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 Recorder started as a mature dynamic recording engine. The project now adds an identity-aware **Inspect / Watch / Record / Auto** layer around that engine, turning playlist discovery into an unattended recording workflow rather than a one-shot recording command.
 
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 ## Why Recorder exists
 
 Recording a live stream sounds simple — until you need the recording to actually survive for hours unattended.
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 The result is not simply a command that downloads a stream. It is an unattended live-recording system designed around the reality that online sources, networks, authorization, quality, and availability can all change while the event itself continues.
 
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 ## Contents
 
 - [Inspect → Watch → Record → Auto](#inspect--watch--record--auto)
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 - [Configuration](#configuration)
 - [Testing and CI](#testing-and-ci)
 - [Project status](#project-status)
+- [Legal / Responsible Use](#legal--responsible-use)
 - [What’s next](#whats-next)
 - [End-user installation status](#end-user-installation-status)
 
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 ## Inspect → Watch → Record → Auto
 
 | Stage | What Recorder does |
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 The same Coordinator can also keep targets in **MANUAL** mode, where discovered identities are visible but recording starts only when the user selects one.
 
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 ## Identity-aware source coordination
 
 Recorder separates **what is being recorded** from the individual playlist URL that happens to carry it at a particular moment.
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 - **Optional refresh and launch sounds**, including snooze control.
 - **Regression and safety coverage** exercised by GitHub Actions.
 
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 ## Architecture
 
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 A canonical identity can have only one active owner. The registry covers workers in **LAUNCHING**, **RECORDING**, and **WAITING_FOR_SOURCE** states, so MANUAL and automatic launches cannot accidentally create duplicate active recordings for the same identity.
 
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 ## The recording engine — keeping a live recording alive
 
 The Coordinator solves the problem of **what should be recorded and when it should start**.
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 **The Coordinator finds and manages the recordings that should exist.  
 The recording engine does the difficult work of keeping each one alive.**
 
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 ## Coordinator dashboard
 
 The Coordinator is the main Inspect / Watch interface. It presents the system as a live terminal dashboard rather than a GUI.
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 The dashboard also exposes runtime controls for manual recording selection, information, sound control, refresh, and exit.
 
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 ## Unattended recording workflow
 
 A typical automatic workflow is:
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 If the 20-worker active ceiling is reached, remaining identities stay watched instead of being incorrectly marked as failed.
 
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 ## Project structure
 
 ```text
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     Regression and safety coverage.
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 ## Identity policies
 
 ### MANUAL
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 Multiple matching identities can appear in one scan. Recorder can launch them as capacity permits while keeping duplicate ownership and the global worker ceiling enforced centrally.
 
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 ## Configuration
 
 User-maintained runtime configuration is intentionally kept **outside this repository** in:
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 The repository deliberately does not publish live user configuration, signed playback URLs, cookies, or local sound files.
 
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 ## Optional sounds
 
 Recorder and the Coordinator use separate optional local sound files:
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 These optional local sound assets are not included in the repository.
 
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 ## Testing and CI
 
 Python dependencies are installed from `requirements.txt`.
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 The test suite covers the shared source core, identity derivation, Coordinator behavior, launch planning, registry ownership, runtime status, worker launch, terminal hosting, sound behavior, and architecture boundaries.
 
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 ## Branches
 
 - **main** — stable Recorder baseline.
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 Development is normally validated on `dev` and promoted to `main` after the regression suite is green.
 
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 ## Project status
 
 **Inspect / Watch / Record / Auto is implemented and promoted to the stable baseline.**
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 That gives the project a stable foundation to build on.
 
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+## Legal / Responsible Use
+
+Recorder is intended for lawful and authorized recording workflows.
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+Users are responsible for ensuring that their use complies with applicable laws, service terms, content rights, and access permissions. Nothing in this project grants rights to access, decrypt, copy, record, or distribute content that the user is not otherwise authorized to use.
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 ## What’s next
 
 The next phase extends the same foundation both technically and as a product: