# Verify fix flow user: create SHM plain -> spawn bridge (no debugger) -> load Nexus ch=0 # -> open GUI -> screenshot -> close -> reopen -> verify unmute + other plugin loads. import ctypes, ctypes.wintypes as w, struct, subprocess, sys, os, time, re from PIL import Image sys.stdout.reconfigure(encoding='utf-8', errors='replace') SHM_NAME = "SonicForge_DAW_IPC" SIZE = 32768 HERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) BRIDGE = r"C:\Users\locpham\SonicForgeStudio\native_bridge\build\Release\daw_vst_bridge.exe" LOG = os.path.join(HERE, "probe_fix_flow.log") NEXUS = r"C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\Nexus.vst3" AMPLE = r"C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\Ample Sound\ACDD.vst3" kernel32 = ctypes.windll.kernel32 kernel32.CreateFileMappingA.argtypes = [ctypes.c_void_p, ctypes.c_void_p, ctypes.wintypes.DWORD, ctypes.wintypes.DWORD, ctypes.wintypes.DWORD, ctypes.c_char_p] kernel32.CreateFileMappingA.restype = ctypes.c_void_p kernel32.MapViewOfFile.argtypes = [ctypes.c_void_p, ctypes.wintypes.DWORD, ctypes.wintypes.DWORD, ctypes.wintypes.DWORD, ctypes.c_size_t] kernel32.MapViewOfFile.restype = ctypes.c_void_p INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE = ctypes.c_void_p(-1).value PAGE_READWRITE = 0x04 FILE_MAP_ALL_ACCESS = 0xF001F hMap = kernel32.CreateFileMappingA(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, None, PAGE_READWRITE, 0, SIZE, SHM_NAME.encode()) if not hMap: print("CreateFileMapping failed", ctypes.get_last_error()); sys.exit(1) ptr = kernel32.MapViewOfFile(hMap, FILE_MAP_ALL_ACCESS, 0, 0, 0) if not ptr: print("MapViewOfFile failed", ctypes.get_last_error()); sys.exit(1) def w32(off, fmt, *args): ctypes.memmove(ptr + off, struct.pack(fmt, *args), struct.calcsize(fmt)) def write_control(type_, arg0, arg1, ch, path): for i in range(8): off = 2836 + i * 1040 t = ctypes.c_uint32.from_address(ptr + off).value if t == 0: w32(off, 'IIII', type_, arg0, arg1, ch) if path: b = path.encode('utf-8')[:1023] + b'\x00' ctypes.memmove(ptr + off + 16, b, len(b)) return i raise RuntimeError("control queue full") def push_controls(events): for i in range(8): w32(2836 + i * 1040, 'I', 0) for (type_, arg0, arg1, ch, path) in events: write_control(type_, arg0, arg1, ch, path) w32(11156, 'I', len(events)) def write_index(): return ctypes.c_uint32.from_address(ptr + 4).value def wait_log(pattern, timeout, since=0): end = time.time() + timeout while time.time() < end: try: with open(LOG, 'r', encoding='utf-8', errors='replace') as f: lines = f.readlines() except FileNotFoundError: lines = [] for i in range(max(0, len(lines) - 1 - since), len(lines)): if pattern in lines[i]: return lines[i].strip() time.sleep(0.2) return None open(LOG, 'w', encoding='utf-8').close() proc = subprocess.Popen( [BRIDGE, "--shm", SHM_NAME], env={**os.environ, "SF_SHM_NAME": SHM_NAME, "SF_PARENT_PID": str(os.getpid()), "SF_SAMPLE_RATE": "48000", "SF_BLOCK_SIZE": "256"}, stdout=open(LOG, 'ab'), stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, ) time.sleep(1.5) print("bridge pid", proc.pid, "poll", proc.poll()) if proc.poll() is not None: print("!!! BRIDGE EXITED EARLY"); sys.exit(1) def shot(hwnd, tag): user32 = ctypes.windll.user32 rw = w.RECT() user32.GetWindowRect(hwnd, ctypes.byref(rw)) wdt, hgt = rw.right - rw.left, rw.bottom - rw.top if wdt <= 0 or hgt <= 0: return f"bad rect {rw.left},{rw.top},{rw.right},{rw.bottom}" png = os.path.join(HERE, f"probe_fix_{tag}.png") ps = f""" Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Drawing $bmp = New-Object System.Drawing.Bitmap({wdt}, {hgt}) $g = [System.Drawing.Graphics]::FromImage($bmp) $g.CopyFromScreen({rw.left}, {rw.top}, 0, 0, $bmp.Size) $bmp.Save('{png}') $g.Dispose(); $bmp.Dispose() """ subprocess.run(["powershell", "-NoProfile", "-Command", ps], check=False) img = Image.open(png).convert('L') px = list(img.getdata()) n = len(px) avg = sum(px) / n buckets = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0] for v in px: buckets[v // 32] += 1 pct = [round(100 * b / n) for b in buckets] return f"avgLum {round(avg,1)} buckets[0-31..224-255] {pct} size {img.size}" def muted_now(): # bridge log "channel muted while editor open" appears while editor open; # after close, next load/open should NOT show mute. We instead check writeIndex. return None # [1] load Nexus ch=0 since = len(open(LOG, 'rb').read().splitlines()) print("[1] load Nexus ch=0...") push_controls([(2, 0, 0, 0, NEXUS)]) r = wait_log("instrument loaded ch=0", 90) print(" ", r) # [2] open GUI since = len(open(LOG, 'rb').read().splitlines()) print("[2] open GUI ch=0...") push_controls([(4, 0, 0, 0, "nexus")]) r = wait_log("GUI attached", 40) print(" ", r) m = re.search(r'hwnd=([0-9A-Fa-f]+)', r or "") hwnd = int(m.group(1), 16) if m else None time.sleep(8) if hwnd: print(" shot:", shot(hwnd, "nexus_open")) alive = proc.poll() is None print(" alive:", alive) wi = write_index(); time.sleep(2); wi2 = write_index() print(" writeIndex", wi, "->", wi2, "advancing:", wi2 > wi) # [3] close GUI via WM_CLOSE if hwnd: ctypes.windll.user32.SendMessageW(hwnd, 0x0010, 0, 0) time.sleep(4) alive = proc.poll() is None print("[3] after close alive:", alive) # [4] reopen GUI (user symptom: reopen -> mute) since = len(open(LOG, 'rb').read().splitlines()) print("[4] reopen GUI ch=0...") push_controls([(4, 0, 0, 0, "nexus")]) r = wait_log("GUI attached", 40) print(" ", r) m = re.search(r'hwnd=([0-9A-Fa-f]+)', r or "") hwnd = int(m.group(1), 16) if m else None time.sleep(8) if hwnd: print(" shot:", shot(hwnd, "nexus_reopen")) alive = proc.poll() is None wi = write_index(); time.sleep(2); wi2 = write_index() print(" alive:", alive, "writeIndex", wi, "->", wi2, "advancing:", wi2 > wi) # [5] load OTHER plugin while GUI open (user symptom: not load) since = len(open(LOG, 'rb').read().splitlines()) print("[5] load Ample while Nexus GUI open...") push_controls([(2, 0, 0, 0, AMPLE)]) r = wait_log("instrument loaded ch=0", 60) print(" ", r) alive = proc.poll() is None wi = write_index(); time.sleep(2); wi2 = write_index() print(" alive:", alive, "writeIndex", wi, "->", wi2, "advancing:", wi2 > wi) print("FINAL alive:", proc.poll() is None) print("--- last 25 log lines ---") for l in open(LOG, 'r', encoding='utf-8', errors='replace').readlines()[-25:]: print(l.rstrip()) kernel32.UnmapViewOfFile.argtypes = [ctypes.c_void_p] kernel32.CloseHandle.argtypes = [ctypes.c_void_p] kernel32.UnmapViewOfFile(ptr) kernel32.CloseHandle(hMap) proc.terminate() print("done")