optional sidebar

server/src/services/discordBotService.js

@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ function buildReplayCaption({ requester, usedSources = [], missingSources = [],
   return lines.join('\n');
 }
 
-async function sendReplayToChannel(channelId, requester, sources = [], explicitTitle = '') {
+async function sendReplayToChannel(channelId, requester, sources = [], explicitTitle = '', includeSidebar = true) {
   if (!channelId) {
     throw new Error('Replay channel not configured');
   }
@@ -459,6 +459,7 @@ async function sendReplayToChannel(channelId, requester, sources = [], explicitT
     sources,
     title: resolvedTitle,
     requester,
+    includeSidebar,
   });
   const filenameBase = sanitizeReplayTitleForFilename(resolvedTitle);
   const attachment = new AttachmentBuilder(buffer, { name: `${filenameBase}.mp4` });
@@ -1619,7 +1620,13 @@ function handleBusEvent(event) {
       schedulePresenceRotation();
       break;
     case 'replay.requested':
-      sendReplayToChannel(payload?.channelId, payload?.requester, payload?.sources || [], payload?.title || '').catch((err) => {
+      sendReplayToChannel(
+        payload?.channelId,
+        payload?.requester,
+        payload?.sources || [],
+        payload?.title || '',
+        payload?.includeSidebar !== false,
+      ).catch((err) => {
         logger.warn('Replay send failed', err.message);
       });
       break;

server/src/services/replayEngineV2.js

@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ async function probeMaxFrameSize(paths) {
   return { maxWidth, maxHeight };
 }
 
-async function buildReplayVideo({ sources = [], title = '', requester = '' } = {}) {
+async function buildReplayVideo({ sources = [], title = '', requester = '', includeSidebar = true } = {}) {
   if (!Array.isArray(sources) || !sources.length) {
     throw new Error('No replay sources selected');
   }
@@ -843,22 +843,6 @@ async function buildReplayVideo({ sources = [], title = '', requester = '' } = {
     tileWidth = clampEven(tileWidth);
     tileHeight = clampEven(tileHeight);
 
-    const selectedRoverIds = usedSources
-      .filter((entry) => entry?.type === 'rover')
-      .map((entry) => String(entry.id));
-    const driverBatteryLines = buildDriverBatterySnapshot(selectedRoverIds);
-    const chatEvents = buildChatEventsForWindow(tStart, tEnd);
-    const durationSec = BUILD_DURATION_MS / 1000;
-    const sidebarPath = await renderSidebarVideo({
-      tmpDir,
-      title: resolvedTitle,
-      durationSec,
-      height: clampEven(tileHeight * layout.rows),
-      windowStartMs: tStart,
-      driverBatteryLines,
-      chatEvents,
-    });
-
     const inputArgs = [];
     const filterParts = [];
     const layoutParts = [];
@@ -872,9 +856,29 @@ async function buildReplayVideo({ sources = [], title = '', requester = '' } = {
       layoutParts.push(`${x}_${y}`);
     }
 
-    inputArgs.push('-i', sidebarPath);
-    const sidebarInputIndex = normalizedVideos.length;
-    const audioInputStart = normalizedVideos.length + 1;
+    let audioInputStart = normalizedVideos.length;
+    let sidebarInputIndex = -1;
+    if (includeSidebar) {
+      const selectedRoverIds = usedSources
+        .filter((entry) => entry?.type === 'rover')
+        .map((entry) => String(entry.id));
+      const driverBatteryLines = buildDriverBatterySnapshot(selectedRoverIds);
+      const chatEvents = buildChatEventsForWindow(tStart, tEnd);
+      const durationSec = BUILD_DURATION_MS / 1000;
+      const sidebarPath = await renderSidebarVideo({
+        tmpDir,
+        title: resolvedTitle,
+        durationSec,
+        height: clampEven(tileHeight * layout.rows),
+        windowStartMs: tStart,
+        driverBatteryLines,
+        chatEvents,
+      });
+      inputArgs.push('-i', sidebarPath);
+      sidebarInputIndex = normalizedVideos.length;
+      audioInputStart = normalizedVideos.length + 1;
+    }
+
     for (const audioPath of normalizedAudios) {
       inputArgs.push('-i', audioPath);
     }
@@ -887,7 +891,11 @@ async function buildReplayVideo({ sources = [], title = '', requester = '' } = {
           `xstack=inputs=${normalizedVideos.length}:layout=${layoutParts.join('|')}:fill=black[vgrid]`,
       );
     }
-    filterParts.push(`[vgrid][${sidebarInputIndex}:v]hstack=inputs=2[vout]`);
+    if (includeSidebar) {
+      filterParts.push(`[vgrid][${sidebarInputIndex}:v]hstack=inputs=2[vout]`);
+    } else {
+      filterParts.push('[vgrid]null[vout]');
+    }
 
     if (normalizedAudios.length) {
       const audioRefs = normalizedAudios.map((_, idx) => `[${audioInputStart + idx}:a]`).join('');

server/src/services/replaySocketService.js

@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ function normalizeReplayTitle(value) {
   return value.trim().slice(0, 120);
 }
 
+function normalizeIncludeSidebar(value) {
+  if (typeof value === 'boolean') return value;
+  return true;
+}
+
 io.on('connection', (socket) => {
   socket.on('replay:trigger', (payload = {}, cb = () => {}) => {
     if (getMode() === MODES.LOCKDOWN) {
@@ -43,6 +48,7 @@ io.on('connection', (socket) => {
     }
     const requester = buildRequesterLabel(socket);
     const title = normalizeReplayTitle(payload?.title);
+    const includeSidebar = normalizeIncludeSidebar(payload?.includeSidebar);
     const attempt = tryTriggerReplay({ by: { source: 'web', requester } });
     if (!attempt.ok) {
       cb({ error: 'Replay cooldown active', remainingMs: attempt.remainingMs, state: attempt.state });
@@ -55,6 +61,7 @@ io.on('connection', (socket) => {
         channelId,
         requester,
         title,
+        includeSidebar,
         sources,
         requestedBy: { socketId: socket.id },
       },