package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "twitch-vod-manager",
-  "version": "4.6.8",
+  "version": "4.6.7",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "twitch-vod-manager",
-      "version": "4.6.8",
+      "version": "4.6.7",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "axios": "^1.6.0",

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "twitch-vod-manager",
-  "version": "4.6.8",
+  "version": "4.6.7",
   "description": "Twitch VOD Manager - Download Twitch VODs easily",
   "main": "dist/main.js",
   "author": "xRangerDE",

src/index.html

@@ -136,19 +136,6 @@
         </div>
     </div>
 
-    <!-- Chat Replay Viewer Modal -->
-    <div class="modal-overlay" id="chatViewerModal">
-        <div class="modal" style="max-width: 800px; height: 80vh; display:flex; flex-direction:column;">
-            <button class="modal-close" onclick="closeChatViewer()">x</button>
-            <h2 id="chatViewerTitle" style="margin-top:0;">Chat replay</h2>
-            <div class="form-row" style="margin-bottom:8px; gap:8px; flex-wrap:wrap; align-items:center;">
-                <input type="text" id="chatViewerFilter" placeholder="Filter..." oninput="onChatViewerFilterChange()" style="flex:1; min-width:160px; background: var(--bg-card); border:1px solid var(--border-soft); border-radius:6px; padding:6px 10px; color:var(--text); font-size:13px;">
-                <span id="chatViewerStatus" style="color:var(--text-secondary); font-size:12px;"></span>
-            </div>
-            <div id="chatViewerList" style="flex:1; overflow-y:auto; background: var(--bg-main); border:1px solid var(--border-soft); border-radius:6px; padding:8px; font-family: 'Consolas', monospace; font-size: 12px;"></div>
-        </div>
-    </div>
-
     <!-- Template Guide Modal -->
     <div class="modal-overlay" id="templateGuideModal">
         <div class="modal template-guide-modal">

src/main.ts

@@ -5693,58 +5693,6 @@ ipcMain.handle('run-storage-cleanup', (_, options?: { dryRun?: boolean }): Clean
     return runStorageCleanup({ dryRun: options?.dryRun === true });
 });
 
-// Read a chat-replay (.chat.json) or live-chat (.chat.jsonl) file and
-// return a normalized message list the renderer can display directly.
-// Caps at 50k messages to stop a runaway file from killing the renderer.
-ipcMain.handle('read-chat-file', (_, filePath: string): { success: boolean; error?: string; format?: 'replay' | 'live'; messages?: Array<Record<string, unknown>>; truncated?: boolean; total?: number } => {
-    if (typeof filePath !== 'string' || !filePath) return { success: false, error: 'No path' };
-    if (!fs.existsSync(filePath)) return { success: false, error: 'File not found' };
-
-    const MAX_MESSAGES = 50000;
-    try {
-        const raw = fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf-8');
-        if (filePath.toLowerCase().endsWith('.jsonl')) {
-            // JSON Lines (live chat): one object per line, first line may be header
-            const messages: Array<Record<string, unknown>> = [];
-            let truncated = false;
-            const lines = raw.split('\n');
-            let total = 0;
-            for (const line of lines) {
-                const trimmed = line.trim();
-                if (!trimmed) continue;
-                try {
-                    const obj = JSON.parse(trimmed);
-                    if (obj && typeof obj === 'object' && obj.type !== 'header') {
-                        total++;
-                        if (messages.length < MAX_MESSAGES) messages.push(obj);
-                        else truncated = true;
-                    }
-                } catch { /* skip bad lines */ }
-            }
-            return { success: true, format: 'live', messages, truncated, total };
-        }
-
-        // .chat.json (VOD replay) — single object with messages array
-        const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
-        if (!parsed || typeof parsed !== 'object' || !Array.isArray(parsed.messages)) {
-            return { success: false, error: 'Unsupported chat file format' };
-        }
-        const total = parsed.messages.length;
-        const messages = parsed.messages.length > MAX_MESSAGES
-            ? parsed.messages.slice(0, MAX_MESSAGES)
-            : parsed.messages;
-        return {
-            success: true,
-            format: 'replay',
-            messages,
-            truncated: total > MAX_MESSAGES,
-            total
-        };
-    } catch (e) {
-        return { success: false, error: String(e) };
-    }
-});
-
 ipcMain.handle('check-folder-writable', (_, folderPath: string): boolean => {
     if (typeof folderPath !== 'string' || !folderPath) return false;
     return isDownloadPathWritable(folderPath);

src/preload.ts

@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('api', {
     checkFolderWritable: (path: string) => ipcRenderer.invoke('check-folder-writable', path),
     getStorageStats: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('get-storage-stats'),
     runStorageCleanup: (options?: { dryRun?: boolean }) => ipcRenderer.invoke('run-storage-cleanup', options),
-    readChatFile: (filePath: string) => ipcRenderer.invoke('read-chat-file', filePath),
 
     // Video Cutter
     getVideoInfo: (filePath: string): Promise<VideoInfo | null> => ipcRenderer.invoke('get-video-info', filePath),

src/renderer-globals.d.ts

@@ -257,7 +257,6 @@ interface ApiBridge {
     checkFolderWritable(path: string): Promise<boolean>;
     getStorageStats(): Promise<StorageStatsResult>;
     runStorageCleanup(options?: { dryRun?: boolean }): Promise<CleanupReport>;
-    readChatFile(filePath: string): Promise<{ success: boolean; error?: string; format?: 'replay' | 'live'; messages?: Array<Record<string, unknown>>; truncated?: boolean; total?: number }>;
     getVideoInfo(filePath: string): Promise<VideoInfo | null>;
     extractFrame(filePath: string, timeSeconds: number): Promise<string | null>;
     cutVideo(inputFile: string, startTime: number, endTime: number): Promise<{ success: boolean; outputFile: string | null }>;

src/renderer-locale-de.ts

@@ -232,11 +232,6 @@ const UI_TEXT_DE = {
         openFileFailed: 'Datei konnte nicht geoeffnet werden (evtl. verschoben oder geloescht).',
         outputFilesLabel: '{count} Ausgabedateien',
         retryItem: 'Diesen Eintrag erneut versuchen',
-        viewChat: 'Chat ansehen',
-        viewChatLoading: 'Lade Chat...',
-        viewChatFailed: 'Chat-Datei konnte nicht gelesen werden',
-        viewChatCount: '{count} Nachrichten',
-        viewChatTruncatedSuffix: ' (gekuerzt)',
         statusBarSummary: '{downloading} aktiv, {pending} wartet',
         ctxMoveTop: 'Nach oben verschieben',
         ctxMoveBottom: 'Nach unten verschieben',

src/renderer-locale-en.ts

@@ -232,11 +232,6 @@ const UI_TEXT_EN = {
         openFileFailed: 'Could not open the file (it may have been moved or deleted).',
         outputFilesLabel: '{count} output files',
         retryItem: 'Retry this item',
-        viewChat: 'View chat',
-        viewChatLoading: 'Loading chat...',
-        viewChatFailed: 'Could not read chat file',
-        viewChatCount: '{count} messages',
-        viewChatTruncatedSuffix: ' (truncated)',
         statusBarSummary: '{downloading} dl, {pending} queued',
         ctxMoveTop: 'Move to top',
         ctxMoveBottom: 'Move to bottom',

src/renderer-queue.ts

@@ -17,14 +17,6 @@ function renderQueueItemFileActions(item: QueueItem): string {
     }
     buttons.push(`<button class="queue-detail-btn" onclick="invokeShowInFolder('${safeFirstAttr}')">${escapeHtml(UI_TEXT.queue.showInFolder)}</button>`);
 
-    // Surface a "View chat" button when a sibling chat file exists in the
-    // outputs list. Single click opens the in-app viewer modal.
-    const chatFile = item.outputFiles.find((f) => /\.chat\.json(l)?$/i.test(f));
-    if (chatFile) {
-        const safeChatAttr = chatFile.replace(/'/g, "\\'").replace(/"/g, '&quot;');
-        buttons.push(`<button class="queue-detail-btn" onclick="openChatViewer('${safeChatAttr}', '${escapeHtml(item.title || item.streamer || '').replace(/'/g, "\\'")}')">${escapeHtml(UI_TEXT.queue.viewChat)}</button>`);
-    }
-
     const fileLabel = item.outputFiles.length === 1
         ? safeFirst
         : `${escapeHtml(UI_TEXT.queue.outputFilesLabel.replace('{count}', String(item.outputFiles.length)))}`;

src/renderer.ts

@@ -246,157 +246,8 @@ function openTwitchDevConsole(): void {
     void window.api.openExternal('https://dev.twitch.tv/console/apps');
 }
 
-interface ChatViewerMessage {
-    t?: string;
-    type?: string;
-    u?: string;
-    user?: string;
-    login?: string;
-    color?: string;
-    msg?: string;
-    text?: string;
-    offset?: number;
-    badges?: string;
-    bits?: string;
-    msgId?: string;
-    systemMsg?: string;
-}
-
-let chatViewerMessages: ChatViewerMessage[] = [];
-let chatViewerFormat: 'replay' | 'live' = 'replay';
-
-async function openChatViewer(filePath: string, title: string): Promise<void> {
-    const modal = byId('chatViewerModal');
-    const list = byId('chatViewerList');
-    const status = byId('chatViewerStatus');
-    const filterInput = byId<HTMLInputElement>('chatViewerFilter');
-    byId('chatViewerTitle').textContent = title || UI_TEXT.queue.viewChat;
-    list.replaceChildren();
-    filterInput.value = '';
-    status.textContent = UI_TEXT.queue.viewChatLoading;
-    modal.classList.add('show');
-
-    const result = await window.api.readChatFile(filePath);
-    if (!result.success || !Array.isArray(result.messages)) {
-        status.textContent = UI_TEXT.queue.viewChatFailed + (result.error ? `: ${result.error}` : '');
-        return;
-    }
-
-    chatViewerMessages = result.messages as ChatViewerMessage[];
-    chatViewerFormat = result.format === 'live' ? 'live' : 'replay';
-    status.textContent = UI_TEXT.queue.viewChatCount.replace('{count}', String(result.total ?? chatViewerMessages.length))
-        + (result.truncated ? UI_TEXT.queue.viewChatTruncatedSuffix : '');
-    renderChatViewerList(chatViewerMessages);
-}
-
-function closeChatViewer(): void {
-    byId('chatViewerModal').classList.remove('show');
-    chatViewerMessages = [];
-}
-
-function onChatViewerFilterChange(): void {
-    const filter = byId<HTMLInputElement>('chatViewerFilter').value.trim().toLowerCase();
-    if (!filter) {
-        renderChatViewerList(chatViewerMessages);
-        return;
-    }
-    const filtered = chatViewerMessages.filter((m) => {
-        const u = (m.u || m.user || m.login || '').toLowerCase();
-        const text = (m.msg || m.text || '').toLowerCase();
-        return u.includes(filter) || text.includes(filter);
-    });
-    renderChatViewerList(filtered);
-}
-
-function formatChatTimeMarker(m: ChatViewerMessage): string {
-    if (chatViewerFormat === 'replay' && typeof m.offset === 'number') {
-        const total = Math.max(0, Math.floor(m.offset));
-        const h = Math.floor(total / 3600);
-        const min = Math.floor((total % 3600) / 60);
-        const sec = total % 60;
-        return `${h.toString().padStart(2, '0')}:${min.toString().padStart(2, '0')}:${sec.toString().padStart(2, '0')}`;
-    }
-    if (m.t) {
-        try {
-            const d = new Date(m.t);
-            const h = d.getHours().toString().padStart(2, '0');
-            const min = d.getMinutes().toString().padStart(2, '0');
-            const sec = d.getSeconds().toString().padStart(2, '0');
-            return `${h}:${min}:${sec}`;
-        } catch { /* ignore */ }
-    }
-    return '';
-}
-
-function renderChatViewerList(messages: ChatViewerMessage[]): void {
-    const list = byId('chatViewerList');
-    list.replaceChildren();
-    // Render in chunks to keep main thread responsive on big files.
-    const CHUNK = 500;
-    let idx = 0;
-    const renderChunk = (): void => {
-        if (idx >= messages.length) return;
-        const fragment = document.createDocumentFragment();
-        const end = Math.min(idx + CHUNK, messages.length);
-        for (let i = idx; i < end; i++) {
-            const m = messages[i];
-            const row = document.createElement('div');
-            row.style.padding = '2px 0';
-            row.style.lineHeight = '1.5';
-
-            const time = formatChatTimeMarker(m);
-            if (time) {
-                const tSpan = document.createElement('span');
-                tSpan.style.color = 'var(--text-secondary)';
-                tSpan.style.marginRight = '6px';
-                tSpan.textContent = `[${time}]`;
-                row.appendChild(tSpan);
-            }
-
-            const user = m.u || m.user || m.login || '';
-            if (user) {
-                const uSpan = document.createElement('span');
-                uSpan.style.fontWeight = '600';
-                uSpan.style.color = m.color || 'var(--accent)';
-                uSpan.style.marginRight = '4px';
-                uSpan.textContent = `${user}:`;
-                row.appendChild(uSpan);
-            }
-
-            const msgSpan = document.createElement('span');
-            msgSpan.textContent = m.msg || m.text || '';
-            row.appendChild(msgSpan);
-
-            // System events (subs, raids, deletions) get a faint bracketed prefix
-            const isMessageType = m.type === 'msg' || !m.type;
-            if (!isMessageType) {
-                const tag = document.createElement('span');
-                tag.style.color = 'var(--text-secondary)';
-                tag.style.fontStyle = 'italic';
-                tag.style.marginRight = '4px';
-                tag.textContent = `[${m.type}]`;
-                row.insertBefore(tag, row.firstChild);
-            }
-
-            fragment.appendChild(row);
-        }
-        list.appendChild(fragment);
-        idx = end;
-        if (idx < messages.length) {
-            window.setTimeout(renderChunk, 0);
-        }
-    };
-    renderChunk();
-}
-
 function closeTopmostOpenModal(): boolean {
-    // Try each known modal in priority order
+    // Try each known modal in priority order: clip dialog, template guide, update modal
-    const chatViewerModal = document.getElementById('chatViewerModal');
-    if (chatViewerModal?.classList.contains('show')) {
-        closeChatViewer();
-        return true;
-    }
-
     const clipModal = document.getElementById('clipModal');
     if (clipModal?.classList.contains('show')) {
         closeClipDialog();