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Take 4: pacing held (sync perfect) but avg render stayed 58.9ms — 2M managed row-walk iterations + a fresh 8.3MB buffer every tick (LOH churn into GC stalls inside the render measurement). - VideoFrame.IsOpaque: producer-contract flag (screen capture + webcam — DWM/MF fill alpha 255; media/chat/web/static NOT flagged). Full-cover aligned opaque backdrop = ONE Buffer.BlockCopy; black pre-fill skipped when it covers. - General BlitContent: integer 8.8 fixed-point bilinear + blend, row invariants hoisted, no per-pixel division/Math.Round. Within ±1 of the float reference (pixel tests allow ±2). Research per derivative-work rule: libyuv row/scale kernels (chromium.googlesource.com/libyuv/libyuv). - FramePump scratch pool (max 4, length-keyed, owned-by-reference): release strictly AFTER SubmitFrameAsync returns (stdin write copies); Contains-guard makes the transition Cut alias safe. - Removed the dead per-tick fromScene render + fromSceneProvider seam — BlendFrame consumes TransitionService.FromFrame captured at Start; the pump's render fed nothing. MainViewModel call site updated (signature). Bugs caught by the pixel probes pre-ship (recorded MyMistakes): first Bilinear double-shifted both stages (solid-255 sampled to ~1 -> general path drew nothing); sentinel 0xAB collided with an x+y pixel. FakeEncoder snapshots submitted frames (mirrors real copy semantics under recycling). ONE integration test: Pump_Pools_ScratchBuffers_Across_Frames_Without_ Stale_Pixels (alternating backdrops + repeated backing identity). Direct pin: Composite_OpaqueFullCover_Backdrop_CopiesEveryPixel_Into_Scratch. Clean build 0 warnings; 59/59 per-class + RealApp boot-smoke. take 5 verdict: expect avg render <= ~10ms, ~300/300 frames. Docs same commit: ai.md pipeline section, TASKS.md TASK 18, HANDOFF rewritten (Unit B spec + settled decisions queued).