LlamaCasty/HANDOFF.md

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

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

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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.