MediaChips v1.12.0

Added

• Choose library folder — empty libraries land on media with a primary “choose folder” CTA; import fills the library and registers the folder as watched (including unhiding media types that received files)
• Import from another library — merge another registered database into the active one (match-or-create media, remap tags/links/playlists) with a confirm warning and NDJSON progress
• Watched folders → @parcel/watcher — replace broken chokidar globs with a parcel native watcher, plus a risk gate before adding large folders
• Empty states → next step — empty media/playlists/inbox/home widgets offer one primary CTA instead of dead-end copy
• Player touch gestures (LAN / PWA) — swipe left/right for next/previous; double-tap left/right halves to seek ±10s
• Multiline text metadata — string meta fields auto-grow like bookmark notes in edit, bulk edit, and previews
• Loading skeletons — view-aware shimmer skeletons for folder browse and media library grids
• Quiet post-import backfill — after fast import, quietly probe missing image/video metadata and create missing thumbs (including home widgets)

Changed

• Onboarding — single welcome dialog; after continue, empty libraries go straight to choosing a library folder
• Folders / playlists / markers decks — path-row folder actions, optional filter panels, mix-from-phrase in a dialog, create-smart-playlist action
• Sidebar — pin Settings / Inbox / Trash below the scrollable tags list; drop the System section header
• Settings grouping — clearer section labels (theme, cards, viewers, catalog, watching, paths)
• Header gradient — enabled by default instead of a solid color
• Starter Gender tags — only Male and Female
• README — lead with chips, tags, filters, and previews; scale as secondary proof

Fixed

• Large watched folders — O(n) sync/diff and capped WS payloads so Downloads-sized trees no longer freeze Settings or the UI
• Import process totals — keep the full added count when the dialog list is capped; refresh sidebar counts after import
• Timeline / video grids — stop concurrent thumb+grid probes from cancelling each other and re-triggering createGrid; skip grids that already exist on disk
• Atomic generated images — temp-file + retry replace for thumbs, grids, marks, faces, and folder covers on all platforms
• Inbox lost files — stop watcher DB refresh from wiping filesystem paths (false “lost” entries)
• Metadata pinning — allow any metadata field to be pinned to media types; block only group tag categories
• Tag category parent — ignore accidental parentMetaId: null on non-category meta Apply payloads
• Scroll-to-top — show only when the list exceeds one viewport
• Feedback — send structured OS version via systemVersion
• Country picker — UK nations and missing ISO/extra entries
• Watch-folder risk meter — lighter background for contrast
• Playlist tooltips — hide when button labels are already visible