quiet repeated vlc subtitle reapply logs

.beads/interactions.jsonl

@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@
 {"id":"int-4e095d3f","kind":"field_change","created_at":"2026-05-25T14:38:21.968713Z","actor":"dirtydishes","issue_id":"dreamio-djc","extra":{"field":"status","new_value":"closed","old_value":"in_progress","reason":"Auto-select the first discovered VLC subtitle track when playback is still disabled, while preserving manual caption choices."}}
 {"id":"int-96629c65","kind":"field_change","created_at":"2026-05-25T14:45:38.521113Z","actor":"dirtydishes","issue_id":"dreamio-ppj","extra":{"field":"status","new_value":"closed","old_value":"in_progress","reason":"Re-applied the auto-selected VLC subtitle track after stream discovery and playback state changes to harden rendering timing."}}
 {"id":"int-027cec57","kind":"field_change","created_at":"2026-05-25T14:51:44.599319Z","actor":"dirtydishes","issue_id":"dreamio-3xi","extra":{"field":"status","new_value":"closed","old_value":"in_progress","reason":"Captured OpenSubtitles V3 subtitle URLs from browser track elements and textTracks so they can be forwarded to native playback."}}
+{"id":"int-3acaadff","kind":"field_change","created_at":"2026-05-25T15:09:02.023077Z","actor":"dirtydishes","issue_id":"dreamio-h5n","extra":{"field":"status","new_value":"closed","old_value":"in_progress","reason":"Limited VLC auto-subtitle reapply to real selection recovery while keeping bounded delayed startup confirmations."}}

.beads/issues.jsonl

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {"_type":"issue","id":"dreamio-8cz","title":"fix stremio external subtitle loading regression","description":"After adding late subtitle forwarding for native playback, Stremio external subtitle loading is failing. Investigate the injected bridge and native subtitle forwarding path, then adjust behavior so Stremio can still load external subtitles while native playback receives late candidates.","status":"closed","priority":0,"issue_type":"bug","assignee":"dirtydishes","owner":"dishes@dpdrm.com","created_at":"2026-05-25T11:05:42Z","created_by":"dirtydishes","updated_at":"2026-05-25T11:07:35Z","started_at":"2026-05-25T11:05:55Z","closed_at":"2026-05-25T11:07:35Z","close_reason":"Hardened subtitle bridge network observers so non-text Stremio subtitle loads are not touched, and made parser traversal deterministic for metadata preservation.","dependency_count":0,"dependent_count":0,"comment_count":0}
+{"_type":"issue","id":"dreamio-bao","title":"add native player audio track selection","description":"Add audio track discovery and selection to the native VLC-backed player so multi-language files can be filtered from the player controls.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"feature","owner":"dishes@dpdrm.com","created_at":"2026-05-25T14:57:14Z","created_by":"dirtydishes","updated_at":"2026-05-25T15:01:36Z","closed_at":"2026-05-25T15:01:36Z","close_reason":"Implemented native audio track discovery and selection with a far-left audio menu in the VLC-backed player.","dependency_count":0,"dependent_count":0,"comment_count":0}
 {"_type":"issue","id":"dreamio-3xi","title":"Capture browser text tracks for OpenSubtitles V3","description":"OpenSubtitles V3 subtitles can be attached to the Stremio web player as HTML track/textTrack entries rather than appearing in the initial stream candidate. Extend the web bridge to inspect track elements and textTracks so external subtitles can be forwarded to native playback.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"bug","assignee":"dirtydishes","owner":"dishes@dpdrm.com","created_at":"2026-05-25T14:49:50Z","created_by":"dirtydishes","updated_at":"2026-05-25T14:51:45Z","started_at":"2026-05-25T14:49:52Z","closed_at":"2026-05-25T14:51:45Z","close_reason":"Captured OpenSubtitles V3 subtitle URLs from browser track elements and textTracks so they can be forwarded to native playback.","dependency_count":0,"dependent_count":0,"comment_count":0}
 {"_type":"issue","id":"dreamio-ppj","title":"Reapply VLC embedded subtitle selection after track discovery","description":"Device logs show VLC eventually exposes and selects the embedded English SDH subtitle track, but subtitles still do not render. Investigate and harden the VLC selection timing so embedded tracks are selected after discovery is stable.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"bug","assignee":"dirtydishes","owner":"dishes@dpdrm.com","created_at":"2026-05-25T14:44:08Z","created_by":"dirtydishes","updated_at":"2026-05-25T14:45:38Z","started_at":"2026-05-25T14:44:18Z","closed_at":"2026-05-25T14:45:38Z","close_reason":"Re-applied the auto-selected VLC subtitle track after stream discovery and playback state changes to harden rendering timing.","dependency_count":0,"dependent_count":0,"comment_count":0}
 {"_type":"issue","id":"dreamio-djc","title":"Auto-select embedded VLC subtitle tracks","description":"VLC discovers embedded MKV subtitle tracks after playback starts, but Dreamio leaves subtitles disabled when no external candidates were provided. Add automatic selection for the first selectable VLC subtitle track while preserving manual caption choices.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"bug","assignee":"dirtydishes","owner":"dishes@dpdrm.com","created_at":"2026-05-25T14:36:11Z","created_by":"dirtydishes","updated_at":"2026-05-25T14:38:22Z","started_at":"2026-05-25T14:36:17Z","closed_at":"2026-05-25T14:38:22Z","close_reason":"Auto-select the first discovered VLC subtitle track when playback is still disabled, while preserving manual caption choices.","dependency_count":0,"dependent_count":0,"comment_count":0}
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@
 {"_type":"issue","id":"dreamio-l68","title":"Add native playback for direct debrid streams","description":"Implement a WKWebView JavaScript bridge that detects direct-file debrid media URLs and routes unsupported containers to a native player backend, initially MobileVLCKit, while preserving normal Stremio Web playback for compatible streams.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"feature","assignee":"dirtydishes","owner":"dishes@dpdrm.com","created_at":"2026-05-25T03:13:19Z","created_by":"dirtydishes","updated_at":"2026-05-25T03:20:17Z","started_at":"2026-05-25T03:13:28Z","closed_at":"2026-05-25T03:20:17Z","close_reason":"Implemented native direct-stream bridge, classification, MobileVLCKit backend wiring, CocoaPods workflow docs, and turn documentation. Full iOS build is blocked locally by missing CocoaPods and iPhoneOS SDK.","dependency_count":0,"dependent_count":0,"comment_count":0}
 {"_type":"issue","id":"dreamio-tnv","title":"Fix iOS bundle identifier install failure","description":"Xcode built Dreamio.app without a valid CFBundleIdentifier, causing device install to fail with CoreDeviceError 3000/3002. Investigate project bundle settings, fix the source configuration, validate the app bundle Info.plist, and document the change.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"bug","assignee":"dirtydishes","owner":"dishes@dpdrm.com","created_at":"2026-05-25T01:23:00Z","created_by":"dirtydishes","updated_at":"2026-05-25T01:25:36Z","started_at":"2026-05-25T01:23:07Z","closed_at":"2026-05-25T01:25:36Z","close_reason":"Added bundle metadata to Info.plist and validated processed app bundle identifier.","dependency_count":0,"dependent_count":0,"comment_count":0}
 {"_type":"issue","id":"dreamio-4yn","title":"Build WKWebView MVP shell","description":"Create the first Dreamio MVP implementation: a minimal iOS WKWebView wrapper around hosted Stremio Web, with configuration, launch behavior, diagnostics, and documentation for real-device viability testing.","acceptance_criteria":"App project exists; WKWebView loads hosted Stremio Web; external/new-window navigation is handled; basic diagnostics and manual test documentation exist; quality gates are run or documented.","status":"closed","priority":1,"issue_type":"feature","owner":"dishes@dpdrm.com","created_at":"2026-05-24T14:55:12Z","created_by":"dirtydishes","updated_at":"2026-05-24T14:59:44Z","closed_at":"2026-05-24T14:59:44Z","close_reason":"Implemented the MVP WKWebView iOS shell, added run and validation documentation, and recorded current validation limits.","dependency_count":0,"dependent_count":0,"comment_count":0}
+{"_type":"issue","id":"dreamio-h5n","title":"Throttle VLC subtitle reapply during buffering","description":"VLC subtitle auto-selection currently reapplies the same subtitle track on every buffering state notification, producing noisy logs and unnecessary repeated player writes. Limit state-driven reapply to meaningful selection recovery or state transitions while preserving delayed retries after initial auto-selection.","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"bug","assignee":"dirtydishes","owner":"dishes@dpdrm.com","created_at":"2026-05-25T15:06:48Z","created_by":"dirtydishes","updated_at":"2026-05-25T15:09:02Z","started_at":"2026-05-25T15:06:55Z","closed_at":"2026-05-25T15:09:02Z","close_reason":"Limited VLC auto-subtitle reapply to real selection recovery while keeping bounded delayed startup confirmations.","dependency_count":0,"dependent_count":0,"comment_count":0}
 {"_type":"issue","id":"dreamio-c1m","title":"Add captions selection proof logging","description":"Add DEBUG-only logs around the native captions menu and VLC subtitle selection path so subtitle tap actions prove whether the UI fires and whether VLC accepts the selected embedded track index.","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","assignee":"dirtydishes","owner":"dishes@dpdrm.com","created_at":"2026-05-25T14:18:06Z","created_by":"dirtydishes","updated_at":"2026-05-25T14:19:19Z","started_at":"2026-05-25T14:18:11Z","closed_at":"2026-05-25T14:19:19Z","close_reason":"Added DEBUG-only logs for captions menu actions and VLC subtitle selection results.","dependency_count":0,"dependent_count":0,"comment_count":0}
 {"_type":"issue","id":"dreamio-e9p","title":"Add native subtitle pipeline proof logging","description":"Add DEBUG-only logs across the web bridge, native player, subtitle resolution, and VLC attachment points so the next Xcode run can identify where external subtitles disappear without changing playback behavior.","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","assignee":"dirtydishes","owner":"dishes@dpdrm.com","created_at":"2026-05-25T14:03:18Z","created_by":"dirtydishes","updated_at":"2026-05-25T14:07:14Z","started_at":"2026-05-25T14:03:22Z","closed_at":"2026-05-25T14:07:14Z","close_reason":"Added DEBUG-only subtitle pipeline proof logging and documented validation.","dependency_count":0,"dependent_count":0,"comment_count":0}
 {"_type":"issue","id":"dreamio-88m","title":"Make caption selection states clearer","description":"The native player caption menu should behave like a simple single-choice menu with None and loaded caption tracks, making the current caption state visually obvious.","status":"closed","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","assignee":"dirtydishes","owner":"dishes@dpdrm.com","created_at":"2026-05-25T10:22:12Z","created_by":"dirtydishes","updated_at":"2026-05-25T10:25:23Z","started_at":"2026-05-25T10:22:48Z","closed_at":"2026-05-25T10:25:23Z","close_reason":"Implemented captions as a single-choice menu with None and selected loaded tracks, updated tests and turn documentation.","dependency_count":0,"dependent_count":0,"comment_count":0}

Dreamio/VLCNativePlaybackBackend.swift

@@ -284,21 +284,30 @@ final class VLCNativePlaybackBackend: NSObject, NativePlaybackBackend {
     private func scheduleAutoSubtitleSelectionReapply(trackID: Int32) {
         [0.3, 1.0, 2.0, 4.0].forEach { delay in
             DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + delay) { [weak self] in
-                self?.reapplyAutoSelectedSubtitleTrackIfNeeded(reason: "delayed-\(String(format: "%.1f", delay))")
+                self?.reapplyAutoSelectedSubtitleTrackIfNeeded(
+                    reason: "delayed-\(String(format: "%.1f", delay))",
+                    shouldLogNoop: true
+                )
             }
         }
     }
 
-    private func reapplyAutoSelectedSubtitleTrackIfNeeded(reason: String) {
+    private func reapplyAutoSelectedSubtitleTrackIfNeeded(reason: String, shouldLogNoop: Bool = false) {
         guard !didUserSelectSubtitleTrack,
               let trackID = autoSelectedSubtitleTrackID,
               subtitleTracks.contains(where: { $0.id == trackID }) else {
             return
         }
 
+        let selectedTrackID = mediaPlayer.currentVideoSubTitleIndex
+        guard selectedTrackID != trackID || shouldLogNoop else {
+            return
+        }
+
         mediaPlayer.currentVideoSubTitleIndex = trackID
 #if DEBUG
-        print("[DreamioVLC] reapply subtitle id=\(trackID) reason=\(reason) selected=\(mediaPlayer.currentVideoSubTitleIndex)")
+        let action = selectedTrackID == trackID ? "confirm" : "recover"
+        print("[DreamioVLC] reapply subtitle id=\(trackID) reason=\(reason) action=\(action) selected=\(mediaPlayer.currentVideoSubTitleIndex)")
 #endif
     }
 #endif