fix(video): select one prompt carrier from per-key or comment tags

Current ComfyUI savers write one container tag per key (prompt, workflow,
parameters, comfyassets_prompt_pairs); only the old VideoHelperSuite comment
envelope was read. select_video_carrier picks exactly one carrier in the
order per-key tags, comment envelope, description: the first with a role
key wins, else the first with a workflow, and carriers never merge.
Matroska upper-cased tag names fold on our side; differing fold-duplicates
fail the read like duplicate PNG keys, identical ones are one record.
Per-key values stay original-text; envelope objects are reserialized.
This commit is contained in:
Vito Sansevero
2026-10-22 04:04:46 -07:00
parent f95f66d76a
commit b57179ae40
2 changed files with 273 additions and 30 deletions
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@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
"""Tests for utils/video_metadata.py: prompt metadata from video containers.
ComfyUI's video savers store ``{"prompt": ..., "workflow": ...}`` as JSON in
the container's ``comment`` tag. ffprobe reads it; when ffprobe is missing
videos are skipped without noise.
Current ComfyUI savers (core SaveVideo/SaveWEBM, VideoHelperSuite) write one
container tag per key (``prompt``, ``workflow``, ``parameters``,
``comfyassets_prompt_pairs``); older VideoHelperSuite wrote one ``comment``
JSON envelope, with ``description`` as a fallback. One selector picks a single
carrier for the inspector and the scan. ffprobe reads the tags; when ffprobe
is missing videos are skipped without noise.
"""
import json
@@ -19,9 +22,11 @@ sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
from utils import video_metadata # noqa: E402
from utils.video_metadata import ( # noqa: E402
VIDEO_EXTENSIONS,
DuplicateVideoTagError,
is_video_path,
metadata_from_tags,
read_video_metadata,
select_video_carrier,
)
HAVE_FFMPEG = bool(shutil.which("ffmpeg") and shutil.which("ffprobe"))
@@ -69,6 +74,149 @@ class TestMetadataFromTags(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertEqual(metadata_from_tags(tags), {"prompt": GRAPH})
class TestSelectVideoCarrier(unittest.TestCase):
"""Spec 2026-10-19 resolution parity section 8: one carrier, never merged."""
WORKFLOW = json.dumps({"nodes": [{"id": "per-key"}]})
def test_per_key_tags_win_over_comment(self):
tags = {
"prompt": GRAPH,
"workflow": self.WORKFLOW,
"comment": json.dumps({"prompt": json.dumps({"9": {}})}),
}
metadata, formats, carrier = select_video_carrier(tags)
self.assertEqual(metadata, {"prompt": GRAPH, "workflow": self.WORKFLOW})
self.assertEqual(
formats, {"prompt": "original-text", "workflow": "original-text"}
)
self.assertIsNone(carrier)
def test_matroska_uppercase_keys_fold(self):
tags = {"PROMPT": GRAPH, "Workflow": self.WORKFLOW, "ENCODER": "Lavf"}
metadata, formats, carrier = select_video_carrier(tags)
self.assertEqual(metadata, {"prompt": GRAPH, "workflow": self.WORKFLOW})
self.assertEqual(
formats, {"prompt": "original-text", "workflow": "original-text"}
)
self.assertIsNone(carrier)
folded = {"COMMENT": json.dumps({"prompt": GRAPH})}
self.assertEqual(select_video_carrier(folded)[0], {"prompt": GRAPH})
def test_folded_duplicate_keys_fail(self):
for tags in (
{"PROMPT": GRAPH, "prompt": json.dumps({"9": {}})},
{"Workflow": self.WORKFLOW, "WORKFLOW": "{}", "prompt": GRAPH},
{"comment": json.dumps({"prompt": GRAPH}), "COMMENT": "{}"},
):
with self.assertRaises(DuplicateVideoTagError):
select_video_carrier(tags)
# Byte-identical duplicates are one record, as for PNG text chunks.
metadata, _, _ = select_video_carrier({"PROMPT": GRAPH, "prompt": GRAPH})
self.assertEqual(metadata, {"prompt": GRAPH})
def test_comment_envelope_still_read(self):
envelope = json.dumps({"prompt": GRAPH, "workflow": {"nodes": []}})
metadata, formats, carrier = select_video_carrier(
{"comment": envelope, "encoder": "Lavf"}
)
self.assertEqual(metadata["prompt"], GRAPH)
self.assertEqual(json.loads(metadata["workflow"]), {"nodes": []})
self.assertEqual(
formats, {"prompt": "original-text", "workflow": "reserialized-json"}
)
self.assertEqual(carrier, envelope)
def test_description_fallback(self):
envelope = json.dumps({"prompt": GRAPH})
tags = {"comment": "not json", "description": envelope}
self.assertEqual(
select_video_carrier(tags),
({"prompt": GRAPH}, {"prompt": "original-text"}, envelope),
)
self.assertIsNone(select_video_carrier({"comment": "note", "encoder": "x"}))
self.assertIsNone(select_video_carrier({"comment": "[1]"}))
self.assertIsNone(select_video_carrier({}))
self.assertIsNone(select_video_carrier(None))
self.assertIsNone(select_video_carrier({"comment": 7}))
def test_role_carrier_beats_workflow_only_carrier(self):
envelope = json.dumps({"prompt": GRAPH, "workflow": {"nodes": ["c"]}})
metadata, formats, carrier = select_video_carrier(
{"workflow": self.WORKFLOW, "comment": envelope}
)
self.assertEqual(metadata["prompt"], GRAPH)
self.assertEqual(json.loads(metadata["workflow"]), {"nodes": ["c"]})
self.assertEqual(carrier, envelope)
for role in ("parameters", "comfyassets_prompt_pairs"):
metadata, _, carrier = select_video_carrier(
{"comment": json.dumps({"workflow": {}}), role: "x"}
)
self.assertEqual(metadata, {role: "x"})
self.assertIsNone(carrier)
# Without a role anywhere, the first workflow-only carrier wins.
metadata, _, carrier = select_video_carrier(
{"workflow": self.WORKFLOW, "comment": json.dumps({"workflow": {}})}
)
self.assertEqual(metadata, {"workflow": self.WORKFLOW})
self.assertIsNone(carrier)
def test_carriers_never_merge(self):
metadata, _, carrier = select_video_carrier(
{
"prompt": GRAPH,
"comment": json.dumps({"workflow": {"nodes": ["comment"]}}),
"description": json.dumps({"parameters": "Steps: 1"}),
}
)
self.assertEqual(metadata, {"prompt": GRAPH})
self.assertIsNone(carrier)
metadata, _, carrier = select_video_carrier(
{
"workflow": self.WORKFLOW,
"comment": json.dumps({"prompt": GRAPH}),
"description": json.dumps({"parameters": "Steps: 1"}),
}
)
self.assertEqual(metadata, {"prompt": GRAPH})
self.assertEqual(carrier, json.dumps({"prompt": GRAPH}))
def test_per_key_values_are_original_text_and_envelope_objects_reserialized(
self,
):
exact = '{"3":{"inputs":{"cfg":6.5000000000000000001}}}'
metadata, formats, _ = select_video_carrier({"prompt": exact})
self.assertEqual(metadata, {"prompt": exact})
self.assertEqual(formats, {"prompt": "original-text"})
envelope = json.dumps(
{"prompt": {"3": {}}, "workflow": {"nodes": []}, "parameters": "Steps: 1"}
)
metadata, formats, carrier = select_video_carrier({"comment": envelope})
self.assertEqual(json.loads(metadata["prompt"]), {"3": {}})
self.assertEqual(json.loads(metadata["workflow"]), {"nodes": []})
self.assertEqual(metadata["parameters"], "Steps: 1")
self.assertEqual(
formats,
{
"prompt": "reserialized-json",
"workflow": "reserialized-json",
"parameters": "original-text",
},
)
self.assertEqual(carrier, envelope)
def test_null_role_markers_and_invalid_workflow_keep_their_shape(self):
# The inspector refuses a null role marker rather than falling back.
metadata, formats, _ = select_video_carrier(
{"comment": json.dumps({"prompt": None, "workflow": [1]})}
)
self.assertEqual(metadata, {"prompt": None})
self.assertEqual(formats, {"workflow": "invalid"})
metadata, formats, _ = select_video_carrier({"prompt": 7, "workflow": 1})
self.assertEqual(metadata, {"prompt": None})
self.assertEqual(formats, {"workflow": "invalid"})
class TestIsVideoPath(unittest.TestCase):
def test_extensions(self):
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@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
"""Prompt metadata from video containers.
ComfyUI's video savers (core SaveVideo, VideoHelperSuite, ...) write the
queued graph into the container's ``comment`` tag as JSON:
``{"prompt": "<graph json>", "workflow": {...}}``. ffprobe reads it on every
platform; when ffprobe is not installed, videos are skipped with a single
notice instead of one error per file.
Current ComfyUI video savers (core SaveVideo/SaveWEBM, VideoHelperSuite since
``c67ff3e``) write one container tag per key, each a JSON string:
``prompt``, ``workflow``, ``parameters``, ``comfyassets_prompt_pairs``. Older
VideoHelperSuite wrote one ``comment`` tag holding a JSON envelope
``{"prompt": "<graph json>", "workflow": {...}}``; ``description`` is read as a
fallback envelope. ffprobe reads the tags on every platform; when ffprobe is
not installed, videos are skipped with a single notice instead of one error
per file.
``select_video_carrier`` picks exactly one carrier for both the inspector and
the scan, so Images and ingestion read the same prompts from the same file.
The result uses the same shape as PNG text chunks (string values keyed
``prompt`` / ``workflow`` / ``parameters``) so the existing prompt parser
handles both.
``prompt`` / ``workflow`` / ...) so the existing prompt parser handles both.
"""
import functools
@@ -20,10 +24,15 @@ import shutil
# Fixed argv, absolute binary, no shell.
import subprocess # nosec B404
from .pair_execution import EXECUTION_KEY
VIDEO_EXTENSIONS = (".mp4", ".mov", ".m4v", ".webm", ".mkv", ".avi", ".wmv")
FFPROBE_TIMEOUT = 20 # seconds; a stuck probe must not hang a worker thread
_COMMENT_TAGS = ("comment", "description")
_METADATA_KEYS = ("prompt", "workflow", "parameters")
# Carrier order: per-key tags, then the ``comment`` envelope, then ``description``.
ROLE_TAG_KEYS = ("prompt", "parameters", EXECUTION_KEY)
METADATA_TAG_KEYS = ("prompt", "workflow", "parameters", EXECUTION_KEY)
ENVELOPE_TAG_KEYS = ("comment", "description")
VIDEO_TAG_KEYS = METADATA_TAG_KEYS + ENVELOPE_TAG_KEYS
_NO_WINDOW = getattr(subprocess, "CREATE_NO_WINDOW", 0) # no console flash on Windows
logger = logging.getLogger("prompt_manager.video")
@@ -46,32 +55,118 @@ def reset_missing_notice():
_missing_notice_shown = False
def metadata_from_tags(tags) -> dict:
"""Normalise container tags into PNG-text-chunk shaped metadata.
class DuplicateVideoTagError(ValueError):
"""Two container tags fold to the same metadata key with different text."""
Returns ``{}`` when no tag carries a JSON object with a known key.
def _folded_tags(tags: dict) -> dict:
"""Known tags keyed by ASCII-lowercased name.
Matroska muxers upper-case tag names and ffprobe reports them as written,
so the fold happens here. Two tags folding to one key are a duplicate
record: byte-identical duplicates are one record (as for PNG text chunks),
differing ones fail the read.
"""
if not isinstance(tags, dict):
return {}
for tag in _COMMENT_TAGS:
raw = tags.get(tag)
folded = {}
for key, value in tags.items():
if not isinstance(key, str):
continue
name = key.lower()
if name not in VIDEO_TAG_KEYS:
continue
if name in folded and folded[name] != value:
raise DuplicateVideoTagError(f"Duplicate video metadata tag: {name}")
folded[name] = value
return folded
def _record(value, key):
"""One carrier field as (metadata text or None, record format or None).
A null marker (or a non-text role value) has no record format: it is kept
in the metadata as ``None`` so the inspector refuses it instead of letting
fallback evidence win, while scans drop it.
"""
if key == "workflow" and not isinstance(value, (str, dict)):
return None, "invalid"
if isinstance(value, str):
return value, "original-text"
if isinstance(value, dict):
return json.dumps(value), "reserialized-json"
return None, None
def _carriers(folded: dict):
"""Candidate carriers in order: (fields, raw envelope text or None)."""
per_key = {key: folded[key] for key in METADATA_TAG_KEYS if key in folded}
if per_key:
yield per_key, None
for tag in ENVELOPE_TAG_KEYS:
raw = folded.get(tag)
if not isinstance(raw, str):
continue
try:
data = json.loads(raw)
envelope = json.loads(raw)
except ValueError:
continue
if not isinstance(data, dict):
if isinstance(envelope, dict):
yield envelope, raw
def select_video_carrier(tags):
"""Choose the one container carrier of prompt metadata.
Returns ``(metadata, record_formats, carrier_text)`` or ``None`` when no
carrier holds a known key. ``metadata`` maps known keys to their text, or
to ``None`` for an explicit null marker that the inspector must refuse;
``record_formats`` is ``original-text``, ``reserialized-json`` (an envelope
object) or ``invalid`` (a workflow that is neither text nor an object), and
``carrier_text`` is the exact envelope for reserialized values (``None``
for per-key tags). The first carrier holding a role key wins; otherwise the
first holding ``workflow``. Carriers are never merged.
Raises :class:`DuplicateVideoTagError` for differing fold-duplicate tags.
"""
if not isinstance(tags, dict):
return None
candidates = list(_carriers(_folded_tags(tags)))
selected = next(
(item for item in candidates if any(key in item[0] for key in ROLE_TAG_KEYS)),
None,
)
if selected is None:
selected = next((item for item in candidates if "workflow" in item[0]), None)
if selected is None:
return None
fields, carrier_text = selected
metadata, formats = {}, {}
for key in METADATA_TAG_KEYS:
if key not in fields:
continue
found = {}
for key in _METADATA_KEYS:
value = data.get(key)
if value is None:
continue
found[key] = value if isinstance(value, str) else json.dumps(value)
if found:
return found
return {}
text, record_format = _record(fields[key], key)
if record_format == "invalid":
formats[key] = record_format
continue
metadata[key] = text
if record_format is not None:
formats[key] = record_format
return metadata, formats, carrier_text
def metadata_from_tags(tags) -> dict:
"""Normalise container tags into PNG-text-chunk shaped metadata for scans.
Returns ``{}`` when no carrier holds a known key, and when fold-duplicate
tags make the file's evidence untrustworthy.
"""
try:
selected = select_video_carrier(tags)
except DuplicateVideoTagError as e:
logger.debug(f"Video tags skipped: {e}")
return {}
if selected is None:
return {}
metadata, _, _ = selected
return {key: value for key, value in metadata.items() if isinstance(value, str)}
def read_video_metadata(path, timeout=FFPROBE_TIMEOUT) -> dict: