feat: create core/paths module with shared path helpers

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

core/paths.py

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+import os
+import sys
+from datetime import datetime
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def _frozen_path() -> Path:
+    if getattr(sys, "frozen", False):
+        return Path(sys._MEIPASS)
+    return Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+
+
+def _bin(name: str) -> str:
+    """Resolve a binary name (e.g. 'ffmpeg') to its full path in frozen builds."""
+    p = _frozen_path() / name
+    if p.exists():
+        return str(p)
+    return name  # fall back to PATH
+
+
+def _log(*args) -> None:
+    """Print a timestamped log line to stderr."""
+    ts = datetime.now().strftime("%H:%M:%S")
+    print(f"[8-cut {ts}]", *args, file=sys.stderr)
+
+
+def build_export_path(folder: str, basename: str, counter: int, sub: int | None = None) -> str:
+    group = f"{basename}_{counter:03d}"
+    name = f"{group}_{sub}" if sub is not None else group
+    return os.path.join(folder, group, name + ".mp4")
+
+
+def build_sequence_dir(folder: str, basename: str, counter: int, sub: int | None = None) -> str:
+    group = f"{basename}_{counter:03d}"
+    name = f"{group}_{sub}" if sub is not None else group
+    return os.path.join(folder, group, name)
+
+
+def format_time(seconds: float) -> str:
+    m = int(seconds // 60)
+    # Floor-truncate to 1 dp (not round) — prevents "X:60.0" rollover when
+    # seconds is e.g. 59.95.
+    s = int(seconds % 60 * 10) / 10
+    return f"{m}:{s:04.1f}"