12843fe253
Adds a client-selectable **preferred codec** and wires the core + ABI + probe + Linux client to
negotiate and decode it. (Windows/Apple/Android follow in 2b.)
**Core:**
- `Hello.preferred_codec` (a single CODEC_* bit, 0 = auto) — a soft hint appended after
`video_codecs`. `resolve_codec(client, host, preferred)` now honors the preference when the host
can also emit it, else falls back to precedence (HEVC > AV1 > H.264). Roundtrip + preference tests.
- `NativeClient::connect` takes `video_codecs` + `preferred_codec`; `NativeClient.codec` exposes the
resolved `Welcome.codec`.
- ABI: `punktfunk_connect_ex7` (adds the two codec params; `ex6` delegates to it advertising
HEVC-only) + `punktfunk_connection_codec` getter + `PUNKTFUNK_CODEC_{H264,HEVC,AV1}` constants
(drift-guarded against the wire values). Header regenerated.
**Host:** passes `hello.preferred_codec` into `resolve_codec`.
**probe:** `--codec h264|hevc|av1|auto` sets the preference (still advertises it can decode all
three); the dump extension already follows the resolved codec.
**Linux client:** advertises the codecs FFmpeg can actually decode (`decodable_codecs()`), threads
the user's `codec` setting as the preference, and builds the decoder — both the software and VAAPI
paths, plus the mid-session VAAPI→software demotion — from the negotiated `Welcome.codec` instead of
hardcoding HEVC. New "Video codec" dropdown in Preferences (Automatic/HEVC/H.264/AV1).
Live-validated on the dev box: probe `--codec hevc` against a software (H.264-only) host resolves to
H.264 (graceful soft-preference fallback), no failure. clippy + core (57) + host (133) tests green.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
3.0 KiB
3.0 KiB
punktfunk — probe (reference client)
punktfunk-probe is the headless reference client for the punktfunk/1 protocol — a
command-line tool for testing, latency measurement, and validating host behavior. It's not a
streaming app you'd watch on; it connects, exercises a plane, and reports numbers. If you want to
actually stream, use the Linux, Windows,
Apple, or Android clients.
Because it links the same punktfunk-core as every other client, it's also the canonical
example of driving the protocol end to end: QUIC control plane, UDP data plane, and the side planes
(input, audio, rumble) over QUIC datagrams.
What it does
- Receives a real stream, writes a playable elementary stream (
.h265/.h264/.av1— the extension tracks the negotiated codec; the probe advertises all three and the host picks), and reports per-frame capture→…→reassembled latency percentiles (the host stamps each frame with its capture clock). - Verification mode against a synthetic host — byte-checks deterministic test frames.
- Exercises every plane with scripted test traffic:
--input-test(mouse/keyboard),--mic-test(a 440 Hz Opus tone up to the host mic),--touch-test(a synthetic finger),--rich-input-test(DualSense touchpad + motion, logging the HID-output feedback that comes back). - Trust —
--pin <64-hex>pins the host fingerprint;--pair <PIN>runs the SPAKE2 pairing ceremony and prints the verified fingerprint to pin from then on. Without a pin it trusts on first use. - Discovery —
--discover [secs]browses the LAN for_punktfunk._udphosts and prints each (name, addr:port, pairing requirement, cert fingerprint), then exits. - Negotiation knobs —
--mode WxHxFPS,--remode(mid-stream mode change),--bitrate,--codec auto|h264|hevc|av1(preference; the host resolves),--audio-channels(stereo / 5.1 / 7.1),--compositor,--gamepad,--launch,--speed-test. Env:PUNKTFUNK_CLIENT_10BIT=1/PUNKTFUNK_CLIENT_444=1advertise the 10-bit / 4:4:4 client caps (for testing a host'sPUNKTFUNK_10BIT/PUNKTFUNK_444).
Usage
# stream 720p120 from a host, save the video, and print latency percentiles:
cargo run -p punktfunk-probe -- --mode 1280x720x120 --connect HOST:PORT --out /tmp/a.h265
# list hosts on the LAN:
cargo run -p punktfunk-probe -- --discover
# pair with a host that requires it (read the PIN off the host), then stream:
cargo run -p punktfunk-probe -- --connect HOST:PORT --pair 1234
cargo run -p punktfunk-probe -- --connect HOST:PORT --pin <64-hex> --input-test
Full flag reference is in the module doc-comment at the top of src/main.rs.
Related
- Project README — the host, the streaming clients, and the protocol
punktfunk-host punktfunk1-host— the persistent native-protocol listener to probe against (see the "Running on this box" section of the repo README /CLAUDE.md)