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pptx: round-trip p:video and p:audio media timing nodes and autoplay conditions - #1942
Split from #1808 per @aiongg's review request (PR 3 of 7).
Summary
Read (crates/pptx/src/read/timing.rs):
Walk the p:timing tree (collect_media) tracking whether any ancestor non-root p:cTn has a non-immediate start condition (evt != "onBegin" or delay != "0" or target child elements tgtEl/tn/rtn).
Set clip.autoplay = true when the media node's own cTn/stCondLst/cond has evt == None and delay == "0" and no ancestor cTn defers playback.
Emit <p:video> / <p:audio> (<p:cMediaNode>) timing nodes when any slide media clip has non-default playback settings (autoplay, volume != 1.0, hide_while_not_playing, loop_play, or full_screen), even when the slide has no shape animations.
PowerPoint presentations now preserve audio and video playback settings, including autoplay, volume, mute, looping, rewind, playback across slides, visibility, and fullscreen behavior.
Media playback settings are saved even on slides without animation effects.
Bug Fixes
Autoplay now follows applicable timing conditions and delays, including those inherited from parent animations. Media with explicit events, targeted start conditions, or nonzero delays does not start automatically.
PPTX reading now derives media autoplay from media and ancestor timing conditions. PPTX writing emits timing nodes for media with non-default playback settings, including volume, visibility, looping, full-screen, and autoplay.
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Read media timing crates/pptx/src/read/timing.rs, crates/pptx/tests/it/media_timing.rs
Media traversal propagates deferred conditions from ancestors. Autoplay is set only when the media is not deferred and its start condition has no event and zero delay. Tests cover autoplay conditions and automatic Play effects.
Write media timing crates/pptx/src/write.rs, crates/pptx/src/write/timing.rs, crates/pptx/tests/it/media_timing.rs, docs/file-format-parity.md
Slides emit timing markup for animations and qualifying media settings. Media timing nodes encode volume, mute, visibility, looping, full-screen, rewind, cross-slide playback, and autoplay. Tests and documentation cover media playback settings.
Audio clips with the full-screen flag set would be saved with a schema-invalid attribute, which PowerPoint might flag. The fix is a small, localized change, so the change is mergeable with minor follow-up.
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Review comments at @crates/pptx/src/write.rs:
- Around line 816-829: Remove the recursive has_nondefault predicate and its
conditional from the timing-writing flow; call timing::timing directly for each
slide so its bounded traversal handles the shapes while preserving animation and
media timing behavior.
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Minor · Include root start conditions in autoplay detection. · timing.rs:210-244
crates/pptx/src/read/timing.rs:210-244 Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Include root start conditions in autoplay detection.
If tmRoot has a delayed start condition and a descendant media node has delay zero, the reader sets clip.autoplay to true. The slideshow can then play the clip before the root delay expires.
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Review comment at @crates/pptx/src/read/timing.rs around lines 210 - 244:
Update autoplay detection in collect_media to include start conditions on the
tmRoot cTn, rather than excluding it from deferred-state propagation. Ensure a
delayed root start condition marks descendant media as deferred, even when the
media node’s own delay is zero.
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- Around line 210-244: Update autoplay detection in collect_media to include
start conditions on the tmRoot cTn, rather than excluding it from deferred-state
propagation. Ensure a delayed root start condition marks descendant media as
deferred, even when the media node’s own delay is zero.
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What it does: This PR adds round-trip support for p:video and p:audio media timing nodes and autoplay conditions, split from #1808. On read, it walks the p:timing tree in collect_media and sets clip.autoplay only when the media node's own condition is auto-begin and no ancestor cTn defers playback. On write, it emits <p:cMediaNode> timing nodes when a clip has non-default playback settings, even without shape animations.
Logical units:
Read in crates/pptx/src/read/timing.rs: ancestor-condition tracking and autoplay detection
Write in crates/pptx/src/write/timing.rs and crates/pptx/src/write.rs: emitting media timing nodes for non-default settings
Tests in crates/pptx/tests/it/media_timing.rs: media_autoplay_respects_ancestor_conditions_and_delays
Findings:
[tests] crates/pptx/tests/it/media_timing.rs, write_media_node / collect_media: no test covers the write path. Add a round-trip test with a slide containing only media (no animations) with autoplay, non-default volume, loop_play, hide_while_not_playing, and full_screen, and assert the re-read clip matches.
[tests] crates/pptx/tests/it/media_timing.rs, write_media_node: no round-trip test that a non-autoplay clip written with delay="indefinite" is not re-read as autoplay=true. Add a case with volume/loop set but autoplay=false.
[tests] crates/pptx/src/read/timing.rs, collect_media: the evt != "onBegin" ancestor case is untested. Add a case with an ancestor cond evt="onClick" and assert autoplay is false.
[tests] crates/pptx/src/read/timing.rs, collect_media: the nodeType="tmRoot" exclusion and the positive is_auto_begin case are untested. Add cases where the root cTn has a delay/event (should not defer) and where an ancestor has evt="onBegin" delay="0" with no target (should not defer).
[tests] crates/pptx/src/read/timing.rs, media_settings: the media node's own condition requiring evt absent is untested. Add a case where the media cTn/stCondLst/cond has evt="onBegin" or a missing/non-zero delay and assert autoplay stays false.
[tests] crates/pptx/tests/it/media_timing.rs, collect_media: only p:video is exercised. Add an equivalent p:audio case, and a case with multiple cond elements where one is auto-begin and another is delayed, to cover the has_on_begin logic.
Overlap: Split from #1808; no other overlaps listed.
Verdict: needs changes — (1) add write-path round-trip coverage for media-only slides, (2) add a non-autoplay round-trip case to prevent false autoplay on re-read, (3) add ancestor evt != "onBegin" coverage for collect_media.
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Changes needed (not certain):
Reads an autoplay flag from the media node's own start condition, checking whether any parent time node defers it. Also writes p:video/p:audio media nodes for clips with non-default playback settings, including on slides without animations.
crates/pptx/src/write/timing.rs:804 stores automatic start as delay="0" on the media node's own cTn. Automatic start normally plays after any earlier animation steps, so it is usually a Play (mediacall) effect in the main sequence, and the media node stays at delay="indefinite". Other apps may not read this as an automatic start.
crates/pptx/src/read/timing.rs:260 only sets autoplay from a zero-delay media node, so files that use a main-sequence Play effect for automatic start do not get clip.autoplay set.
crates/pptx/src/write/timing.rs:778-812 duplicates the media node writer proposed in #84. The two changes conflict and encode autoplay differently.
crates/pptx/src/read/timing.rs:216 skips the tmRoot cTn, so a start condition on the root is not treated as deferring playback.
write_media_node (crates/pptx/src/write/timing.rs:791) does not write rewind (fill="remove") or play across slides (numSld), so those options are still lost on save.
docs/file-format-parity.md:95 still says playback options are lost on save. Update it to say which options now round-trip.
Claims checked:
verified: The reader walks the timing tree and marks media as deferred when an ancestor non-root cTn has a non-immediate start condition (an event other than onBegin, a nonzero delay, or a targeted condition). (crates/pptx/src/read/timing.rs:215-233 skips tmRoot, treats onBegin with delay 0 and no tgtEl/tn/r…
verified: Autoplay is set when the media node's own condition has no evt and delay 0 and no ancestor defers playback. (crates/pptx/src/read/timing.rs:260-263 checks the first cMediaNode/cTn/stCondLst/cond for evt none and delay "0" and requires !deferred.)
contradicted: Autoplay respects timing conditions and delays inherited from parent animations. (crates/pptx/src/read/timing.rs:216 excludes the tmRoot cTn, so a delay on the root start condition is not inherited.)
verified: Writes p:video / p:audio cMediaNode timing nodes when a clip has non-default autoplay, volume, hide while not playing, loop or full screen, even on slides with no animations. (crates/pptx/src/write.rs:816 always calls timing::timing. crates/pptx/src/write/timing.rs:689-690 writes p:timing when medi…
unverified: Autoplay round-trips in the form used for automatic start in presentation files. (crates/pptx/src/write/timing.rs:804 writes delay="0" on the media node. Automatic start normally runs after earlier animation steps (a main-sequence Play effect, as crates/pptx/src/write/timing.rs:446-455 writes for M…
Extract the duplicated deferred-start predicate into one helper.
The is_auto_begin closure and the has_on_begin / any(...) logic appear twice. They are in collect_media (Lines 218-231) and in the root_deferred computation (Lines 273-284). The two copies must stay identical for the ancestor and root checks to agree. A change to one copy alone, for example a new cond shape to treat as auto-start, would make them diverge without notice.
Move the logic to one module-level function that takes a stCondLst element.
♻️ Proposed refactor
+/// True when a `p:stCondLst` postpones its time node: an event other than an untargeted+/// `onBegin` with delay 0, or (without such an `onBegin`) a delay other than 0.+fn defers_start(st: &El) -> bool {+ let is_auto_begin = |c: &El| {+ c.attr("evt") == Some("onBegin")+ && c.attr("delay").map(str::trim) == Some("0")+ && c.child("tgtEl").is_none()+ && c.child("tn").is_none()+ && c.child("rtn").is_none()+ };+ let has_on_begin = st.children_named("cond").any(is_auto_begin);+ st.children_named("cond")+ .any(|c| (c.attr("evt").is_some() && !is_auto_begin(c)) || (!has_on_begin && c.attr("delay").map(str::trim) != Some("0")))+}
Then, in collect_media:
- let is_auto_begin = |c: &El| { ... };- let has_on_begin = ...;- if st.children_named("cond").any(...) {+ if defers_start(st) {
deferred = true;
}
And for the root check:
- let root_deferred = timing.path(&["tnLst", "par", "cTn", "stCondLst"]).is_some_and(|st| { ... });+ let root_deferred = timing.path(&["tnLst", "par", "cTn", "stCondLst"]).is_some_and(defers_start);
Also applies to: 273-284
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Review comment at @crates/pptx/src/read/timing.rs around lines 218 - 231:
Extract the shared deferred-start condition logic from collect_media and the
root_deferred computation into one module-level helper that accepts a stCondLst
element. Update both call sites to use that helper, preserving the existing
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Review comments at @crates/pptx/src/write/timing.rs:
- Line 788: Limit full_screen handling to video clips in both collect_media
selection and write_media_node serialization: require clip.video alongside
clip.full_screen before selecting a clip for this flag, and ensure p:audio never
receives the fullScrn attribute. Preserve the existing video behavior and audio
narration handling.
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Review comments at @crates/pptx/src/read/timing.rs:
- Around line 218-231: Extract the shared deferred-start condition logic from
collect_media and the root_deferred computation into one module-level helper
that accepts a stCondLst element. Update both call sites to use that helper,
preserving the existing predicate behavior so ancestor and root checks remain
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Minor · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win
Do not write fullScrn on p:audio.
In ECMA-376, fullScrn belongs to the video media node (CT_TLMediaNodeVideo). CT_TLMediaNodeAudio defines only isNarration. If an audio MediaClip has full_screen == true, collect_media selects it. write_media_node then writes <p:audio fullScrn="1">, which is schema-invalid. PowerPoint may show a repair prompt for it.
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Limit full_screen handling to video clips in both collect_media selection and
write_media_node serialization: require clip.video alongside clip.full_screen
before selecting a clip for this flag, and ensure p:audio never receives the
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Split from #1808 per @aiongg's review request (PR 3 of 7).
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crates/pptx/src/read/timing.rs):p:timingtree (collect_media) tracking whether any ancestor non-rootp:cTnhas a non-immediate start condition (evt != "onBegin"ordelay != "0"or target child elementstgtEl/tn/rtn).clip.autoplay = truewhen the media node's owncTn/stCondLst/condhasevt == Noneanddelay == "0"and no ancestorcTndefers playback.crates/pptx/src/write/timing.rs,crates/pptx/src/write.rs):<p:video>/<p:audio>(<p:cMediaNode>) timing nodes when any slide media clip has non-default playback settings (autoplay,volume != 1.0,hide_while_not_playing,loop_play, orfull_screen), even when the slide has no shape animations.crates/pptx/tests/it/media_timing.rs):media_autoplay_respects_ancestor_conditions_and_delaysSummary by CodeRabbit
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