A2a (metadata round): narrators TEXT[] + narrators_search (tags
pattern: accumulator + GIN pairs) + abridged bool on media_items;
scanner fills from the Libation/ABS sidecar (narrators verbatim,
abridged flag) with audio-payload promotion; editorial fields ride
the real columns while audio_metadata stays scan-derived (duration/
codec/chapters). Detail/edit/save paths carry the fields; the web
edit dialog grows an Audio section (Narrator(s) comma-input, Abridged
toggle, scanned duration read-only); search weights + narrator filter
(word_similarity over narrators_search) + narrator autocomplete added.
A2c (per-media-type wording): copy helpers keyed on format_group —
Listen Now, Mark Complete/Not Complete, Listening Progress, Your
Listening Stats, Time Listening, Time listened (pages tile swapped for
audio), Position H:MM:SS / total H:MM:SS on detail + progress pages
(duration parsed from audio_metadata). Dashboard: system collections
swap to Continue Listening / Recently Listened at DISPLAY time when
the audiobooks library is selected (stored names unchanged; restores
keep working); week card = Listening Time / Sessions / Books Touched;
cover-corner badges identify audiobook (headphones) / comic / manga
cards on mixed grids — books stay unbadged; hover action icon follows
the media type.
A2b (player): the scrubber binds value to the playhead with an explicit
scrub guard (the handle previously froze at its initial max); header
row = reader-style back arrow + Chapter n/total launcher; chapters
open in a floating top-down drawer (current chapter highlighted, page
never shifts); Skip/Speed rows share one label-left layout; honest
wall-clock session accounting (playing-only deltas, paused flush).
A2d (bookmarks): note-bearing time bookmarks ride the existing
media_bookmarks substrate (notes column + sync-aware service already
there) — audio locator convention audio:<seconds>, chapter_number
filled, auto-title '<chapter> — H:MM:SS', capture popover with optional
note, drawer with jump/edit-note/delete. Zero server changes needed.
Verified live on the Libation sample: narrators backfilled by rescan;
PUT edit persisted + overrides detected (narrators, abridged); force
rescan preserved the user edit; reset-to-scanned-of-defaults restored
truth; narrator filter/autocomplete scoped by library; dashboard
listsening wording + badges render; bookmark save with note deduped to
one row.
Previously both the metadata editor (PUT /api/media-items/:id) and the
scanner (library scans, force rescans, per-book rescans) wrote through
the same unconditional UPDATE media_items query, so any rescan wiped
user-written descriptions, tags, and uploaded covers. Custom and scanned
values were indistinguishable, and custom cover uploads even wrote to
the same {file}.cover.jpg sidecar path the scanner generates, so each
side silently clobbered the other.
Introduce metadata_overrides, a TEXT[] column on media_items listing the
column names the user has customized:
- Saving metadata records overrides per field by diffing the submitted
values against the stored row (an untouched save records nothing);
overrides accumulate until an explicit reset. Cover upload/removal
always marks cover_image_path. Bulk updates mark each applied field.
- The scanner merges: updateMediaItem() now takes the existing row and
restores every overridden column (including derived *_search arrays)
before writing, and preserves the override set itself.
- Uploaded covers move to a dedicated {file}.custom_cover.{jpg|png|webp}
sidecar so the scanner can never overwrite a user cover on disk.
- RescanMediaItem gains resetOverrides: POST /api/media-items/:id/rescan?
reset_overrides=true clears the set first, returning the item to pure
scanned defaults.
Shared detection/restore helpers live in internal/utils
(metadata_overrides.go) with unit tests covering detection, accumulation,
unset-form equality, and restore-with-derived-fields. Schema change is
an idempotent ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS applied on startup. Also includes
incidental gofmt of NewMediaScanner literals in media_scanner.go.
John O'Keefe