removed home

backend/dev_main.py

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 from fastapi.responses import StreamingResponse
 from pathlib import Path
 
+from routers import audio
+
 app = FastAPI(title="TalkEdit Dev Backend", version="0.0.1")
 
 app.add_middleware(
@@ -34,6 +36,8 @@ MIME_MAP = {
 }
 
 
+app.include_router(audio.router)
+
 @app.get("/health")
 async def health():
     return {"status": "ok"}

frontend/src/App.tsx

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import HelpContent from './components/HelpContent';
 import { useKeyboardShortcuts } from './hooks/useKeyboardShortcuts';
 import { useLicenseStore } from './store/licenseStore';
 import {
-  Film,
   FolderOpen,
   Settings,
   Sparkles,
@@ -136,9 +135,6 @@ export default function App() {
   const [speedMode, setSpeedMode] = useState(false);
   const [speedModeValue, setSpeedModeValue] = useState(1.25);
   const [showReprocessConfirm, setShowReprocessConfirm] = useState(false);
-  const [showWelcomeOverlay, setShowWelcomeOverlay] = useState(() => {
-    return localStorage.getItem('talkedit:welcomeDismissed') !== 'true';
-  });
   const [showUnsavedPrompt, setShowUnsavedPrompt] = useState(false);
   const [pendingProceedAction, setPendingProceedAction] = useState<(() => Promise<void>) | null>(null);
   const [lastSavedSignature, setLastSavedSignature] = useState<string | null>(null);
@@ -582,164 +578,6 @@ export default function App() {
     }
   };
 
-  if (!videoPath) {
-    return (
-      <div className="h-screen flex flex-col bg-editor-bg relative overflow-hidden">
-        {/* Background pattern */}
-        <div className="absolute inset-0 opacity-[0.03] pointer-events-none" style={{
-          backgroundImage: `radial-gradient(circle at 25% 25%, #6366f1 1px, transparent 1px),
-            radial-gradient(circle at 75% 75%, #818cf8 1px, transparent 1px)`,
-          backgroundSize: '60px 60px, 80px 80px',
-        }} />
-
-        {/* Animated audio waveform background — left and right sides filling to center */}
-        <div className="absolute inset-y-0 left-0 w-[30%] flex items-center justify-end gap-[3px] pr-16 pointer-events-none opacity-[0.09]">
-          {[
-            [60, 1.3, 0.0], [100, 1.0, 0.12], [40, 1.6, 0.24], [120, 0.9, 0.08],
-            [80, 1.2, 0.2], [30, 1.8, 0.04], [110, 1.1, 0.28], [50, 1.5, 0.16],
-            [70, 1.4, 0.08], [140, 0.85, 0.24], [60, 1.3, 0.12], [90, 1.2, 0.0],
-            [130, 0.95, 0.2], [45, 1.7, 0.28], [80, 1.4, 0.04], [55, 1.1, 0.16],
-            [100, 1.3, 0.24], [35, 1.6, 0.12], [120, 0.9, 0.0], [65, 1.5, 0.2],
-            [85, 1.2, 0.08], [150, 0.8, 0.28], [40, 1.9, 0.16], [95, 1.1, 0.04],
-            [75, 1.4, 0.24], [25, 2.0, 0.12], [105, 1.05, 0.2], [155, 0.82, 0.08],
-            [50, 1.55, 0.28], [115, 0.92, 0.16], [70, 1.35, 0.04], [135, 0.88, 0.24],
-            [90, 1.15, 0.12], [42, 1.75, 0.0], [125, 0.98, 0.2], [58, 1.45, 0.08],
-          ].map(([peak, dur, delay], i) => (
-            <div
-              key={`left-${i}`}
-              className="welcome-audio-bar"
-              style={{
-                '--bar-peak': `${peak}px`,
-                '--bar-duration': `${dur}s`,
-                '--bar-delay': `${delay}s`,
-              } as React.CSSProperties}
-            />
-          ))}
-        </div>
-        <div className="absolute inset-y-0 right-0 w-[30%] flex items-center justify-start gap-[3px] pl-16 pointer-events-none opacity-[0.09]">
-          {[
-            [100, 1.0, 0.0], [60, 1.3, 0.08], [130, 0.9, 0.16], [40, 1.6, 0.04],
-            [80, 1.2, 0.12], [150, 0.85, 0.24], [50, 1.5, 0.2], [110, 1.1, 0.28],
-            [70, 1.4, 0.08], [30, 1.8, 0.16], [140, 0.9, 0.0], [90, 1.2, 0.24],
-            [60, 1.3, 0.12], [120, 0.95, 0.04], [85, 1.4, 0.2], [45, 1.7, 0.28],
-            [160, 0.8, 0.08], [55, 1.5, 0.24], [100, 1.1, 0.0], [75, 1.3, 0.16],
-            [35, 1.9, 0.2], [115, 1.0, 0.12], [65, 1.6, 0.28], [140, 0.88, 0.04],
-            [95, 1.25, 0.24], [25, 1.85, 0.08], [125, 0.93, 0.16], [155, 0.78, 0.28],
-            [48, 1.65, 0.12], [82, 1.32, 0.2], [108, 1.08, 0.04], [72, 1.42, 0.24],
-            [135, 0.9, 0.16], [38, 1.78, 0.0], [62, 1.48, 0.08], [118, 1.02, 0.28],
-          ].map(([peak, dur, delay], i) => (
-            <div
-              key={`right-${i}`}
-              className="welcome-audio-bar"
-              style={{
-                '--bar-peak': `${peak}px`,
-                '--bar-duration': `${dur}s`,
-                '--bar-delay': `${delay}s`,
-              } as React.CSSProperties}
-            />
-          ))}
-        </div>
-
-        <div className="absolute top-1/4 -left-32 w-96 h-96 bg-editor-accent/5 rounded-full blur-3xl pointer-events-none" />
-        <div className="absolute bottom-1/4 -right-32 w-96 h-96 bg-blue-500/5 rounded-full blur-3xl pointer-events-none" />
-
-        <div className="flex-1 flex flex-col items-center justify-center gap-6 px-6 relative z-10">
-          {/* App icon */}
-          <div className="w-36 h-36 rounded-[20px] bg-editor-accent/10 border border-editor-accent/20 flex items-center justify-center shadow-lg shadow-editor-accent/10">
-            <svg width="96" height="96" viewBox="0 0 36 36" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
-              <path d="M6 10h12a6 6 0 0 1 0 12H8l-2 4V10Z" stroke="#818cf8" strokeWidth="2" strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" opacity="0.7"/>
-              <path d="M6 10h12a6 6 0 0 1 0 12H8l-2 4V10Z" stroke="#6366f1" strokeWidth="2" strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round"/>
-              <path d="M10 14v4M13 13v6M16 14v4" stroke="#6366f1" strokeWidth="1.5" strokeLinecap="round"/>
-              <path d="M22 16h6M22 19h4M22 22h5" stroke="#818cf8" strokeWidth="1.5" strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" opacity="0.6"/>
-            </svg>
-          </div>
-
-          <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-2">
-            <h1 className="text-3xl font-bold tracking-tight text-editor-text">
-              Talk<span className="text-editor-accent">Edit</span>
-            </h1>
-            <p className="text-editor-text-muted text-sm max-w-sm text-center leading-relaxed">
-              The offline video editor that doesn't slow down on long files.
-            </p>
-          </div>
-
-          {/* Action row — button + model selector side by side */}
-          <div className="flex items-center gap-3 mt-2">
-            <button
-              onClick={handleOpenFile}
-              className="flex items-center gap-2 px-8 py-3 bg-editor-accent hover:bg-editor-accent-hover rounded-xl text-white font-medium transition-all hover:scale-[1.02] active:scale-[0.98]"
-            >
-              <FolderOpen className="w-5 h-5" />
-              Process File
-            </button>
-            <div className="flex items-center gap-2 px-4 py-2.5 rounded-xl bg-editor-surface/50 border border-editor-border/50">
-              <span className="text-xs text-editor-text-muted whitespace-nowrap">Transcription model:</span>
-              <select
-                value={whisperModel}
-                onChange={(e) => setWhisperModel(e.target.value)}
-                className="bg-transparent text-xs text-editor-text focus:outline-none [color-scheme:dark]"
-                title="Choose Whisper model for transcription accuracy"
-              >
-                <optgroup label="Multilingual">
-                  <option value="tiny">tiny (75 MB · fastest)</option>
-                  <option value="base">base (140 MB · fast)</option>
-                  <option value="small">small (460 MB · balanced)</option>
-                  <option value="medium">medium (1.5 GB · better)</option>
-                  <option value="large-v3-turbo">large-v3-turbo (1.6 GB ★)</option>
-                  <option value="large-v3">large-v3 (2.9 GB · best)</option>
-                </optgroup>
-                <optgroup label="English-only (faster)">
-                  <option value="tiny.en">tiny.en (75 MB)</option>
-                  <option value="base.en">base.en (140 MB)</option>
-                  <option value="small.en">small.en (460 MB)</option>
-                  <option value="medium.en">medium.en (1.5 GB)</option>
-                  <option value="distil-small.en">distil-small.en (190 MB ★)</option>
-                  <option value="distil-medium.en">distil-medium.en (750 MB ★)</option>
-                </optgroup>
-              </select>
-            </div>
-          </div>
-
-          <button
-            onClick={handleLoadProject}
-            className="flex items-center gap-2 px-4 py-2 text-sm text-editor-text-muted hover:text-editor-text hover:bg-editor-surface rounded-lg transition-colors"
-          >
-            <FileInput className="w-4 h-4" />
-            Load Project (.aive)
-          </button>
-        </div>
-
-        {licenseStatus?.tag === 'Trial' && (
-          <div className="h-9 flex items-center justify-center gap-2 px-4 bg-editor-accent/10 border-t border-editor-accent/20 shrink-0 relative z-10">
-            <Clock className="w-3.5 h-3.5 text-editor-accent shrink-0" />
-            <span className="text-xs text-editor-accent">
-              Free trial: {licenseStatus.days_remaining} day{licenseStatus.days_remaining !== 1 ? 's' : ''} remaining
-            </span>
-            <button
-              onClick={() => setShowLicenseDialog(true)}
-              className="text-xs text-editor-accent underline font-medium hover:text-editor-accent-hover ml-2"
-            >
-              Activate license
-            </button>
-          </div>
-        )}
-
-        {licenseStatus?.tag === 'Expired' && (
-          <div className="h-9 flex items-center justify-center gap-2 px-4 bg-red-500/15 border-t border-red-500/30 shrink-0 relative z-10">
-            <AlertTriangle className="w-3.5 h-3.5 text-red-400 shrink-0" />
-            <span className="text-xs text-red-300">Trial expired</span>
-            <button
-              onClick={() => setShowLicenseDialog(true)}
-              className="text-xs text-red-300 underline font-medium hover:text-red-200 ml-2"
-            >
-              Activate license
-            </button>
-          </div>
-        )}
-      </div>
-    );
-  }
-
   // Health check timer
   useEffect(() => {
     const checkHealth = async () => {
@@ -919,7 +757,36 @@ export default function App() {
           <div ref={splitRef} className="flex-1 flex min-h-0" style={{ position: 'relative' }}>
             {/* Video player */}
             <div className="p-3 flex items-center justify-center bg-black/20 overflow-hidden" style={{ width: `${splitRatio * 100}%`, minWidth: 0 }}>
-              <VideoPlayer />
+              {videoPath ? (
+                <VideoPlayer />
+              ) : (
+                <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-4">
+                  <div className="w-20 h-20 rounded-[18px] bg-editor-accent/10 border border-editor-accent/20 flex items-center justify-center shadow-lg shadow-editor-accent/5">
+                    <svg width="48" height="48" viewBox="0 0 36 36" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+                      <path d="M6 10h12a6 6 0 0 1 0 12H8l-2 4V10Z" stroke="#818cf8" strokeWidth="2" strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" opacity="0.7"/>
+                      <path d="M6 10h12a6 6 0 0 1 0 12H8l-2 4V10Z" stroke="#6366f1" strokeWidth="2" strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round"/>
+                      <path d="M10 14v4M13 13v6M16 14v4" stroke="#6366f1" strokeWidth="1.5" strokeLinecap="round"/>
+                      <path d="M22 16h6M22 19h4M22 22h5" stroke="#818cf8" strokeWidth="1.5" strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" opacity="0.6"/>
+                    </svg>
+                  </div>
+                  <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-3">
+                    <button
+                      onClick={handleOpenFile}
+                      className="flex items-center gap-2 px-6 py-2.5 bg-editor-accent hover:bg-editor-accent-hover rounded-lg text-white text-sm font-medium transition-all"
+                    >
+                      <FolderOpen className="w-4 h-4" />
+                      Open File
+                    </button>
+                    <button
+                      onClick={handleLoadProject}
+                      className="flex items-center gap-2 px-4 py-1.5 text-xs text-editor-text-muted hover:text-editor-text hover:bg-editor-surface rounded-md transition-colors"
+                    >
+                      <FileInput className="w-3.5 h-3.5" />
+                      Load Project
+                    </button>
+                  </div>
+                </div>
+              )}
             </div>
 
             {/* Draggable divider */}
@@ -1044,53 +911,6 @@ export default function App() {
 
       <LicenseDialog />
 
-      {showWelcomeOverlay && (
-        <div className="fixed inset-0 z-[85] flex items-center justify-center bg-black/70 px-4">
-          <div className="w-full max-w-sm rounded-xl border border-editor-border bg-editor-bg p-6 space-y-5 shadow-2xl">
-            <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-3 text-center">
-              <Film className="w-10 h-10 text-editor-accent opacity-80" />
-              <h2 className="text-lg font-semibold">Welcome to TalkEdit</h2>
-              <p className="text-xs text-editor-text-muted leading-relaxed">
-                The offline video editor for long-form content. No account. No subscription. Your data never leaves your machine.
-              </p>
-            </div>
-
-            <div className="space-y-3">
-              <div className="flex items-start gap-3 p-2 rounded bg-editor-surface">
-                <span className="w-5 h-5 rounded-full bg-editor-accent/20 text-editor-accent text-[10px] font-semibold flex items-center justify-center shrink-0 mt-0.5">1</span>
-                <span className="text-xs text-editor-text-muted leading-relaxed">
-                  <strong className="text-editor-text">Open a video</strong> — TalkEdit transcribes it into a word-level transcript.
-                </span>
-              </div>
-              <div className="flex items-start gap-3 p-2 rounded bg-editor-surface">
-                <span className="w-5 h-5 rounded-full bg-editor-accent/20 text-editor-accent text-[10px] font-semibold flex items-center justify-center shrink-0 mt-0.5">2</span>
-                <span className="text-xs text-editor-text-muted leading-relaxed">
-                  <strong className="text-editor-text">Edit by selecting words</strong> — deleting words cuts the matching video. Like editing a doc.
-                </span>
-              </div>
-              <div className="flex items-start gap-3 p-2 rounded bg-editor-surface">
-                <span className="w-5 h-5 rounded-full bg-editor-accent/20 text-editor-accent text-[10px] font-semibold flex items-center justify-center shrink-0 mt-0.5">3</span>
-                <span className="text-xs text-editor-text-muted leading-relaxed">
-                  <strong className="text-editor-text">Export your final cut</strong> — with captions, background music, AI cleanup, and more.
-                </span>
-              </div>
-            </div>
-
-            <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-2">
-              <button
-                onClick={() => { localStorage.setItem('talkedit:welcomeDismissed', 'true'); setShowWelcomeOverlay(false); }}
-                className="w-full px-6 py-2.5 bg-editor-accent hover:bg-editor-accent-hover rounded-lg text-sm font-medium transition-colors"
-              >
-                Got it
-              </button>
-              <p className="text-[10px] text-editor-text-muted">
-                Press <kbd className="px-1 py-0.5 text-[10px] font-mono bg-editor-surface border border-editor-border rounded">?</kbd> anytime to see shortcuts, or click <strong className="text-editor-text">Help</strong> in the toolbar.
-              </p>
-            </div>
-          </div>
-        </div>
-      )}
-
       {showReprocessConfirm && (
         <div
           className="fixed inset-0 z-[60] flex items-center justify-center bg-black/60 px-4"

frontend/src/components/WaveformTimeline.tsx

@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ export default function WaveformTimeline({
   const headCanvasRef = useRef<HTMLCanvasElement>(null);
   const containerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   const [audioError, setAudioError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [waveformReady, setWaveformReady] = useState(false);
 
   const videoUrl = useEditorStore((s) => s.videoUrl);
   const videoPath = useEditorStore((s) => s.videoPath);
@@ -349,6 +350,7 @@ export default function WaveformTimeline({
         if (cancelled) return;
         waveformDataRef.current = waveformData;
         drawStaticWaveformRef.current();
+        setWaveformReady(true);
       } catch (err) {
         if (cancelled || (err instanceof DOMException && err.name === 'AbortError')) {
           console.log('[WaveformTimeline] req=', requestId, 'aborted/cancelled');
@@ -1328,7 +1330,7 @@ export default function WaveformTimeline({
             Retry
           </button>
         </div>
-      ) : !waveformDataRef.current ? (
+      ) : !waveformReady ? (
         <div className="flex-1 flex items-center justify-center">
           <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-3">
             <div className="animate-spin rounded-full h-8 w-8 border-2 border-editor-border border-t-indigo-400" />

frontend/src/index.css

@@ -19,15 +19,6 @@
   transform-origin: bottom;
 }
 
-.welcome-audio-bar {
-  width: 4px;
-  border-radius: 2px;
-  background: #6366f1;
-  transform-origin: bottom;
-  animation: audioBounce var(--bar-duration) ease-in-out infinite;
-  animation-delay: var(--bar-delay);
-}
-
 * {
   margin: 0;
   padding: 0;

frontend/tsconfig.tsbuildinfo

@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"root":["./src/App.tsx","./src/main.tsx","./src/vite-env.d.ts","./src/components/AIPanel.tsx","./src/components/AppendClipPanel.tsx","./src/components/BackgroundMusicPanel.tsx","./src/components/DevPanel.tsx","./src/components/ExportDialog.tsx","./src/components/LicenseDialog.tsx","./src/components/MarkersPanel.tsx","./src/components/SettingsPanel.tsx","./src/components/SilenceTrimmerPanel.tsx","./src/components/TranscriptEditor.tsx","./src/components/VideoPlayer.tsx","./src/components/VolumePanel.tsx","./src/components/WaveformTimeline.tsx","./src/components/ZoneEditor.tsx","./src/hooks/useKeyboardShortcuts.ts","./src/hooks/useVideoSync.ts","./src/lib/dev-logger.ts","./src/lib/keybindings.ts","./src/lib/tauri-bridge.ts","./src/lib/thumbnails.ts","./src/store/aiStore.ts","./src/store/editorStore.test.ts","./src/store/editorStore.ts","./src/store/licenseStore.ts","./src/types/project.ts"],"version":"5.9.3"}
+{"root":["./src/App.tsx","./src/main.tsx","./src/vite-env.d.ts","./src/components/AIPanel.tsx","./src/components/AppendClipPanel.tsx","./src/components/BackgroundMusicPanel.tsx","./src/components/DevPanel.tsx","./src/components/ErrorBoundary.tsx","./src/components/ExportDialog.tsx","./src/components/HelpContent.tsx","./src/components/LicenseDialog.tsx","./src/components/MarkersPanel.tsx","./src/components/SettingsPanel.tsx","./src/components/SilenceTrimmerPanel.tsx","./src/components/TranscriptEditor.tsx","./src/components/VideoPlayer.tsx","./src/components/WaveformTimeline.tsx","./src/components/ZoneEditor.tsx","./src/hooks/useKeyboardShortcuts.ts","./src/hooks/useVideoSync.ts","./src/lib/assert.test.ts","./src/lib/assert.ts","./src/lib/dev-logger.ts","./src/lib/keybindings.ts","./src/lib/tauri-bridge.ts","./src/lib/thumbnails.ts","./src/store/aiStore.test.ts","./src/store/aiStore.ts","./src/store/editorStore.test.ts","./src/store/editorStore.ts","./src/store/licenseStore.test.ts","./src/store/licenseStore.ts","./src/types/project.ts"],"version":"5.9.3"}

plan.md

@@ -65,50 +65,69 @@ TalkEdit's defensible position: **works on hour+ files without degrading**, full
 
 ---
 
-## Phase 2: Standout features (post-beta)
+## Phase 2: Beta Launch (🚧 next — 2–4 weeks)
 
-### Long-form content
+**Goal:** Get working builds into real podcasters' hands. Validate the core promise (long-form, offline) before investing in edge-case features.
-- [x] Chapter-based navigation — markers auto-sorted, click to jump (partially done)
-- [x] Per-segment re-transcription (done)
-- [x] Append multiple clips into one timeline (done)
-- [ ] Project stitching — load multiple `.aive` projects, combine into one export
-- [ ] Smart chunking for transcription — for files >2hr
 
-### Export
+### Must-have for beta
-- [x] YouTube chapters from markers (done)
-- [x] Export transcript formats: SRT, VTT, TXT (done)
-- [ ] Batch export — multiple projects/cuts in sequence
 
-### AI features
+- [ ] **Smart chunking for transcription** — files >2hr. Without this the niche promise is unproven. Breaks transcription into overlapping chunks, reassembles with correct timestamps.
-- [x] AI Smart Clean — filler removal + silence trim + normalize (done)
+- [ ] **Hardware detection & model selection** — detect CUDA/ROCm/MPS at startup; expose model backend choice in Settings so beta users can configure their system.
-- [x] AI sentence rephrase (done)
+- [ ] **GitHub v1.0.0 release** — tag, binary builds (AppImage + .deb), release notes.
-- [x] AI clip suggestions for social media (done)
+
-- [ ] Smart Shorts finder — scan transcript for 10–90s segments
+### Sales & distribution
-- [ ] AI auto-chapters — topic detection from transcript
+- [ ] **Stripe integration** — payment processing for one-time purchases (Pro $39, Business $79). License key generation + email delivery on payment success.
-- [ ] AI show notes — title, description, key moments
+- [ ] **Landing page + download site** — simple site with: feature overview, pricing tiers, download links (AppImage/.deb), license activation flow. No auth system needed — Stripe handles payments, license keys unlock the app.
-- [ ] AI dead-air finder — content-based silence detection
+
+### Beta program
+
+- [ ] **Free licenses to 20 podcasters** — in exchange for feedback + permission to quote. Target: r/podcasting regulars, small-to-medium shows (30min–2hr episodes).
+- [ ] **Bug/feedback pipeline** — GitHub Issues template for beta testers. Weekly triage.
+- [ ] **Messaging for beta landing page:**
+  1. "The offline video editor that doesn't slow down on long files"
+  2. "No subscription. One price, owned forever."
+  3. "AI-powered editing — bring your own API key (Ollama, OpenAI, Claude)"
+
+---
+
+## Phase 3: Post-Beta Enhancements (user-driven priority)
+
+**Goal:** Build what beta testers actually ask for. Deferred items below are ordered by likely demand, not engineering convenience.
 
 ### Bundled local LLM
 - [ ] Integrate llama.cpp Rust bindings
 - [ ] Auto-download Qwen3 on first AI use (4B: 2.5GB / 1.7B: 1GB)
 - [ ] Hardware detection at runtime, model selection in Settings
 
+### Long-form content
+- [ ] Project stitching — load multiple `.aive` projects, combine into one export
+
+### Export
+- [ ] Batch export — multiple projects/cuts in sequence
+
+### AI features
+- [ ] Smart Shorts finder — scan transcript for 10–90s segments
+- [ ] AI auto-chapters — topic detection from transcript
+- [ ] AI show notes — title, description, key moments
+- [ ] AI dead-air finder — content-based silence detection
+
 ---
 
-## Phase 3: Marketing & launch (post-beta)
+## Phase 4: Public Launch
 
-### Messaging pillars
+**Goal:** Convert beta momentum + testimonials into a public release.
+
+### Messaging pillars (updated)
 1. "The offline video editor that doesn't slow down on long files"
 2. "No subscription. One price, owned forever."
-3. "Zero-setup AI" — bundled Qwen3, no API keys
+3. "Zero-setup AI" — bundled Qwen3, no API keys *(activate when Phase 3 ships)*
-4. "Your podcast → 10 TikToks in one click" — Smart Shorts finder
+4. "Your podcast → 10 TikToks in one click" — Smart Shorts finder *(activate when Phase 3 ships)*
 
 ### Channels
-- [ ] r/podcasting, r/VideoEditing, r/selfhosted
+- [ ] r/podcasting, r/VideoEditing, r/selfhosted — anchored by beta tester testimonials
 - [ ] Product Hunt, Hacker News "Show HN"
-- [ ] YouTube demo (3-5 min walkthrough)
+- [ ] YouTube demo (3-5 min walkthrough) — feature the beta tester stories
-- [ ] Free licenses to 20 podcasters for testimonials
+- [ ] Pricing goes live publicly
-- [ ] GitHub v1.0.0 release with binaries
 
 ### Pricing
 - 7-day free trial (no CC, no account)

src-tauri/capabilities/default.json

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
     "dialog:allow-open",
     "dialog:allow-save",
     "fs:default",
-    { "identifier": "fs:allow-read-text-file", "allow": [{ "path": "$HOME/**" }] },
+    { "identifier": "fs:allow-read-text-file", "allow": [{ "path": "$HOME/**" }, { "path": "**" }] },
-    { "identifier": "fs:allow-write-text-file", "allow": [{ "path": "$HOME/**" }] },
+    { "identifier": "fs:allow-write-text-file", "allow": [{ "path": "$HOME/**" }, { "path": "**" }] },
     "fs:allow-app-read-recursive",
     "fs:allow-app-write-recursive"
   ]

src-tauri/tauri.conf.json

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "build": {
     "frontendDist": "../frontend/dist",
     "devUrl": "http://localhost:5173",
-    "beforeDevCommand": "cd frontend && npm run dev",
+    "beforeDevCommand": "lsof -ti:5173 | xargs kill -9 2>/dev/null; cd frontend && npm run dev",
     "beforeBuildCommand": "cd frontend && npm run build"
   },
   "app": {

transcribe.py

@@ -45,7 +45,16 @@ def main():
             device = "cpu"
             compute_type = "int8"
 
-        model = WhisperModel(model_name, device=device, compute_type=compute_type)
+        try:
+            model = WhisperModel(model_name, device=device, compute_type=compute_type)
+        except RuntimeError as e:
+            if "out of memory" in str(e).lower() and device == "cuda":
+                print(f"CUDA OOM, falling back to CPU (int8)", file=sys.stderr)
+                device = "cpu"
+                compute_type = "int8"
+                model = WhisperModel(model_name, device=device, compute_type=compute_type)
+            else:
+                raise
 
         # Transcribe with progress reporting
         print(f"Starting transcription of {wav_path} with model {model_name}", file=sys.stderr)