample, and a
tfhd base_data_offset, instead of slicing the wrong bytes. The importer's
comments no longer call the frame timestamp redundant.

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Ready to merge at 6657086b015048c1e0542349c5dd1064fbae7a09. The items from the 2026-10-05 decision are in:

  • Untimed frames decode at tfdt in Rust and JS, with tests that go through Wire::poll_read and Container.Consumer. The draft's MUST names the fallback.
  • Both decoders refuse a trun whose data_offset doesn't start at the next sample, and refuse a tfhd base_data_offset.
  • Anchor precision: the draft requires a timed CMAF track's timescale to equal mdhd, and Wire::write refuses any other (fmp4::Error::TimescaleMismatch). The importer already declares mdhd; only tests had to change. The Rust decoder also rounds the anchor to the nearest tick.
  • The importer comments no longer call the frame timestamp redundant.
  • The quest is deleted, along with shared-clock's duplicate tfdt test bullet.

Decided with OneTooMany: ship now despite the lite-05+ send-time gap for untimed CMAF, which is recorded in quest/m1/lite-untimed.md; and the equal-scales rule over a per-frame lossy check. just check and just drafts check pass.

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Reviewed commit: 6657086. Two-commit, 11-file delta from fef4566; unchanged base.

[P2] Update importer-owned track timescales before enforcing this guard (rs/moq-mux/src/container/fmp4/mod.rs:337–342). The public import::Track::audio path accepts its track with reserved.track_info(...) at import/track.rs:200–202, which always selects MICRO, while AudioInit.container can select CMAF. A valid 48 kHz Opus CMAF init is forwarded into the Opus importer and its CMAF writer (import/track.rs:28–30,210–212; codec/opus/import.rs:35–37,97–108). The first packet now fails TimescaleMismatch (1,000,000 versus 48,000), even with PTS zero, which previously wrote successfully. Callers cannot apply the documented with_timescale workaround because this facade owns Request::accept. Derive the track scale from the selected CMAF init before accepting/creating it, check the analogous video/stream creators, and add an end-to-end CMAF importer regression. Updating the direct-writer tests alone misses this path.

The prior run-offset finding is addressed by refusing unsupported layouts in both decoders (JS decode.ts:359–389; Rust mod.rs:418–424,444–448), with first-run/second-run rejection regressions. The equal-scale draft rule addresses the previous precision concern, but its producer integration needs the fix above. Untimed tfdt fallback remains intact; the documented lite-05+ send-time gap remains deferred.

Direction: the fail-fast layout checks and explicit scale contract are sound and simpler than silently accommodating unsupported input. Finish the importer integration before shipping.

Verification: GitHub-only source, delta and test inspection; no builds, tests, interop or playback executed. Check, Platform and Swift workflows remain in progress; Android, Audio quality and Release JS report success.

import::Track and TrackStream accepted every track at microseconds, so
an audio or video rendition published with a CMAF container failed
Wire::write's timescale guard on its first frame. They now accept a CMAF
track at its init's mdhd timescale.

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Re the P2 importer timescale: fixed in 81405c1. import::Track::audio, Track::video, and TrackStream::video accept a CMAF rendition's track at its init's mdhd timescale, which covers the moq-ffi and moq-c publish paths too. cmaf_audio_counts_in_the_init_timescale publishes an Opus CMAF rendition through Track::audio and fails without the fix. So the guard reached a public path, not only tests, as my earlier comment said.

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Reviewed commit: 81405c1. One-commit, three-file delta from 6657086; unchanged base.

No new actionable findings in this delta. The previous P2 importer-timescale finding is addressed: rs/moq-mux/src/import/track.rs:27–40 derives the scale from the selected CMAF init, and Track::audio (:218), Track::video (:254–258), and TrackStream::video (:640–644) use it before accepting their tracks. The Opus CMAF regression at :1010–1028 exercises the public audio facade through writing and finishing, covering the formerly rejected 48 kHz path.

Direction: the shared helper is a focused fix for the explicit equal-scale contract, retaining catalog-derived track properties and the existing non-CMAF defaults. The run-offset checks and untimed tfdt fallback are unchanged; the documented lite-05+ synthetic-timestamp gap remains deferred.

Verification: GitHub-only delta, surrounding producer/codec paths and test inspection; no builds, tests, interop or playback executed. Rechecked open/non-draft state, head and existing reviews before publication. Check, Platform, Swift and Android workflows are still running for this head; Audio quality and Release JS report success.

# Conflicts:
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#	quest/m1/cmaf-sample-defaults.md
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#	quest/m1/cmaf-frame-timestamp.md
#	quest/m1/cmaf-sample-defaults.md
#	quest/m1/fmp4-catalog-init.md
#	rs/moq-mux/src/container/fmp4/export_test.rs
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Merging at 79f5acd152e0358a8d7dc17996152dd79776f930.

Review. The maintainer accepted the OpenAI review of 81405c1f (no new findings, earlier P2 fixed) as covering this head. Everything after it is a main merge:

just check passes on the final head.

Public API impact (breaking)

  • @moq/hang: Container.Format.decode(payload, timestamp: Time.Timestamp | undefined) takes the frame timestamp. Cmaf.decodeDataSegment takes a third timestamp argument. Cmaf.decodeTimestamp is removed. LOC and Legacy formats ignore the new argument.
  • moq-mux:
    • fmp4::Error::TimescaleMismatch is new (the enum is #[non_exhaustive]).
    • Wire::write refuses a track whose timescale isn't the init's mdhd. import::Track and TrackStream declare a CMAF rendition's track at mdhd.
    • CMAF frames are stamped with the fragment's earliest PTS instead of its first sample's.
    • Both CMAF decoders refuse a trun that doesn't start at the next sample, and a tfhd base_data_offset.
  • Wire: no encoding change. draft-lcurley-moq-hang now says the CMAF frame timestamp is the earliest sample's presentation time, that untimed frames decode at tfdt, that a timed CMAF track counts in mdhd ticks, and that runs lie back to back.

Decisions (already settled in the description): ship now, with the untimed-over-lite-05+ gap recorded in the lite-07 untimed quest. Equal timescales are required by the draft and enforced in Wire::write.

(Written by Claude Opus 5.5)

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kixelated merged commit caed73b into moq-dev:main Oct 8, 2026
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