this is a big slop that might backfire lol... new config system and UI!

server/src/helpers/bandwidthSavings.configuration.js

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+// Bandwidth-Savings Configuration
+// Purpose: Defines the server-owned live-video and snapshot policy interpreted by this helper.
+// Scope: Exports configuration metadata without reading sessions or calculating policy.
+const { strictObject, string, boolean, integer } = require('../configuration/schemaHelpers');
+
+module.exports = {
+  key: 'bandwidthSavings',
+  defaultValue: {
+    multiTabProtection: 'verifiedOnly',
+    pauseHiddenRoverVideo: false,
+    nonTurnVideo: { mode: 'snapshots', userThreshold: 0 },
+    externalSpectatorVideo: 'snapshots',
+    externalSpectatorAccess: 'on',
+  },
+  schema: strictObject({
+    multiTabProtection: string({ enum: ['allowed', 'verifiedOnly', 'notAllowed'] }),
+    pauseHiddenRoverVideo: boolean(),
+    nonTurnVideo: strictObject({
+      mode: string({ enum: ['snapshots', 'live'] }),
+      userThreshold: integer({ minimum: 0, maximum: 100000 }),
+    }, { required: ['mode', 'userThreshold'] }),
+    externalSpectatorVideo: string({ enum: ['snapshots', 'live'] }),
+    externalSpectatorAccess: string({ enum: ['off', 'on', 'verifiedOnly', 'admin'] }),
+  }, { title: 'Bandwidth savings', required: ['multiTabProtection', 'pauseHiddenRoverVideo', 'nonTurnVideo', 'externalSpectatorVideo', 'externalSpectatorAccess'] }),
+};