Enhance local recordings as a monitored media batch

Why use this

1. A media batch can look complete when only some files have finished processing. Paused work, failed effects and cancelled jobs need distinct statuses so that the owner does not mistake a partial folder of outputs for the whole requested delivery.

2. This job could keep the batch state understandable at both project and file level. Preserving cancellation as a decision rather than an error would let the owner review completed assets without silently restarting work they deliberately stopped.

Why an agent / simpler alternative

Useful judgment

Interpret requested effects and explain mixed asynchronous outcomes while maintaining per-file traceability.

Simpler alternative

Use a fixed batch-processing script when every file receives the same supported transformation.

Unsuitable when

The owner cannot review transformed media or the effects must preserve forensic fidelity.

Proposed inputs

1. Name

   Batch manifest

   Owner

   Media owner

   Minimum scope

   Approved local paths, file IDs and requested effects

   Quality check

   Check duplicates and distinguish original files from earlier outputs.

2. Name

   Queue instructions

   Owner

   Media owner

   Minimum scope

   Priority, pause state and any explicit cancellation requests

   Quality check

   Record which jobs may run and which require fresh authorization.

Access and setup — proposed or unknown

Proposed minimum

1. Read approved originals and write to a separate output directory; preserve a job-status manifest.

Compatibility unknowns

1. Unknown: hardware requirements, current local MCP availability and supported media/effect combinations.

External actions requiring approval

1. Installing software, resuming a user-paused queue or retrying cancelled work without a new request.

Expected deliverable and review checks

Proposed artifact

Per-file outcome table with output paths, applied effects, failures, pauses and cancellations.

Critical checks

1. Completed paths identify readable outputs for the correct input.

2. Cancelled jobs remain cancelled and incomplete files are not labelled delivered.

Missing output evidence

This overlay adds no new output inspection or execution validation. Preserve the canonical implementation evidence and its outcome limits.

Failure signals and proposed responses

1. Signal

   A shared batch reports success while one file has no output.

   Why it matters

   The owner may publish or archive an incomplete set.

   Proposed response

   Reconcile every manifest entry with its own terminal status and disclose the missing item.

2. Signal

   A retry treats cancellation as a transient failure.

   Why it matters

   The system would override the owner’s deliberate stop.

   Proposed response

   Leave the job cancelled and wait for a new explicit request covering that file.

Effort and cost — unknown

Setup work

1. Build the manifest and choose preservation and naming rules for originals.

Ongoing review

1. Inspect changed audio or video and reconcile asynchronous outcomes.

Unknowns

1. Unknown: hardware load, processing duration, storage needs and usage costs.

First check — proposed, unexecuted

Status

proposed_unexecuted

Synthetic fixture

A synthetic batch manifest contains one completed clip, one failed clip and one user-cancelled clip.

Acceptance checks

1. Only the completed clip receives a deliverable path.

2. The failed and cancelled entries have different next steps, with no automatic cancelled-job retry.

Stop conditions

1. Software installation or renewed execution permission is required.

Limits

1. Pause and cancellation instructions must remain explicit in the proposed manifest; hardware compatibility is unknown.