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enricobuehler d6647b9183 feat(clients/windows): port the Vulkan session client to Windows — session-always
The punktfunk-session Vulkan client (clients/linux-session, now clients/session)
builds and runs on Windows; the WinUI shell spawns it for every stream. Verified
live: 10-bit HEVC via Vulkan Video on both AMD (iGPU) and NVIDIA, 5120x1440 at
130 fps / 8 ms end-to-end on the RTX 4090.

- pf-ffvk: Windows bindgen branch (FFMPEG_DIR + PF_FFVK_VULKAN_INCLUDE, no
  pkg-config); provisioning fetches Vulkan-Headers (pinned v1.4.309).
- pf-client-core: builds on Windows — WASAPI audio (audio_wasapi.rs, cfg-swapped
  via #[path], same surface as the PipeWire twin), VAAPI/dmabuf gated inline
  (chain = vulkan -> software), trust reads the WinUI shell's %APPDATA% stores
  (parity tests pin both serialized shapes), Settings gains adapter/hdr_enabled
  (serde-defaulted; Linux stores unaffected).
- pf-presenter: builds on Windows — dmabuf module Linux-gated; SDL keyboard grab
  while captured (Alt+Tab/Win reach the host); pick_device ranks discrete over
  integrated (device 0 was the iGPU on hybrid boxes — the silent footgun) and
  honors PUNKTFUNK_VK_ADAPTER (the Settings GPU pick, exported by the session).
- run loop: block in one SDL wait woken by input AND decoded frames (a per-
  session forwarder pushes a FrameWake user event) instead of a 1 ms poll —
  measured 111%% -> 5%% of a core (NVIDIA), 86%% -> 3.5%% (AMD), stats unchanged.
  The pump's decode-fence wait became once-per-window sampling (no per-frame
  pipeline stall; the stat now shows true backlog).
- pf-console-ui: builds on Windows (skia-safe msvc prebuilts); font lookup falls
  through fontconfig aliases to concrete DirectWrite families (Consolas/Segoe UI)
  — browse/coverflow works, verified against a live host.
- WinUI shell: session-always via new src/spawn.rs (GTK spawn.rs port —
  CREATE_NO_WINDOW, stdout contract, kill handle); the Stream screen is a status
  card (chips + stage lines from the child's stats). The legacy in-process
  D3D11VA path stays behind Settings "Streaming engine" / PUNKTFUNK_BUILTIN_
  STREAM=1 as the A/B baseline until Phase 8 deletes it. SessionParams.video_caps
  makes the HDR toggle real.
- clients/linux-session renamed to clients/session (builds for both OSes).
- CI/MSIX: both workflows build/test both bins with widened path filters; the
  MSIX ships punktfunk-session.exe. ARM64 session builds --no-default-features
  (rust-skia has no aarch64-pc-windows-msvc prebuilts; flip when it does).

A/B on this box (5120x1440 HEVC vs home-worker-5): NVIDIA Vulkan 130 fps / 8 ms
e2e / 1.6 ms decode — clearly better than the built-in path. The AMD iGPU VCN
saturates at ~52 fps where its own D3D11VA does ~70 — Adrenalin Vulkan decode is
slower on APU silicon; discrete RDNA validation gates Phase 8.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-08 23:21:36 +02:00

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# punktfunk Windows client — MSIX packaging
The Windows client ships as **signed MSIX** packages so Windows boxes get a real package (Start
tile, clean install/uninstall) instead of a loose exe. CI builds + publishes them from
[`.gitea/workflows/windows-msix.yml`](../../../.gitea/workflows/windows-msix.yml) to Gitea's
**generic** package registry (`https://git.unom.io/unom/-/packages`), on every `main` push that
touches the client (canary) and on `vX.Y.Z` release tags (stable) — see
[Release Channels](https://punktfunk.unom.io/docs/channels).
**Two architectures, one x64 runner.** Both `x64` and `arm64` packages are produced off the single
x64 Windows runner — `x86_64-pc-windows-msvc` builds natively, `aarch64-pc-windows-msvc` is
cross-compiled (the x64 MSVC toolset ships the ARM64 cross compiler; the matrix points `FFMPEG_DIR`
at the runner's ARM64 FFmpeg tree, `C:\Users\Public\ffmpeg-arm64`). Artifacts are arch-suffixed
(`..._x64.msix` / `..._arm64.msix`, each with its matching `.cer`); `pack-msix.ps1 -Arch x64|arm64`
stamps the manifest `ProcessorArchitecture` and names the output. See
[`windows.yml`](../../../.gitea/workflows/windows.yml) for the cross-build rationale.
## What's in the package
`pack-msix.ps1` assembles a layout from a `cargo build --release` and runs `makeappx` + `signtool`:
| File | Source |
|---|---|
| `punktfunk-client.exe` | the release build (the WinUI shell) |
| `punktfunk-session.exe` | the release build — the Vulkan session client the shell spawns for every stream (sibling resolution, `src/spawn.rs`). Skia links statically; `vulkan-1.dll` is a GPU-driver component, never bundled. ARM64 builds it `--no-default-features` (no Skia console UI) until rust-skia ships aarch64-pc-windows-msvc prebuilts |
| `Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.Bootstrap.dll`, `resources.pri` | staged by the client's `build.rs` via `windows-reactor-setup::as_framework_dependent()` |
| `SDL3.dll` | auto-staged by the `sdl3` crate |
| `avcodec/avformat/avutil/swscale/swresample/...-*.dll` | `FFMPEG_DIR\bin` |
| `Assets\*.png` | checked-in tile/store logos (rasterized from `packaging/flatpak/io.unom.Punktfunk.svg`) |
| `AppxManifest.xml` | the template here, with `{VERSION}`/`{PUBLISHER}` substituted |
### Why an "unpackaged" WinUI app packages cleanly
`main` calls `windows_reactor::bootstrap()`, which runs `MddBootstrapInitialize2` with
`OnPackageIdentity_NOOP` (`crates/libs/reactor/src/bootstrap.rs`), so under MSIX **package
identity** the App SDK bootstrapper is a no-op and the runtime is resolved from the manifest's
`<PackageDependency>` on `Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.2` instead (reactor pins
`WINDOWSAPPSDK_RELEASE_MAJORMINOR = 0x20000` = 2.0). It's a full-trust Win32 app
(`EntryPoint="Windows.FullTrustApplication"` + `runFullTrust`) because it owns raw D3D11, Win32
low-level input hooks, WASAPI and SDL3.
## Versioning
MSIX requires a strictly 4-part numeric version. The workflow computes:
- `vX.Y.Z` tag → `X.Y.Z.0` (THE release; any `-rc`/`+meta` suffix is dropped for MSIX). Published to
the stable `latest/` alias and attached to the unified Gitea Release.
- `main` push / `workflow_dispatch``0.3.<run_number>.0` (canary, climbs by run number; `canary/` alias).
## Signing & install
CI signs every build with a **stable self-signed code-signing cert** (`CN=unom`, SHA-1
`CD1EFDEEEC9743AFC38F56C5AF30C5A3009BE941`, valid to 2036). Its public half is checked in as
[`punktfunk-codesign.cer`](punktfunk-codesign.cer); the private `.pfx` + password live in the
`MSIX_CERT_PFX_B64` / `MSIX_CERT_PASSWORD` Actions secrets. Because it's the *same* cert every build,
trusting it is **one-time, per machine** — once imported, every future build and in-place upgrade is
trusted with no further prompt:
```powershell
# once per machine (elevated): trust the publisher
Import-Certificate -FilePath .\punktfunk-codesign.cer -CertStoreLocation Cert:\LocalMachine\TrustedPeople
# then install the package for your CPU (and re-run for each upgrade — no re-trust needed)
Add-AppxPackage -Path .\punktfunk-client-windows_<ver>_x64.msix # Intel/AMD
Add-AppxPackage -Path .\punktfunk-client-windows_<ver>_arm64.msix # ARM64 (Snapdragon, etc.)
```
The matching `.cer` is also published next to each `.msix` in the registry, so it's always at hand.
The MSIX declares a dependency on the Windows App SDK 2.x runtime; install
[the App SDK runtime](https://aka.ms/windowsappsdk) if `Add-AppxPackage` reports a missing
`Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.2` framework.
`pack-msix.ps1` signing precedence: it uses the **`MSIX_CERT_PFX_B64` / `MSIX_CERT_PASSWORD`** secrets
when present (the stable cert above), else generates an *ephemeral* self-signed cert (forks / local
builds without the secrets). Either way it exports the signing cert's public `.cer` for the import.
**To move to a publicly-trusted (no-import) cert** — Azure Artifact Signing or a public OV cert —
replace the two secrets with the new `.pfx`; the cert's subject DN must equal the manifest
`Publisher`, so pass a matching `-Publisher` (it's stamped into the package `Identity`, and changing
it changes the package identity → a one-time reinstall).
## Building locally
On the Windows runner / dev VM (MSVC + Windows SDK present), after a release build:
```powershell
# x64
cargo build --release -p punktfunk-client-windows --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
pwsh -File clients/windows/packaging/pack-msix.ps1 `
-Version 0.2.0.0 -TargetDir C:\t\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\release -OutDir C:\t\msix
# arm64 (cross-compiled; point FFMPEG_DIR at the ARM64 tree)
$env:FFMPEG_DIR = 'C:\Users\Public\ffmpeg-arm64'
cargo build --release -p punktfunk-client-windows --target aarch64-pc-windows-msvc
pwsh -File clients/windows/packaging/pack-msix.ps1 `
-Version 0.2.0.0 -Arch arm64 -TargetDir C:\t\aarch64-pc-windows-msvc\release -OutDir C:\t\msix
```
Validated end-to-end on the build VM (pack → sign → `Add-AppxPackage` → framework-dependency
resolution). The only step that needs a real display is *launching* the WinUI window (same
on-glass constraint as the rest of the client).