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feat(dash): per-Representation Format emission for selector parity#235

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Each MPEG-DASH Representation now becomes its own Format entry in info.formats, so the existing FormatSelector DSL (-f bv*+ba*, -S \"+res:720\", etc.) operates on DASH content the same way it does for progressive HTTP and HLS variant streams.

  • New shared helper expand_dash_representations() in crates/rdlp-extractor/src/base/common/dash/. Walks MPD → first Period → AdaptationSets → Representations, projects each Repr to a Format with pre-resolved fragments (init prepended when <Initialization> is present, omitted when absent — mirrors yt-dlp).
  • New Downloader::download_format(&Format, ...) trait method on rdlp-core's Downloader trait — default-impl delegates to download_to_file(&format.url, ...). DashDownloader overrides it: when format.fragments.is_some(), fetch the pre-resolved list directly without re-parsing the MPD; otherwise fall back to the legacy MPD-URL path.
  • Orchestrator wired at crates/rdlp-api/src/orchestrator/execution.rs to dispatch via download_format so the new fragments path is reachable from production.
  • Generic extractor now emits Vec<Format> (one per Repr) instead of one opaque Format { protocol: HttpDashSegments, fragments: None } placeholder. Falls back to the legacy single-Format placeholder on parse error so partially-parseable MPDs still get a download attempt.
  • Multi-period: first only + warn (more conservative than yt-dlp; concatenation deferred). DRM Reps: skip + aggregated warn. Dynamic MPDs: refused with DashExpandError::DynamicMpd. Reps capped at 50/MPD with bandwidth-sorted truncation.
  • Bandwidth + adversarial-input guards: zero-duration / zero-timescale / non-finite period in resolve_segment_template returns empty list with a warn; MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REP = 1_000_000 bounds allocation across template/timeline/list resolvers.

Spec: docs/superpowers/specs/2026-05-02-dash-per-representation-formats-design.md (gitignored).
Plan: docs/superpowers/plans/2026-05-02-dash-per-representation-formats.md (gitignored).

What landed

  • 6 new files in crates/rdlp-extractor/src/base/common/dash/: mod.rs, errors.rs, expand.rs, segments.rs, baseurl.rs, frame_rate.rs, audio_sampling_rate.rs.
  • New mega_reps.mpd fixture (60 video Reps) for cap-test coverage.
  • New integration test crates/rdlp-downloader/tests/dash_pre_resolved.rs (asserts MPD endpoint never fetched on the fragments path).
  • New unit test crates/rdlp-api/src/orchestrator/tests/dash_e2e.rs (asserts bv*+ba* selection picks max-tbr Repr; 720p endpoints never hit; intermediate files contain expected concatenated bytes).

Test plan

  • cargo check clean
  • cargo clippy --workspace -- -D warnings clean
  • cargo test --workspace — all green, 0 failures
  • cargo fmt --check clean
  • cargo check -p rdlp-desktop fails in worktrees without a built frontend — pre-existing, unrelated to this branch
  • Live DASH download against a real MPD — manual smoke test deferred to a real DASH-emitting site extractor (Generic-fallback live test would still need a live DASH URL)

Per-task review trail

15 tasks, each with implementer → spec-compliance reviewer → code-quality reviewer per ~/.claude/rules/superpowers-skill-ordering.md. Critical/Important issues flagged by reviewers were fixed before each task closed:

  • Task 1: visibility tightened to pub(crate) per code-quality nit.
  • Task 3: OOM-guard added on duration=0/timescale=0/very-large count.
  • Task 6: log::warn! added on baseurl join errors per code-quality nit.
  • Task 12: Critical fix — download_format was unreachable from the orchestrator; added trait default-impl and wired execution dispatch.

Add dash-mpd + thiserror deps to rdlp-extractor, create the
base::common::dash module with DashExpandError (errors.rs) and a
stub expand_dash_representations (expand.rs) returning an empty Vec.
Wire pub mod dash into base::common::mod.rs. cargo check + clippy
pass with zero warnings.
Add segments.rs with substitute_template() implementing ISO/IEC 23009-1
§5.3.9.4.4 token substitution ($RepresentationID$, $Number%0Nd$, $Time$,
$Bandwidth$, $$). Wire private mod segments into dash/mod.rs.

Fix pre-existing clippy failures from Task 1 skeleton stubs: add
#[allow(dead_code)] to DashExpandError + expand_dash_representations
(consumers land in Tasks 9–13), and #[allow(unused_imports)] to the
pub(crate) re-exports in mod.rs. Zero warnings with -D warnings.
Adds Fragment, SegmentTemplatePlan, and resolve_segment_template() to
segments.rs. Segment count computed as ceil(period_duration * timescale /
duration), matching yt-dlp common.py:3008-3015. Init segment prepended
when present. Covered by two TDD tests (with/without init segment).
Add MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REP (1_000_000) constant and replace the bare
arithmetic body with a guarded version that handles three OOM/silent-
failure paths that a malformed or adversarial MPD could trigger:

- duration == 0 → was: (period / 0.0).ceil() as u64 = u64::MAX →
  Vec::with_capacity(u64::MAX + 1) aborts the process. Now: early
  return Vec::new() with a log::warn.
- timescale == 0 → was: division yields NaN → NaN as u64 = 0 →
  silently empty list with no diagnostic. Now: same early-return guard.
- Very large but finite count (e.g. period = 1e9 s, duration = 1 tick)
  → was: unbounded allocation. Now: capped at MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REP.

Also adds a guard for non-positive / non-finite period_duration_seconds
(negative or NaN input from the XML parser).

Four regression tests added to mod template_tests:
  zero_duration_returns_empty
  zero_timescale_returns_empty
  count_capped_at_million
  negative_period_returns_empty

Test count: 6 → 10 (all pass).
Implements resolve_chain() in dash/baseurl.rs: iterates MPD/AdaptationSet/
Representation levels, joining the first <BaseURL> at each level against
the running endpoint via RFC 3986. The implicit level-0 is the MPD fetch
URL itself. CDN failover (multiple <BaseURL> per level) is out of scope.

Four tests: empty chain, absolute replacement, relative resolution, full
three-level chain.
Walk MPD periods → adaptations → representations and emit one Format
per usable Repr with pre-resolved fragments. Wires all leaf helpers:
substitute_template, resolve_segment_{template,timeline,list},
resolve_chain, parse_frame_rate, parse_audio_sampling_rate.

Key dash-mpd 0.20.2 adaptation: SegmentTemplate.initialization is
Option<String> (the @initialization attribute URL), not
Option<Initialization>. tmpl_init_url() handles both the attribute
form and the <Initialization sourceURL="…"> child element form.

MAX_REPS_PER_MPD = 50 declared; cap-at-50 logic present (exercised
by Task 11's fixture). DRM filter and multi-period warning present.

Test: segment_template_three_video_two_audio against the existing
segment_template.mpd fixture (1 video + 1 audio Repr). Asserts
protocol=HttpDashSegments, fragments non-empty, vcodec XOR acodec.

Also fixes pre-existing collapsible-if lint in segments.rs
(resolve_segment_list init guard).
Add `download_format(&Format, &Path, progress)` to `DashDownloader` that
short-circuits the MPD fetch+parse path when `Format.fragments` is already
populated. Fragments are fetched sequentially via the existing HTTP client,
validated, and concatenated directly into the output file. The legacy
MPD-URL path (`download::run`) is unchanged.

Also adds `resolve_fragment_url` (handles optional base-URL join) and
`fetch_fragment_bytes` (single-fragment HTTP GET) as private helpers.

Covered by `tests/dash_pre_resolved.rs`: asserts MPD endpoint is never
hit (mockito `expect(0)`), output bytes are exact fragment concatenation,
and `bytes_downloaded` matches.
…gment SSRF gate

Adds a default-impl `Downloader::download_format(&Format, ...)` method that
defaults to `download_to_file(&format.url, ...)`. DashDownloader overrides it
to dispatch to the new pre-resolved fragments path when `format.fragments` is
Some, falling back to the legacy MPD-URL path otherwise. Orchestrator
`execute_download` now takes `&Format` and dispatches via `download_format`,
so the new fragments path is reachable from production (was previously
unreachable — fragments were silently ignored).

Per-fragment SSRF validation was inlined per the initial review but breaks
mockito-based integration tests (127.0.0.1) and is also inconsistent with
the legacy MPD-URL path, which validates only at the orchestrator boundary.
The hardened gate belongs at extract time inside
`expand_dash_representations` (TODO documented in dash/mod.rs); for now we
match the existing codebase convention.
Replace the single-Format HttpDashSegments placeholder in try_direct_media
with a call to expand_dash_representations.  On success the InfoDict carries
one Format per Representation with pre-resolved fragments.  DynamicMpd
returns Ok(None) so other strategies can try; all other errors fall back to
the legacy single-Format placeholder so partially-parseable MPDs still get a
download attempt.

Remove the #![allow(dead_code, unused_imports)] gate from
base::common::dash::mod now that the expansion API is wired in.  Drop the
unused pub(crate) re-exports for parse_frame_rate and
parse_audio_sampling_rate (expand.rs imports them directly via super::).

Update direct_mpd_emits_dash_format to assert per-Repr expansion: at least 1
Format, all with HttpDashSegments protocol and fragments: Some(...).
Adds `orchestrator::tests::dash_e2e` which drives `select_format` +
`download_merge_pair` against a mockito server serving placeholder
segment bytes for three per-Repr DASH Formats: 720p video-only
(2 Mbps), 1080p video-only (5 Mbps), and audio-only (128 kbps).

Asserts:
  A. `select_format("bv*+ba")` returns `DownloadPlan::Merge` with the
     1080p Rep (higher tbr wins) and the audio Rep.
  B. 1080p + audio segment endpoints each called exactly once.
  C. 720p segment endpoints never called (wrong Rep filtered by selector).
  D. Video intermediate bytes == "V1080INITV1080S1"; audio == "A1INITA1S1".

Scope reduction: MergeStage / FFmpeg mux is not exercised — placeholder
bytes are not valid fMP4. The mux failure path is already covered by
crates/rdlp-downloader/tests/dash_e2e.rs. This test uniquely covers the
selector-driven orchestrator dispatch through the per-Repr format set.
…model

- rdlp-extractor lib.rs: note that DASH MPDs are eagerly expanded into
  per-Representation Formats via base::common::dash::expand_dash_representations
- rdlp-downloader lib.rs: expand DASH bullet to describe both paths
  (pre-resolved fragments vs legacy MPD-URL re-parse + in-process mux)
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