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Summary

Fixes the gap #1159 describes. RemuxByExtension() runs before the media props are read, so it passes no track list to Convert.ReMuxToMkv(). When a Matroska file sits under a ReMuxExtensions extension such as .avi, the MkvMerge remux fails, and the FFmpeg fallback succeeds, the IETF language tags were then lost.

• Convert.ReMuxToMkv() reads the input's MkvMerge track list inside the FFmpeg fallback when the caller passed none. The existing IsContainerMkv() gate then decides the restore, so a non-Matroska input still gets none. The input is unchanged until ReplaceInput(), so reading it after the rewrite is safe, and a file MkvMerge remuxes pays no extra identify.
• RemuxByExtension() is the only caller that passes no track list. The other full remux callers pass MkvMergeProps, so they are unchanged.
• A misnamed Matroska file on this path now fails closed when the rewritten tracks no longer match, the same contract Restore IETF Language Tags After Every FFmpeg or HandBrake Rewrite #1152 gives every other Matroska rewrite. With DeleteInvalidFiles on, that failed file is deleted like any other failed file.
• ARCHITECTURE.md draws the read in the ReMuxToMkv() flowchart and states that the restore reads the original input's track list.

No HISTORY line: the 3.23 entry already says an FFmpeg or HandBrake rewrite of an MKV file restores the IETF tags.

Closes on promotion: #1159

Tests

• RemuxByExtension_FfMpegFallback_RestoresLanguageOnlyForMatroska replaces the test that asserted no restore on this path. The input identifies as Matroska (restored) or AVI (not restored). The Matroska case fails when the fallback read is removed.
• Full suite: 492 passed, 0 failed.

Review

A local strict review pass covers this head. The first pass moved the track list read from an eager read in RemuxByExtension() into the fallback, which drops the duplicate container check. The later passes fixed one ARCHITECTURE.md sentence and found nothing more.

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• Bug Fixes

  • Language tags are restored from the original input after an FFmpeg fallback when the input is Matroska and its track information can be read. Other formats, such as AVI, do not trigger Matroska-specific tag restoration.
  • If reading track information is canceled during the remux process, the operation stops and removes its temporary output.

• Documentation

  • Updated the remux workflow documentation to clarify when track information is read and used for language-tag restoration.

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Walkthrough

The FFmpeg remux fallback now reads media properties from the original input when none were supplied. The Matroska-only check uses those properties for language-tag restoration. Tests cover Matroska and AVI inputs, plus failed Matroska identification.

Changes: Language-tag restoration

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Fallback property lookup and restoration PlexCleaner/Convert.cs, ARCHITECTURE.md	When languageProps is null, ReMuxToMkv reads media properties from the original input. If that read fails while cancellation is requested, the method deletes the temporary file and returns false. The documentation describes the lookup and restoration flow.
Container-specific regression coverage PlexCleanerTests/ReplaceOriginalTests.cs	A parameterized test checks that restoration occurs for Matroska input when identification succeeds. It also checks that restoration does not occur for AVI input or when Matroska identification fails.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Possibly related issues

• ptr727/PlexCleaner#1148: The issue identifies the FFmpeg rewrite path as losing IETF language tags. This change reads the original input’s properties for the fallback restoration path.
• ptr727/PlexCleaner#1159: The issue describes the fallback receiving no track properties for a misnamed Matroska file. This change reads the input properties when callers provide none.

Possibly related PRs

• ptr727/PlexCleaner#1156: This PR adds the FFmpeg fallback and Matroska-only language-tag restoration that this change updates.
• ptr727/PlexCleaner#1110: This PR introduced the language-properties parameter and restoration flow that this change extends.
• ptr727/PlexCleaner#1140: This PR introduced the ReMuxToMkv() language-restoration path that this change extends.

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 79ff2

The fallback restores input language tags when identification succeeds and aborts on cancellation. No merge-blocking defect was established; isolated cancellation coverage remains a useful follow-up.

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The title names the main change: restoring IETF language tags when a misnamed Matroska file is remuxed through the FFmpeg fallback. The raw summary shows Convert.cs reads MkvMerge track properties in the FFmpeg fallback and restores language tags only for Matroska inputs, and the tests and ARCHITECTURE.md match that behavior. The title is specific and concise, and it does not describe anything absent from the changeset.

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PR Summary by Qodo

Restore IETF language tags during extension-triggered FFmpeg remuxes

🐞 Bug fix 🧪 Tests 📝 Documentation 🕐 10-20 Minutes

AI Description

• Restore IETF language tags when a misnamed Matroska file requires FFmpeg remuxing.
• Read original track metadata only in the fallback; leave non-Matroska inputs unchanged.
• Test both container types and document when restoration reads the original input.

Diagram

graph TD
  A["Extension remux"] --> B["MkvMerge attempt"] -->|fails| C["Fallback remux"] --> D["Resolve input props"] --> E{"Matroska input?"} -->|yes| F["Validate and restore"] -->|valid| G["Replace input"]
  B -->|succeeds| G
  E -->|no| G
  C -->|fails| H["Keep original"]
  F -->|fails| H

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High-Level Assessment

Reading properties inside the fallback is the narrowest approach: it handles the sole caller without preloaded tracks, reuses the existing Matroska gate and track validation, and avoids identifying files successfully remuxed by MkvMerge. Eager identification in RemuxByExtension was considered but would add work to the successful first-attempt path.

Files changed (3) +34 / -6

Bug fix (1) +9 / -0

Convert.csLoad missing track properties during FFmpeg remux fallback +9/-0

Load missing track properties during FFmpeg remux fallback

• When no language properties were supplied, ReMuxToMkv identifies the still-unchanged input after the fallback remux. Existing Matroska gating and track validation then determine whether tags can be restored before replacement.

PlexCleaner/Convert.cs

Tests (1) +22 / -4

ReplaceOriginalTests.csCover Matroska and AVI extension-triggered fallbacks +22/-4

Cover Matroska and AVI extension-triggered fallbacks

• Replaces the no-restoration expectation with container-parameterized regression coverage. It verifies restoration for a Matroska input named .avi and no restoration for an AVI input.

PlexCleanerTests/ReplaceOriginalTests.cs

Documentation (1) +3 / -2

ARCHITECTURE.mdDocument fallback identification of original-input tracks +3/-2

Document fallback identification of original-input tracks

• Clarifies that language restoration uses the original input's track list. The remux flowchart now shows the conditional track-list read before restoration.

ARCHITECTURE.md

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🐞 Bugs (1) 📘 Rule violations (0) 📎 Requirement gaps (0) 🎨 UX issues (0) 🔗 Cross-repo conflicts (0) 📜 Skill insights (0)

1. Failed identification strips language tags 🐞 Bug ≡ Correctness

Description

The new GetMediaProps conditional leaves languageProps null when identification fails, so
ReMuxToMkv skips RestoreLanguageTags and still calls ReplaceInput. If identification of a
misnamed Matroska input fails or is cancelled after the FFmpeg fallback succeeds, the rewritten file
can replace the original without its IETF language tags.

Code

PlexCleaner/Convert.cs[R113-117]

+                languageProps == null
+                && Tools.MkvMerge.GetMediaProps(inputName, out MediaProps props)
+            )
+            {
+                languageProps = props;

Evidence

GetMediaProps returns false when identify execution or parsing fails, and tool cancellation also
returns false. The added conditional then leaves the properties null; the restoration guard is false
and the method replaces the input. The earlier fallback tool failures, by contrast, return before
replacement.

PlexCleaner/MkvMergeTool.cs[104-119]
PlexCleaner/MediaTool.cs[345-363]
PlexCleaner/Convert.cs[111-132]

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The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution

## Issue description
A failed or cancelled metadata read leaves the input's container unknown, but the FFmpeg fallback still replaces the original without restoring its IETF language tags.
## Fix Focus Areas
- PlexCleaner/Convert.cs[111-131]
## Recommended Fix
When `languageProps` is null, require `GetMediaProps` to succeed before continuing. If it fails, delete the temporary output and return false; retain the existing Matroska check for a successful read.

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What changed in this PR

This pull request restores IETF language tags when a misnamed Matroska file falls back from an MkvMerge remux to FFmpeg, while preserving behavior for non-Matroska inputs.

Changes:

• Loads MkvMerge track properties during the FFmpeg fallback when none were provided.
• Restores language tags only when the original input is Matroska.
• Updates regression tests and architecture documentation for the fallback flow.

File	Description
PlexCleaner/​Convert.cs	Reads the original track properties during the FFmpeg fallback and conditionally restores IETF tags.
PlexCleanerTests/​ReplaceOriginalTests.cs	Verifies restoration for Matroska inputs and omission for AVI inputs.
ARCHITECTURE.md	Documents the fallback property read and revised remux flow.

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1. Failed identification strips language tags

Answered in the thread on PlexCleaner/Convert.cs (#1162 (comment)). d80695f fails the remux when a cancel stops the track read. A plain identify failure keeps the FFmpeg fallback, since MkvMerge failing to read the input is the ordinary reason that fallback runs.

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Actionable comments posted: 1

Nitpick comments: 2

PlexCleanerTests/ReplaceOriginalTests.cs: 2

573-574: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Low value

Add a test for a failed identify on the Matroska fallback path.

RemuxByExtension_FfMpegFallback_RestoresLanguageOnlyForMatroska answers every --identify call successfully, so the branch where GetMediaProps returns false is not exercised. In that branch, languageProps stays null, the restore step is skipped, and the FFmpeg output replaces the input. Add a case where the identify call fails for the Matroska input. Assert that the output is committed and that no property-edit call runs for it. Update that expectation if the intended handling for a failed identify changes.

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Review comment at @PlexCleanerTests/ReplaceOriginalTests.cs around lines 573 -
574:
Add coverage to RemuxByExtension_FfMpegFallback_RestoresLanguageOnlyForMatroska
for an identify failure on the Matroska input. Make the test stub return failure
for that input’s identify call, then assert the FFmpeg output is committed and
no property-edit call is made for it; update these expectations if the intended
failed-identify behavior differs.

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587-590: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Assert the restored language value in the FFmpeg fallback test.

The test asserts only that name.tmp2 appears in the MkvPropEdit log. The input and output identify data share one track list, so tags restored from the output tracks would pass every assertion.

Give one input track a language_ietf value that differs from the sample value. Keep that track's ISO language unchanged. RestoreLanguageTags compares only the track number, type, and ISO language, so the rewrite check still passes. LanguageAny returns the IETF value when it is set, so the expected value is the new tag. Assert that the log contains --edit track:@{N} --set language={tag}, following the pattern at ReplaceOriginalTests.cs:121.

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Review comment at @PlexCleanerTests/ReplaceOriginalTests.cs around lines 587 -
590:
Update the FFmpeg fallback test to give one input track a language_ietf value
that differs from the sample while keeping its ISO language unchanged, then
assert the MkvPropEdit log contains the corresponding track-number and language
edit command. This verifies the restored tag comes from the input; follow the
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Review comments at @PlexCleaner/Convert.cs:
- Around line 114-117: Update the fallback around Tools.MkvMerge.GetMediaProps
so restored language tags come from the same input-file state used by FFmpeg.
Use a stable snapshot or verify the input’s identity across the remux with a
check that closes the replacement race; abort tag restoration if the input
changed, and retain the existing track checks.

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Review comments at @PlexCleanerTests/ReplaceOriginalTests.cs:
- Around line 573-574: Add coverage to
RemuxByExtension_FfMpegFallback_RestoresLanguageOnlyForMatroska for an identify
failure on the Matroska input. Make the test stub return failure for that
input’s identify call, then assert the FFmpeg output is committed and no
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- Around line 587-590: Update the FFmpeg fallback test to give one input track a
language_ietf value that differs from the sample while keeping its ISO language
unchanged, then assert the MkvPropEdit log contains the corresponding
track-number and language edit command. This verifies the restored tag comes
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@coderabbitai on the two nitpicks in your review of 9fe11fb:

Add a test for a failed identify on the Matroska fallback path.

Assert the restored language value in the FFmpeg fallback test.

Both are fixed in 79ff2c3. RemuxByExtension_FfMpegFallback_RestoresLanguageOnlyForMatroska has a Matroska case whose input identify exits 2, which asserts the output is committed with no MkvPropEdit call. Only the input's audio track now carries language_ietf en-GB, and the restored case asserts --edit track:@<number> --set language=en-GB. Pointing the fallback read at the FFmpeg output instead of the input fails all three cases.

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@ptr727 Confirmed both test changes in 79ff2c3:

• The Matroska case with identify exit code 2 asserts that the output is committed without a MkvPropEdit call.
• The restored case asserts --edit track:@<number> --set language=en-GB, using the input audio track’s number and language value.

These address both nitpicks. I inspected the test source; I did not run the tests.

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Follow-up Comments

Add a test for the cancelled abort after failed identification.

542-544: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Poor tradeoff

Add a test for the cancelled abort after failed identification.

When cancellation is requested after GetMediaProps fails, the cancel branch in ReMuxToMkv deletes the temporary file and returns false. No test sets the cancel state. The three RemuxByExtension_FfMpegFallback_RestoresLanguageOnlyForMatroska rows pass with or without this branch, so removing it would not be detected.

Add a separate test that requests cancellation after the identify step fails. Assert that:

• the temporary output file is deleted,
• the input file is not replaced,
• the original input file still exists.

Program.Cancel() cannot be undone for the process. Isolate this test so that it cannot affect other tests.

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Add a separate test for ReMuxToMkv that requests cancellation after
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@coderabbitai on the follow-up in your review of 79ff2c3:

Add a test for the cancelled abort after failed identification.

Declining. Program.Cancel() cancels s_cancelSource, a static readonly CancellationTokenSource in PlexCleaner/Program.cs that nothing resets. The xUnit suite runs every test class in one process. So a test that cancels would leave every later test in the run cancelled, and the suite has no process-isolation harness to contain it. The two existing cancel branches in Convert.ReMuxToMkv(), after the MkvMerge and FFmpeg remux failures, are untested for the same reason. This branch follows the same shape as those: delete the temp file and return false.

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@ptr727 Understood. I will not pursue this test request.

I confirmed that Program.Cancel() cancels the process-wide static readonly source in PlexCleaner/Program.cs. I found no reset call. An in-process test would leave that source cancelled for later tests.

The new branch in Convert.ReMuxToMkv() deletes the temporary file and returns false, consistent with the existing cancellation paths. Adding test isolation or changing cancellation ownership is not necessary for this PR.

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