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Add bounded soundtrack export with sample-aligned seeking and fades - #292

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Related to musescore/MuseScore#19345. This PR supplies the audio-engine dependency for musescore/MuseScore#34920, which adds the selection command and dialog. This framework PR alone does not resolve the user-facing request.

Motivation

MuseScore currently exports the entire soundtrack. Exporting a selected passage directly from the original score requires the audio engine to render a bounded range while preserving the existing playback context.

Changes

  • Add optional start/end times and fade durations to SoundTrackSaveOptions, with validation for invalid and non-finite values.
  • Carry these options through the audio RPC layer.
  • Seek the existing playback graph to the requested start and render only the bounded duration. Align the start to an audio-sample boundary so an event on the first selected beat is not skipped.
  • Apply fade-in and fade-out to the final offline mix before encoding. The default options retain the full-score export path.
  • Add save-option validation tests and an RPC round-trip test.

Earlier attempts

musescore/MuseScore#24369 used an offline MuseSampler seek workaround that a maintainer considered unsuitable. Its successor, #32564, was closed unmerged when substantial framework changes required reimplementation. This change targets the current muse_framework interfaces; it does not patch MuseSamplerWrapper or discard rendered samples as a seek workaround.

Validation

  • Full MuseScore 5.0.0 development build compiled, linked, and installed on Windows x64 with Qt 6.10.2 and MSVC 2022.
  • All 13 C++ files touched by this framework PR pass the project's Uncrustify 0.74.0 check.
  • The new audio-test target compiled and linked. The local Windows test runner exits in MSVCP140.dll before reporting GoogleTest results; an existing baseline audio test exhibits the same failure. The tests must be run by CI or on another supported environment.
  • Consumer-app manual checks confirmed bounded MP3 exports after the upstream refresh, including the first metronome downbeat and unchanged normal playback state. WAV, FLAC, and OGG were also checked on the earlier feature build.

Contributor checklist

  • I signed the CLA as afortun8 on MuseScore.org.
  • The title of the PR describes the problem it addresses.
  • The commit message describes its purpose and references #19345.
  • The code in the PR follows the coding rules.
  • I understand all aspects of the code I'm contributing and I'm able to explain it if requested.
  • The code compiles and runs on my machine, preferably after each commit individually. I have manually tested and verified that my changes fulfil their intended purpose.
  • Earlier attempts are listed above, including how this approach differs.
  • There are no unnecessary changes.
  • Unit tests were added where applicable; their local execution limitation is disclosed above.

Build configuration

audacity: audacity/audacity/master
audacity platforms: linux_x64
musescore: musescore/MuseScore/main
musescore platforms: linux_x64

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The change adds SoundTrackSaveOptions with optional time-range and fade settings, validation, equality, and RPC serialization. Public playback and audio context APIs pass these options through the RPC layer. Audio export validates ranges, seeks to the selected start sample, computes the export duration, and applies fades in SoundTrackWriter. The writer also restores the source process mode. Tests cover validation and serialization.

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An extreme but valid full-export fade can produce implementation-dependent fade behavior. Clamp it before conversion before merging.

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- Around line 85-86: In SoundTrackWriter’s fade sample initialization, clamp
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m_fadeInSamples = std::min(durationToSamples(fadeInDuration), m_dataSamples);
m_fadeOutSamples = std::min(durationToSamples(fadeOutDuration), m_dataSamples);

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Clamp each fade duration before sample conversion.

When hasTimeRange is false, SoundTrackSaveOptions::isValid() accepts any finite non-negative fade duration, including DBL_MAX. AudioContext::doSaveSoundTrack() passes that duration to SoundTrackWriter, where durationToSamples() multiplies it by the sample rate and calls std::llround() before std::min() applies the data-length limit.

For DBL_MAX, the rounded result is outside long long range. std::llround() then reports a domain error and returns an implementation-defined value. The fade sample count can therefore depend on that error result.

Clamp each duration to totalDuration before conversion.

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-    m_fadeInSamples = std::min(durationToSamples(fadeInDuration), m_dataSamples);
-    m_fadeOutSamples = std::min(durationToSamples(fadeOutDuration), m_dataSamples);
+    m_fadeInSamples = std::min(durationToSamples(std::min(fadeInDuration, totalDuration)), m_dataSamples);
+    m_fadeOutSamples = std::min(durationToSamples(std::min(fadeOutDuration, totalDuration)), m_dataSamples);
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m_fadeInSamples = std::min(durationToSamples(fadeInDuration), m_dataSamples);
m_fadeOutSamples = std::min(durationToSamples(fadeOutDuration), m_dataSamples);
m_fadeInSamples = std::min(durationToSamples(std::min(fadeInDuration, totalDuration)), m_dataSamples);
m_fadeOutSamples = std::min(durationToSamples(std::min(fadeOutDuration, totalDuration)), m_dataSamples);
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In `@framework/audio/engine/internal/export/soundtrackwriter.cpp` around lines 85
- 86, In SoundTrackWriter’s fade sample initialization, clamp fadeInDuration and
fadeOutDuration to totalDuration before passing them to durationToSamples().
Preserve the existing m_dataSamples limit after conversion and apply the same
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