Merge Wave 2: stream waveform compute to bound large-upload memory into dev

DeepDrftAPI/Controllers/ReleaseController.cs

@@ -112,10 +112,10 @@ public class ReleaseController : ControllerBase
     }
 
     // POST api/release/{id}/mix/waveform ([ApiKeyAuthorize], no body)
-    // Server-side trigger: fetch the Mix's track audio from the vault, compute a duration-derived high-res
+    // Server-side trigger: stream the Mix's track audio from the vault, compute a duration-derived
-    // waveform via ComputeAndStoreHighResAsync, store it in the track-waveforms vault, and set
+    // high-res waveform, store it in the track-waveforms vault, and set MixMetadata.WaveformEntryKey.
-    // MixMetadata.WaveformEntryKey. 404 when the release is missing or has no stored audio; 500 on
+    // 404 when the release is missing or has no stored audio; 500 on compute/storage failure. Declared
-    // compute/storage failure. Declared before "{id:long}".
+    // before "{id:long}".
     [ApiKeyAuthorize]
     [HttpPost("{id:long}/mix/waveform")]
     public async Task<ActionResult> GenerateMixWaveform(long id, CancellationToken ct = default)

DeepDrftAPI/Controllers/TrackController.cs

@@ -756,15 +756,18 @@ public class TrackController : ControllerBase
     [HttpPost("{trackId}/waveform")]
     public async Task<ActionResult> GenerateWaveform(string trackId)
     {
-        var audio = await _trackContentService.GetAudioBinaryAsync(trackId);
+        // Streaming compute (Wave 2): the WAV is read from the vault in bounded chunks, never buffered
-        if (audio is null)
+        // whole. Tri-state: null = no vault audio (404), false = present but uncomputable / write failed
+        // (500), true = stored.
+        var stored = await _waveformProfileService.ComputeAndStoreProfileStreamingAsync(
+            _ => _trackContentService.OpenAudioStreamAsync(trackId), trackId, HttpContext.RequestAborted);
+        if (stored is null)
         {
             _logger.LogWarning("GenerateWaveform: no audio in vault for {TrackId}", trackId);
             return NotFound();
         }
 
-        var stored = await _waveformProfileService.ComputeAndStoreAsync(audio.Buffer, trackId);
+        if (stored is false)
-        if (!stored)
         {
             _logger.LogError("GenerateWaveform: profile computation/storage failed for {TrackId}", trackId);
             return StatusCode(500, "Failed to generate waveform profile.");
@@ -784,16 +787,27 @@ public class TrackController : ControllerBase
     [HttpPost("{trackId}/waveform/high-res")]
     public async Task<ActionResult> GenerateHighResWaveform(string trackId)
     {
-        var audio = await _trackContentService.GetAudioBinaryAsync(trackId);
+        // The high-res bucket count is duration-derived. Read the duration from the vault index metadata
-        if (audio is null)
+        // (no body load); its absence means the track has no vault audio → 404.
+        var duration = await _trackContentService.GetAudioDurationAsync(trackId);
+        if (duration is null)
         {
             _logger.LogWarning("GenerateHighResWaveform: no audio in vault for {TrackId}", trackId);
             return NotFound();
         }
 
-        var stored = await _waveformProfileService.ComputeAndStoreHighResAsync(
+        // Streaming compute (Wave 2): bounded read of the vault WAV. Tri-state mapping as in
-            audio.Buffer, trackId, audio.Duration);
+        // GenerateWaveform — null (entry vanished between the metadata read and the compute) → 404.
-        if (!stored)
+        var stored = await _waveformProfileService.ComputeAndStoreHighResStreamingAsync(
+            _ => _trackContentService.OpenAudioStreamAsync(trackId), trackId, duration.Value,
+            HttpContext.RequestAborted);
+        if (stored is null)
+        {
+            _logger.LogWarning("GenerateHighResWaveform: no audio in vault for {TrackId}", trackId);
+            return NotFound();
+        }
+
+        if (stored is false)
         {
             _logger.LogError("GenerateHighResWaveform: computation/storage failed for {TrackId}", trackId);
             return StatusCode(500, "Failed to generate high-res waveform datum.");

DeepDrftAPI/Services/UnifiedReleaseService.cs

@@ -143,8 +143,9 @@ public class UnifiedReleaseService
             return Result.CreateFailResult(MixHasNoTrackMessage);
         }
 
-        var audio = await _trackContentService.GetAudioBinaryAsync(entryKey);
+        // Duration from the vault index metadata (no body load); its absence means no vault audio.
-        if (audio is null)
+        var duration = await _trackContentService.GetAudioDurationAsync(entryKey);
+        if (duration is null)
         {
             _logger.LogWarning("TriggerMixWaveform: no audio in vault for {EntryKey} (release {ReleaseId})", entryKey, releaseId);
             return Result.CreateFailResult(MixTrackNoAudioMessage);
@@ -152,10 +153,18 @@ public class UnifiedReleaseService
 
         // Duration-derived, constant-time-resolution capture (≈333 samples/sec) so long mixes are not
         // under-sampled by a fixed bucket count — see WaveformResolution / spec §F. Same per-track
-        // high-res datum every track now carries (phase-12 §5).
+        // high-res datum every track now carries (phase-12 §5). Streamed from the vault in bounded
-        var computed = await _waveformProfileService.ComputeAndStoreHighResAsync(
+        // chunks (Wave 2): a ~GB mix is never buffered whole. Tri-state — null = entry vanished after
-            audio.Buffer, entryKey, audio.Duration);
+        // the metadata read; false = uncomputable / write failed.
-        if (!computed)
+        var computed = await _waveformProfileService.ComputeAndStoreHighResStreamingAsync(
+            _ => _trackContentService.OpenAudioStreamAsync(entryKey), entryKey, duration.Value, ct);
+        if (computed is null)
+        {
+            _logger.LogWarning("TriggerMixWaveform: no audio in vault for {EntryKey} (release {ReleaseId})", entryKey, releaseId);
+            return Result.CreateFailResult(MixTrackNoAudioMessage);
+        }
+
+        if (computed is false)
         {
             _logger.LogError("TriggerMixWaveform: waveform computation/storage failed for {EntryKey}", entryKey);
             return Result.CreateFailResult("Failed to compute the Mix waveform.");

DeepDrftAPI/Services/UnifiedTrackService.cs

@@ -279,8 +279,8 @@ public class UnifiedTrackService
         // The old waveform no longer matches the new bytes. Regenerate both datums in place, keyed by
         // the same EntryKey (the re-run overwrites the stale data). The store path no longer hands back
         // a buffer, so the waveform compute re-reads the freshly stored audio from the vault — the same
-        // path the upload uses. That re-read is whole-file (Wave 2, still unbounded by design); the
+        // path the upload uses. That re-read is now a bounded streaming pass (Wave 2); neither the store
-        // store itself is now streamed. Best-effort throughout: a datum failure never fails the replace.
+        // nor the compute holds the whole file. Best-effort throughout: a datum failure never fails the replace.
         await TryStoreWaveformDatumsAsync(entryKey, ct);
 
         // Write the new duration to SQL. The vault bytes are already swapped, so this is the
@@ -302,15 +302,16 @@ public class UnifiedTrackService
 
     // Compute and store both waveform datums for a freshly uploaded track: the fixed 512-bucket profile
     // the player-bar seeker consumes, and the duration-derived high-res datum the lava visualizer
-    // consumes (phase-12 §5 — every track now carries one, computed at upload). Both source the same
+    // consumes (phase-12 §5 — every track now carries one, computed at upload). Both are reduced in a
-    // audio: read it back from the vault once (the authoritative parsed duration + the stored buffer)
+    // SINGLE streaming pass over the vault audio (Wave 2): the duration comes from the vault index
-    // rather than re-reading and re-parsing the temp file. Best-effort throughout — never fails upload.
+    // metadata (no body load) and the PCM is streamed in bounded chunks through two accumulators, so a
+    // ~GB mix never lands its whole body in a managed byte[]. Best-effort throughout — never fails upload.
     private async Task TryStoreWaveformDatumsAsync(string entryKey, CancellationToken ct)
     {
         try
         {
-            var audio = await _contentTrackContentService.GetAudioBinaryAsync(entryKey);
+            var duration = await _contentTrackContentService.GetAudioDurationAsync(entryKey);
-            if (audio is null)
+            if (duration is null)
             {
                 _logger.LogWarning(
                     "Waveform datum step: no audio in vault for {EntryKey} immediately after store; skipping.",
@@ -318,8 +319,8 @@ public class UnifiedTrackService
                 return;
             }
 
-            await _waveformProfileService.ComputeAndStoreAsync(audio.Buffer, entryKey);
+            await _waveformProfileService.ComputeAndStoreAllStreamingAsync(
-            await _waveformProfileService.ComputeAndStoreHighResAsync(audio.Buffer, entryKey, audio.Duration);
+                _ => _contentTrackContentService.OpenAudioStreamAsync(entryKey), entryKey, duration.Value, ct);
         }
         catch (Exception ex) when (ex is not OperationCanceledException)
         {
@@ -350,8 +351,11 @@ public class UnifiedTrackService
         {
             ct.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
 
-            var audio = await _contentTrackContentService.GetAudioBinaryAsync(track.EntryKey);
+            // Read the duration from the vault index metadata (no audio body load) — the same value the
-            if (audio is null)
+            // processor wrote at upload. Bounds this admin path too (Wave 2): a backfill over a catalogue
+            // of long mixes no longer pulls each whole file into memory just to read its runtime.
+            var duration = await _contentTrackContentService.GetAudioDurationAsync(track.EntryKey);
+            if (duration is null)
             {
                 _logger.LogWarning("BackfillDurationsAsync: no vault audio for {EntryKey} (track {Id}); skipping.",
                     track.EntryKey, track.Id);
@@ -359,7 +363,7 @@ public class UnifiedTrackService
                 continue;
             }
 
-            var write = await _sqlTrackService.UpdateDuration(track.Id, audio.Duration, ct);
+            var write = await _sqlTrackService.UpdateDuration(track.Id, duration.Value, ct);
             if (!write.Success)
             {
                 var error = write.Messages.FirstOrDefault()?.Message ?? "Unknown error";

DeepDrftContent/Processors/AudioProcessor.cs

@@ -288,6 +288,105 @@ public class AudioProcessor
         return new PcmData(pcm, metadata.Channels, metadata.SampleRate, metadata.BitsPerSample);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Reads only the WAV header region from <paramref name="stream"/> (a bounded window, never the
+    /// audio body) and returns where the PCM data region begins, how long it is, and the format
+    /// parameters needed to decode it — the streaming counterpart of <see cref="TryExtractPcm"/>. The
+    /// data length is clamped against <paramref name="totalFileLength"/> (the true backing-file size),
+    /// so the caller streams exactly the present PCM. Returns null for the same inputs
+    /// <see cref="TryExtractPcm"/> rejects — non-WAV bytes (mp3/flac), float, and padded-container
+    /// EXTENSIBLE — so the caller treats null as "no profile computable" and continues gracefully.
+    ///
+    /// <paramref name="stream"/> must be positioned at the start; on return its position is past the
+    /// header window (the caller seeks to <c>DataStart</c> before streaming the body). No whole-file
+    /// buffer is allocated — peak memory is the bounded header window.
+    /// </summary>
+    public async Task<WavPcmStreamInfo?> TryReadPcmStreamInfoAsync(
+        Stream stream, long totalFileLength, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    {
+        var window = await ReadWavHeaderWindowAsync(stream, cancellationToken);
+        if (window is null)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        var validation = ValidateWavStructure(window);
+        if (!validation.IsValid || validation.IsFloat)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        WavMetadata metadata;
+        try
+        {
+            metadata = ParseWavMetadata(window, validation);
+            ValidateAudioParameters(metadata);
+            if (metadata.IsPaddedContainer)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        long dataStart = validation.DataChunkPos + 8;
+        if (dataStart > totalFileLength)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        var available = totalFileLength - dataStart;
+        var dataLength = Math.Min((long)metadata.DataSize, available);
+        if (dataLength <= 0)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return new WavPcmStreamInfo(
+            dataStart, dataLength, metadata.Channels, metadata.SampleRate, metadata.BitsPerSample);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Reads enough of <paramref name="stream"/> to contain the fmt chunk and the data chunk's 8-byte
+    /// header, growing in 64 KB steps until the data chunk is locatable or EOF / the
+    /// <see cref="HeaderWindowCap"/> is reached. Bails after the first read when the bytes are not a
+    /// RIFF/WAVE container, so a non-WAV stream (mp3/flac) costs one read, not the full cap. Returns
+    /// null only when nothing could be read.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static async Task<byte[]?> ReadWavHeaderWindowAsync(Stream stream, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        using var ms = new MemoryStream();
+        var buffer = new byte[HeaderWindowStep];
+        while (ms.Length < HeaderWindowCap)
+        {
+            var read = await stream.ReadAsync(buffer, ct);
+            if (read == 0)
+                break;
+            ms.Write(buffer, 0, read);
+
+            var soFar = ms.ToArray();
+
+            // Early-out for non-WAV input: once at least the 12-byte RIFF/WAVE preamble is in hand,
+            // a missing signature means this will never be a WAV — stop rather than read to the cap.
+            if (soFar.Length >= 12 && !HasRiffWaveSignature(soFar))
+                return soFar;
+
+            // FindChunk returns -1 until the data chunk header is fully in the window; on a normal
+            // file it sits within the first 64 KB so this loop runs exactly once.
+            if (FindChunk(soFar, "data") >= 0)
+                return soFar;
+        }
+
+        return ms.Length > 0 ? ms.ToArray() : null;
+    }
+
+    private static bool HasRiffWaveSignature(byte[] buffer) =>
+        buffer.Length >= 12
+        && System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(buffer, 0, 4) == "RIFF"
+        && System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(buffer, 8, 4) == "WAVE";
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Extracts metadata from WAV file buffer with comprehensive validation
     /// </summary>
@@ -698,4 +797,21 @@ public readonly record struct PcmData(
     ReadOnlyMemory<byte> Pcm,
     int Channels,
     int SampleRate,
+    int BitsPerSample);
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Where a WAV's PCM data region lives and how to decode it, without the bytes themselves — the
+/// streaming counterpart of <see cref="PcmData"/>. The caller seeks to <see cref="DataStart"/> and
+/// streams exactly <see cref="DataLength"/> bytes through a loudness accumulator.
+/// </summary>
+/// <param name="DataStart">Absolute byte offset of the first PCM sample (past the data chunk header).</param>
+/// <param name="DataLength">PCM region length in bytes, clamped to what the backing file actually holds.</param>
+/// <param name="Channels">Number of interleaved channels.</param>
+/// <param name="SampleRate">Samples per second.</param>
+/// <param name="BitsPerSample">Bit depth per sample (8, 16, 24, or 32).</param>
+public readonly record struct WavPcmStreamInfo(
+    long DataStart,
+    long DataLength,
+    int Channels,
+    int SampleRate,
     int BitsPerSample);

DeepDrftContent/Processors/ILoudnessAlgorithm.cs

@@ -20,4 +20,46 @@ public interface ILoudnessAlgorithm
     /// is 1. All zeros when the signal is silent (peak is 0) or no samples are present.
     /// </returns>
     double[] Compute(ReadOnlySpan<byte> pcmData, int channels, int sampleRate, int bitsPerSample, int bucketCount);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Creates a stateful accumulator that reduces the same loudness profile from PCM fed in bounded
+    /// chunks rather than from one contiguous buffer. The streaming waveform path uses this so a long
+    /// track's PCM is never materialized whole in a managed <c>byte[]</c>. The accumulator's output is
+    /// byte-identical to <see cref="Compute"/> for the same total PCM, because <see cref="Compute"/> is
+    /// itself defined in terms of one — the single source of truth for the loudness reduction.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="pcmByteLength">
+    /// Total length of the PCM data region in bytes. Required up front because the bucket each frame
+    /// lands in is derived from the frame's position relative to the total frame count.
+    /// </param>
+    /// <param name="channels">Number of interleaved channels; averaged to mono per frame.</param>
+    /// <param name="sampleRate">Samples per second (used for the envelope-smoothing time base).</param>
+    /// <param name="bitsPerSample">Bit depth (8 unsigned, 16/24/32 signed) used to decode samples.</param>
+    /// <param name="bucketCount">Number of equal time slices to reduce the signal to.</param>
+    ILoudnessAccumulator CreateAccumulator(
+        long pcmByteLength, int channels, int sampleRate, int bitsPerSample, int bucketCount);
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Stateful, single-pass reducer for one loudness profile. Frames are fed via <see cref="Add"/> in
+/// arbitrary (non-frame-aligned) chunks — a partial frame straddling a chunk boundary is carried
+/// internally — and <see cref="Finish"/> emits the peak-normalized <c>double[bucketCount]</c>. Not
+/// thread-safe; feed one stream sequentially. Reusable across the same stream's chunks only, not
+/// across streams.
+/// </summary>
+public interface ILoudnessAccumulator
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Feeds the next run of PCM bytes (interleaved, little-endian). Need not be frame-aligned; bytes
+    /// that do not complete a frame are retained until the next call. Bytes past the total frame count
+    /// declared at construction are ignored, matching the whole-buffer path's trailing-partial-frame drop.
+    /// </summary>
+    void Add(ReadOnlySpan<byte> pcmChunk);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Finalizes and returns the peak-normalized loudness profile (<c>double[bucketCount]</c>, each in
+    /// [0, 1]). All zeros for silence or a degenerate (no-frame) input. Call once, after the last
+    /// <see cref="Add"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    double[] Finish();
 }

DeepDrftContent/Processors/RmsLoudnessAlgorithm.cs

@@ -18,100 +18,27 @@ public class RmsLoudnessAlgorithm : ILoudnessAlgorithm
     /// </summary>
     public const double SmoothingTimeConstantSeconds = 0.005;
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Whole-buffer reduction. Defined in terms of <see cref="CreateAccumulator"/> so the streaming and
+    /// whole-buffer paths share one decode + finalize implementation — byte-identical output by
+    /// construction, not by parallel maintenance.
+    /// </summary>
     public double[] Compute(ReadOnlySpan<byte> pcmData, int channels, int sampleRate, int bitsPerSample, int bucketCount)
+    {
+        var accumulator = CreateAccumulator(pcmData.Length, channels, sampleRate, bitsPerSample, bucketCount);
+        accumulator.Add(pcmData);
+        return accumulator.Finish();
+    }
+
+    public ILoudnessAccumulator CreateAccumulator(
+        long pcmByteLength, int channels, int sampleRate, int bitsPerSample, int bucketCount)
     {
         if (bucketCount <= 0)
         {
             throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(bucketCount), "Bucket count must be positive.");
         }
 
-        var result = new double[bucketCount];
+        return new RmsLoudnessAccumulator(pcmByteLength, channels, sampleRate, bitsPerSample, bucketCount);
-
-        if (channels <= 0)
-        {
-            return result;
-        }
-
-        var bytesPerSample = bitsPerSample / 8;
-        if (bytesPerSample <= 0)
-        {
-            return result;
-        }
-
-        var bytesPerFrame = bytesPerSample * channels;
-        var frameCount = pcmData.Length / bytesPerFrame;
-        if (frameCount == 0)
-        {
-            return result;
-        }
-
-        // Sum of squared mono amplitudes and the frame count, per bucket. A frame's bucket is
-        // determined by its position in the timeline so buckets are equal-duration slices.
-        var sumSquares = new double[bucketCount];
-        var counts = new long[bucketCount];
-
-        for (var frame = 0; frame < frameCount; frame++)
-        {
-            var frameStart = frame * bytesPerFrame;
-
-            double channelSum = 0;
-            for (var ch = 0; ch < channels; ch++)
-            {
-                var sampleStart = frameStart + ch * bytesPerSample;
-                channelSum += ReadSampleNormalized(pcmData, sampleStart, bitsPerSample);
-            }
-
-            var mono = channelSum / channels;
-
-            // long math avoids overflow on large files before the divide back into bucket index.
-            var bucket = (int)((long)frame * bucketCount / frameCount);
-            if (bucket >= bucketCount)
-            {
-                bucket = bucketCount - 1;
-            }
-
-            sumSquares[bucket] += mono * mono;
-            counts[bucket]++;
-        }
-
-        for (var i = 0; i < bucketCount; i++)
-        {
-            if (counts[i] > 0)
-            {
-                result[i] = Math.Sqrt(sumSquares[i] / counts[i]);
-            }
-        }
-
-        // Envelope smoothing (~15 ms): round the spikey per-bucket RMS into a smooth contour before
-        // peak-normalization, so the rendered ribbon reads as a continuous curve, not faceted polygons.
-        // Each bucket spans (totalSeconds / bucketCount) of audio; the filter coefficient is derived
-        // from that against the time constant so the smoothing is duration-aware, not a fixed window.
-        var totalSeconds = (double)frameCount / sampleRate;
-        var bucketSeconds = totalSeconds / bucketCount;
-        SmoothEnvelope(result, bucketSeconds);
-
-        var peak = 0.0;
-        for (var i = 0; i < bucketCount; i++)
-        {
-            if (result[i] > peak)
-            {
-                peak = result[i];
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (peak <= 0)
-        {
-            // Silence — return all zeros (Array is already zero-initialized).
-            Array.Clear(result);
-            return result;
-        }
-
-        for (var i = 0; i < bucketCount; i++)
-        {
-            result[i] /= peak;
-        }
-
-        return result;
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -122,7 +49,7 @@ public class RmsLoudnessAlgorithm : ILoudnessAlgorithm
     /// each bucket blends <c>(1 − a)</c> of itself with <c>a</c> of the running envelope. A near-zero
     /// or non-finite bucket duration leaves the data untouched (nothing to smooth meaningfully).
     /// </summary>
-    private static void SmoothEnvelope(double[] data, double bucketSeconds)
+    internal static void SmoothEnvelope(double[] data, double bucketSeconds)
     {
         if (data.Length < 2 || bucketSeconds <= 0 || !double.IsFinite(bucketSeconds))
         {
@@ -154,7 +81,7 @@ public class RmsLoudnessAlgorithm : ILoudnessAlgorithm
     /// Decodes one PCM sample at <paramref name="offset"/> to a normalized amplitude in [-1, 1].
     /// 8-bit is unsigned (0..255, centered at 128); 16/24/32-bit are signed little-endian.
     /// </summary>
-    private static double ReadSampleNormalized(ReadOnlySpan<byte> data, int offset, int bitsPerSample)
+    internal static double ReadSampleNormalized(ReadOnlySpan<byte> data, int offset, int bitsPerSample)
     {
         switch (bitsPerSample)
         {
@@ -194,3 +121,167 @@ public class RmsLoudnessAlgorithm : ILoudnessAlgorithm
         }
     }
 }
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Single-pass RMS accumulator backing <see cref="RmsLoudnessAlgorithm"/>. Frames are fed via
+/// <see cref="Add"/> in arbitrary chunks; a partial frame straddling a chunk boundary is carried in a
+/// one-frame buffer. The per-frame decode, bucket assignment, and per-bucket accumulation are the exact
+/// arithmetic the former whole-buffer loop used, in the same frame order, so the floating-point result
+/// is bit-identical whether the PCM arrives in one span or many. <see cref="Finish"/> applies the same
+/// envelope smoothing and peak-normalization as before. Memory is O(bucketCount + one frame).
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class RmsLoudnessAccumulator : ILoudnessAccumulator
+{
+    private readonly int _channels;
+    private readonly int _sampleRate;
+    private readonly int _bitsPerSample;
+    private readonly int _bucketCount;
+    private readonly int _bytesPerSample;
+    private readonly int _bytesPerFrame;
+    private readonly long _frameCount;
+
+    private readonly double[] _sumSquares;
+    private readonly long[] _counts;
+    private readonly byte[] _carry;
+    private int _carryLen;
+    private long _frameIndex;
+
+    internal RmsLoudnessAccumulator(long pcmByteLength, int channels, int sampleRate, int bitsPerSample, int bucketCount)
+    {
+        _channels = channels;
+        _sampleRate = sampleRate;
+        _bitsPerSample = bitsPerSample;
+        _bucketCount = bucketCount;
+        _sumSquares = new double[bucketCount];
+        _counts = new long[bucketCount];
+
+        // Guards mirror the former whole-buffer Compute exactly: any degenerate parameter leaves
+        // _frameCount at 0, so Add is a no-op and Finish returns the zero-initialized profile.
+        _bytesPerSample = bitsPerSample / 8;
+        if (channels <= 0 || _bytesPerSample <= 0)
+        {
+            _bytesPerFrame = 0;
+            _frameCount = 0;
+            _carry = [];
+            return;
+        }
+
+        _bytesPerFrame = _bytesPerSample * channels;
+        _frameCount = pcmByteLength / _bytesPerFrame;
+        _carry = new byte[_bytesPerFrame];
+    }
+
+    public void Add(ReadOnlySpan<byte> pcmChunk)
+    {
+        if (_frameIndex >= _frameCount)
+        {
+            return; // degenerate input, or every expected frame already consumed
+        }
+
+        var pos = 0;
+
+        // Complete a frame carried from the previous chunk first.
+        if (_carryLen > 0)
+        {
+            var need = _bytesPerFrame - _carryLen;
+            var take = Math.Min(need, pcmChunk.Length);
+            pcmChunk.Slice(0, take).CopyTo(_carry.AsSpan(_carryLen));
+            _carryLen += take;
+            pos += take;
+
+            if (_carryLen < _bytesPerFrame)
+            {
+                return; // still not a full frame
+            }
+
+            ProcessFrame(_carry);
+            _carryLen = 0;
+            if (_frameIndex >= _frameCount)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Whole frames directly from the chunk.
+        while (pos + _bytesPerFrame <= pcmChunk.Length && _frameIndex < _frameCount)
+        {
+            ProcessFrame(pcmChunk.Slice(pos, _bytesPerFrame));
+            pos += _bytesPerFrame;
+        }
+
+        // Stash a trailing partial frame for the next chunk — but only while frames are still expected.
+        // A trailing partial frame on the final chunk is dropped, matching the whole-buffer path.
+        if (_frameIndex < _frameCount && pos < pcmChunk.Length)
+        {
+            var remainder = pcmChunk.Slice(pos);
+            remainder.CopyTo(_carry);
+            _carryLen = remainder.Length;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void ProcessFrame(ReadOnlySpan<byte> frame)
+    {
+        double channelSum = 0;
+        for (var ch = 0; ch < _channels; ch++)
+        {
+            channelSum += RmsLoudnessAlgorithm.ReadSampleNormalized(frame, ch * _bytesPerSample, _bitsPerSample);
+        }
+
+        var mono = channelSum / _channels;
+
+        // long math avoids overflow on large files before the divide back into bucket index.
+        var bucket = (int)(_frameIndex * _bucketCount / _frameCount);
+        if (bucket >= _bucketCount)
+        {
+            bucket = _bucketCount - 1;
+        }
+
+        _sumSquares[bucket] += mono * mono;
+        _counts[bucket]++;
+        _frameIndex++;
+    }
+
+    public double[] Finish()
+    {
+        var result = new double[_bucketCount];
+        if (_frameCount == 0)
+        {
+            return result; // degenerate input — all zeros, as the whole-buffer guards returned
+        }
+
+        for (var i = 0; i < _bucketCount; i++)
+        {
+            if (_counts[i] > 0)
+            {
+                result[i] = Math.Sqrt(_sumSquares[i] / _counts[i]);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Envelope smoothing (~15 ms) then peak-normalization — identical to the whole-buffer finalize.
+        var totalSeconds = (double)_frameCount / _sampleRate;
+        var bucketSeconds = totalSeconds / _bucketCount;
+        RmsLoudnessAlgorithm.SmoothEnvelope(result, bucketSeconds);
+
+        var peak = 0.0;
+        for (var i = 0; i < _bucketCount; i++)
+        {
+            if (result[i] > peak)
+            {
+                peak = result[i];
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (peak <= 0)
+        {
+            Array.Clear(result);
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        for (var i = 0; i < _bucketCount; i++)
+        {
+            result[i] /= peak;
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+}

DeepDrftContent/Processors/WaveformProfileService.cs

@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ public class WaveformProfileService
 {
     private const string ProfileExtension = ".wfp";
 
+    /// <summary>Bounded read-buffer size for the streaming PCM pass — the only filesize-independent
+    /// allocation on the streaming path (matches the store path's 80 KB copy buffer).</summary>
+    private const int StreamReadBufferSize = 81920;
+
     private readonly FileDb _fileDatabase;
     private readonly AudioProcessor _audioProcessor;
     private readonly ILoudnessAlgorithm _loudnessAlgorithm;
@@ -117,6 +121,161 @@ public class WaveformProfileService
         return ComputeAndStoreAsync(wavBytes, entryKey, bucketCount, VaultConstants.TrackWaveforms);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Streaming counterpart of <see cref="ComputeAndStoreAsync"/>: computes and stores the fixed
+    /// 512-bucket player-bar profile by reading the WAV from <paramref name="openWavStream"/> in bounded
+    /// chunks, never materializing the whole file in a managed <c>byte[]</c>. Tri-state result matches
+    /// the <c>RemoveResourceAsync</c> idiom so callers can map outcomes precisely: <c>null</c> = no audio
+    /// stream available (the entry has no backing audio); <c>false</c> = audio present but no profile
+    /// computable (non-WAV / float / padded) or the vault write failed; <c>true</c> = stored. Output is
+    /// byte-identical to the whole-buffer path for the same WAV.
+    /// </summary>
+    public Task<bool?> ComputeAndStoreProfileStreamingAsync(
+        Func<CancellationToken, Task<Stream?>> openWavStream,
+        string entryKey,
+        CancellationToken ct = default) =>
+        RunStreamingAsync(
+            openWavStream, entryKey,
+            [(_options.BucketCount, VaultConstants.WaveformProfiles)], ct);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Streaming counterpart of <see cref="ComputeAndStoreHighResAsync"/>: computes and stores the
+    /// duration-derived high-res datum (<see cref="VaultConstants.TrackWaveforms"/>) by streaming the WAV
+    /// from <paramref name="openWavStream"/>. <paramref name="durationSeconds"/> drives the bucket count
+    /// exactly as the whole-buffer path's <c>audio.Duration</c> did — pass the same vault-metadata
+    /// duration to keep the stored bytes identical. Tri-state result as in
+    /// <see cref="ComputeAndStoreProfileStreamingAsync"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public Task<bool?> ComputeAndStoreHighResStreamingAsync(
+        Func<CancellationToken, Task<Stream?>> openWavStream,
+        string entryKey,
+        double durationSeconds,
+        CancellationToken ct = default) =>
+        RunStreamingAsync(
+            openWavStream, entryKey,
+            [(WaveformResolution.BucketCountForDuration(durationSeconds), VaultConstants.TrackWaveforms)], ct);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Computes and stores BOTH datums a track carries — the 512-bucket profile and the duration-derived
+    /// high-res datum — from a SINGLE streaming pass over the WAV. One sequential read of the (possibly
+    /// ~GB) audio feeds two independent accumulators, so memory stays O(bucket arrays + read buffer) and
+    /// disk I/O is halved versus two separate passes. This is the upload / replace-audio hot path. Each
+    /// datum's stored bytes are byte-identical to its whole-buffer counterpart. Tri-state: <c>null</c> =
+    /// no audio stream; <c>false</c> = not WAV-decodable or a vault write failed; <c>true</c> = both
+    /// datums stored. Best-effort callers ignore the result.
+    /// </summary>
+    public Task<bool?> ComputeAndStoreAllStreamingAsync(
+        Func<CancellationToken, Task<Stream?>> openWavStream,
+        string entryKey,
+        double durationSeconds,
+        CancellationToken ct = default) =>
+        RunStreamingAsync(
+            openWavStream, entryKey,
+            [
+                (_options.BucketCount, VaultConstants.WaveformProfiles),
+                (WaveformResolution.BucketCountForDuration(durationSeconds), VaultConstants.TrackWaveforms),
+            ],
+            ct);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Core streaming reduction: opens the WAV once, parses its header (bounded), then streams the PCM
+    /// data region through one loudness accumulator per requested target, storing each datum. All
+    /// targets are computed in the single pass. See the tri-state contract on the public wrappers.
+    /// </summary>
+    private async Task<bool?> RunStreamingAsync(
+        Func<CancellationToken, Task<Stream?>> openWavStream,
+        string entryKey,
+        IReadOnlyList<(int BucketCount, string VaultName)> targets,
+        CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            await using var stream = await openWavStream(ct);
+            if (stream is null)
+            {
+                // No backing audio for this entry — distinct from "present but undecodable".
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            var info = await _audioProcessor.TryReadPcmStreamInfoAsync(stream, stream.Length, ct);
+            if (info is null)
+            {
+                _logger.LogWarning(
+                    "Waveform profile not computed for {EntryKey}: WAV PCM could not be extracted (streaming).",
+                    entryKey);
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            var v = info.Value;
+            var accumulators = new ILoudnessAccumulator[targets.Count];
+            for (var i = 0; i < targets.Count; i++)
+            {
+                accumulators[i] = _loudnessAlgorithm.CreateAccumulator(
+                    v.DataLength, v.Channels, v.SampleRate, v.BitsPerSample, targets[i].BucketCount);
+            }
+
+            await StreamPcmThroughAsync(stream, v.DataStart, v.DataLength, accumulators, ct);
+
+            _logger.LogInformation(
+                "Streaming waveform compute for {EntryKey}: {DataLength} PCM bytes, {TargetCount} datum(s), " +
+                "{BufferSize}B read buffer — no whole-file load.",
+                entryKey, v.DataLength, targets.Count, StreamReadBufferSize);
+
+            var allStored = true;
+            for (var i = 0; i < targets.Count; i++)
+            {
+                var profile = accumulators[i].Finish();
+                var quantized = Quantize(profile);
+
+                await EnsureVaultAsync(targets[i].VaultName);
+                var binary = new MediaBinary(new MediaBinaryParams(quantized, quantized.Length, ProfileExtension));
+                var stored = await _fileDatabase.RegisterResourceAsync(targets[i].VaultName, entryKey, binary);
+                if (!stored)
+                {
+                    _logger.LogWarning(
+                        "Waveform vault write failed for {EntryKey} in {VaultName}.", entryKey, targets[i].VaultName);
+                    allStored = false;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return allStored;
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex) when (ex is not OperationCanceledException)
+        {
+            _logger.LogError(ex, "Streaming waveform computation failed for {EntryKey}.", entryKey);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Seeks to the PCM data region and streams exactly <paramref name="dataLength"/> bytes through each
+    /// accumulator in bounded reads. The accumulators carry partial frames internally, so the read
+    /// boundaries need not align to frames. Peak memory is one read buffer — independent of file size.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static async Task StreamPcmThroughAsync(
+        Stream stream, long dataStart, long dataLength, ILoudnessAccumulator[] accumulators, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        stream.Seek(dataStart, SeekOrigin.Begin);
+
+        var buffer = new byte[StreamReadBufferSize];
+        var remaining = dataLength;
+        while (remaining > 0)
+        {
+            var want = (int)Math.Min(buffer.Length, remaining);
+            var read = await stream.ReadAsync(buffer.AsMemory(0, want), ct);
+            if (read == 0)
+                break;
+
+            var span = buffer.AsSpan(0, read);
+            foreach (var accumulator in accumulators)
+            {
+                accumulator.Add(span);
+            }
+
+            remaining -= read;
+        }
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Returns the stored quantized profile bytes for a track from <paramref name="vaultName"/>
     /// (defaults to <see cref="VaultConstants.WaveformProfiles"/> when null), or null if no profile

DeepDrftContent/TrackContentService.cs

@@ -201,6 +201,45 @@ public class TrackContentService
         return await _fileDatabase.LoadResourceAsync<AudioBinary>(VaultConstants.Tracks, trackId);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Opens a read-only, seekable stream over a track's vault audio, or null if the entry has no
+    /// backing file. The caller owns the stream and must dispose it. Unlike <see cref="GetAudioBinaryAsync"/>
+    /// this never buffers the whole file — it is the source for the streaming waveform compute. Follows
+    /// the FileDatabase swallow-and-return-null contract.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="trackId">Track ID (EntryKey)</param>
+    public async Task<Stream?> OpenAudioStreamAsync(string trackId)
+    {
+        var vault = _fileDatabase.GetVault(VaultConstants.Tracks);
+        if (vault is null)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        var media = await vault.GetEntryStreamAsync(trackId);
+        return media?.Stream;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Reads a track's stored audio duration from the vault index metadata WITHOUT loading the audio
+    /// body — the cheap counterpart of <c>GetAudioBinaryAsync(...).Duration</c>. Returns null if the
+    /// entry is unknown or carries no audio metadata. The streaming high-res waveform path uses this to
+    /// derive the duration-based bucket count, matching the value the whole-buffer path read off
+    /// <see cref="AudioBinary.Duration"/> so the stored datum is byte-identical.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="trackId">Track ID (EntryKey)</param>
+    public async Task<double?> GetAudioDurationAsync(string trackId)
+    {
+        var vault = _fileDatabase.GetVault(VaultConstants.Tracks);
+        if (vault is null)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        var metaData = await vault.GetEntryMetadata(trackId);
+        return metaData is AudioMetaData audio ? audio.Duration : null;
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Checks if FileDatabase is available and tracks vault exists
     /// </summary>