fix: snap illegal AAC sample rates to 48 kHz on Windows - #565
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Included review availability: Your plan provides up to 8 included reviews per hour; 7 remain after this review. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change normalizes unsupported AAC sample rates to 48 kHz, improves resampling across fragmented audio packets, adds Media Foundation compatibility probes and test controls, and adds Windows validation. The checklist records 96 kHz rejection and 48 kHz success. ChangesAAC audio pipeline
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The Windows fix enables AAC capture by snapping unsupported rates to 48 kHz, but the new downsampling path can introduce audible aliasing into recordings. Merge should wait for that bounded audio-quality issue to be fixed or explicitly accepted by the owner. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Main
participant MFEncoder
participant MediaFoundation
Main->>Main: Apply forced source rate and snap setting
Main->>MFEncoder: Configure audio with MFEncoderOptions
MFEncoder->>MediaFoundation: Probe AAC PCM input rate
MediaFoundation-->>MFEncoder: Return SetInputMediaType HRESULT
MFEncoder->>MediaFoundation: Configure AAC output and PCM input
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The new integer-factor downsample fast-path can drop non-empty audio buffers for very small packets, and the new test binary relies on sprintf_s without including <cstdio>.
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Pull request overview
Fixes Windows audio capture failures when WASAPI reports high PCM mix rates (e.g., 96/192 kHz) by snapping unsupported AAC encoder input sample rates to 48 kHz in the WGC capture helper, while leaving known-good AAC rates unchanged. This aligns the helper’s Media Foundation AAC input types with what the encoder accepts, relying on the existing mixer resampling path when the source rate differs.
Changes:
- Snap non-AAC-compatible PCM sample rates to 48 kHz before configuring the Media Foundation AAC input type.
- Add test-only controls/probes for exercising the “snap disabled” failure path and validating Media Foundation behavior.
- Add and run a native
audio_sample_utils_test.exeduring the Windows helper build to validate snapping/resampling behavior.
File summaries
| File | Description |
|---|---|
| technical-documentation/testing/manual-e2e-checklist.md | Records helper-level A/B validation for the sample-rate snap behavior on Windows. |
| scripts/build-windows-wgc-helper.mjs | Runs the new native audio utility tests as part of the helper build packaging flow. |
| electron/native/wgc-capture/src/mf_encoder.h | Extends encoder options and updates configureAudioStream to accept options. |
| electron/native/wgc-capture/src/mf_encoder.cpp | Applies the snap (optionally skipped) and adds an optional test-only AAC rate probe before SetInputMediaType. |
| electron/native/wgc-capture/src/main.cpp | Adds env-driven test controls and ensures the encoder receives the snapped (or intentionally unsnapped) audio format. |
| electron/native/wgc-capture/src/audio_sample_utils.cpp | Implements AAC-compatible sample-rate snapping and improves resampling behavior (integer-factor downsample + linear interpolation). |
| electron/native/wgc-capture/src/audio_sample_utils_test.cpp | Adds a native test binary validating snap/resample logic and (optionally) probing MF AAC acceptance. |
| electron/native/wgc-capture/CMakeLists.txt | Builds and links the new audio_sample_utils_test executable. |
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In `@electron/native/wgc-capture/src/audio_sample_utils.cpp`:
- Line 216: Update AudioMixer and its append conversion path to preserve the
source-frame remainder and resampling phase between input buffers instead of
truncating sourceFrames / factor per call. Ensure accumulated partial frames are
emitted on a subsequent buffer, and add a test covering fragmented odd-sized
input buffers and continuous output duration.
- Around line 224-238: Replace the box-average logic in the decimation loop with
a stateful low-pass decimator whose cutoff is at or below the target Nyquist
frequency, preserving continuity across successive frames and applying gain to
the filtered output. Add coverage using a source tone between 24 kHz and 48 kHz
to verify suppression and prevent aliasing during conversion.
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In `@electron/native/wgc-capture/src/audio_sample_utils.cpp`:
- Around line 222-235: Replace the per-target-frame factor-sample box average in
the decimation loop with a stateful low-pass decimator whose cutoff is at or
below the target Nyquist frequency, preserving channel handling, gain
application, and output frame mapping. Update the relevant audio sample utility
tests to cover an input tone between 24 kHz and 48 kHz and verify that aliased
output is sufficiently suppressed.
- Around line 217-241: Update AudioMixer resampling to retain unconsumed source
frames and the resampling phase across input-buffer calls, including remainders
after complete groups, so output is emitted only when sufficient source duration
is accumulated. Preserve the existing channel mapping and gain behavior, and add
fragmented one-frame and three-frame packet tests that verify total output
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Summary
Windows WASAPI loopback often reports 96 kHz or 192 kHz. Those rates are legal PCM mix rates but not AAC encoder input rates, so Media Foundation SetInputMediaType fails with MF_E_INVALIDMEDIATYPE (0xc00d36b4). The capture helper now snaps illegal AAC rates to 48 kHz and leaves 8 / 11.025 / 12 / 16 / 22.05 / 24 / 32 / 44.1 / 48 kHz unchanged. The mixer already resamples when the source rate differs.
Related issue
Fixes #549
Type of change
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Desktop impact
Screenshots / video
Not applicable (native capture helper).
Testing
On Windows with system audio:
This was a helper-level A/B, not a HUD-to-export pass.
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