# HANDOFF — Session State

## Branch
`main` — dirty (all changes uncommitted, builds clean)

## What shipped this session

1. **Show Desktop toggle on Live backdrop** — `Source.ShowDesktop` bool persisted in DB (schema migration + read/write in LayoutStore). When checked, the primary monitor captures regardless of fullscreen game state. Toggling off falls back to the running game or releases to the static placeholder. `ClearBackdropCaptureAsync` clears `CaptureKey` + `VideoImageSource` so the static fallback actually renders.

2. **Top bar — status light + avatar + Log In button** — red/green/pulsing ellipse (disconnected/connected/live). Avatar border visible only when connected, loads via `BitmapImage` in code-behind (not XAML binding). "Log In" button visible when disconnected, calls `StartStreamCommand` which opens GoLiveWindow with the sign-in flow. `ShowStartStream` now requires `IsConnected` too.

3. **Chat preview — one-at-a-time mock messages** — `RunMockChatPreviewAsync`: simple async loop, displays `MockChatMessages[n]` via `UpdateChatBoxPreview(chatBox, Take(n+1))`, 1000ms between messages, wraps at end. `ChatPreviewEnabled` property on Source (default true). Stops when real messages arrive, restarts on fade timer clear.

4. **Default backdrop seeds for all scenes** — `SeedEndingBackdrop` replaces existing (not skip-if-exists). `SeedChatBackdrop` added. `EnsureDefaultBackdrop` called on every scene switch — if a scene has no background, seeds the default from `Assets/`. Removed Chat skip from EnsureDefaultBackdrop.

5. **New backdrop assets** — `ending-backdrop.jpg` and `chat-backdrop.jpg` added to Assets + csproj as `<Resource>`.

6. **SceneCatalog fix** — Chat scene display name corrected to "Chat" (was "YouTube Chat" — that name belongs to the layer/SourceType.ChatBox, not the scene).

7. **Left panel spacing + context menu reorder** — HR margins matched, Row 4 changed from `*` to `Auto`, context menu items reordered (Border Thickness first).

8. **Border animation rendering** — code-behind Storyboard approach via `_activeBorderAnimations` dictionary, `FindBorderShape`, `CreateBorderAnimation` for all 9 types.

## Files changed
- `ViewModels/MainViewModel.cs` — `ShowDesktop`, `ClearBackdropCaptureAsync`, `BackdropShowDesktop`, top bar avatar/login/status light, `RunMockChatPreviewAsync`, `StartMockChatPreview`/`StopMockChatPreview`, `SeedEndingBackdrop`/`SeedChatBackdrop`/`EnsureDefaultBackdrop`, `ShowStartStream` requires `IsConnected`
- `Models/Source.cs` — `ShowDesktop`, `ChatPreviewEnabled`
- `Models/SceneCatalog.cs` — removed Chat → "YouTube Chat" display name override
- `Services/LayoutStore.cs` — ShowDesktop column migration + read/write
- `MainWindow.xaml` — top bar status light + avatar + Log In button, Show Desktop context menu toggle
- `MainWindow.xaml.cs` — `LoadAvatarImage`, `OnViewModelPropertyChanged` handles avatar
- `Assets/ending-backdrop.jpg` — new Ending scene default backdrop
- `Assets/chat-backdrop.jpg` — new Chat scene default backdrop
- `ytLive.csproj` — new asset resources
- `Themes/Controls.xaml` — slider fix (Background="{x:Null}")

## Build
```bash
taskkill.exe /F /IM ytLive.exe  # if running
"/mnt/c/Program Files/dotnet/dotnet.exe" build "C:\Users\gramp\Documents\Code\projects\ytLive\ytLive.csproj" --no-restore
```

## Known issues
- YouTube session expired at 11:45 — need to re-sign-in via the new "Log In" button
- Build often fails when ytLive.exe is running — `taskkill.exe /F /IM ytLive.exe` first
- `Mix_HonorsProviderGains_AndGameMute_KillsTheLoopback` integration test is flaky in headless CI

## Next steps
1. **TASK 10 + Velopack** — license validation + auto-updates (1 full session)
2. **TASK 20** — hotkeys (global keyboard shortcuts)
3. **TASK 19** — scene transitions (Cut/Fade/Move/Custom)
4. **TASK 21** — media source (video file playback)
5. **TASK 22** — audio sync offset
6. **TASK 23** — studio mode

## Polar.sh resources
| Resource | ID |
|---|---|
| Org ID | `c05fb364-b967-4f6c-adf2-8a144e46d085` |
| Product | `d105dfa1-497e-423b-8cd4-e0ee2e3abbc0` |
| Price | `7c1b6f70-cf8c-46df-9bc8-6703f9fa64d0` |
| Benefit | `80f66bc1-d5a3-44a1-b9ea-1709ae508535` |
| Checkout | `70e037cd-9bcb-414e-8b26-c82c1d268f65` |
| LLAMAFOUNDER | `01a8c29f-9bb8-4e96-9cbe-417a6a5cec9b` |
| LLAMA50 | `8cff803e-053f-49b4-8d12-d74d468f2943` |
| Checkout URL | `https://buy.polar.sh/polar_cl_ueMy8AyAClO0o0yo19IroZwKTbD587gzUsjEW3bFapw` |
| Customer-portal validate | `POST https://api.polar.sh/v1/customer-portal/license-keys/validate` |
| Key prefix | `LCYT-` |

## v1 vision
> A streaming tool that's intuitive and ready to go out-the-gate with nothing held back.
> Minimal configuration — they're ready to go live or record. Eliminate the OBS pain-point completely.