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Splitting a clip with the scissors assigned a timeline position as the right half's source in-point. The two only coincide at 1x, so on a sped-up clip the right half re-reads footage the left half already covers.

This separates the two meanings — startMs is where a clip sits on the timeline, a new optional sourceStartMs is where it reads from in the recording — and moves the split into a pure planClipSplit(), mirroring how planClipSpeedChange() is already factored.

Motivation

Splitting a sped-up clip and deleting the middle leaves the deleted footage in the export and silently drops a matching stretch from the end of the recording.

On a 2x clip in a 120s recording, cutting the 10s–20s playback window removes source [100s, 120s] instead of [20s, 40s] — nothing in the middle is cut, and the last 20s of the recording disappears without any indication.

ClipRegion.startMs is a source position, but the split position handed to handleClipSplit is a timeline position:

// src/components/video-editor/hooks/useClipRegionCommands.ts
const right: ClipRegion = { ...target, id: rightId, startMs: splitAt };

At 2x, 10s of playback consumes 20s of source, so the right half overlaps the left half and clipsToTrims() then trims the tail that no clip claims. At 1x the two positions are equal, which is why this only appears once a speed is applied.

Anchoring the right half at the source time the split maps to fixes the export on its own, but it would also drag the clip across the timeline, because the clip row draws items at startMs (timelineModel.ts). Hence the separate field.

getClipSourceStartMs() falls back to startMs when sourceStartMs is absent, so existing projects behave exactly as before and no migration is needed. Splitting now leaves both halves visually where the clip already was.

Left-edge drags in handleClipSpanChange were wrong in the same way and now advance sourceStartMs by the source the trimmed edge covered; moves carry their footage along unchanged.

Type of Change

  • New Feature
  • Bug Fix
  • Refactor / Code Cleanup
  • Documentation Update
  • Other (please specify)

The refactor is limited to extracting planClipSplit() so the behaviour can be unit-tested — the project has no hook-testing setup, and this avoids adding one.

Related Issue(s)

None that I could find — happy to open one if you would prefer the bug tracked separately.

Screenshots / Video

No UI change: clips stay exactly where they were on the timeline before and after the split. The defect and the fix are both in the exported file, so the behaviour is captured as assertions instead — see clipSplit.test.ts, in particular "removes the source range the user cut out when the clip is sped up", which reproduces the 2x scenario end to end through clipsToTrims().

Testing Guide

Manual:

  1. Record (or open) a clip and set it to 2x
  2. Split at playback 10s, split again at playback 20s
  3. Delete the middle clip
  4. Export and play the result

Before: the 10s–20s window is still there and the end of the recording is missing. After: exactly the intended window is gone and the recording ends where it should. The two halves should not move on the timeline when you split.

Automated:

npx vitest --run src/components/video-editor/clipSplit.test.ts
npx vitest --run          # 1095 tests / 122 files
npx tsc --noEmit
npx biome check src/components/video-editor

3 of the 9 new tests fail against the previous behaviour, so they pin the regression rather than just describing the new code.

I also sanity-checked the model against a real recording outside the test suite: a clip of [0, 86264] at 2.5x maps to source 215,660ms, and ffprobe reports that file is 215,748ms long — confirming startMs / getClipSourceEndMs() are source-domain.

Checklist

  • I have performed a self-review of my code.
  • I have added any necessary screenshots or videos. (N/A — no visible UI change; covered by tests instead)
  • I have linked related issue(s) and updated the changelog if applicable. (no existing issue found; let me know if you want one opened)

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  • New Features

    • Added clip splitting at the playhead, including support for variable playback speeds.
    • Preserved source timing, clip settings, and timeline positioning when splitting clips.
    • Improved handling of clip moves, trims, and persisted source positions.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Corrected source-gap detection to avoid false or overlapping trims when clips are reordered or overlap.
    • Fixed source timing calculations for speed-adjusted clips and edge trims.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for clip splitting, source mapping, playback speeds, trimming, and overlapping source ranges.

Splitting a sped-up clip and deleting the middle leaves the deleted footage
in the export and drops a matching stretch from the end of the recording.

`ClipRegion.startMs` is a source position while the split position is a
timeline position, and the two only coincide at 1x. `handleClipSplit`
assigned the timeline position as the right half's source start, so at 2x
the right half re-read footage the left half already covered. Cutting the
10s-20s playback window out of a 2x clip removed source [100s,120s] instead
of [20s,40s]: nothing in the middle was cut and the last 20s of the
recording silently disappeared.

Anchoring the right half at the source time the split maps to fixes the
export, but it would also drag the clip across the timeline, since the clip
row draws items at `startMs`. So separate the two meanings: `sourceStartMs`
says where a clip reads from, `startMs` stays where it sits. It falls back
to `startMs` when absent, so stored projects behave exactly as before and
need no migration.

Left-edge drags in `handleClipSpanChange` were wrong in the same way and now
advance `sourceStartMs` by the source the trimmed edge covered; moves carry
their footage along unchanged.

The split itself moves into a pure `planClipSplit`, matching how
`planClipSpeedChange` is already factored, so it can be covered by tests.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_017ZyJLpqdwGjGvR4yy44xWU
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The change preserves source offsets during clip splitting and trimming. Source-aware boundaries now drive persistence, trim-gap calculation, audio lookup, timeline projection, timeline items, and speed-region calculations.

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Source-aware clip editing

Layer / File(s) Summary
Source-time model and persistence
src/components/video-editor/types.ts, src/components/video-editor/projectPersistence.ts, src/components/video-editor/timeline/model/*
Trim gaps now use sorted, merged source spans. Timeline items use shared source-boundary helpers. Persisted sourceStartMs values are normalized and retained.
Split planning and command integration
src/components/video-editor/clipSplit.ts, src/components/video-editor/hooks/useClipRegionCommands.ts, src/components/video-editor/clipSplit.test.ts
planClipSplit creates source-contiguous halves. Split and left-edge trim commands preserve source positions. Tests cover speed, mapping, gaps, settings, IDs, and boundary handling.
Source-aware derived data
src/components/video-editor/audio/clipAudio.ts, src/components/video-editor/hooks/useTimelineProjection.ts, src/components/video-editor/project/useProjectLibraryController.ts
Derived source ranges use getClipSourceStartMs instead of timeline start positions.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant useClipRegionCommands
  participant planClipSplit
  participant ClipRegion
  useClipRegionCommands->>planClipSplit: request split at splitMs
  planClipSplit->>ClipRegion: derive right sourceStartMs from left source end
  planClipSplit-->>useClipRegionCommands: return left and right clips
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In `@src/components/video-editor/timeline/model/timelineModel.ts`:
- Line 74: Update the sourceSpan construction to keep both boundaries in source
coordinates: retain getClipSourceStartMs(region) for start and replace
sourceEndMs with getClipSourceEndMs(region) for end.

In `@src/components/video-editor/types.ts`:
- Around line 388-390: Update the trim-gap construction around
getClipSourceStartMs so it collects source-order spans independently of timeline
iteration order, sorts them by start, and merges overlapping or adjacent spans
before creating gaps. Ensure useTimelineProjection receives only genuine
uncovered gaps and does not persist false or overlapping trims.

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Addresses review feedback on the source in-point split.

`buildTimelineItems` still derived `sourceSpan.end` from the timeline
`startMs`, so a split clip's source-audio waveform rendered the wrong range
while `sourceSpan.start` was already correct.

`clipsToTrims` walked clips in timeline order while treating the source
in-point as monotonic. That held before, when the two were the same field,
but a move now keeps its footage, so the cursor could run backwards: source
spans [20,30] then [0,10] emitted overlapping gaps that trimmed away a
range a clip was still using. It now walks the claimed source spans in
source order and merges overlaps.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_017ZyJLpqdwGjGvR4yy44xWU
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