Add isolated FFmpeg movie decoder shim

docs/PROJECT-STRUCTURE.md

@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ S:\Game Hacking\Eushully\Himegari\           ← workspace root (three siblings)
     ├── engine/                              DELIVERABLE — the .NET VM core (AgeEngine.sln: Age.Engine / Age.Cli / tests)
     │   └── Age.Engine/Sys4/                 runtime catalog parser, loose-first bounded ALF asset store,
     │                                       script provider, AGF/LZSS and Windows CUR decoders, and resource facade
+    ├── native/                              authored native runtime boundaries
+    │   └── age_movie_ffmpeg/                project-owned FFmpeg C ABI, immutable Windows dependency manifest,
+    │                                       and bootstrap/build scripts (outputs stay under disposable build/)
     ├── tools/frida/                         runtime-capture + engine-dump scripts (see tools/frida/README.md)
     └── godot/                               DELIVERABLE — the Godot/C# ADV front-end (references Age.Engine),
                                             including the TITLE-only F4 debug scene launcher

docs/phase-b-framework.md

@@ -582,9 +582,55 @@ an infinite callback count: the total horizon starts at `base_time + 1000`, and
 loop polls `0x23a` until surfaces 7..10 are inactive. MVB908's stop log occurs after that loop. As a bounded
 safety correction, decoder failure now becomes an explicitly completed zero-duration effect, while started
 movies have a stop-time-based completion watchdog so a missing EOF cannot hold `0x21c` forever. **NEXT:**
-manually recheck the same exchange. If it still stalls, capture the VM/service coordinate after BTL cleanup
+replace DirectShow through the bounded FFmpeg plan below. The user confirmed that combat can still stall, but
-as a separate timed-presentation issue; otherwise proceed to the software MPEG backend for real 280x352
+that symptom remains tabled until the replacement removes DirectShow as a variable. Preserve created destination
-duration/frames. Preserve created destination dimensions and failed-movie identity through that backend change.
+dimensions and failed-movie identity through the backend change.
+
+### Portable FFmpeg movie backend selected; bounded implementation plan (2026-07-21)
+
+FFmpeg is selected as the single movie backend for stock content and future profiles. The exact native ABI,
+dependency pin, corpus codec inventory, timing contract, and packaging rules live in
+`docs/platform-portability.md`; this section owns execution order and acceptance.
+
+1. **Completed — land the seam without changing behavior.** Add `IMovieDecoder` plus an injected factory, type
+   `MovieRuntime` against the interface, and adapt DirectShow temporarily. Cover synchronous metadata, frame
+   handoff, EOF, failure-as-completed, replacement, cancellation, and disposal with fakes. This commit must retain
+   current live behavior and gives the FFmpeg work a testable boundary.
+2. **Completed — prove the native ABI in isolation on Windows x64.** Add the C shim and pinned shared FFmpeg dependency,
+   then open VFS-owned bytes without a temporary file. The initial gate decodes changing RGBA frames and positive
+   stop times from one formerly failing 280x352 effect (`MVB961` or `MVB238`), aligned `MVB908`, and 800x600
+   `CHAPTER`. It must also reject a truncated payload with a bounded diagnostic and survive repeated open/close.
+   Do not switch the live runtime at this step.
+3. **Next — implement managed pacing and switch the factory.** Decode on a cancellable worker using FFmpeg timestamps
+   and a monotonic clock, publish only due frames, delay EOF completion through the final presentation interval,
+   and retain the existing watchdog. Make FFmpeg the default with no dimension/effect dispatch and exercise both
+   non-modal `0x236` and modal/cancellable `0x20f` paths.
+4. **Run the installed-corpus gate.** Every one of the 213 MPEG payloads must open, report its expected display
+   dimensions and a positive stop time, produce a correctly sized RGBA frame, maintain nondecreasing timestamps,
+   reach EOF, and dispose within a bound. Normal tests use small project-authored 280-wide and aligned MPEG
+   fixtures so decoder behavior is never disabled when the original install is absent; the full local sweep is
+   an additional release/acceptance gate. Spot comparisons against DirectShow-compatible assets establish timing
+   tolerance before DirectShow is removed.
+5. **Validate the live sequences, then delete DirectShow.** Recheck LOGO/OP cancellation, SC0000 CHAPTER,
+   aligned and 280-wide battle effects, combat cleanup, and the previously observed post-effect stall. Once those
+   pass, delete the COM declarations/temp-file path and Windows platform annotation rather than retaining a
+   fallback. If combat still stalls with FFmpeg, capture the VM/service coordinate after BTL cleanup and treat it
+   as a separate battle-timeline defect.
+6. **Complete distributable packaging.** Bundle pinned dynamically linked libraries and exact license/source
+   provenance per target, validate loader isolation from machine-installed codecs, then add Linux/macOS build and
+   smoke gates. Timestamped PCM delivery and Godot `AudioStreamGenerator` integration remain a later movie-audio
+   slice; the video replacement must merely avoid closing that path.
+
+Steps 1 and 2 landed on 2026-07-21 without changing live playback: `Main` owns an
+`IMovieDecoderFactory`, `MovieRuntime` is backend-neutral, and the default factory still constructs DirectShow.
+The isolated Windows-x64 C ABI opens VFS bytes through seekable custom AVIO and decodes changing RGBA frames from
+both formerly failing 280x352 effects (`MVB961` = 500 ms, `MVB238` = 866 ms), aligned `MVB908` (333 ms), and
+800x600 `CHAPTER` (12016 ms). Truncated input is rejected with a bounded error and ten repeated open/decode/close
+cycles pass. During the full-suite gate, direct swscale output into a managed array exposed native heap corruption;
+conversion now targets an FFmpeg-owned aligned frame and copies only the exact visible RGBA rows across the ABI.
+The complete 313-test suite, three additional 312-test concurrency-sensitive repeats, zero-warning Godot build,
+and threaded selftest pass. Step 3 is the next bounded slice; do not infer that combat is fixed until the paced
+backend is selected live and revalidated.
 
 **Mutable-surface fill/blend regression corrected.** The first visual recheck exposed BUNKI's menu interior
 as transparent. SYSTEM4 creates 800x600 surface 3 and fills it opaque white through `0x20b`; the metadata-only

docs/platform-portability.md

@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ also softer Windows assumptions that should be tested or replaced before claimin
 
 | Area | Current dependency | Runtime impact | Portability status / future action |
 |---|---|---|---|
-| AGE movie decode (`0x236` scene movies; `0x20f` modal LOGO/OP/ED) | `godot/DirectShowMovieDecoder.cs`: DirectShow COM objects plus `ole32.dll` `CoInitializeEx` / `CoUninitialize` | Movie playback cannot run outside Windows; the current Windows filter stack also rejects the installed MPEG effects whose display width is 8 mod 16 | Introduce a decoder interface and backend factory; use a software MPEG backend for portable coverage and as the Windows fallback for unsupported effect dimensions |
+| AGE movie decode (`0x236` scene movies; `0x20f` modal LOGO/OP/ED) | Live playback still uses `godot/DirectShowMovieDecoder.cs`; the isolated `native/age_movie_ffmpeg` C ABI and `FfmpegMovieSession` probe path now decode the representative VFS movies | Live movies remain Windows-only and the selected live backend still rejects installed MPEG effects whose display width is 8 mod 16 | Add timestamp pacing to the proven FFmpeg path, select it as the sole live factory, run the corpus/live gates, then delete DirectShow |
-| Movie integration | `godot/Main.cs` directly constructs and stores `DirectShowMovieDecoder`; `Main` is marked `SupportedOSPlatform("windows")` | The frontend has no runtime fallback or OS-specific source selection | Type `MovieRuntime` against the decoder interface, select by platform/build, and move the Windows annotation to the DirectShow backend |
+| Movie integration | `MovieRuntime` now owns `IMovieDecoder` from an injected `IMovieDecoderFactory`; `Main` deliberately selects `DirectShowMovieDecoderFactory` and remains marked `SupportedOSPlatform("windows")` | Backend ownership is portable, but the selected live implementation is not yet | Implement the FFmpeg `IMovieDecoder`, switch the factory, and remove the Windows annotation when DirectShow is deleted |
 | Movie audio | DirectShow connects only the video pin to the sample grabber/null renderer | The MPEG audio stream is intentionally silent on every platform | Design a PCM/audio-clock contract or let a future backend own synchronized A/V; separate feature slice |
 | ADV font discovery | `godot/Main.cs` probes `C:/Windows/Fonts` for Japanese fonts | Harmless fallback today, but appearance depends on host fonts | Bundle/configure a redistributable font or add platform-specific discovery |
 | Filesystem semantics | Several filename and containment comparisons use `OrdinalIgnoreCase`; installed assets are conventionally uppercase | Needs validation on case-sensitive filesystems; may hide casing or containment mistakes | Add Linux/macOS tests with mixed-case synthetic roots and use filesystem-appropriate containment rules |
@@ -45,27 +45,57 @@ The existing connection is localized but one abstraction short of being replacea
 VM op 0x236 (non-modal) / op 0x20f (modal)
   -> IHost.PlayMovieToSurface / PlayModalMovieToSurface
   -> VFS-owned MoviePayload bytes
-  -> DirectShowMovieDecoder
+  -> IMovieDecoderFactory
+     -> DirectShowMovieDecoder (current live selection)
+     -> FfmpegMovieSession -> age_movie C ABI (isolated gate only)
   -> newest RGBA frame
   -> retained movie surface
   -> Godot compositor
 ```
 
-Everything before and after `DirectShowMovieDecoder` is portable. The backend currently exposes the right
+Everything before and after the selected decoder is portable. The replacement decision is an in-process
-conceptual operations (`StopTimeMs`, `TryTakeFrame`, `IsCompleted`, and `Dispose`) but they are not formalized as an
+FFmpeg backend behind a project-owned C ABI, not raw FFmpeg structs in Godot/C# and not a subprocess. FFmpeg
-interface. A future cleanup should:
+`n8.1.2-29-g703dcc25b9` is pinned by immutable release URL and SHA-256 in
+`native/age_movie_ffmpeg/dependency-win64.json`; changing that pin requires rerunning the full installed-movie
+gate. The shim dynamically links an LGPL build made without GPL or nonfree components and
+uses only `libavformat`, `libavcodec`, `libavutil`, and `libswscale` for the video slice. `libswresample` and the
+MPEG audio decoders may be packaged now, but PCM delivery remains a separate slice. Release artifacts must carry
+the matching FFmpeg source/configuration and notices required by FFmpeg's
+[license checklist](https://ffmpeg.org/legal.html).
 
-1. Add an `IMovieDecoder` contract for synchronous stop-time metadata, frame delivery, completion, failure,
+The boundary has two layers:
-   and disposal. Stop time must be available before `0x236` returns so an immediately following `0x23f`
+
-   remains deterministic.
+1. A small native `age_movie` ABI owns all FFmpeg objects and version-sensitive calls. It accepts a borrowed
-2. Add an injected factory that accepts `MoviePayload` and selects an available backend.
+   byte span only for the duration of `open`, copies it into native-owned memory, creates a seekable custom
-3. Keep DirectShow in a Windows-specific source set or assembly, with its platform annotation local to it.
+   `AVIOContext`, probes the MPEG program stream, and returns immutable video metadata. Sequential decode returns
-4. Implement a portable MPEG program-stream backend that produces the same top-down RGBA8 frames.
+   one top-down tightly packed RGBA8 frame plus its normalized presentation timestamp. Conversion occurs in an
-5. Preserve newest-frame-wins delivery, asynchronous decode, synchronous open failure, EOF notification,
+   FFmpeg-owned aligned frame; only exact visible row bytes are copied into the caller's tightly packed buffer.
-   and the retained-surface lifecycle already validated for opcode `0x236`; expose modal completion/cancel
+   Return statuses distinguish frame, EOF, invalid arguments, undersized output, and decoder failure; the open
-   separately for `0x20f` rather than blocking inside the decoder backend.
+   call returns a bounded UTF-8 diagnostic and an opened handle retains its last decode error. Close accepts a
-6. Treat synchronized movie audio as a separate extension of the contract rather than coupling it to the
+   null handle, and managed `SafeHandle` ownership guarantees one close for each successfully opened handle. No
-   compositor.
+   FFmpeg pointer crosses the ABI.
+2. Managed `IMovieDecoder` owns the native handle and the paced worker. Synchronous construction provides
+   `StopTimeMs` before `0x236` returns. The worker uses a monotonic playback origin, decodes ahead by at most one
+   frame, publishes frames when their timestamps become due, and retains newest-frame-wins behavior if Godot is
+   late. EOF becomes completion only after the final frame's presentation interval/stop time, so surface cleanup
+   cannot erase the last frame immediately. Disposal interrupts waits and joins without depending on Godot's main
+   thread.
+
+`StopTimeMs` performs a bounded packet scan over the seekable in-memory payload and takes the longest usable
+FFmpeg format duration, video-stream duration, timestamp span, or constant-frame-rate packet-count duration. This
+accounts for the final MPEG presentation interval that FFmpeg's stream duration can omit (`MVB908` is ten 30 fps
+frames: 333 ms, not the raw stream field's 316 ms). The result is converted to integer milliseconds with the same
+positive truncation used by native op `0x23f`, then the demuxer rewinds before playback. Streams with no usable
+duration evidence fail initialization for the stock-content path rather than inventing timing. The existing host
+safety rule still converts any backend initialization failure into an
+explicitly completed zero-duration movie identity, and the presentation watchdog remains a last-resort guard for
+an initialized backend that never reaches EOF.
+
+The factory is injection for tests and future decoder replacement, not runtime codec roulette. Once the FFmpeg
+corpus gate passes it becomes the only shipped movie backend on every platform and DirectShow is deleted. Modal
+completion/cancel remains owned above the decoder by the existing `0x20f` host path. A future audio implementation
+will consume timestamped PCM and may become the presentation clock; it must not change the VM-facing stop-time,
+surface, or cancellation contracts.
 
 This replacement is now also required for Windows gameplay parity. Archive-backed probes on 2026-07-21
 show that the current DirectShow graph accepts tested MPEG widths divisible by 16 (208, 288, 304, 400, and
@@ -73,10 +103,29 @@ show that the current DirectShow graph accepts tested MPEG widths divisible by 1
 The dominant combat-effect family is 280x352 (125 installed `MVB` assets), so retaining DirectShow as the
 only Windows decoder is insufficient even though SC0000's 800x600 `CHAPTER.AGF` works.
 
-An OS-specific build is also viable: include DirectShow only in Windows exports and a different decoder in
+An archive scan on the same date classified all 213 installed movie payloads as MPEG-1 program streams with
-other exports. The current plain `net8.0` project has no conditional backend selection. COM declarations may
+MPEG-1 video and no MPEG-2 sequence extensions. Of those, 184 are video-only and 29 contain MPEG audio. The
-compile on another OS, but `[SupportedOSPlatform]` is analyzer metadata rather than a runtime guard, and
+large LOGO/OP/ED family uses MPEG Audio Layer II, while 25 small 120x120 `MVS` movies use Layer I. That inventory
-loading `ole32.dll` or DirectShow CLSIDs will fail there.
+is why the narrower `pl_mpeg` library was rejected as the primary backend: it fits every installed video stream
+but only decodes Layer II audio and explicitly ignores program-stream PTS in its high-level synchronization.
+FFmpeg covers the complete installed codec set and leaves the mod/profile boundary open without selecting a
+different decoder per effect.
+
+Native deliverables are RID-specific and bundled with the Godot export; the runtime must not discover an
+arbitrary system FFmpeg. The first implementation gate is Windows x64 because that is the current runnable
+target, but the C ABI and loader paths must reserve Windows x64, Linux x64, macOS x64, and macOS arm64 from the
+start. Builds use shared libraries, `$ORIGIN`/`@loader_path`-style local lookup on Unix targets, recorded source
+hashes and configure arguments, and no committed original-game data. Packaging automation is part of completing
+the backend, not a prerequisite for the first native decode spike.
+
+The Windows-x64 spike is now complete. `bootstrap-win64.ps1` verifies the immutable archive SHA before
+extraction, and `build-win64.ps1` builds the shim with MSVC and places the DLL, import artifacts, required LGPL
+shared libraries, and license under disposable `build/native/win-x64`. The managed resolver accepts
+`AGE_FFMPEG_NATIVE_DIR` for the isolated gate and otherwise reserves application-local and
+`runtimes/<rid>/native` lookup. Representative VFS results are `MVB961` 280x352/500 ms, `MVB238`
+280x352/866 ms, `MVB908` 400x400/333 ms, and `CHAPTER` 800x600/12016 ms, all with changing frames and
+nondecreasing timestamps. Malformed input and repeated teardown are covered. This is not yet distributable
+packaging and does not change the current DirectShow live selection.
 
 ## Cross-platform validation gates
 

docs/tools-reference.md

@@ -72,6 +72,20 @@ All opcode knowledge (ABI, semantics, provenance, `depends_on`) is hand-edited *
 |---|---|---|---|
 | `locate_page.py` | Resolve a run-relative ADV page number to its canonical wait script/offset, last show-text instruction, call stack, and nearby disassembly. Pure selection/window logic is tested by `test_locate_page.py`. | `py -3.11 -X utf8 tools/locate_page.py SC0000 14 [--map <jsonl>] [--context N]` | `build/page-map-<SCENE>.jsonl` + script corpus → stdout |
 
+## Native FFmpeg movie shim (Windows x64)
+
+These PowerShell tools build the isolated native movie gate; they do not switch live Godot playback away from
+DirectShow. The dependency manifest pins an immutable LGPL shared FFmpeg archive and SHA-256.
+
+| Tool | Purpose | Run | Reads → Writes |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| `native/age_movie_ffmpeg/bootstrap-win64.ps1` | Download, hash-check, extract, and version-check the pinned FFmpeg SDK. Returns the resolved SDK root. | `.\\native\\age_movie_ffmpeg\\bootstrap-win64.ps1 [-Destination <dir>]` | `dependency-win64.json`, network/archive cache → disposable `build/downloads/`, `build/ffmpeg-sdk/` |
+| `native/age_movie_ffmpeg/build-win64.ps1` | Discover the MSVC x64 toolchain, build `age_movie_ffmpeg.dll`, and stage its exact shared-library/license dependencies. | `.\\native\\age_movie_ffmpeg\\build-win64.ps1 -SdkRoot <bootstrap-output> [-OutputDirectory <dir>]` | C ABI source + FFmpeg SDK → disposable `build/native/win-x64/` by default |
+
+The managed isolated probes load from `AGE_FFMPEG_NATIVE_DIR` when set, then application-local and
+`runtimes/win-x64/native` locations. Build the shim before running the `FfmpegShim*` tests; no original-game
+movie is copied into the repository or native output.
+
 ## Engine (C#) — VM core, CLI, Godot frontend
 
 The `engine/` .NET solution (`AgeEngine.sln`) is the runtime VM; `godot/` is the ADV frontend. Not

engine/Age.Engine.Tests/Age.Engine.Tests.csproj

@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Age.Engine\Age.Engine.csproj" />
+    <Compile Include="..\..\godot\IMovieDecoder.cs" Link="IMovieDecoder.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="..\..\godot\MovieRuntime.cs" Link="MovieRuntime.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="..\..\godot\FfmpegMovieNative.cs" Link="FfmpegMovieNative.cs" />
     <Compile Include="..\..\godot\DirectShowMovieDecoder.cs" Link="DirectShowMovieDecoder.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
 

engine/Age.Engine.Tests/MovieOpcodeTests.cs

@@ -8,6 +8,73 @@ using Xunit;
 
 public class MovieOpcodeTests
 {
+    private sealed class FakeMovieDecoder : IMovieDecoder
+    {
+        public long? StopTimeMs { get; init; }
+        public bool IsCompleted { get; set; }
+        public bool Disposed { get; private set; }
+        public RgbaImage? Frame { get; set; }
+
+        public bool TryTakeFrame(out RgbaImage frame)
+        {
+            if (Frame == null) { frame = default!; return false; }
+            frame = Frame;
+            Frame = null;
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        public void Dispose() => Disposed = true;
+    }
+
+    private sealed class FakeMovieDecoderFactory(FakeMovieDecoder decoder) : IMovieDecoderFactory
+    {
+        public MoviePayload? OpenedPayload { get; private set; }
+        public IMovieDecoder Open(MoviePayload movie)
+        {
+            OpenedPayload = movie;
+            return decoder;
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void MovieRuntimeUsesInjectedDecoderAndRetainsSynchronousMetadata()
+    {
+        var decoder = new FakeMovieDecoder
+        {
+            StopTimeMs = 1876,
+            Frame = new RgbaImage(1, 1, new byte[] { 1, 2, 3, 4 }),
+        };
+        var factory = new FakeMovieDecoderFactory(decoder);
+        var payload = new MoviePayload("TEST.AGF", new byte[] { 0, 0, 1, 0xba });
+
+        var runtime = MovieRuntime.Open("TEST.AGF", 7, payload, factory);
+
+        Assert.Same(payload, factory.OpenedPayload);
+        Assert.Same(decoder, runtime.Decoder);
+        Assert.Equal(1876, runtime.Decoder.StopTimeMs);
+        Assert.Equal(5000, runtime.WatchdogMs);
+        Assert.True(runtime.Decoder.TryTakeFrame(out var frame));
+        Assert.Equal(new byte[] { 1, 2, 3, 4 }, frame.Pixels);
+        runtime.Decoder.Dispose();
+        Assert.True(decoder.Disposed);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(null, 30000)]
+    [InlineData(-1L, 30000L)]
+    [InlineData(10000L, 12000L)]
+    [InlineData(500000L, 300000L)]
+    public void MovieRuntimeComputesBoundedWatchdogFromDecoderMetadata(long? stopTimeMs, long expected)
+    {
+        var decoder = new FakeMovieDecoder { StopTimeMs = stopTimeMs };
+        var runtime = MovieRuntime.Open("TEST.AGF", 7,
+            new MoviePayload("TEST.AGF", new byte[] { 0, 0, 1, 0xba }),
+            new FakeMovieDecoderFactory(decoder));
+
+        Assert.Equal(expected, runtime.WatchdogMs);
+        runtime.Decoder.Dispose();
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void InitialRootFlagStartsSetAndClearsWhenExitScriptRuns()
     {
@@ -252,4 +319,81 @@ public class MovieOpcodeTests
         }
         Assert.True(changed, "DirectShow should deliver changing MPEG frames, not one retained still");
     }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(0x2be3, "MVB961.AGF", 280, 352, 500)]
+    [InlineData(0x2b94, "MVB238.AGF", 280, 352, 866)]
+    [InlineData(0x2bc2, "MVB908.AGF", 400, 400, 333)]
+    [InlineData(0x33, "CHAPTER.AGF", 800, 600, 12016)]
+    public void FfmpegShimDecodesRepresentativeVfsMovie(int resourceId, string expectedName,
+                                                        int expectedWidth, int expectedHeight,
+                                                        long expectedStopTimeMs)
+    {
+        if (!OperatingSystem.IsWindows()) return;
+        ConfigureFfmpegNativeProbe();
+        var catalog = Sys4AssetCatalog.Load(Paths.Sys4Ini);
+        var resources = new ResourceMap(catalog, new Sys4AssetStore(catalog, Paths.GameDir));
+        var payload = resources.ReadMovie(resources.ResolveMovie(resourceId)!);
+
+        using var movie = new FfmpegMovieSession(payload);
+
+        Assert.Equal(expectedName, payload.Name);
+        Assert.Equal(expectedWidth, movie.Info.Width);
+        Assert.Equal(expectedHeight, movie.Info.Height);
+        Assert.Equal(expectedStopTimeMs, movie.Info.StopTimeMs);
+        Assert.True(movie.TryDecodeNextVideoFrame(out var first));
+        Assert.Equal(expectedWidth * expectedHeight * 4, first.Image.Pixels.Length);
+        Assert.True(first.PresentationTimeMs >= 0);
+        bool changed = false;
+        long priorTimestamp = first.PresentationTimeMs;
+        for (int frameIndex = 0; frameIndex < 30 && movie.TryDecodeNextVideoFrame(out var later); frameIndex++)
+        {
+            Assert.True(later.PresentationTimeMs >= priorTimestamp);
+            priorTimestamp = later.PresentationTimeMs;
+            if (!first.Image.Pixels.AsSpan().SequenceEqual(later.Image.Pixels))
+            {
+                changed = true;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        Assert.True(changed, $"{expectedName} should deliver changing decoded frames");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void FfmpegShimRejectsTruncatedMovieWithBoundedDiagnostic()
+    {
+        if (!OperatingSystem.IsWindows()) return;
+        ConfigureFfmpegNativeProbe();
+        var payload = new MoviePayload("TRUNCATED.AGF", new byte[] { 0, 0, 1, 0xba, 0x21, 0, 1, 0 });
+
+        var error = Assert.Throws<InvalidDataException>(() => new FfmpegMovieSession(payload));
+
+        Assert.Contains("TRUNCATED.AGF", error.Message);
+        Assert.Contains("FFmpeg", error.Message);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void FfmpegShimSupportsRepeatedOpenAndClose()
+    {
+        if (!OperatingSystem.IsWindows()) return;
+        ConfigureFfmpegNativeProbe();
+        var catalog = Sys4AssetCatalog.Load(Paths.Sys4Ini);
+        var resources = new ResourceMap(catalog, new Sys4AssetStore(catalog, Paths.GameDir));
+        var payload = resources.ReadMovie(resources.ResolveMovie(0x2bc2)!);
+
+        for (int iteration = 0; iteration < 10; iteration++)
+        {
+            using var movie = new FfmpegMovieSession(payload);
+            Assert.True(movie.TryDecodeNextVideoFrame(out _));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void ConfigureFfmpegNativeProbe()
+    {
+        string nativeDirectory = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AGE_FFMPEG_NATIVE_DIR")
+            ?? Path.Combine(Paths.Build, "native", "win-x64");
+        Assert.True(File.Exists(Path.Combine(nativeDirectory, "age_movie_ffmpeg.dll")),
+            $"Build the FFmpeg shim first: native/age_movie_ffmpeg/build-win64.ps1 (expected {nativeDirectory})");
+        Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("AGE_FFMPEG_NATIVE_DIR", nativeDirectory);
+    }
 }

godot/DirectShowMovieDecoder.cs

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ internal interface ISampleGrabberCB
 /// Decoded RGB32 samples are copied into process memory and consumed by Godot's retained compositor.
 /// </summary>
 [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
-internal sealed class DirectShowMovieDecoder : IDisposable, ISampleGrabberCB
+internal sealed class DirectShowMovieDecoder : IMovieDecoder, ISampleGrabberCB
 {
     private readonly byte[] _payload;
     private readonly Thread _thread;

godot/FfmpegMovieNative.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using Age.Engine.Sys4;
+using Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles;
+
+internal readonly record struct FfmpegMovieInfo(
+    int Width,
+    int Height,
+    long StopTimeMs,
+    int FrameRateNumerator,
+    int FrameRateDenominator,
+    bool HasAudio);
+
+internal sealed record FfmpegVideoFrame(RgbaImage Image, long PresentationTimeMs);
+
+/// <summary>Sequential, unpaced access to the project-owned FFmpeg C ABI for isolated probes and playback.</summary>
+internal sealed class FfmpegMovieSession : IDisposable
+{
+    private FfmpegMovieHandle _handle;
+    public FfmpegMovieInfo Info { get; }
+
+    public FfmpegMovieSession(MoviePayload movie)
+    {
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(movie);
+        if (FfmpegMovieNative.AbiVersion() != 1)
+            throw new InvalidOperationException("unsupported age_movie_ffmpeg ABI version");
+
+        byte[] error = new byte[1024];
+        int result = FfmpegMovieNative.Open(movie.Bytes, (nuint)movie.Bytes.Length,
+            out _handle, out var nativeInfo, error, (nuint)error.Length);
+        if (result != 0 || _handle.IsInvalid)
+        {
+            _handle?.Dispose();
+            throw new InvalidDataException(
+                $"FFmpeg movie open failed for {movie.Name}: {FfmpegMovieNative.DecodeUtf8(error)}");
+        }
+        Info = new FfmpegMovieInfo(nativeInfo.Width, nativeInfo.Height, nativeInfo.StopTimeMs,
+            nativeInfo.FrameRateNumerator, nativeInfo.FrameRateDenominator, nativeInfo.HasAudio != 0);
+        if (Info.Width <= 0 || Info.Height <= 0 || Info.StopTimeMs <= 0)
+        {
+            _handle.Dispose();
+            throw new InvalidDataException(
+                $"FFmpeg returned invalid metadata for {movie.Name}: {Info.Width}x{Info.Height}, {Info.StopTimeMs} ms");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public bool TryDecodeNextVideoFrame(out FfmpegVideoFrame frame)
+    {
+        ObjectDisposedException.ThrowIf(_handle.IsClosed, this);
+        byte[] pixels = new byte[checked(Info.Width * Info.Height * 4)];
+        int result = FfmpegMovieNative.DecodeVideo(_handle, pixels, (nuint)pixels.Length, out long ptsMs);
+        if (result == FfmpegMovieNative.EndOfFile)
+        {
+            frame = default!;
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (result != FfmpegMovieNative.Frame)
+            throw new InvalidDataException($"FFmpeg movie decode failed: {FfmpegMovieNative.LastError(_handle)}");
+        frame = new FfmpegVideoFrame(new RgbaImage(Info.Width, Info.Height, pixels), ptsMs);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public void Dispose() => _handle.Dispose();
+}
+
+internal sealed class FfmpegMovieHandle : SafeHandleZeroOrMinusOneIsInvalid
+{
+    private FfmpegMovieHandle() : base(ownsHandle: true) { }
+    protected override bool ReleaseHandle()
+    {
+        FfmpegMovieNative.Close(handle);
+        return true;
+    }
+}
+
+internal static class FfmpegMovieNative
+{
+    internal const int EndOfFile = 0;
+    internal const int Frame = 1;
+    private const string LibraryName = "age_movie_ffmpeg";
+
+    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+    internal struct NativeInfo
+    {
+        public int Width;
+        public int Height;
+        public long StopTimeMs;
+        public int FrameRateNumerator;
+        public int FrameRateDenominator;
+        public int HasAudio;
+    }
+
+    static FfmpegMovieNative()
+    {
+        NativeLibrary.SetDllImportResolver(typeof(FfmpegMovieNative).Assembly, ResolveLibrary);
+    }
+
+    private static IntPtr ResolveLibrary(string libraryName, System.Reflection.Assembly assembly,
+                                         DllImportSearchPath? searchPath)
+    {
+        if (!string.Equals(libraryName, LibraryName, StringComparison.Ordinal)) return IntPtr.Zero;
+        string fileName = OperatingSystem.IsWindows()
+            ? "age_movie_ffmpeg.dll"
+            : OperatingSystem.IsMacOS() ? "libage_movie_ffmpeg.dylib" : "libage_movie_ffmpeg.so";
+        string? configured = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AGE_FFMPEG_NATIVE_DIR");
+        string rid = OperatingSystem.IsWindows() ? "win-x64"
+            : OperatingSystem.IsMacOS() ? (RuntimeInformation.ProcessArchitecture == Architecture.Arm64 ? "osx-arm64" : "osx-x64")
+            : "linux-x64";
+        string[] candidates =
+        {
+            configured == null ? "" : Path.Combine(configured, fileName),
+            Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, fileName),
+            Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "runtimes", rid, "native", fileName),
+        };
+        foreach (string candidate in candidates)
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(candidate) && File.Exists(candidate))
+                return NativeLibrary.Load(candidate);
+        throw new DllNotFoundException(
+            $"{fileName} was not found; set AGE_FFMPEG_NATIVE_DIR or package runtimes/{rid}/native");
+    }
+
+    internal static string DecodeUtf8(byte[] buffer)
+    {
+        int length = Array.IndexOf(buffer, (byte)0);
+        if (length < 0) length = buffer.Length;
+        return System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(buffer, 0, length);
+    }
+
+    internal static string LastError(FfmpegMovieHandle handle)
+    {
+        IntPtr text = LastErrorNative(handle);
+        return text == IntPtr.Zero ? "unknown decoder error" : Marshal.PtrToStringUTF8(text) ?? "unknown decoder error";
+    }
+
+    internal static uint AbiVersion() => AbiVersionNative();
+
+    [DllImport(LibraryName, EntryPoint = "age_movie_abi_version", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+    private static extern uint AbiVersionNative();
+
+    [DllImport(LibraryName, EntryPoint = "age_movie_open", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+    internal static extern int Open(
+        [In] byte[] bytes,
+        nuint length,
+        out FfmpegMovieHandle movie,
+        out NativeInfo info,
+        [Out] byte[] errorBuffer,
+        nuint errorBufferSize);
+
+    [DllImport(LibraryName, EntryPoint = "age_movie_decode_video", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+    internal static extern int DecodeVideo(
+        FfmpegMovieHandle movie,
+        [Out] byte[] rgba,
+        nuint rgbaSize,
+        out long presentationTimeMs);
+
+    [DllImport(LibraryName, EntryPoint = "age_movie_last_error", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+    private static extern IntPtr LastErrorNative(FfmpegMovieHandle movie);
+
+    [DllImport(LibraryName, EntryPoint = "age_movie_close", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+    internal static extern void Close(IntPtr movie);
+}

godot/IMovieDecoder.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.Versioning;
+using Age.Engine.Sys4;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Platform-neutral movie playback boundary. Construction is synchronous so metadata needed by the VM is
+/// available before op 0x236 returns; frame delivery and completion remain asynchronous.
+/// </summary>
+internal interface IMovieDecoder : IDisposable
+{
+    long? StopTimeMs { get; }
+    bool IsCompleted { get; }
+    bool TryTakeFrame(out RgbaImage frame);
+}
+
+internal interface IMovieDecoderFactory
+{
+    IMovieDecoder Open(MoviePayload movie);
+}
+
+[SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
+internal sealed class DirectShowMovieDecoderFactory : IMovieDecoderFactory
+{
+    public IMovieDecoder Open(MoviePayload movie) => new DirectShowMovieDecoder(movie);
+}

godot/Main.cs

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ public partial class Main : Godot.Control
     // 0x236 creates its graph synchronously on the VM thread so 0x23f can query timing immediately.
     // Presentation ownership transfers here; _Process adopts staged decoders before sampling frames.
     private readonly System.Collections.Concurrent.ConcurrentDictionary<long, MovieRuntime> _pendingMovies = new();
+    private IMovieDecoderFactory _movieDecoderFactory = new DirectShowMovieDecoderFactory();
     private readonly System.Collections.Generic.HashSet<long> _movieFrameSeen = new();
     private readonly System.Collections.Generic.HashSet<long> _movieCompletionNotified = new();
     private GodotTraceSink _trace = null!;
@@ -1183,7 +1184,7 @@ public partial class Main : Godot.Control
         try
         {
             var payload = new Age.Engine.Sys4.MoviePayload(assetName, mpegBytes);
-            var runtime = new MovieRuntime(assetName, assetId, new DirectShowMovieDecoder(payload));
+            var runtime = MovieRuntime.Open(assetName, assetId, payload, _movieDecoderFactory);
             stopTimeMs = runtime.Decoder.StopTimeMs;
             while (!_pendingMovies.TryAdd(resourceId, runtime))
                 if (_pendingMovies.TryRemove(resourceId, out var prior)) prior.Decoder.Dispose();
@@ -1242,16 +1243,6 @@ public partial class Main : Godot.Control
         _movieCompletionNotified.Remove(resourceId);
     }
 
-    private sealed record MovieRuntime(string Name, int AssetId, DirectShowMovieDecoder Decoder,
-                                       long StartedAtTimestamp, long WatchdogMs)
-    {
-        public MovieRuntime(string name, int assetId, DirectShowMovieDecoder decoder)
-            : this(name, assetId, decoder, Stopwatch.GetTimestamp(),
-                   decoder.StopTimeMs is >= 0 and var stopTime
-                       ? System.Math.Clamp(stopTime + 2000, 5000, 300000)
-                       : 30000) { }
-    }
-
     public void AppendLine(string text) => _text.Text += text + "\n";
     public void PageBreak()
     {

godot/MovieRuntime.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+using System;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using Age.Engine.Sys4;
+
+/// <summary>Presentation-side ownership for one decoder plus its fail-safe completion deadline.</summary>
+internal sealed record MovieRuntime(string Name, int AssetId, IMovieDecoder Decoder,
+                                    long StartedAtTimestamp, long WatchdogMs)
+{
+    public static MovieRuntime Open(string name, int assetId, MoviePayload payload,
+                                    IMovieDecoderFactory factory)
+    {
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(factory);
+        IMovieDecoder decoder = factory.Open(payload);
+        return new MovieRuntime(name, assetId, decoder, Stopwatch.GetTimestamp(),
+            decoder.StopTimeMs is >= 0 and var stopTime
+                ? Math.Clamp(stopTime + 2000, 5000, 300000)
+                : 30000);
+    }
+}

native/age_movie_ffmpeg/age_movie.c

@@ -0,0 +1,475 @@
+#include "age_movie.h"
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <libavcodec/avcodec.h>
+#include <libavformat/avformat.h>
+#include <libavutil/avutil.h>
+#include <libavutil/error.h>
+#include <libavutil/imgutils.h>
+#include <libavutil/mathematics.h>
+#include <libswscale/swscale.h>
+
+#define AGE_MOVIE_ABI_VERSION 1u
+#define AGE_MOVIE_IO_BUFFER_SIZE 32768
+#define AGE_MOVIE_ERROR_SIZE 512
+
+struct age_movie {
+    uint8_t *payload;
+    size_t payload_size;
+    size_t payload_position;
+    AVIOContext *io;
+    AVFormatContext *format;
+    AVCodecContext *video_codec;
+    AVPacket *packet;
+    AVFrame *frame;
+    AVFrame *rgba_frame;
+    struct SwsContext *sws;
+    int video_stream_index;
+    AVRational video_time_base;
+    int64_t timestamp_origin;
+    int64_t first_frame_timestamp;
+    int input_eof;
+    int decoder_draining;
+    int decoder_eof;
+    int64_t decoded_frame_count;
+    int width;
+    int height;
+    char error[AGE_MOVIE_ERROR_SIZE];
+};
+
+static void copy_error(char *destination, size_t destination_size, const char *message) {
+    if (destination == NULL || destination_size == 0) {
+        return;
+    }
+    snprintf(destination, destination_size, "%s", message != NULL ? message : "unknown FFmpeg error");
+}
+
+static void set_error(age_movie *movie, const char *operation, int ffmpeg_error) {
+    char detail[AV_ERROR_MAX_STRING_SIZE] = {0};
+    if (av_strerror(ffmpeg_error, detail, sizeof(detail)) < 0) {
+        snprintf(detail, sizeof(detail), "FFmpeg error %d", ffmpeg_error);
+    }
+    snprintf(movie->error, sizeof(movie->error), "%s: %s", operation, detail);
+}
+
+static int read_packet(void *opaque, uint8_t *buffer, int buffer_size) {
+    age_movie *movie = (age_movie *)opaque;
+    if (movie == NULL || buffer == NULL || buffer_size <= 0) {
+        return AVERROR(EINVAL);
+    }
+    if (movie->payload_position >= movie->payload_size) {
+        return AVERROR_EOF;
+    }
+    size_t remaining = movie->payload_size - movie->payload_position;
+    size_t requested = (size_t)buffer_size;
+    size_t count = remaining < requested ? remaining : requested;
+    memcpy(buffer, movie->payload + movie->payload_position, count);
+    movie->payload_position += count;
+    return (int)count;
+}
+
+static int64_t seek_payload(void *opaque, int64_t offset, int whence) {
+    age_movie *movie = (age_movie *)opaque;
+    if (movie == NULL) {
+        return AVERROR(EINVAL);
+    }
+    if ((whence & AVSEEK_SIZE) != 0) {
+        return movie->payload_size <= INT64_MAX ? (int64_t)movie->payload_size : AVERROR(EOVERFLOW);
+    }
+
+    int base_whence = whence & ~AVSEEK_FORCE;
+    int64_t base;
+    switch (base_whence) {
+        case SEEK_SET: base = 0; break;
+        case SEEK_CUR:
+            if (movie->payload_position > INT64_MAX) return AVERROR(EOVERFLOW);
+            base = (int64_t)movie->payload_position;
+            break;
+        case SEEK_END:
+            if (movie->payload_size > INT64_MAX) return AVERROR(EOVERFLOW);
+            base = (int64_t)movie->payload_size;
+            break;
+        default: return AVERROR(EINVAL);
+    }
+    if (offset == INT64_MIN || (offset > 0 && base > INT64_MAX - offset) ||
+        (offset < 0 && base < -offset)) {
+        return AVERROR(EOVERFLOW);
+    }
+    int64_t target = base + offset;
+    if (target < 0 || (uint64_t)target > movie->payload_size) {
+        return AVERROR(EINVAL);
+    }
+    movie->payload_position = (size_t)target;
+    return target;
+}
+
+static int64_t rescale_ms_down(int64_t value, AVRational time_base) {
+    return av_rescale_q_rnd(value, time_base, (AVRational){1, 1000},
+        AV_ROUND_DOWN | AV_ROUND_PASS_MINMAX);
+}
+
+static int determine_duration(age_movie *movie, AVStream *stream, int64_t *out_duration_ms) {
+    int64_t best_duration_ms = 0;
+    if (stream->duration != AV_NOPTS_VALUE && stream->duration > 0) {
+        int64_t candidate = rescale_ms_down(stream->duration, stream->time_base);
+        if (candidate > best_duration_ms) best_duration_ms = candidate;
+    }
+    if (movie->format->duration != AV_NOPTS_VALUE && movie->format->duration > 0) {
+        int64_t candidate = av_rescale_q_rnd(movie->format->duration,
+            (AVRational){1, AV_TIME_BASE}, (AVRational){1, 1000},
+            AV_ROUND_DOWN | AV_ROUND_PASS_MINMAX);
+        if (candidate > best_duration_ms) best_duration_ms = candidate;
+    }
+
+    int64_t first = AV_NOPTS_VALUE;
+    int64_t end = AV_NOPTS_VALUE;
+    int64_t video_packet_count = 0;
+    AVPacket *probe = av_packet_alloc();
+    if (probe == NULL) return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+    int result;
+    while ((result = av_read_frame(movie->format, probe)) >= 0) {
+        if (probe->stream_index == movie->video_stream_index) {
+            video_packet_count++;
+            int64_t timestamp = probe->pts != AV_NOPTS_VALUE ? probe->pts : probe->dts;
+            if (timestamp != AV_NOPTS_VALUE) {
+                if (first == AV_NOPTS_VALUE || timestamp < first) first = timestamp;
+                int64_t packet_end = timestamp;
+                if (probe->duration > 0 && timestamp <= INT64_MAX - probe->duration) {
+                    packet_end += probe->duration;
+                }
+                if (end == AV_NOPTS_VALUE || packet_end > end) end = packet_end;
+            }
+        }
+        av_packet_unref(probe);
+    }
+    av_packet_free(&probe);
+    if (result != AVERROR_EOF) return result;
+    if (first != AV_NOPTS_VALUE && end != AV_NOPTS_VALUE && end > first) {
+        int64_t candidate = rescale_ms_down(end - first, stream->time_base);
+        if (candidate > best_duration_ms) best_duration_ms = candidate;
+    }
+    AVRational average_rate = stream->avg_frame_rate;
+    if (video_packet_count > 0 && average_rate.num > 0 && average_rate.den > 0) {
+        int64_t candidate = av_rescale_q_rnd(video_packet_count, av_inv_q(average_rate),
+            (AVRational){1, 1000}, AV_ROUND_DOWN | AV_ROUND_PASS_MINMAX);
+        if (candidate > best_duration_ms) best_duration_ms = candidate;
+    }
+    *out_duration_ms = best_duration_ms;
+    return best_duration_ms > 0 ? 0 : AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
+}
+
+static int rewind_for_decode(age_movie *movie, AVStream *stream) {
+    int64_t target = stream->start_time != AV_NOPTS_VALUE ? stream->start_time : 0;
+    int result = av_seek_frame(movie->format, movie->video_stream_index, target, AVSEEK_FLAG_BACKWARD);
+    if (result < 0) {
+        movie->payload_position = 0;
+        if (movie->io != NULL) {
+            avio_flush(movie->io);
+            movie->io->eof_reached = 0;
+            movie->io->error = 0;
+        }
+        result = avformat_seek_file(movie->format, movie->video_stream_index,
+            INT64_MIN, target, INT64_MAX, 0);
+    }
+    if (result >= 0) avcodec_flush_buffers(movie->video_codec);
+    return result;
+}
+
+static void destroy_movie(age_movie *movie) {
+    if (movie == NULL) return;
+    sws_freeContext(movie->sws);
+    av_frame_free(&movie->rgba_frame);
+    av_frame_free(&movie->frame);
+    av_packet_free(&movie->packet);
+    avcodec_free_context(&movie->video_codec);
+    avformat_close_input(&movie->format);
+    if (movie->io != NULL) {
+        av_freep(&movie->io->buffer);
+        avio_context_free(&movie->io);
+    }
+    av_free(movie->payload);
+    free(movie);
+}
+
+uint32_t AGE_MOVIE_CALL age_movie_abi_version(void) {
+    return AGE_MOVIE_ABI_VERSION;
+}
+
+int32_t AGE_MOVIE_CALL age_movie_open(const uint8_t *bytes, size_t length,
+    age_movie **out_movie, age_movie_info *out_info,
+    char *error_buffer, size_t error_buffer_size) {
+    if (out_movie != NULL) *out_movie = NULL;
+    if (out_info != NULL) memset(out_info, 0, sizeof(*out_info));
+    if (bytes == NULL || length == 0 || out_movie == NULL || out_info == NULL) {
+        copy_error(error_buffer, error_buffer_size, "invalid movie open arguments");
+        return AGE_MOVIE_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
+    }
+
+    age_movie *movie = (age_movie *)calloc(1, sizeof(*movie));
+    if (movie == NULL) {
+        copy_error(error_buffer, error_buffer_size, "movie allocation failed");
+        return AGE_MOVIE_ERROR;
+    }
+    movie->video_stream_index = -1;
+    movie->timestamp_origin = AV_NOPTS_VALUE;
+    movie->first_frame_timestamp = AV_NOPTS_VALUE;
+
+    if (length > SIZE_MAX - AV_INPUT_BUFFER_PADDING_SIZE) {
+        snprintf(movie->error, sizeof(movie->error), "movie payload is too large");
+        goto failure;
+    }
+    movie->payload = (uint8_t *)av_mallocz(length + AV_INPUT_BUFFER_PADDING_SIZE);
+    if (movie->payload == NULL) {
+        snprintf(movie->error, sizeof(movie->error), "movie payload allocation failed");
+        goto failure;
+    }
+    memcpy(movie->payload, bytes, length);
+    movie->payload_size = length;
+
+    uint8_t *io_buffer = (uint8_t *)av_malloc(AGE_MOVIE_IO_BUFFER_SIZE);
+    if (io_buffer == NULL) {
+        snprintf(movie->error, sizeof(movie->error), "movie IO buffer allocation failed");
+        goto failure;
+    }
+    movie->io = avio_alloc_context(io_buffer, AGE_MOVIE_IO_BUFFER_SIZE, 0,
+        movie, read_packet, NULL, seek_payload);
+    if (movie->io == NULL) {
+        av_free(io_buffer);
+        snprintf(movie->error, sizeof(movie->error), "movie AVIO context allocation failed");
+        goto failure;
+    }
+
+    movie->format = avformat_alloc_context();
+    if (movie->format == NULL) {
+        snprintf(movie->error, sizeof(movie->error), "movie format context allocation failed");
+        goto failure;
+    }
+    movie->format->pb = movie->io;
+    movie->format->flags |= AVFMT_FLAG_CUSTOM_IO;
+    int result = avformat_open_input(&movie->format, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+    if (result < 0) {
+        set_error(movie, "open MPEG program stream", result);
+        goto failure;
+    }
+    result = avformat_find_stream_info(movie->format, NULL);
+    if (result < 0) {
+        set_error(movie, "probe MPEG streams", result);
+        goto failure;
+    }
+
+    const AVCodec *video_decoder = NULL;
+    result = av_find_best_stream(movie->format, AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO, -1, -1, &video_decoder, 0);
+    if (result < 0 || video_decoder == NULL) {
+        set_error(movie, "find MPEG video stream", result < 0 ? result : AVERROR_DECODER_NOT_FOUND);
+        goto failure;
+    }
+    movie->video_stream_index = result;
+    AVStream *stream = movie->format->streams[movie->video_stream_index];
+    movie->video_time_base = stream->time_base;
+    movie->timestamp_origin = stream->start_time;
+
+    movie->video_codec = avcodec_alloc_context3(video_decoder);
+    if (movie->video_codec == NULL) {
+        snprintf(movie->error, sizeof(movie->error), "video decoder allocation failed");
+        goto failure;
+    }
+    result = avcodec_parameters_to_context(movie->video_codec, stream->codecpar);
+    if (result < 0) {
+        set_error(movie, "copy video parameters", result);
+        goto failure;
+    }
+    result = avcodec_open2(movie->video_codec, video_decoder, NULL);
+    if (result < 0) {
+        set_error(movie, "open MPEG-1 video decoder", result);
+        goto failure;
+    }
+    movie->width = movie->video_codec->width;
+    movie->height = movie->video_codec->height;
+    if (movie->width <= 0 || movie->height <= 0) {
+        snprintf(movie->error, sizeof(movie->error), "invalid video dimensions %dx%d", movie->width, movie->height);
+        goto failure;
+    }
+    if ((size_t)movie->width > SIZE_MAX / 4u / (size_t)movie->height) {
+        snprintf(movie->error, sizeof(movie->error), "video dimensions overflow RGBA storage");
+        goto failure;
+    }
+
+    int64_t duration_ms = 0;
+    result = rewind_for_decode(movie, stream);
+    if (result < 0) {
+        set_error(movie, "rewind MPEG stream for duration scan", result);
+        goto failure;
+    }
+    result = determine_duration(movie, stream, &duration_ms);
+    if (result < 0) {
+        set_error(movie, "determine video duration", result);
+        goto failure;
+    }
+    result = rewind_for_decode(movie, stream);
+    if (result < 0) {
+        set_error(movie, "rewind MPEG stream", result);
+        goto failure;
+    }
+
+    movie->packet = av_packet_alloc();
+    movie->frame = av_frame_alloc();
+    movie->rgba_frame = av_frame_alloc();
+    if (movie->packet == NULL || movie->frame == NULL || movie->rgba_frame == NULL) {
+        snprintf(movie->error, sizeof(movie->error), "video packet/frame allocation failed");
+        goto failure;
+    }
+    movie->rgba_frame->format = AV_PIX_FMT_RGBA;
+    movie->rgba_frame->width = movie->width;
+    movie->rgba_frame->height = movie->height;
+    result = av_frame_get_buffer(movie->rgba_frame, 32);
+    if (result < 0) {
+        set_error(movie, "allocate aligned RGBA frame", result);
+        goto failure;
+    }
+
+    AVRational frame_rate = av_guess_frame_rate(movie->format, stream, NULL);
+    out_info->width = movie->width;
+    out_info->height = movie->height;
+    out_info->stop_time_ms = duration_ms;
+    out_info->frame_rate_num = frame_rate.num;
+    out_info->frame_rate_den = frame_rate.den;
+    for (unsigned int index = 0; index < movie->format->nb_streams; index++) {
+        if (movie->format->streams[index]->codecpar->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO) {
+            out_info->has_audio = 1;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    *out_movie = movie;
+    copy_error(error_buffer, error_buffer_size, "");
+    return 0;
+
+failure:
+    copy_error(error_buffer, error_buffer_size, movie->error);
+    destroy_movie(movie);
+    return AGE_MOVIE_ERROR;
+}
+
+int32_t AGE_MOVIE_CALL age_movie_decode_video(age_movie *movie,
+    uint8_t *rgba, size_t rgba_size, int64_t *out_pts_ms) {
+    if (movie == NULL || rgba == NULL || out_pts_ms == NULL) return AGE_MOVIE_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
+    size_t required = (size_t)movie->width * (size_t)movie->height * 4u;
+    if (rgba_size < required) return AGE_MOVIE_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL;
+    if (movie->decoder_eof) return AGE_MOVIE_EOF;
+
+    for (;;) {
+        int result = avcodec_receive_frame(movie->video_codec, movie->frame);
+        if (result == 0) {
+            movie->sws = sws_getCachedContext(movie->sws,
+                movie->frame->width, movie->frame->height, (enum AVPixelFormat)movie->frame->format,
+                movie->width, movie->height, AV_PIX_FMT_RGBA,
+                SWS_BILINEAR, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+            if (movie->sws == NULL) {
+                snprintf(movie->error, sizeof(movie->error), "create RGBA conversion context failed");
+                return AGE_MOVIE_ERROR;
+            }
+            result = av_frame_make_writable(movie->rgba_frame);
+            if (result < 0) {
+                set_error(movie, "make aligned RGBA frame writable", result);
+                return AGE_MOVIE_ERROR;
+            }
+            result = sws_scale(movie->sws,
+                (const uint8_t * const *)movie->frame->data, movie->frame->linesize,
+                0, movie->frame->height, movie->rgba_frame->data, movie->rgba_frame->linesize);
+            if (result != movie->height) {
+                snprintf(movie->error, sizeof(movie->error), "RGBA conversion returned %d of %d rows", result, movie->height);
+                return AGE_MOVIE_ERROR;
+            }
+            size_t row_size = (size_t)movie->width * 4u;
+            for (int row = 0; row < movie->height; row++) {
+                memcpy(rgba + (size_t)row * row_size,
+                    movie->rgba_frame->data[0] + (ptrdiff_t)row * movie->rgba_frame->linesize[0],
+                    row_size);
+            }
+
+            int64_t timestamp = movie->frame->best_effort_timestamp;
+            if (timestamp == AV_NOPTS_VALUE) {
+                timestamp = movie->frame->pts;
+            }
+            if (timestamp == AV_NOPTS_VALUE) {
+                AVRational rate = av_guess_frame_rate(movie->format,
+                    movie->format->streams[movie->video_stream_index], movie->frame);
+                if (rate.num <= 0 || rate.den <= 0) {
+                    snprintf(movie->error, sizeof(movie->error), "decoded frame has no timestamp or frame rate");
+                    return AGE_MOVIE_ERROR;
+                }
+                *out_pts_ms = av_rescale_q_rnd(movie->decoded_frame_count, av_inv_q(rate),
+                    (AVRational){1, 1000}, AV_ROUND_DOWN | AV_ROUND_PASS_MINMAX);
+            } else {
+                if (movie->timestamp_origin == AV_NOPTS_VALUE) {
+                    if (movie->first_frame_timestamp == AV_NOPTS_VALUE) movie->first_frame_timestamp = timestamp;
+                    movie->timestamp_origin = movie->first_frame_timestamp;
+                }
+                int64_t relative = timestamp >= movie->timestamp_origin ? timestamp - movie->timestamp_origin : 0;
+                *out_pts_ms = rescale_ms_down(relative, movie->video_time_base);
+            }
+            movie->decoded_frame_count++;
+            av_frame_unref(movie->frame);
+            return AGE_MOVIE_FRAME;
+        }
+        if (result == AVERROR_EOF) {
+            movie->decoder_eof = 1;
+            return AGE_MOVIE_EOF;
+        }
+        if (result != AVERROR(EAGAIN)) {
+            set_error(movie, "receive decoded video frame", result);
+            return AGE_MOVIE_ERROR;
+        }
+
+        if (movie->input_eof) {
+            if (!movie->decoder_draining) {
+                result = avcodec_send_packet(movie->video_codec, NULL);
+                if (result < 0 && result != AVERROR_EOF) {
+                    set_error(movie, "flush MPEG-1 video decoder", result);
+                    return AGE_MOVIE_ERROR;
+                }
+                movie->decoder_draining = 1;
+                continue;
+            }
+            snprintf(movie->error, sizeof(movie->error), "video decoder requested input after drain");
+            return AGE_MOVIE_ERROR;
+        }
+
+        for (;;) {
+            result = av_read_frame(movie->format, movie->packet);
+            if (result == AVERROR_EOF) {
+                movie->input_eof = 1;
+                break;
+            }
+            if (result < 0) {
+                set_error(movie, "read MPEG video packet", result);
+                return AGE_MOVIE_ERROR;
+            }
+            if (movie->packet->stream_index != movie->video_stream_index) {
+                av_packet_unref(movie->packet);
+                continue;
+            }
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if (movie->input_eof) continue;
+        result = avcodec_send_packet(movie->video_codec, movie->packet);
+        av_packet_unref(movie->packet);
+        if (result < 0) {
+            set_error(movie, "send MPEG video packet", result);
+            return AGE_MOVIE_ERROR;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+const char *AGE_MOVIE_CALL age_movie_last_error(const age_movie *movie) {
+    return movie != NULL ? movie->error : "movie handle is null";
+}
+
+void AGE_MOVIE_CALL age_movie_close(age_movie *movie) {
+    destroy_movie(movie);
+}

native/age_movie_ffmpeg/age_movie.h

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#ifndef AGE_MOVIE_H
+#define AGE_MOVIE_H
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+#define AGE_MOVIE_API __declspec(dllexport)
+#define AGE_MOVIE_CALL __cdecl
+#else
+#define AGE_MOVIE_API __attribute__((visibility("default")))
+#define AGE_MOVIE_CALL
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+typedef struct age_movie age_movie;
+
+typedef struct age_movie_info {
+    int32_t width;
+    int32_t height;
+    int64_t stop_time_ms;
+    int32_t frame_rate_num;
+    int32_t frame_rate_den;
+    int32_t has_audio;
+} age_movie_info;
+
+enum age_movie_result {
+    AGE_MOVIE_EOF = 0,
+    AGE_MOVIE_FRAME = 1,
+    AGE_MOVIE_ERROR = -1,
+    AGE_MOVIE_INVALID_ARGUMENT = -2,
+    AGE_MOVIE_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL = -3
+};
+
+AGE_MOVIE_API uint32_t AGE_MOVIE_CALL age_movie_abi_version(void);
+
+/* Copies bytes before returning; the caller's buffer is borrowed only during this call. */
+AGE_MOVIE_API int32_t AGE_MOVIE_CALL age_movie_open(
+    const uint8_t *bytes,
+    size_t length,
+    age_movie **out_movie,
+    age_movie_info *out_info,
+    char *error_buffer,
+    size_t error_buffer_size);
+
+/* Writes one tightly packed top-down RGBA8 frame and its zero-based presentation timestamp. */
+AGE_MOVIE_API int32_t AGE_MOVIE_CALL age_movie_decode_video(
+    age_movie *movie,
+    uint8_t *rgba,
+    size_t rgba_size,
+    int64_t *out_pts_ms);
+
+AGE_MOVIE_API const char *AGE_MOVIE_CALL age_movie_last_error(const age_movie *movie);
+AGE_MOVIE_API void AGE_MOVIE_CALL age_movie_close(age_movie *movie);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif

native/age_movie_ffmpeg/bootstrap-win64.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+param(
+    [string]$Destination
+)
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+$repoRoot = (Resolve-Path (Join-Path $PSScriptRoot '..\..')).Path
+if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($Destination)) {
+    $Destination = Join-Path $repoRoot 'build\ffmpeg-sdk'
+}
+$manifest = Get-Content -LiteralPath (Join-Path $PSScriptRoot 'dependency-win64.json') -Raw | ConvertFrom-Json
+$downloadDir = Join-Path $repoRoot 'build\downloads'
+$archivePath = Join-Path $downloadDir $manifest.archive
+$extractRoot = Join-Path $Destination ([IO.Path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension($manifest.archive))
+New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $downloadDir | Out-Null
+
+if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $archivePath)) {
+    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $manifest.url -OutFile $archivePath
+}
+$actualHash = (Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 -LiteralPath $archivePath).Hash.ToLowerInvariant()
+if ($actualHash -ne $manifest.sha256) {
+    throw "FFmpeg archive SHA-256 mismatch: expected $($manifest.sha256), got $actualHash"
+}
+if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $extractRoot)) {
+    Expand-Archive -LiteralPath $archivePath -DestinationPath $Destination
+}
+$sdkRoot = Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $Destination -Directory |
+    Where-Object { Test-Path -LiteralPath (Join-Path $_.FullName 'include\libavformat\avformat.h') } |
+    Select-Object -First 1 -ExpandProperty FullName
+if (-not $sdkRoot) { throw "FFmpeg SDK was not found under $Destination" }
+$reported = & (Join-Path $sdkRoot 'bin\ffmpeg.exe') -version | Select-Object -First 1
+$expectedVersion = $manifest.ffmpeg_version -replace '-20260721$', ''
+if ($reported -notlike "*$expectedVersion*" ) {
+    throw "Unexpected FFmpeg build: $reported"
+}
+Write-Output $sdkRoot

native/age_movie_ffmpeg/build-win64.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+param(
+    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
+    [string]$SdkRoot,
+    [string]$OutputDirectory
+)
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+$repoRoot = (Resolve-Path (Join-Path $PSScriptRoot '..\..')).Path
+$SdkRoot = (Resolve-Path $SdkRoot).Path
+if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($OutputDirectory)) {
+    $OutputDirectory = Join-Path $repoRoot 'build\native\win-x64'
+}
+$include = Join-Path $SdkRoot 'include'
+$lib = Join-Path $SdkRoot 'lib'
+$bin = Join-Path $SdkRoot 'bin'
+foreach ($required in @(
+    (Join-Path $include 'libavformat\avformat.h'),
+    (Join-Path $lib 'avformat.lib'),
+    (Join-Path $bin 'avformat-62.dll')
+)) {
+    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $required)) { throw "Missing FFmpeg SDK file: $required" }
+}
+
+$vswhere = Join-Path ${env:ProgramFiles(x86)} 'Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe'
+if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $vswhere)) { throw "Visual Studio Installer vswhere.exe was not found" }
+$vsInstall = & $vswhere -latest -products * -requires Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64 -property installationPath
+if (-not $vsInstall) { throw "A Visual C++ x64 build environment was not found" }
+$vcvars = Join-Path $vsInstall 'VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat'
+if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $vcvars)) { throw "Visual C++ x64 environment not found: $vcvars" }
+New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $OutputDirectory | Out-Null
+$source = Join-Path $PSScriptRoot 'age_movie.c'
+$object = Join-Path $OutputDirectory 'age_movie.obj'
+$dll = Join-Path $OutputDirectory 'age_movie_ffmpeg.dll'
+$importLibrary = Join-Path $OutputDirectory 'age_movie_ffmpeg.lib'
+$compile = 'call "{0}" && cl.exe /nologo /std:c11 /utf-8 /O2 /MD /W4 /external:I"{1}" /external:W0 /LD /Fo"{2}" "{3}" /link /OUT:"{4}" /IMPLIB:"{5}" /LIBPATH:"{6}" avformat.lib avcodec.lib avutil.lib swscale.lib' -f
+    $vcvars, $include, $object, $source, $dll, $importLibrary, $lib
+& cmd.exe /d /s /c $compile
+if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "age_movie_ffmpeg compilation failed with exit code $LASTEXITCODE" }
+foreach ($runtime in @('avformat-62.dll', 'avcodec-62.dll', 'avutil-60.dll', 'swscale-9.dll', 'swresample-6.dll')) {
+    Copy-Item -LiteralPath (Join-Path $bin $runtime) -Destination $OutputDirectory -Force
+}
+Copy-Item -LiteralPath (Join-Path $SdkRoot 'LICENSE.txt') -Destination (Join-Path $OutputDirectory 'FFmpeg-LICENSE.txt') -Force
+Write-Output $dll

native/age_movie_ffmpeg/dependency-win64.json

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "provider": "BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds",
+  "release_tag": "autobuild-2026-07-21-13-38",
+  "archive": "ffmpeg-n8.1.2-29-g703dcc25b9-win64-lgpl-shared-8.1.zip",
+  "url": "https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/autobuild-2026-07-21-13-38/ffmpeg-n8.1.2-29-g703dcc25b9-win64-lgpl-shared-8.1.zip",
+  "sha256": "50764b52d38cb0baf8af938c0e4ca886d2c6753b520b2c319b532ed5c17e7cbf",
+  "ffmpeg_version": "n8.1.2-29-g703dcc25b9-20260721",
+  "ffmpeg_commit": "703dcc25b9",
+  "variant": "win64 LGPL shared 8.1"
+}