feat: ExportWorker with ffmpeg command builder

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

main.py

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import os
+import subprocess
 import sys
+from PyQt6.QtCore import QThread, pyqtSignal
 from PyQt6.QtWidgets import QApplication, QMainWindow
 
 
@@ -14,6 +16,40 @@ def format_time(seconds: float) -> str:
     return f"{m}:{s:04.1f}"
 
 
+def build_ffmpeg_command(input_path: str, start: float, output_path: str) -> list:
+    return [
+        "ffmpeg", "-y",
+        "-ss", str(start),
+        "-i", input_path,
+        "-t", "8",
+        "-c:v", "libx264",
+        "-c:a", "aac",
+        output_path,
+    ]
+
+
+class ExportWorker(QThread):
+    finished = pyqtSignal(str)   # output path
+    error = pyqtSignal(str)      # error message
+
+    def __init__(self, input_path: str, start: float, output_path: str):
+        super().__init__()
+        self._input = input_path
+        self._start = start
+        self._output = output_path
+
+    def run(self):
+        cmd = build_ffmpeg_command(self._input, self._start, self._output)
+        try:
+            result = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=120)
+            if result.returncode == 0:
+                self.finished.emit(self._output)
+            else:
+                self.error.emit(result.stderr[-500:])
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.error.emit(str(e))
+
+
 def main():
     app = QApplication(sys.argv)
     win = MainWindow()

tests/test_utils.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from main import build_export_path, format_time
+from main import build_export_path, format_time, build_ffmpeg_command
 
 
 def test_build_export_path_first():
@@ -21,3 +21,13 @@ def test_format_time_rounding():
 
 def test_format_time_no_sixty_rollover():
     assert format_time(59.95) == "0:59.9"
+
+
+def test_ffmpeg_command():
+    cmd = build_ffmpeg_command("/in/video.mp4", 12.5, "/out/clip_001.mp4")
+    assert cmd[0] == "ffmpeg"
+    assert "-ss" in cmd
+    assert str(12.5) in cmd
+    assert "-t" in cmd
+    assert "8" in cmd
+    assert cmd[-1] == "/out/clip_001.mp4"