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feat(mcp): export a project's audio, or one track alone, to WAV or M4A - #1383
Takes a project's narration back out as audio, from MCP and from the CLI.
exportAudio on both MCP servers: { projectId, path (.wav|.m4a), audioId? }. Without audioId it writes the programme audio; with it, that imported track alone (the audioId from addAudio).
CLI: openscreen export p.openscreen -o mix.m4a, and --track <audioId> for one track.
How: the compositor has no audio-only render, and a second mixer would drift from the MP4's (voice levelling, ducking, limiter, speed regions). So the runner renders the MP4 as usual, at 720p, and mediabunny takes its audio stream out: M4A copies the AAC, WAV decodes it to PCM. For a track alone, the clips render with hasAudio: false, the click sound is dropped and the other tracks are filtered out. Offset, trims, gain, fades and speed regions therefore follow the video export's rules exactly. The file lasts as long as the video, silent around the track.
exportVideo already includes imported tracks. It runs the same runner and scene. Checked on a real file below.
Not done: a "replace the take's audio" switch. The document has no take mute (gain is bounded at ±12 dB), and an export-only option would make a file the project does not describe. Happy to add a document-level switch in a follow-up if wanted.
No compositor change, no new dependency. write-export-to-path now also accepts .wav / .m4a.
npx tsc --noEmit, npx tsc -p tsconfig.test.json --noEmit, npm run lint (no errors), npm run test: 4969 passed.
New unit tests: audioExport.test.ts, exportAudio in media-tools.test.ts, --track / wav / m4a parsing in args.test.ts, and render-file cleanup in runnerHost.test.ts.
Real file, headless (electron . mcp over stdio, Windows; native binaries borrowed from a 23/10 build whose audio.rs matches main). An 8 s take with a 1 kHz tone, a 2 s 440 Hz voice through importMedia + addAudio at 3 s (gain −6 dB, fades 200 ms), and a 2× speed region on 0–2 s:
exportAudio with audioId → WAV of 7.02 s, silent until 2.007 s, voice until 3.99 s. The voice starts at 2 s because the speed region moved it 1 s earlier, as in the MP4.
exportAudio without audioId → M4A of 7.04 s. Same band levels as the MP4's audio: 440 Hz −30.1 dB, 1 kHz −19.0 dB.
exportVideo → the MP4 carries the voice: 440 Hz at −30.1 dB, against −58.4 dB in the raw take.
CLI export … -o cli-voice.m4a --track <id> → same placement (silent until 2.007 s), and the intermediate render was removed.
exportAudio on both MCP servers, and wav/m4a outputs with --track on
openscreen export. The audio is the MP4 export's own mix, taken out of a
render, so offset, trims, gain, fades and speed regions follow the video
export's rules.
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The change adds WAV and M4A audio-only exports to the CLI and MCP media tools. Exports can use programme audio or one imported track. The CLI renders an intermediate MP4 and extracts audio. The MCP tool reports progress and returns the output path and format.
Changes: Audio export
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Audio export contract and conversion src/lib/cliContracts.ts, src/lib/exporter/audioExport.ts, src/lib/exporter/audioExport.test.ts
The CLI request supports WAV and M4A formats and an optional audio track ID. New helpers isolate a track and extract audio from a video render.
The CLI parses audio formats and track selection, renders and writes audio exports, and cleans up the temporary audio render. The IPC handler accepts WAV and M4A paths. CLI documentation describes the options and progress phase.
The MCP media tools add exportAudio with path handling, export checks, and progress notifications. The tool supports programme audio or a selected track. MCP tool expectations and documentation include the new tool.
sequenceDiagram
actor User
participant parseCliArgs
participant CliExportRunner
participant extractAudio
User->>parseCliArgs: WAV or M4A options and optional track
parseCliArgs->>CliExportRunner: export request
CliExportRunner->>extractAudio: rendered video and audio format
getopenscreen/openscreen#1362: Changes to voiceover piece boundaries affect programme audio rendered before extraction.
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Long audio exports may exhaust available memory, and MCP users may rely on inaccurate permission documentation. Resolve both before merging.
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Update the existing media-tool and permission descriptions.
Adding exportAudio makes “the same seven” incorrect. Lines 66 and 73 also omit exportAudio when they describe tools refused while MCP edits is off. Update the count and both permission descriptions in this change. As per coding guidelines, “The code is the authority. If a doc and the code disagree, the doc is wrong. Fix it in the same change that made it wrong.”
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Update the media-tool count and the MCP-edits-disabled permission descriptions
in the mcpInstructions documentation to include exportAudio among the refused
tools; keep the descriptions consistent across the affected HTTP and related
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Review comments at @electron/cli/runnerHost.ts:
- Around line 115-117: Update the cleanup path in the audio-render branch to
derive the default output from request.projectPath and request.format when
request.outPath is absent, rather than relying on result.outputPath, which may
be missing after a failed run. Reuse the existing replaceExtension utility used
by CliExportRunner; keep the requested-output path behavior unchanged.
Review comments at @electron/mcp/media-tools.ts:
- Line 920: Update the audio export description to clarify that `audioId`
accepts an `audioTracks` fragment’s `trackId` when present, falling back to its
`id`; make the same distinction in the CLI documentation.
Review comments at @src/cli/CliExportRunner.tsx:
- Around line 200-203: Update the audio export flow in CliExportRunner and the
extractAudio/writeExportToPath path to avoid holding the rendered Blob and
complete audio output in memory. Use file-backed or streaming extraction and
extend the IPC writer to write incrementally, preserving the existing export
behavior and output formats.
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Review comments at @technical-documentation/architecture/mcp-server.md:
- Line 66: Update the media-tool count and the MCP-edits-disabled permission
descriptions in the mcpInstructions documentation to include exportAudio among
the refused tools; keep the descriptions consistent across the affected HTTP and
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Summary
Takes a project's narration back out as audio, from MCP and from the CLI.
exportAudioon both MCP servers:{ projectId, path (.wav|.m4a), audioId? }. WithoutaudioIdit writes the programme audio; with it, that imported track alone (theaudioIdfromaddAudio).openscreen export p.openscreen -o mix.m4a, and--track <audioId>for one track.hasAudio: false, the click sound is dropped and the other tracks are filtered out. Offset, trims, gain, fades and speed regions therefore follow the video export's rules exactly. The file lasts as long as the video, silent around the track.exportVideoalready includes imported tracks. It runs the same runner and scene. Checked on a real file below.write-export-to-pathnow also accepts.wav/.m4a.Related issue
Refs #1280
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npx tsc --noEmit,npx tsc -p tsconfig.test.json --noEmit,npm run lint(no errors),npm run test: 4969 passed.audioExport.test.ts,exportAudioinmedia-tools.test.ts,--track/ wav / m4a parsing inargs.test.ts, and render-file cleanup inrunnerHost.test.ts.electron . mcpover stdio, Windows; native binaries borrowed from a 23/10 build whoseaudio.rsmatches main). An 8 s take with a 1 kHz tone, a 2 s 440 Hz voice throughimportMedia+addAudioat 3 s (gain −6 dB, fades 200 ms), and a 2× speed region on 0–2 s:exportAudiowithaudioId→ WAV of 7.02 s, silent until 2.007 s, voice until 3.99 s. The voice starts at 2 s because the speed region moved it 1 s earlier, as in the MP4.exportAudiowithoutaudioId→ M4A of 7.04 s. Same band levels as the MP4's audio: 440 Hz −30.1 dB, 1 kHz −19.0 dB.exportVideo→ the MP4 carries the voice: 440 Hz at −30.1 dB, against −58.4 dB in the raw take.export … -o cli-voice.m4a --track <id>→ same placement (silent until 2.007 s), and the intermediate render was removed.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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