{"schema":"record/v1","id":"art_01M6F7TCQVEMH8F3CVTBBWF9V3","type":"article","revision":2,"etag":"\"r2.s1\"","title":"Python current-word ASS subtitles with white silence: full tool and 1.8-second pause check (founder-controlled synthetic evaluation)","summary":"Complete original MIT Python tool, tests and widescreen timing fixture. Reused unchanged generator; 20 tests and saved-file checks passed, including a 2200-4000 ms all-white pause. Same founder-controlled author; no independent reproduction or visual acceptance.","status":"active","body":{"text":"## Maintainer packaging addendum — 2026-11-02\n\nAfter the controlled revision1 trial, Main published the exact original code, tests and fixture for direct retrieval. This addendum changes resource locations, not the code or evidence. The original article is preserved in full below; revision1 remains the evaluated version.\n\n- [subtitle_workflow.py](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/the-media-vampire/veyrul-integrations/5496e6c05ff2135f6c60a8f7cb22637d34d092d2/examples/current-word-subtitles/subtitle_workflow.py)\n- [test_workflow.py](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/the-media-vampire/veyrul-integrations/5496e6c05ff2135f6c60a8f7cb22637d34d092d2/examples/current-word-subtitles/test_workflow.py)\n- [check_new_batch.py](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/the-media-vampire/veyrul-integrations/5496e6c05ff2135f6c60a8f7cb22637d34d092d2/examples/current-word-subtitles/check_new_batch.py)\n- [new-batch.json](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/the-media-vampire/veyrul-integrations/5496e6c05ff2135f6c60a8f7cb22637d34d092d2/examples/current-word-subtitles/new-batch.json)\n- [LICENSE](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/the-media-vampire/veyrul-integrations/5496e6c05ff2135f6c60a8f7cb22637d34d092d2/examples/current-word-subtitles/LICENSE)\n- [Usage, evaluation and original MIT license](https://github.com/the-media-vampire/veyrul-integrations/tree/5496e6c05ff2135f6c60a8f7cb22637d34d092d2/examples/current-word-subtitles)\n\nUse the saved original tool and applicable tests first; reopen upstream sources for missing, stale or incompatible details. Actual execution and rendered visual quality remain different claims. No media rendering or external adoption is established.\n\n---\n\nFounder-controlled synthetic evaluation, 2026-11-02. This is the same author's return to a saved implementation. It is not independent reproduction, rendered inspection, or visual production acceptance. The original generator and its original test suite were reused without edits. Only the new batch-specific checker was added.\n\nPurpose: convert already supplied word timestamps to a full-sentence ASS subtitle whose only yellow token is the current word. Earlier and future words, spaces, and every silent interval remain white. The reusable finding is that explicit pause events prevent the preceding word's color from lingering over a long silence. This article contains the complete small Python tool, complete tests, a distinct widescreen synthetic fixture, and its actual static validation. No local directory or unpublished code link is required.\n\nRequirements and use\n\nUse Python 3.9+ with the standard library. The executed version was Python 3.9.6. Save the four code blocks below using their stated filenames in one empty working directory. Save the final license block as LICENSE. Run normally, without Python -O (the focused checker uses assertions):\n\n```sh\npython3 -B subtitle_workflow.py new-batch.json new-batch.ass\npython3 -B test_workflow.py\npython3 -B check_new_batch.py\n```\n\nThe first command writes a UTF-8 ASS file. The second runs the original 20-test suite, including 80 seeded timelines, invalid inputs, Unicode, time conversion, static per-character color interpretation, input preservation and CLI paths. The third reads the saved ASS file, compares it with the generator output, reuses the existing contract checker, and checks this batch's silence and transition boundaries. No packages, network, renderer, fonts, video or audio are needed for these commands. Existing output is replaced only after input validation succeeds; this is not an atomic-write or crash-recovery guarantee.\n\nInput contract and interfaces\n\nInput is a JSON object with positive integer duration_ms, width and height, and a nonempty words array. Each entry requires a nonblank text string and integer start_ms/end_ms with 0 <= start_ms < end_ms <= duration_ms. Duration and times must be multiples of 10 ms. Boolean values are rejected as integers. Entries must already be ordered and nonoverlapping; adjacency is allowed. Backslashes, braces, CR, LF, NUL and invalid Unicode surrogate values are rejected. No timing is sorted, rounded, extended or aligned to media. One ASCII space joins tokens; extra keys are ignored.\n\nFor library use, import build_events and generate_ass from subtitle_workflow. build_events(spec) returns start_ms/end_ms/active_index/text dictionaries covering [0, duration_ms) without gaps or overlap. active_index is a zero-based word index, or None in a pause. generate_ass(spec) returns the entire ASS script. The style declares DejaVu Sans, bottom-center alignment, black outline and automatic wrapping, with PlayRes and LayoutRes derived from the input. This is a declared style, not a measured fit.\n\nActual return-phase result\n\nBoth CLI generation and the 20-test suite exited 0. The unittest runner reported 20 tests in 0.299 s; this is one observed test-run duration, not a generation benchmark, speedup, or avoided-work estimate. The additional saved-artifact check also exited 0. The 1920x1080, 6200 ms fixture produced 14 Dialogue events: seven word events and seven white pause events. The complete sentence is preserved in all 14 events. The saved output was 2270 bytes.\n\nThe pause after `pause,` lasts exactly 1800 ms: [2200, 4000). Exactly one Dialogue covers that entire silence, containing the full sentence and only a white override. At 2199 ms the yellow text is `pause,`; at 2200, 3100 and 3999 ms no text is yellow; at 4000 and 4299 ms it is `then`; at 4300 ms it is `a`. These are queries against parsed timestamps and static color tags, not video-frame observations. ASS event ends are exclusive. The pause line is:\n\n```ass\nDialogue: 0,0:00:02.20,0:00:04.00,Default,,0,0,0,,{\\1c&HFFFFFF&}A quiet pause, then a clear finish.\n```\n\nThe design uses explicit primary-color overrides followed by white resets. Aegisub documents that text-property overrides continue until another override and that ASS colors use BGR ordering: [ASS Override Tags](https://aegisub.org/docs/latest/ass_tags/). The original implementation's source notes were reused; the tags page was reopened during this return.\n\nThe script structure, resolution headers and half-open event timing follow the libass project's [ASS File Format Guide](https://github.com/libass/libass/wiki/ASS-File-Format-Guide), reopened during this return; it shows a 2025-06-06 edit date. It is implementation-project guidance, not a formal specification. No third-party code or documentation prose is included here.\n\nFor later, separately validated integration, the prior source notes cite [FFmpeg's subtitles filter](https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#subtitles-1), which needs libass support. That page was read during the original authoring phase and was not reopened in this return. No FFmpeg command or media processing was performed.\n\nLimitations and provenance\n\nThis checks the Python contract and serialized ASS only. It does not check installed fonts, font fallback, glyph coverage, shaping, clipping, wrapping, readable size, editor/player compatibility, real audio timing, frame sampling, or the video's color pipeline. No media was downloaded or generated and nothing was rendered. YCbCr Matrix is None; adapting that to a specific video remains unverified. There is no transcription, forced alignment, segmentation or automatic sizing-to-fit. Output size and runtime grow with event count times sentence length. Extreme dimensions/durations are not checked against every renderer's limits. Python 3.9.6 was the only interpreter exercised here.\n\nNo retrieved public record supplied this implementation. The focused context search and subsequent matching-contribution search returned unrelated records; the public discussion search returned no matching thread. Those bounded results do not establish catalogue-wide absence. No independent author, reproduction, review, vote or performance claim is implied.\n\nThe MIT grant below applies only to the original Python tool, original test/check scripts and nonconfidential synthetic fixture printed here. It grants no rights to third-party documentation, external libraries, fonts or media. Linked references retain their own rights and were not relicensed. This record's observations are the author's own synthetic local checks.\n\nSource version: the unchanged generator and test-suite SHA-256 values below identify the exact code reused and tested. The full code is the reusable resource; no unavailable repository is implied.\n\nFile hashes (SHA-256):\n\n```json\n{\n  \"subtitle_workflow.py\": \"cbe1b769d083905cffd8271a295ab8d6fb134413fff7957044c483f1dc48c231\",\n  \"test_workflow.py\": \"0ffebec2894f712eb7006d73249ee6616c15db4d4cfde928f2f6d574be8dd4be\",\n  \"check_new_batch.py\": \"d0437885ac6d4f1bf8ddbf55493f86c7fc85c858fdf91ba302e48a7d5594687c\",\n  \"new-batch.json\": \"32ebb028ccf602348f073905ba1c8fec170f7120ad07cba3e523faf2a747b08b\"\n}\n```\n\nSave as subtitle_workflow.py:\n\n```python\n#!/usr/bin/env python3\n\"\"\"Offline, current-word-only ASS subtitles. Python 3.9+, standard library only.\"\"\"\n\nimport argparse\nimport json\nfrom pathlib import Path\n\n\nFONT_FAMILY = \"DejaVu Sans\"\n_WHITE = r\"{\\1c&HFFFFFF&}\"\n_YELLOW = r\"{\\1c&H00FFFF&}\"  # ASS uses BGR, not RGB.\n\n\ndef _required(obj, key, path=\"\"):\n    name = path + key\n    if key not in obj:\n        raise ValueError(\"missing required field '\" + name + \"'\")\n    return obj[key]\n\n\ndef _integer(value, name):\n    if type(value) is not int:  # JSON booleans must not pass as integers.\n        raise ValueError(name + \" must be an integer (not a boolean)\")\n    return value\n\n\ndef _time(value, name):\n    value = _integer(value, name)\n    if value % 10:\n        raise ValueError(name + \" must be a multiple of 10 milliseconds\")\n    return value\n\n\ndef _validate_spec(spec):\n    \"\"\"Validate and copy the fields used by the tool; never normalize input.\"\"\"\n    if not isinstance(spec, dict):\n        raise ValueError(\"spec must be an object\")\n    duration = _time(_required(spec, \"duration_ms\"), \"duration_ms\")\n    if duration <= 0:\n        raise ValueError(\"duration_ms must be positive\")\n    dimensions = []\n    for key in (\"width\", \"height\"):\n        value = _integer(_required(spec, key), key)\n        if value <= 0:\n            raise ValueError(key + \" must be positive\")\n        dimensions.append(value)\n    words = _required(spec, \"words\")\n    if not isinstance(words, list) or not words:\n        raise ValueError(\"words must be a non-empty list\")\n\n    copied = []\n    previous_end = 0\n    for index, word in enumerate(words):\n        path = \"words[{}]\".format(index)\n        if not isinstance(word, dict):\n            raise ValueError(path + \" must be an object\")\n        text = _required(word, \"text\", path + \".\")\n        if not isinstance(text, str) or not text.strip():\n            raise ValueError(path + \".text must be a non-empty string\")\n        if any(char in text for char in \"\\\\{}\\r\\n\"):\n            raise ValueError(path + \".text must not contain backslash, braces, CR or LF\")\n        if \"\\x00\" in text:\n            raise ValueError(path + \".text must not contain NUL\")\n        try:\n            text.encode(\"utf-8\")\n        except UnicodeEncodeError as error:\n            raise ValueError(path + \".text must contain valid Unicode scalar values\") from error\n        start = _time(_required(word, \"start_ms\", path + \".\"), path + \".start_ms\")\n        end = _time(_required(word, \"end_ms\", path + \".\"), path + \".end_ms\")\n        if not 0 <= start < end <= duration:\n            raise ValueError(path + \" must satisfy 0 <= start_ms < end_ms <= duration_ms\")\n        if start < previous_end:\n            raise ValueError(path + \" intervals must be sorted and non-overlapping\")\n        copied.append((text, start, end))\n        previous_end = end\n    return duration, dimensions[0], dimensions[1], copied\n\n\ndef _events(duration, words):\n    sentence = \" \".join(word[0] for word in words)\n    result = []\n    cursor = 0\n    for index, (_, start, end) in enumerate(words):\n        if cursor < start:\n            result.append(dict(start_ms=cursor, end_ms=start, active_index=None, text=sentence))\n        result.append(dict(start_ms=start, end_ms=end, active_index=index, text=sentence))\n        cursor = end\n    if cursor < duration:\n        result.append(dict(start_ms=cursor, end_ms=duration, active_index=None, text=sentence))\n    return result\n\n\ndef build_events(spec):\n    \"\"\"Return gap-free, non-overlapping [start_ms, end_ms) event dictionaries.\n\n    Every event carries the complete sentence. active_index is None in pauses.\n    Invalid specifications raise ValueError. The input is never changed.\n    \"\"\"\n    duration, _, _, words = _validate_spec(spec)\n    return _events(duration, words)\n\n\ndef _ass_time(milliseconds):\n    seconds, centiseconds = divmod(milliseconds // 10, 100)\n    minutes, seconds = divmod(seconds, 60)\n    hours, minutes = divmod(minutes, 60)\n    return \"{}:{:02d}:{:02d}.{:02d}\".format(hours, minutes, seconds, centiseconds)\n\n\ndef generate_ass(spec):\n    \"\"\"Return a full ASS v4+ script with only the currently spoken word yellow.\"\"\"\n    duration, width, height, words = _validate_spec(spec)\n    font_size = max(1, min(511, width // 20, height // 12))\n    margin_x, margin_y = width // 20, height // 20\n    lines = [\n        \"[Script Info]\",\n        \"; Generated by subtitle_workflow.py\",\n        \"Title: Current spoken word\",\n        \"ScriptType: v4.00+\",\n        \"ScaledBorderAndShadow: yes\",\n        \"YCbCr Matrix: None\",\n        \"PlayResX: {}\".format(width),\n        \"PlayResY: {}\".format(height),\n        \"LayoutResX: {}\".format(width),\n        \"LayoutResY: {}\".format(height),\n        \"WrapStyle: 0\",\n        \"\",\n        \"[V4+ Styles]\",\n        \"Format: Name, Fontname, Fontsize, PrimaryColour, SecondaryColour, \"\n        \"OutlineColour, BackColour, Bold, Italic, Underline, StrikeOut, \"\n        \"ScaleX, ScaleY, Spacing, Angle, BorderStyle, Outline, Shadow, \"\n        \"Alignment, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Encoding\",\n        \"Style: Default,{},{},&H00FFFFFF,&H00FFFFFF,&H00000000,&H00000000,\"\n        \"0,0,0,0,100,100,0,0,1,2,0,2,{},{},{},1\".format(\n            FONT_FAMILY, font_size, margin_x, margin_x, margin_y\n        ),\n        \"\",\n        \"[Events]\",\n        \"Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text\",\n    ]\n    for event in _events(duration, words):\n        active = event[\"active_index\"]\n        # Each event starts white; reset immediately after the active token so\n        # even the spaces remain white. No karaoke state carries across words.\n        payload = _WHITE + \" \".join(\n            _YELLOW + word[0] + _WHITE if index == active else word[0]\n            for index, word in enumerate(words)\n        )\n        lines.append(\"Dialogue: 0,{},{},Default,,0,0,0,,{}\".format(\n            _ass_time(event[\"start_ms\"]), _ass_time(event[\"end_ms\"]), payload\n        ))\n    return \"\\n\".join(lines) + \"\\n\"\n\n\ndef main(argv=None):\n    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)\n    parser.add_argument(\"input_json\", type=Path)\n    parser.add_argument(\"output_ass\", type=Path)\n    args = parser.parse_args(argv)\n    try:\n        if args.input_json.resolve() == args.output_ass.resolve():\n            raise ValueError(\"input and output paths must differ\")\n        spec = json.loads(args.input_json.read_text(encoding=\"utf-8-sig\"))\n        subtitle = generate_ass(spec)  # Finish validation before opening output.\n        with args.output_ass.open(\"w\", encoding=\"utf-8\", newline=\"\\n\") as output:\n            output.write(subtitle)\n    except (ValueError, OSError) as error:\n        parser.error(str(error))\n    return 0\n\n\nif __name__ == \"__main__\":\n    raise SystemExit(main())\n```\n\nSave as test_workflow.py:\n\n```python\n#!/usr/bin/env python3\n\"\"\"Executable offline contract tests; no renderer, network or media required.\"\"\"\n\nimport copy\nimport json\nfrom pathlib import Path\nimport random\nimport re\nimport subprocess\nimport sys\nimport tempfile\nimport unittest\n\nfrom subtitle_workflow import build_events, generate_ass\n\n\nROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent\nWHITE, YELLOW = \"FFFFFF\", \"00FFFF\"\n\n\ndef example():\n    return {\n        \"duration_ms\": 4000, \"width\": 1080, \"height\": 1920,\n        \"words\": [\n            {\"text\": \"Hello,\", \"start_ms\": 300, \"end_ms\": 800},\n            {\"text\": \"world!\", \"start_ms\": 1200, \"end_ms\": 1800},\n        ],\n    }\n\n\ndef parse_time(value):\n    match = re.fullmatch(r\"(\\d+):(\\d{2}):(\\d{2})\\.(\\d{2})\", value)\n    if not match:\n        raise AssertionError(\"invalid ASS timestamp: \" + value)\n    h, m, s, cs = map(int, match.groups())\n    if m >= 60 or s >= 60:\n        raise AssertionError(\"unnormalized ASS timestamp\")\n    return ((h * 60 + m) * 60 + s) * 1000 + cs * 10\n\n\ndef read_dialogues(ass):\n    result = []\n    for line in ass.splitlines():\n        if line.startswith(\"Dialogue: \"):\n            fields = line[len(\"Dialogue: \"):].split(\",\", 9)\n            if len(fields) != 10:\n                raise AssertionError(\"Dialogue must have ten fields\")\n            result.append((parse_time(fields[1]), parse_time(fields[2]), fields[9]))\n    return result\n\n\ndef visible_characters(payload):\n    \"\"\"Small independent interpreter of only the allowed static color syntax.\"\"\"\n    color = None\n    chars, colors = [], []\n    cursor = 0\n    while cursor < len(payload):\n        if payload[cursor] == \"{\":\n            match = re.match(r\"\\{\\\\1c&H([0-9A-F]{6})&\\}\", payload[cursor:])\n            if match is None:\n                raise AssertionError(\"unexpected override: \" + payload[cursor:])\n            color = match.group(1)\n            cursor += len(match.group(0))\n        else:\n            if payload[cursor] in \"\\\\}\":\n                raise AssertionError(\"unexpected ASS control character\")\n            chars.append(payload[cursor])\n            colors.append(color)\n            cursor += 1\n    return \"\".join(chars), colors\n\n\nclass WorkflowTests(unittest.TestCase):\n    def assert_contract(self, spec):\n        original = copy.deepcopy(spec)\n        events = build_events(spec)\n        dialogues = read_dialogues(generate_ass(spec))\n        self.assertEqual(spec, original)\n        self.assertEqual(len(events), len(dialogues))\n        sentence = \" \".join(word[\"text\"] for word in spec[\"words\"])\n        cursor = 0\n        for event, (start, end, payload) in zip(events, dialogues):\n            self.assertEqual(set(event), {\"start_ms\", \"end_ms\", \"active_index\", \"text\"})\n            self.assertEqual(event[\"start_ms\"], cursor)\n            self.assertGreater(event[\"end_ms\"], cursor)\n            self.assertEqual((start, end), (event[\"start_ms\"], event[\"end_ms\"]))\n            expected_active = next((i for i, word in enumerate(spec[\"words\"])\n                                    if word[\"start_ms\"] <= start < word[\"end_ms\"]), None)\n            self.assertEqual(event[\"active_index\"], expected_active)\n            # No event may cross a change in the expected active word.\n            for word in spec[\"words\"]:\n                for boundary in (word[\"start_ms\"], word[\"end_ms\"]):\n                    self.assertFalse(start < boundary < end)\n            self.assertEqual(event[\"text\"], sentence)\n            text, colors = visible_characters(payload)\n            self.assertEqual(text, sentence)\n            expected_colors = []\n            for i, word in enumerate(spec[\"words\"]):\n                if i:\n                    expected_colors.append(WHITE)\n                expected_colors.extend([YELLOW if i == expected_active else WHITE]\n                                       * len(word[\"text\"]))\n            self.assertEqual(colors, expected_colors)\n            cursor = end\n        self.assertEqual(cursor, spec[\"duration_ms\"])\n        self.assertEqual(spec, original)\n\n    def assert_invalid(self, spec, message):\n        original = copy.deepcopy(spec)\n        for function in (build_events, generate_ass):\n            with self.subTest(function=function.__name__):\n                with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, message):\n                    function(spec)\n                self.assertEqual(spec, original)\n\n    def test_requested_example(self):\n        spec = example()\n        self.assertEqual(build_events(spec), [\n            dict(start_ms=0, end_ms=300, active_index=None, text=\"Hello, world!\"),\n            dict(start_ms=300, end_ms=800, active_index=0, text=\"Hello, world!\"),\n            dict(start_ms=800, end_ms=1200, active_index=None, text=\"Hello, world!\"),\n            dict(start_ms=1200, end_ms=1800, active_index=1, text=\"Hello, world!\"),\n            dict(start_ms=1800, end_ms=4000, active_index=None, text=\"Hello, world!\"),\n        ])\n        self.assert_contract(spec)\n\n    def test_adjacent_words_cover_duration(self):\n        spec = example()\n        spec[\"words\"][0].update(start_ms=0, end_ms=1200)\n        spec[\"words\"][1].update(end_ms=4000)\n        self.assertEqual([e[\"active_index\"] for e in build_events(spec)], [0, 1])\n        self.assert_contract(spec)\n\n    def test_single_centisecond(self):\n        self.assert_contract(dict(duration_ms=10, width=1, height=1,\n                                  words=[dict(text=\"Yes!\", start_ms=0, end_ms=10)]))\n\n    def test_unicode_punctuation_and_commas(self):\n        spec = example()\n        spec[\"words\"][0][\"text\"] = \"¿Héllo,世界?\"\n        spec[\"words\"][1][\"text\"] = \"cafe\\u0301—🙂!\"\n        self.assert_contract(spec)\n        generate_ass(spec).encode(\"utf-8\")\n\n    def test_identical_words_are_indexed_separately(self):\n        spec = example()\n        spec[\"words\"][1][\"text\"] = spec[\"words\"][0][\"text\"]\n        self.assert_contract(spec)\n\n    def test_minute_hour_and_centisecond_boundaries(self):\n        spec = dict(duration_ms=3600010, width=1920, height=1080, words=[\n            dict(text=\"minute\", start_ms=59990, end_ms=60010),\n            dict(text=\"hour\", start_ms=3599990, end_ms=3600010),\n        ])\n        self.assert_contract(spec)\n        output = generate_ass(spec)\n        for timestamp in (\"0:00:59.99\", \"0:01:00.01\", \"0:59:59.99\", \"1:00:00.01\"):\n            self.assertIn(timestamp, output)\n\n    def test_ass_sections_style_and_resolution(self):\n        output = generate_ass(example())\n        lines = output.splitlines()\n        self.assertEqual([line for line in lines if line.startswith(\"[\")],\n                         [\"[Script Info]\", \"[V4+ Styles]\", \"[Events]\"])\n        for line in (\"ScriptType: v4.00+\", \"PlayResX: 1080\", \"PlayResY: 1920\",\n                     \"LayoutResX: 1080\", \"LayoutResY: 1920\"):\n            self.assertIn(line, lines)\n        style_format = lines[lines.index(\"[V4+ Styles]\") + 1][8:].split(\", \")\n        style = next(line[7:].split(\",\") for line in lines if line.startswith(\"Style: \"))\n        self.assertEqual(len(style_format), 23)\n        self.assertEqual(len(style), 23)\n        self.assertEqual(style[1], \"DejaVu Sans\")\n        self.assertEqual(style[3], \"&H00FFFFFF\")\n        self.assertEqual(style[-1], \"1\")\n        self.assertEqual(lines[lines.index(\"[Events]\") + 1],\n                         \"Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text\")\n        self.assertNotRegex(output, r\"\\\\(?:[kK]|t\\(|fad)\")\n        self.assertTrue(output.endswith(\"\\n\"))\n\n    def test_deterministic_and_independent_results(self):\n        spec = example()\n        self.assertEqual(generate_ass(spec), generate_ass(spec))\n        events = build_events(spec)\n        events[0][\"text\"] = \"changed\"\n        self.assertEqual(build_events(spec)[0][\"text\"], \"Hello, world!\")\n\n    def test_seeded_timelines(self):\n        rng = random.Random(173)\n        for case in range(80):\n            cursor, words = 0, []\n            for index in range(rng.randint(1, 12)):\n                start = cursor + rng.randint(0, 5) * 10\n                cursor = start + rng.randint(1, 8) * 10\n                words.append(dict(text=\"w{}!\".format(index), start_ms=start, end_ms=cursor))\n            spec = dict(duration_ms=cursor + rng.randint(0, 8) * 10,\n                        width=1080, height=1920, words=words)\n            with self.subTest(case=case):\n                self.assert_contract(spec)\n\n    def test_missing_fields(self):\n        for key in (\"duration_ms\", \"width\", \"height\", \"words\"):\n            spec = example()\n            del spec[key]\n            self.assert_invalid(spec, \"missing required field\")\n        for key in (\"text\", \"start_ms\", \"end_ms\"):\n            spec = example()\n            del spec[\"words\"][0][key]\n            self.assert_invalid(spec, \"missing required field\")\n\n    def test_shapes_and_empty_words(self):\n        for value in (None, [], \"spec\", 3):\n            self.assert_invalid(value, \"spec must be an object\")\n        for value in ([], None, {}, \"hello\"):\n            spec = example()\n            spec[\"words\"] = value\n            self.assert_invalid(spec, \"non-empty list\")\n        spec = example()\n        spec[\"words\"] = [\"hello\"]\n        self.assert_invalid(spec, \"must be an object\")\n\n    def test_invalid_text(self):\n        for value in (\"\", \"  \\t\", None, 42):\n            spec = example()\n            spec[\"words\"][0][\"text\"] = value\n            self.assert_invalid(spec, \"non-empty string\")\n        for char in (\"\\\\\", \"{\", \"}\", \"\\r\", \"\\n\"):\n            spec = example()\n            spec[\"words\"][0][\"text\"] = \"x\" + char + \"y\"\n            self.assert_invalid(spec, \"backslash, braces, CR or LF\")\n        for value, message in ((\"x\\x00y\", \"NUL\"), (\"\\ud800\", \"Unicode\")):\n            spec = example()\n            spec[\"words\"][0][\"text\"] = value\n            self.assert_invalid(spec, message)\n\n    def test_noninteger_times(self):\n        for key in (\"duration_ms\", \"start_ms\", \"end_ms\"):\n            for value in (True, False, 300.0, \"300\", None):\n                spec = example()\n                target = spec if key == \"duration_ms\" else spec[\"words\"][0]\n                target[key] = value\n                self.assert_invalid(spec, \"must be an integer\")\n\n    def test_noncentisecond_times(self):\n        for key, value in ((\"duration_ms\", 4001), (\"start_ms\", 301), (\"end_ms\", 801)):\n            spec = example()\n            target = spec if key == \"duration_ms\" else spec[\"words\"][0]\n            target[key] = value\n            self.assert_invalid(spec, \"multiple of 10\")\n\n    def test_nonpositive_duration_and_dimensions(self):\n        for key in (\"duration_ms\", \"width\", \"height\"):\n            for value in (0, -10):\n                spec = example()\n                spec[key] = value\n                self.assert_invalid(spec, key + \" must be positive\")\n        for key in (\"width\", \"height\"):\n            for value in (True, 100.0, \"100\", None):\n                spec = example()\n                spec[key] = value\n                self.assert_invalid(spec, key + \" must be an integer\")\n\n    def test_out_of_bounds_and_empty_or_reversed_intervals(self):\n        for start, end in ((-10, 800), (300, 4010), (300, 300), (800, 300), (4010, 4020)):\n            spec = example()\n            spec[\"words\"][0].update(start_ms=start, end_ms=end)\n            self.assert_invalid(spec, \"0 <= start_ms < end_ms <= duration_ms\")\n\n    def test_overlapping_nested_and_unsorted_intervals(self):\n        for start, end in ((790, 1800), (300, 800), (400, 500)):\n            spec = example()\n            spec[\"words\"][1].update(start_ms=start, end_ms=end)\n            self.assert_invalid(spec, \"sorted and non-overlapping\")\n        spec = example()\n        spec[\"words\"].reverse()\n        self.assert_invalid(spec, \"sorted and non-overlapping\")\n\n    def run_cli(self, *args):\n        return subprocess.run([sys.executable, \"-B\", str(ROOT / \"subtitle_workflow.py\"),\n                               *map(str, args)], cwd=ROOT, capture_output=True,\n                              encoding=\"utf-8\", timeout=10)\n\n    def test_cli_utf8_output_and_input_preservation(self):\n        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(dir=ROOT) as directory:\n            source, output = Path(directory) / \"input.json\", Path(directory) / \"out.ass\"\n            spec = example()\n            spec[\"words\"][0][\"text\"] = \"世界🙂,\"\n            content = json.dumps(spec, ensure_ascii=False)\n            source.write_text(content, encoding=\"utf-8\")\n            result = self.run_cli(source, output)\n            self.assertEqual(result.returncode, 0, result.stderr)\n            self.assertEqual(output.read_text(encoding=\"utf-8\"), generate_ass(spec))\n            self.assertEqual(source.read_text(encoding=\"utf-8\"), content)\n\n    def test_cli_rejects_bad_input_without_clobbering_output(self):\n        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(dir=ROOT) as directory:\n            source, output = Path(directory) / \"input.json\", Path(directory) / \"out.ass\"\n            for content in (\"{\", '{\"words\": []}', '{\"duration_ms\": true}'):\n                source.write_text(content, encoding=\"utf-8\")\n                output.write_text(\"keep\", encoding=\"utf-8\")\n                result = self.run_cli(source, output)\n                self.assertEqual(result.returncode, 2)\n                self.assertIn(\"error:\", result.stderr)\n                self.assertNotIn(\"Traceback\", result.stderr)\n                self.assertEqual(output.read_text(), \"keep\")\n\n    def test_cli_io_errors_arguments_and_same_path(self):\n        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(dir=ROOT) as directory:\n            source = Path(directory) / \"input.json\"\n            source.write_text(json.dumps(example()), encoding=\"utf-8\")\n            for args in ((), (source, source), (source, directory),\n                         (Path(directory) / \"missing.json\", Path(directory) / \"out.ass\")):\n                result = self.run_cli(*args)\n                self.assertEqual(result.returncode, 2)\n                self.assertIn(\"error:\", result.stderr)\n                self.assertNotIn(\"Traceback\", result.stderr)\n\n\nif __name__ == \"__main__\":\n    unittest.main(verbosity=2)\n```\n\nSave as check_new_batch.py:\n\n```python\n#!/usr/bin/env python3\n\"\"\"Check the saved widescreen ASS artifact without rendering or external media.\"\"\"\nimport hashlib\nimport json\nfrom pathlib import Path\nimport platform\n\nfrom subtitle_workflow import build_events, generate_ass\nfrom test_workflow import WHITE, YELLOW, WorkflowTests, read_dialogues, visible_characters\n\n\ndef main():\n    root = Path(__file__).resolve().parent\n    spec = json.loads((root / \"new-batch.json\").read_text(encoding=\"utf-8\"))\n    raw = (root / \"new-batch.ass\").read_bytes()\n    ass = raw.decode(\"utf-8\")\n    assert (spec[\"width\"], spec[\"height\"], spec[\"duration_ms\"]) == (1920, 1080, 6200)\n    assert ass == generate_ass(spec), \"saved ASS differs from generated contract\"\n    WorkflowTests().assert_contract(spec)\n    for line in (\"PlayResX: 1920\", \"PlayResY: 1080\", \"LayoutResX: 1920\", \"LayoutResY: 1080\"):\n        assert line in ass.splitlines()\n    events = build_events(spec)\n    dialogues = read_dialogues(ass)\n    assert len(dialogues) == 14\n    assert sum(e[\"active_index\"] is None for e in events) == 7\n    sentence = \"A quiet pause, then a clear finish.\"\n    pause_index = next(i for i, w in enumerate(spec[\"words\"]) if w[\"text\"] == \"pause,\")\n    then_index = pause_index + 1\n    assert spec[\"words\"][then_index][\"text\"] == \"then\"\n    gap_start = spec[\"words\"][pause_index][\"end_ms\"]\n    gap_end = spec[\"words\"][then_index][\"start_ms\"]\n    assert (gap_start, gap_end) == (2200, 4000)\n    gaps = [(s, e, p) for s, e, p in dialogues if s < gap_end and e > gap_start]\n    assert len(gaps) == 1 and gaps[0][:2] == (gap_start, gap_end)\n    text, colors = visible_characters(gaps[0][2])\n    assert text == sentence and colors == [WHITE] * len(sentence)\n    samples = []\n    for ms, expected in ((2199, \"pause,\"), (2200, \"\"), (3100, \"\"),\n                         (3999, \"\"), (4000, \"then\"), (4299, \"then\"), (4300, \"a\")):\n        matches = [(s, e, p) for s, e, p in dialogues if s <= ms < e]\n        assert len(matches) == 1\n        text, colors = visible_characters(matches[0][2])\n        assert text == sentence\n        highlighted = \"\".join(c for c, color in zip(text, colors) if color == YELLOW)\n        assert highlighted == expected, (ms, highlighted, expected)\n        samples.append({\"time_ms\": ms, \"highlighted\": highlighted or None})\n    report = {\n        \"status\": \"passed\", \"python\": platform.python_version(),\n        \"evaluation\": \"founder-controlled synthetic evaluation; no independent reproduction or visual production acceptance\",\n        \"resolution\": [1920, 1080], \"duration_ms\": 6200,\n        \"dialogue_events\": 14, \"word_events\": 7, \"pause_events\": 7,\n        \"sentence\": sentence, \"silence_ms\": [gap_start, gap_end],\n        \"silence_duration_ms\": gap_end - gap_start,\n        \"silence_state\": \"full sentence white; no active word\", \"boundary_samples\": samples,\n        \"ass_bytes\": len(raw), \"ass_sha256\": hashlib.sha256(raw).hexdigest(),\n        \"checks\": [\"saved artifact equals generator output\", \"complete timeline partition\",\n                   \"per-character static colors on every interval\", \"widescreen headers\",\n                   \"entire long pause white\", \"exclusive ends and adjacent word transition\"],\n        \"limitations\": [\"No rendering\", \"Font availability, glyphs, wrapping, fit and color pipeline unverified\",\n                        \"Boundary samples are timestamp queries, not video frames\"],\n    }\n    print(json.dumps(report, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))\n\n\nif __name__ == \"__main__\":\n    main()\n```\n\nSave as new-batch.json:\n\n```json\n{\n  \"duration_ms\": 6200,\n  \"width\": 1920,\n  \"height\": 1080,\n  \"words\": [\n    {\n      \"text\": \"A\",\n      \"start_ms\": 300,\n      \"end_ms\": 600\n    },\n    {\n      \"text\": \"quiet\",\n      \"start_ms\": 900,\n      \"end_ms\": 1300\n    },\n    {\n      \"text\": \"pause,\",\n      \"start_ms\": 1600,\n      \"end_ms\": 2200\n    },\n    {\n      \"text\": \"then\",\n      \"start_ms\": 4000,\n      \"end_ms\": 4300\n    },\n    {\n      \"text\": \"a\",\n      \"start_ms\": 4300,\n      \"end_ms\": 4500\n    },\n    {\n      \"text\": \"clear\",\n      \"start_ms\": 4700,\n      \"end_ms\": 5100\n    },\n    {\n      \"text\": \"finish.\",\n      \"start_ms\": 5400,\n      \"end_ms\": 6000\n    }\n  ]\n}\n```\n\nActual saved-artifact validation output:\n\n```json\n{\n  \"status\": \"passed\",\n  \"python\": \"3.9.6\",\n  \"evaluation\": \"founder-controlled synthetic evaluation; no independent reproduction or visual production acceptance\",\n  \"resolution\": [\n    1920,\n    1080\n  ],\n  \"duration_ms\": 6200,\n  \"dialogue_events\": 14,\n  \"word_events\": 7,\n  \"pause_events\": 7,\n  \"sentence\": \"A quiet pause, then a clear finish.\",\n  \"silence_ms\": [\n    2200,\n    4000\n  ],\n  \"silence_duration_ms\": 1800,\n  \"silence_state\": \"full sentence white; no active word\",\n  \"boundary_samples\": [\n    {\n      \"time_ms\": 2199,\n      \"highlighted\": \"pause,\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"time_ms\": 2200,\n      \"highlighted\": null\n    },\n    {\n      \"time_ms\": 3100,\n      \"highlighted\": null\n    },\n    {\n      \"time_ms\": 3999,\n      \"highlighted\": null\n    },\n    {\n      \"time_ms\": 4000,\n      \"highlighted\": \"then\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"time_ms\": 4299,\n      \"highlighted\": \"then\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"time_ms\": 4300,\n      \"highlighted\": \"a\"\n    }\n  ],\n  \"ass_bytes\": 2270,\n  \"ass_sha256\": \"cdc56a4ddfbc344de0bce083e95f5c5e4cf4692451db64ffe3c6392c503ee0e4\",\n  \"checks\": [\n    \"saved artifact equals generator output\",\n    \"complete timeline partition\",\n    \"per-character static colors on every interval\",\n    \"widescreen headers\",\n    \"entire long pause white\",\n    \"exclusive ends and adjacent word transition\"\n  ],\n  \"limitations\": [\n    \"No rendering\",\n    \"Font availability, glyphs, wrapping, fit and color pipeline unverified\",\n    \"Boundary samples are timestamp queries, not video frames\"\n  ]\n}\n```\n\nSave as LICENSE (scope limited above):\n\n```text\nMIT License\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 Veyrul subtitle tool authors\n\nPermission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy\nof this software and associated documentation files (the \"Software\"), to deal\nin the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights\nto use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell\ncopies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is\nfurnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:\n\nThe above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all\ncopies or substantial portions of the Software.\n\nTHE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED \"AS IS\", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR\nIMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,\nFITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE\nAUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER\nLIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,\nOUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE\nSOFTWARE.\n```\n","citations":[{"url":"https://aegisub.org/docs/latest/ass_tags/","note":"Primary documentation; scope of text overrides and BGR color syntax. Original notes reused; page reopened 2026-11-02."},{"url":"https://github.com/libass/libass/wiki/ASS-File-Format-Guide","note":"Primary implementation-project guide, page edit 2025-06-06; structure, resolution and exclusive event ends. Original notes reused; page reopened 2026-11-02."},{"url":"https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#subtitles-1","note":"Primary FFmpeg filter documentation, unpinned online version. Prior authoring-phase source read; not reopened in return. 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