feat(host/windows): WGC capture backend (overlay/HDR-correct) with watchdog'd DDA fallback

The capture-architecture reset from the research: add a Windows.Graphics.Capture (WGC) backend that
captures the COMPOSED desktop — including the overlay/independent-flip/MPO planes DXGI Desktop
Duplication misses — which structurally fixes the frozen HDR animations + video (proven live: a WGC
frame decodes to the real 5120x1440 HDR content DDA freezes on). It reuses the whole pipeline
unchanged: the WGC frame's GPU texture → same scRGB→BT.2020-PQ shader → NVENC zero-copy; the OS
composites the cursor (IsCursorCaptureEnabled) so no manual cursor pass. crates/punktfunk-host/src/
capture/wgc.rs; find_output/make_device/HdrConverter/nudge_cursor_onto made pub(crate) for reuse.

Reliability findings + mitigations (live on the RTX 4090):
- WGC can't activate under the SYSTEM account (0x80070424) — it needs the interactive user token. The
  host must run as the user for WGC (run.cmd: drop PsExec -s). DDA still needs SYSTEM for the secure
  desktop — that token reconciliation (impersonation) is the remaining task.
- WGC's Direct3D11CaptureFramePool::CreateFreeThreaded intermittently HANGS on the headless SudoVDA
  (IddCx) display, correlated with accumulated SudoVDA churn (failed REMOVEs leaving lingering
  displays); clean-state opens reliably. Since it's a blocking hang, capture_virtual_output runs WGC
  open on a watchdog thread with a 5s timeout and falls back to DDA on hang/error — the session is
  NEVER left black: WGC when it opens (fixed animations), DDA otherwise. First-frame nudge added (WGC
  fires FrameArrived on change; a static desktop otherwise never delivers the first frame).
- Default WGC; PUNKTFUNK_CAPTURE=dda forces DDA. DDA path unchanged.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

crates/punktfunk-host/Cargo.toml

@@ -126,6 +126,14 @@ windows = { version = "0.62", features = [
     "Win32_Graphics_Direct3D11",
     "Win32_Graphics_Direct3D_Fxc",
     "Win32_Graphics_Gdi",
+    # Windows.Graphics.Capture (WGC) backend — composed-desktop capture (overlay/MPO-correct HDR).
+    "Foundation",
+    "Graphics",
+    "Graphics_Capture",
+    "Graphics_DirectX",
+    "Graphics_DirectX_Direct3D11",
+    "Win32_System_WinRT_Direct3D11",
+    "Win32_System_WinRT_Graphics_Capture",
 ] }
 # Software H.264 encoder (GPU-less path + NVENC fallback). The default `source` feature statically
 # compiles OpenH264 (BSD-2) — no system lib, builds on MSVC; nasm on PATH adds the SIMD fast path.

crates/punktfunk-host/src/capture.rs

@@ -265,8 +265,54 @@ pub fn capture_virtual_output(vout: crate::vdisplay::VirtualOutput) -> Result<Bo
             "SudoVDA target not yet an active display (needs a WDDM GPU to activate it)"
         )
     })?;
-    dxgi::DuplCapturer::open(target, vout.preferred_mode, vout.keepalive)
+    let pref = vout.preferred_mode;
-        .map(|c| Box::new(c) as Box<dyn Capturer>)
+    let keep = vout.keepalive;
+    // WGC (Windows.Graphics.Capture) is the default: it captures the COMPOSED desktop including the
+    // overlay/independent-flip planes DXGI Desktop Duplication misses (the frozen-HDR-animation bug),
+    // and has no ACCESS_LOST-on-overlay churn. DDA stays available via PUNKTFUNK_CAPTURE=dda and is
+    // the secure-desktop (lock/UAC) fallback (WGC can't capture those). `keep` is moved into the
+    // chosen backend (it owns the SudoVDA keepalive), so there's no open-time auto-fallback.
+    let backend = std::env::var("PUNKTFUNK_CAPTURE")
+        .unwrap_or_default()
+        .to_ascii_lowercase();
+    if backend == "dda" || backend == "dxgi" {
+        return dxgi::DuplCapturer::open(target, pref, keep)
+            .map(|c| Box::new(c) as Box<dyn Capturer>);
+    }
+    // WGC default, with a watchdog'd DDA fallback. WGC's Direct3D11CaptureFramePool::CreateFreeThreaded
+    // intermittently HANGS on the headless SudoVDA (IddCx) display — a blocking call we can't error out
+    // of in place. So run WGC open on a dedicated thread and bound it: if it doesn't finish in time
+    // (hang) or errors, fall back to the reliable DDA path so the session is NEVER left black. WGC,
+    // when it opens, captures the composed desktop (overlay/MPO-correct HDR — fixes frozen animations);
+    // DDA is the safety net (+ the secure-desktop path). The encode thread is set MTA so the WGC
+    // objects built on the watchdog thread (also MTA) are usable here; the keepalive is handed to WGC
+    // only on success, else to DDA. A hung watchdog thread is abandoned (holds no keepalive).
+    unsafe {
+        let _ = windows::Win32::System::WinRT::RoInitialize(
+            windows::Win32::System::WinRT::RO_INIT_MULTITHREADED,
+        );
+    }
+    let (tx, rx) = std::sync::mpsc::channel();
+    let t = target.clone();
+    let _ = std::thread::Builder::new()
+        .name("wgc-open".into())
+        .spawn(move || {
+            let _ = tx.send(wgc::WgcCapturer::open(t, pref));
+        });
+    match rx.recv_timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(5)) {
+        Ok(Ok(mut c)) => {
+            c.attach_keepalive(keep);
+            Ok(Box::new(c) as Box<dyn Capturer>)
+        }
+        Ok(Err(e)) => {
+            tracing::warn!(error = %format!("{e:#}"), "WGC open failed — falling back to DDA");
+            dxgi::DuplCapturer::open(target, pref, keep).map(|c| Box::new(c) as Box<dyn Capturer>)
+        }
+        Err(_) => {
+            tracing::warn!("WGC open timed out (CreateFreeThreaded hang on the virtual display) — falling back to DDA");
+            dxgi::DuplCapturer::open(target, pref, keep).map(|c| Box::new(c) as Box<dyn Capturer>)
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows")))]
@@ -278,3 +324,5 @@ pub fn capture_virtual_output(_vout: crate::vdisplay::VirtualOutput) -> Result<B
 pub mod dxgi;
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 mod linux;
+#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+pub mod wgc;

crates/punktfunk-host/src/capture/dxgi.rs

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ fn depad_bgra(src: &[u8], pitch: usize, w: usize, h: usize) -> Vec<u8> {
 /// Re-find the live `IDXGIOutput1` for a GDI name across all adapters (the SudoVDA monitor is
 /// enumerated under the rendering GPU). Used to recover after ACCESS_LOST, where the cached handle
 /// may be stale.
-unsafe fn find_output(gdi_name: &str) -> Result<(IDXGIAdapter1, IDXGIOutput1)> {
+pub(crate) unsafe fn find_output(gdi_name: &str) -> Result<(IDXGIAdapter1, IDXGIOutput1)> {
     let factory: IDXGIFactory1 = CreateDXGIFactory1().context("CreateDXGIFactory1")?;
     let mut i = 0u32;
     while let Ok(a) = factory.EnumAdapters1(i) {
@@ -113,7 +113,9 @@ unsafe fn find_output(gdi_name: &str) -> Result<(IDXGIAdapter1, IDXGIOutput1)> {
 /// adapter). Used at open and on every ACCESS_LOST: a device created on one desktop cannot sustain a
 /// duplication on a *different* desktop (perpetual ACCESS_LOST), so the secure-desktop switch needs a
 /// device made while the thread is attached to that desktop.
-unsafe fn make_device(adapter: &IDXGIAdapter1) -> Result<(ID3D11Device, ID3D11DeviceContext)> {
+pub(crate) unsafe fn make_device(
+    adapter: &IDXGIAdapter1,
+) -> Result<(ID3D11Device, ID3D11DeviceContext)> {
     let mut device: Option<ID3D11Device> = None;
     let mut context: Option<ID3D11DeviceContext> = None;
     D3D11CreateDevice(
@@ -179,7 +181,7 @@ unsafe fn attach_input_desktop() {
     }
 }
 
-unsafe fn nudge_cursor_onto(output: &IDXGIOutput1) {
+pub(crate) unsafe fn nudge_cursor_onto(output: &IDXGIOutput1) {
     if let Ok(od) = output.GetDesc() {
         let r = od.DesktopCoordinates;
         let _ = SetCursorPos(r.left + 8, r.top + 8);
@@ -495,14 +497,14 @@ float4 main(float4 pos : SV_POSITION, float2 uv : TEXCOORD0) : SV_TARGET {
 /// scRGB FP16 → BT.2020 PQ 10-bit conversion pass. One per capture device (rebuilt on device
 /// recreate, like [`CursorCompositor`]). A single fullscreen draw samples the FP16 source SRV and
 /// writes PQ-encoded BT.2020 to the bound R10G10B10A2 render target.
-struct HdrConverter {
+pub(crate) struct HdrConverter {
     vs: ID3D11VertexShader,
     ps: ID3D11PixelShader,
     sampler: ID3D11SamplerState,
 }
 
 impl HdrConverter {
-    unsafe fn new(device: &ID3D11Device) -> Result<Self> {
+    pub(crate) unsafe fn new(device: &ID3D11Device) -> Result<Self> {
         let vsb = compile_shader(HDR_VS, s!("main"), s!("vs_5_0"))?;
         let psb = compile_shader(HDR_PS, s!("main"), s!("ps_5_0"))?;
         let mut vs = None;
@@ -528,7 +530,7 @@ impl HdrConverter {
     }
 
     /// Convert `src_srv` (FP16 scRGB) into `dst_rtv` (R10G10B10A2 PQ BT.2020). Opaque pass, no blend.
-    unsafe fn convert(
+    pub(crate) unsafe fn convert(
         &self,
         ctx: &ID3D11DeviceContext,
         src_srv: &ID3D11ShaderResourceView,

crates/punktfunk-host/src/capture/wgc.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,478 @@
+//! Windows.Graphics.Capture (WGC) capture backend — the HDR/animation-correct path.
+//!
+//! Why WGC over DXGI Desktop Duplication: DDA duplicates only the DWM-composed primary surface, so
+//! HDR desktop animations the OS routes onto hardware overlay / independent-flip / MPO planes (Start
+//! menu, Win11 Mica/acrylic, window resize) never enter the surface DDA reads — the stream shows a
+//! frozen desktop ("broken HDR animations"). Engaging WGC capture pulls that content back through DWM
+//! composition, so the surface WGC hands back contains the animations. WGC also has no
+//! ACCESS_LOST-on-overlay-flip churn.
+//!
+//! It reuses the rest of the pipeline UNCHANGED: the frame's GPU texture (the OS already composited
+//! the cursor into it — `IsCursorCaptureEnabled(true)`) goes through the same scRGB→BT.2020-PQ shader
+//! ([`super::dxgi::HdrConverter`]) into a host-owned `R10G10B10A2` texture (HDR) or is copied into a
+//! BGRA texture (SDR), which is handed to NVENC zero-copy (registered by pointer, encoded in place).
+//! Shares the D3D11 device with NVENC via `FramePayload::D3d11`.
+//!
+//! Limitation: WGC cannot capture the secure desktop (lock / UAC / login) — the caller falls back to
+//! the DDA backend ([`super::dxgi::DuplCapturer`]) for those (see capture.rs).
+
+use super::dxgi::{
+    find_output, make_device, nudge_cursor_onto, D3d11Frame, HdrConverter, WinCaptureTarget,
+};
+use super::{CapturedFrame, Capturer, FramePayload, PixelFormat};
+use anyhow::{anyhow, bail, Context, Result};
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering};
+use std::sync::{Arc, Condvar, Mutex};
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use windows::core::{IInspectable, Interface};
+use windows::Foundation::{TimeSpan, TypedEventHandler};
+use windows::Graphics::Capture::{
+    Direct3D11CaptureFrame, Direct3D11CaptureFramePool, GraphicsCaptureItem, GraphicsCaptureSession,
+};
+use windows::Graphics::DirectX::DirectXPixelFormat;
+use windows::Graphics::SizeInt32;
+use windows::Win32::Graphics::Direct3D11::{
+    ID3D11Device, ID3D11DeviceContext, ID3D11RenderTargetView, ID3D11ShaderResourceView,
+    ID3D11Texture2D, D3D11_BIND_RENDER_TARGET, D3D11_BIND_SHADER_RESOURCE, D3D11_TEXTURE2D_DESC,
+    D3D11_USAGE_DEFAULT,
+};
+use windows::Win32::Graphics::Dxgi::Common::{
+    DXGI_COLOR_SPACE_RGB_FULL_G2084_NONE_P2020, DXGI_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM,
+    DXGI_FORMAT_R10G10B10A2_UNORM, DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_FLOAT, DXGI_SAMPLE_DESC,
+};
+use windows::Win32::Graphics::Dxgi::{IDXGIDevice, IDXGIOutput6};
+use windows::Win32::System::WinRT::Direct3D11::{
+    CreateDirect3D11DeviceFromDXGIDevice, IDirect3DDxgiInterfaceAccess,
+};
+use windows::Win32::System::WinRT::Graphics::Capture::IGraphicsCaptureItemInterop;
+use windows::Win32::System::WinRT::{RoInitialize, RO_INIT_MULTITHREADED};
+
+/// Signal from the free-threaded FrameArrived callback to the encode thread: a monotonically
+/// increasing count of arrived frames + a condvar to wake `next_frame`. The encode thread tracks how
+/// many it has consumed; `TryGetNextFrame` is called exactly `available - consumed` times so we never
+/// hit the empty-pool ambiguity, and draining to the newest keeps latency at one frame.
+struct WgcSignal {
+    available: AtomicU64,
+    mtx: Mutex<()>,
+    cv: Condvar,
+}
+
+pub struct WgcCapturer {
+    device: ID3D11Device,
+    context: ID3D11DeviceContext,
+    // WGC objects — kept alive for the session's lifetime.
+    pool: Direct3D11CaptureFramePool,
+    session: GraphicsCaptureSession,
+    _item: GraphicsCaptureItem,
+    _frame_arrived_token: i64,
+    signal: Arc<WgcSignal>,
+    consumed: u64,
+
+    width: u32,
+    height: u32,
+    timeout_ms: u64,
+    first_frame: bool,
+
+    hdr: bool,
+    hdr_conv: Option<HdrConverter>,
+    fp16_src: Option<ID3D11Texture2D>,
+    fp16_srv: Option<ID3D11ShaderResourceView>,
+    hdr10_out: Option<ID3D11Texture2D>,
+    bgra_copy: Option<ID3D11Texture2D>,
+    /// Last presentable GPU texture + format, repeated when no new frame arrived (static desktop).
+    last_present: Option<(ID3D11Texture2D, PixelFormat)>,
+
+    /// Owns the SudoVDA keepalive once attached (after WGC is confirmed open) — dropping the capturer
+    /// then REMOVEs the virtual output. `None` between open and attach so a WGC-open failure leaves
+    /// the keepalive with the caller for the DDA fallback.
+    _keepalive: Option<Box<dyn Send>>,
+}
+
+// COM + WinRT pointers; confined to the single owning (encode) thread, like DuplCapturer.
+unsafe impl Send for WgcCapturer {}
+
+impl WgcCapturer {
+    /// Open WGC capture. Does NOT take the keepalive — the caller attaches it via
+    /// [`attach_keepalive`](Self::attach_keepalive) only after open succeeds, so a failure leaves the
+    /// keepalive with the caller to hand to the DDA fallback.
+    pub fn open(target: WinCaptureTarget, preferred: Option<(u32, u32, u32)>) -> Result<Self> {
+        unsafe {
+            // WGC is WinRT — the calling thread needs a COM/WinRT apartment for the GraphicsCaptureItem
+            // activation factory (RoGetActivationFactory). Initialize MTA; ignore "already initialized"
+            // / "changed mode" (another component on this thread may have init'd a compatible apartment).
+            let ro = RoInitialize(RO_INIT_MULTITHREADED);
+            tracing::info!(ro_result = ?ro, "WGC: RoInitialize(MTA)");
+            // The SudoVDA output appears a beat after the display is created — settle-retry like DDA.
+            let deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_millis(2000);
+            let (adapter, output) = loop {
+                if let Some(n) = crate::vdisplay::sudovda::resolve_gdi_name(target.target_id) {
+                    if let Ok(found) = find_output(&n) {
+                        break found;
+                    }
+                }
+                if let Ok(found) = find_output(&target.gdi_name) {
+                    break found;
+                }
+                if Instant::now() >= deadline {
+                    bail!(
+                        "WGC: no DXGI output for SudoVDA target {} yet",
+                        target.target_id
+                    );
+                }
+                std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100));
+            };
+
+            let (device, context) = make_device(&adapter)?;
+            let od = output.GetDesc().context("output GetDesc")?;
+            let hmonitor = od.Monitor;
+
+            // HDR iff the output's colour space is BT.2020 PQ (G2084) — matches the DDA FP16 detection.
+            let hdr = output
+                .cast::<IDXGIOutput6>()
+                .ok()
+                .and_then(|o6| o6.GetDesc1().ok())
+                .map(|d1| d1.ColorSpace == DXGI_COLOR_SPACE_RGB_FULL_G2084_NONE_P2020)
+                .unwrap_or(false);
+
+            // Wrap our D3D11 device as a WinRT IDirect3DDevice so the frame pool allocates on it (the
+            // pool textures land on our device → CopyResource + NVENC are same-device, no readback).
+            let dxgi_device: IDXGIDevice = device.cast().context("ID3D11Device as IDXGIDevice")?;
+            let inspectable: IInspectable = CreateDirect3D11DeviceFromDXGIDevice(&dxgi_device)
+                .context("CreateDirect3D11DeviceFromDXGIDevice")?;
+            let d3d_device: windows::Graphics::DirectX::Direct3D11::IDirect3DDevice = inspectable
+                .cast()
+                .context("IInspectable as IDirect3DDevice")?;
+
+            tracing::info!(hdr, "WGC: device ready, creating capture item");
+            // GraphicsCaptureItem for the monitor (the SudoVDA output enumerates as a normal monitor).
+            let interop: IGraphicsCaptureItemInterop =
+                windows::core::factory::<GraphicsCaptureItem, IGraphicsCaptureItemInterop>()
+                    .context("GraphicsCaptureItem interop factory")?;
+            let item: GraphicsCaptureItem = interop
+                .CreateForMonitor(hmonitor)
+                .context("CreateForMonitor")?;
+            let size = item.Size().context("item Size")?;
+            let (width, height) = (size.Width.max(0) as u32, size.Height.max(0) as u32);
+            tracing::info!(
+                width,
+                height,
+                "WGC: capture item created, creating frame pool"
+            );
+
+            let pixel_format = if hdr {
+                DirectXPixelFormat::R16G16B16A16Float // scRGB FP16 — same surface DDA gives on HDR
+            } else {
+                DirectXPixelFormat::B8G8R8A8UIntNormalized
+            };
+            // ≥3 buffers for 240 Hz headroom (avoid the producer waiting on a free buffer).
+            let pool =
+                Direct3D11CaptureFramePool::CreateFreeThreaded(&d3d_device, pixel_format, 3, size)
+                    .context("CreateFreeThreaded frame pool")?;
+
+            let signal = Arc::new(WgcSignal {
+                available: AtomicU64::new(0),
+                mtx: Mutex::new(()),
+                cv: Condvar::new(),
+            });
+            let sig = signal.clone();
+            let handler = TypedEventHandler::<Direct3D11CaptureFramePool, IInspectable>::new(
+                move |_pool, _arg| {
+                    sig.available.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Release);
+                    sig.cv.notify_one();
+                    Ok(())
+                },
+            );
+            let token = pool.FrameArrived(&handler).context("FrameArrived")?;
+
+            tracing::info!("WGC: creating capture session");
+            let session = pool
+                .CreateCaptureSession(&item)
+                .context("CreateCaptureSession")?;
+            // OS composites the cursor into the frame (HDR-correct, no manual composite pass).
+            let _ = session.SetIsCursorCaptureEnabled(true);
+            // Drop the yellow capture border (best-effort — older builds reject it).
+            let _ = session.SetIsBorderRequired(false);
+            // Lift the 60 Hz cap: allow up to the client's refresh (Win11 24H2+; below that this is a
+            // no-op and WGC caps ~60). 100 ns ticks per frame.
+            let refresh = preferred
+                .map(|(_, _, hz)| hz)
+                .filter(|&hz| hz > 0)
+                .unwrap_or(60);
+            let ticks = (10_000_000i64 / refresh.max(1) as i64).max(1);
+            let _ = session.SetMinUpdateInterval(TimeSpan { Duration: ticks });
+            tracing::info!("WGC: StartCapture");
+            session.StartCapture().context("StartCapture")?;
+            // WGC fires FrameArrived on CHANGE; a static desktop may never deliver the first frame
+            // (→ black, then the next_frame deadline ends the session). Nudge the cursor onto the
+            // output to force the first composition change, exactly like the DDA path does.
+            nudge_cursor_onto(&output);
+
+            let timeout_ms = (2000 / refresh.max(1) as u64).max(8);
+            tracing::info!(
+                width,
+                height,
+                hdr,
+                refresh,
+                "WGC capture started ({})",
+                if hdr {
+                    "HDR FP16→BT.2020 PQ"
+                } else {
+                    "SDR BGRA"
+                }
+            );
+
+            Ok(Self {
+                device,
+                context,
+                pool,
+                session,
+                _item: item,
+                _frame_arrived_token: token,
+                signal,
+                consumed: 0,
+                width,
+                height,
+                timeout_ms,
+                first_frame: true,
+                hdr,
+                hdr_conv: None,
+                fp16_src: None,
+                fp16_srv: None,
+                hdr10_out: None,
+                bgra_copy: None,
+                last_present: None,
+                _keepalive: None,
+            })
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Take ownership of the SudoVDA keepalive once the WGC session is confirmed open.
+    pub fn attach_keepalive(&mut self, keepalive: Box<dyn Send>) {
+        self._keepalive = Some(keepalive);
+    }
+
+    /// Block until a new frame arrives (cv), then drain `TryGetNextFrame` to the NEWEST queued frame
+    /// (skip stale → one-frame latency). Returns `None` on timeout (no new frame → caller repeats).
+    fn wait_and_drain(&mut self) -> Option<Direct3D11CaptureFrame> {
+        let wait_ms = if self.first_frame {
+            2000
+        } else {
+            self.timeout_ms
+        };
+        {
+            let mut g = self.signal.mtx.lock().unwrap();
+            while self.signal.available.load(Ordering::Acquire) <= self.consumed {
+                let (ng, res) = self
+                    .signal
+                    .cv
+                    .wait_timeout(g, Duration::from_millis(wait_ms))
+                    .unwrap();
+                g = ng;
+                if res.timed_out() {
+                    return None;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        let target = self.signal.available.load(Ordering::Acquire);
+        let mut last = None;
+        while self.consumed < target {
+            if let Ok(f) = self.pool.TryGetNextFrame() {
+                last = Some(f);
+            }
+            self.consumed += 1;
+        }
+        last
+    }
+
+    unsafe fn ensure_fp16_src(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
+        if self.fp16_src.is_some() {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        let desc = tex_desc(
+            self.width,
+            self.height,
+            DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_FLOAT,
+            (D3D11_BIND_RENDER_TARGET.0 | D3D11_BIND_SHADER_RESOURCE.0) as u32,
+        );
+        let mut t = None;
+        self.device
+            .CreateTexture2D(&desc, None, Some(&mut t))
+            .context("CreateTexture2D(wgc fp16 src)")?;
+        let t = t.context("fp16 src")?;
+        let mut srv = None;
+        self.device
+            .CreateShaderResourceView(&t, None, Some(&mut srv))?;
+        self.fp16_srv = Some(srv.context("fp16 srv")?);
+        self.fp16_src = Some(t);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    unsafe fn ensure_hdr10_out(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
+        if self.hdr10_out.is_none() {
+            let desc = tex_desc(
+                self.width,
+                self.height,
+                DXGI_FORMAT_R10G10B10A2_UNORM,
+                D3D11_BIND_RENDER_TARGET.0 as u32,
+            );
+            let mut t = None;
+            self.device
+                .CreateTexture2D(&desc, None, Some(&mut t))
+                .context("CreateTexture2D(wgc hdr10 out)")?;
+            self.hdr10_out = t;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    unsafe fn ensure_bgra(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
+        if self.bgra_copy.is_none() {
+            let desc = tex_desc(
+                self.width,
+                self.height,
+                DXGI_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM,
+                D3D11_BIND_RENDER_TARGET.0 as u32,
+            );
+            let mut t = None;
+            self.device
+                .CreateTexture2D(&desc, None, Some(&mut t))
+                .context("CreateTexture2D(wgc bgra)")?;
+            self.bgra_copy = t;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn process_frame(&mut self, frame: Direct3D11CaptureFrame) -> Result<CapturedFrame> {
+        unsafe {
+            let surface = frame.Surface().context("frame Surface")?;
+            let access: IDirect3DDxgiInterfaceAccess = surface
+                .cast()
+                .context("surface as IDirect3DDxgiInterfaceAccess")?;
+            let src: ID3D11Texture2D = access
+                .GetInterface()
+                .context("GetInterface ID3D11Texture2D")?;
+
+            if self.hdr {
+                // FP16 (cursor already composited by the OS) → BT.2020 PQ 10-bit for NVENC.
+                self.ensure_fp16_src()?;
+                let fp16 = self.fp16_src.clone().context("fp16 src")?;
+                self.context.CopyResource(&fp16, &src);
+                self.ensure_hdr10_out()?;
+                let out = self.hdr10_out.clone().context("hdr10 out")?;
+                if self.hdr_conv.is_none() {
+                    self.hdr_conv = Some(HdrConverter::new(&self.device)?);
+                }
+                let srv = self.fp16_srv.clone().context("fp16 srv")?;
+                let mut rtv: Option<ID3D11RenderTargetView> = None;
+                self.device
+                    .CreateRenderTargetView(&out, None, Some(&mut rtv))?;
+                let rtv = rtv.context("hdr10 rtv")?;
+                self.hdr_conv.as_ref().unwrap().convert(
+                    &self.context,
+                    &srv,
+                    &rtv,
+                    self.width,
+                    self.height,
+                );
+                self.last_present = Some((out.clone(), PixelFormat::Rgb10a2));
+                Ok(self.d3d11_frame(out, PixelFormat::Rgb10a2))
+            } else {
+                // SDR: copy out of the recycled pool texture (cursor already composited) and hand off.
+                self.ensure_bgra()?;
+                let bgra = self.bgra_copy.clone().context("bgra copy")?;
+                self.context.CopyResource(&bgra, &src);
+                self.last_present = Some((bgra.clone(), PixelFormat::Bgra));
+                Ok(self.d3d11_frame(bgra, PixelFormat::Bgra))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn d3d11_frame(&self, texture: ID3D11Texture2D, format: PixelFormat) -> CapturedFrame {
+        CapturedFrame {
+            width: self.width,
+            height: self.height,
+            pts_ns: now_ns(),
+            format,
+            payload: FramePayload::D3d11(D3d11Frame {
+                texture,
+                device: self.device.clone(),
+            }),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Capturer for WgcCapturer {
+    fn next_frame(&mut self) -> Result<CapturedFrame> {
+        let overall = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(20);
+        loop {
+            if let Some(frame) = self.wait_and_drain() {
+                self.first_frame = false;
+                return self.process_frame(frame);
+            }
+            // No new frame within the wait — repeat the last presented frame (static desktop).
+            if let Some((tex, fmt)) = &self.last_present {
+                return Ok(self.d3d11_frame(tex.clone(), *fmt));
+            }
+            if Instant::now() > overall {
+                bail!("no WGC frame within 20s (SudoVDA monitor not lit / no capture access?)");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn try_latest(&mut self) -> Result<Option<CapturedFrame>> {
+        let target = self.signal.available.load(Ordering::Acquire);
+        if target <= self.consumed {
+            return Ok(None);
+        }
+        let mut last = None;
+        while self.consumed < target {
+            if let Ok(f) = self.pool.TryGetNextFrame() {
+                last = Some(f);
+            }
+            self.consumed += 1;
+        }
+        match last {
+            Some(frame) => self.process_frame(frame).map(Some),
+            None => Ok(None),
+        }
+    }
+    // set_active: the trait default (no-op) is correct — WGC keeps its session running across the
+    // active/idle gate (cheap; the frame pool just recycles), like the DDA duplication.
+}
+
+impl Drop for WgcCapturer {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        let _ = self.session.Close();
+        let _ = self.pool.Close();
+        // _keepalive drops after, REMOVEing the SudoVDA monitor.
+    }
+}
+
+fn tex_desc(
+    width: u32,
+    height: u32,
+    format: windows::Win32::Graphics::Dxgi::Common::DXGI_FORMAT,
+    bind: u32,
+) -> D3D11_TEXTURE2D_DESC {
+    D3D11_TEXTURE2D_DESC {
+        Width: width,
+        Height: height,
+        MipLevels: 1,
+        ArraySize: 1,
+        Format: format,
+        SampleDesc: DXGI_SAMPLE_DESC {
+            Count: 1,
+            Quality: 0,
+        },
+        Usage: D3D11_USAGE_DEFAULT,
+        BindFlags: bind,
+        CPUAccessFlags: 0,
+        MiscFlags: 0,
+    }
+}
+
+fn now_ns() -> u64 {
+    std::time::SystemTime::now()
+        .duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH)
+        .map(|d| d.as_nanos() as u64)
+        .unwrap_or(0)
+}