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diff --git a/src/components/video-editor/SettingsPanel.tsx b/src/components/video-editor/SettingsPanel.tsx
index 5e0cc8062..282a295fd 100644
--- a/src/components/video-editor/SettingsPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/components/video-editor/SettingsPanel.tsx
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ import type {
 import {
 	DEFAULT_WEBCAM_MIRRORED,
 	DEFAULT_WEBCAM_REACTIVE_ZOOM,
+	MAX_NATIVE_PLAYBACK_RATE,
+	MAX_PLAYBACK_SPEED,
 	MAX_ZOOM_SCALE,
 	MIN_ZOOM_SCALE,
 	ROTATION_3D_PRESET_ORDER,
@@ -1214,7 +1216,9 @@ export function SettingsPanel({
 									<CustomSpeedInput
 										value={selectedSpeedValue ?? 1}
 										onChange={(val) => onSpeedChange?.(val)}
-										onError={() => toast.error(t("speed.maxSpeedError"))}
+										onError={() =>
+											toast.error(t("speed.maxSpeedError", { max: MAX_PLAYBACK_SPEED }))
+										}
 									/>
 								) : (
 									<div className="flex items-center gap-1 opacity-40">
@@ -1225,6 +1229,13 @@ export function SettingsPanel({
 									</div>
 								)}
 							</div>
+							{selectedSpeedId &&
+								selectedSpeedValue != null &&
+								selectedSpeedValue > MAX_NATIVE_PLAYBACK_RATE && (
+									<p className="px-1 text-[10px] leading-snug text-slate-500">
+										{t("speed.previewFrameSteppingHint", { native: MAX_NATIVE_PLAYBACK_RATE })}
+									</p>
+								)}
 							{selectedSpeedId && (
 								<Button
 									onClick={() => selectedSpeedId && onSpeedDelete?.(selectedSpeedId)}
diff --git a/src/components/video-editor/VideoPlayback.tsx b/src/components/video-editor/VideoPlayback.tsx
index 1b4ad5263..8bb6fbe0c 100644
--- a/src/components/video-editor/VideoPlayback.tsx
+++ b/src/components/video-editor/VideoPlayback.tsx
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ import {
 	getZoomScale,
 	isRotation3DIdentity,
 	lerpRotation3D,
+	MAX_NATIVE_PLAYBACK_RATE,
 	rotation3DPerspective,
 	type SpeedRegion,
 	type TrimRegion,
@@ -336,6 +337,11 @@ const VideoPlayback = forwardRef<VideoPlaybackRef, VideoPlaybackProps>(
 		const scrubEndTimerRef = useRef<number | null>(null);
 		const [isScrubbing, setIsScrubbing] = useState(false);
 		const allowPlaybackRef = useRef(false);
+		// Seek-stepping state for speed regions above the native playbackRate cap (16×).
+		const seekSteppingRef = useRef(false);
+		const stepVirtualSecRef = useRef(0);
+		const stepLastTsRef = useRef(0);
+		const stepPrevMutedRef = useRef(false);
 		const lockedVideoDimensionsRef = useRef<{
 			width: number;
 			height: number;
@@ -630,7 +636,9 @@ const VideoPlayback = forwardRef<VideoPlaybackRef, VideoPlaybackProps>(
 					const supplementalAudio = supplementalAudioRef.current;
 					if (supplementalAudio) {
 						supplementalAudio.currentTime = vid.currentTime;
-						supplementalAudio.playbackRate = vid.playbackRate;
+						// vid.playbackRate is already capped at the native ceiling; clamp
+						// defensively so the supplemental track never throws either.
+						supplementalAudio.playbackRate = Math.min(vid.playbackRate, MAX_NATIVE_PLAYBACK_RATE);
 						await supplementalAudio.play().catch(() => {
 							// The main video remains the source of truth for playback state.
 						});
@@ -1136,7 +1144,16 @@ const VideoPlayback = forwardRef<VideoPlaybackRef, VideoPlaybackProps>(
 				speedRegions.find(
 					(region) => currentTime * 1000 >= region.startMs && currentTime * 1000 < region.endMs,
 				) ?? null;
-			supplementalAudio.playbackRate = activeSpeedRegion ? activeSpeedRegion.speed : 1;
+			const activeSpeed = activeSpeedRegion ? activeSpeedRegion.speed : 1;
+
+			// Above the native rate the main preview frame-steps silently; a media
+			// element can't play that fast (setting playbackRate > 16 throws), so mute
+			// the supplemental track by pausing it for the duration of the region.
+			if (activeSpeed > MAX_NATIVE_PLAYBACK_RATE) {
+				supplementalAudio.pause();
+				return;
+			}
+			supplementalAudio.playbackRate = activeSpeed;
 
 			if (!isPlaying) {
 				supplementalAudio.pause();
@@ -1227,6 +1244,10 @@ const VideoPlayback = forwardRef<VideoPlaybackRef, VideoPlaybackProps>(
 				isScrubbingRef,
 				scrubEndTimerRef,
 				onScrubChange: (scrubbing) => setIsScrubbing(scrubbing),
+				seekSteppingRef,
+				stepVirtualSecRef,
+				stepLastTsRef,
+				stepPrevMutedRef,
 			});
 
 			video.addEventListener("play", handlePlay);
@@ -1826,7 +1847,11 @@ const VideoPlayback = forwardRef<VideoPlaybackRef, VideoPlaybackProps>(
 				speedRegions.find(
 					(region) => currentTime * 1000 >= region.startMs && currentTime * 1000 < region.endMs,
 				) ?? null;
-			webcamVideo.playbackRate = activeSpeedRegion ? activeSpeedRegion.speed : 1;
+			// Cap the (silent) webcam element at the native rate so playbackRate never throws.
+			webcamVideo.playbackRate = Math.min(
+				activeSpeedRegion ? activeSpeedRegion.speed : 1,
+				MAX_NATIVE_PLAYBACK_RATE,
+			);
 
 			if (!isPlaying) {
 				webcamVideo.pause();
@@ -1836,7 +1861,12 @@ const VideoPlayback = forwardRef<VideoPlaybackRef, VideoPlaybackProps>(
 				return;
 			}
 
-			if (Math.abs(webcamVideo.currentTime - currentTime) > 0.15) {
+			// While the main video is seek-stepping (>16×), the playhead advances far
+			// faster than this 16×-capped element can seek; resyncing every frame would
+			// keep its decoder perpetually mid-seek and freeze it — the same failure the
+			// main video's throttle fixes. Let the muted webcam play best-effort at the
+			// clamped rate instead (a small lag is fine).
+			if (!seekSteppingRef.current && Math.abs(webcamVideo.currentTime - currentTime) > 0.15) {
 				webcamVideo.currentTime = currentTime;
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/components/video-editor/customPlaybackSpeed.test.ts b/src/components/video-editor/customPlaybackSpeed.test.ts
index 223175cfe..aaffb2b5a 100644
--- a/src/components/video-editor/customPlaybackSpeed.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/video-editor/customPlaybackSpeed.test.ts
@@ -41,10 +41,27 @@ describe("parseCustomPlaybackSpeedInput", () => {
 		});
 	});
 
-	it("rejects speeds above the editor maximum", () => {
+	it("accepts the maximum editor speed", () => {
+		expect(parseCustomPlaybackSpeedInput("100")).toEqual({
+			status: "valid",
+			draft: "100",
+			speed: 100,
+		});
+	});
+
+	it("accepts high speeds that exceed the native preview rate", () => {
+		// 16.1× was rejected under the old 16× cap; it must now be valid.
 		expect(parseCustomPlaybackSpeedInput("16.1")).toEqual({
-			status: "too-fast",
+			status: "valid",
 			draft: "16.1",
+			speed: 16.1,
+		});
+	});
+
+	it("rejects speeds above the editor maximum", () => {
+		expect(parseCustomPlaybackSpeedInput("100.1")).toEqual({
+			status: "too-fast",
+			draft: "100.1",
 		});
 	});
 });
diff --git a/src/components/video-editor/types.ts b/src/components/video-editor/types.ts
index 93ae00237..4406ee961 100644
--- a/src/components/video-editor/types.ts
+++ b/src/components/video-editor/types.ts
@@ -368,8 +368,11 @@ export const DEFAULT_CROP_REGION: CropRegion = {
 export type PlaybackSpeed = number;
 
 export const MIN_PLAYBACK_SPEED = 0.1;
-// Above 16x the decoder can't keep up and the playhead stalls during preview.
-export const MAX_PLAYBACK_SPEED = 16;
+export const MAX_PLAYBACK_SPEED = 100;
+// Chromium hard-caps HTMLMediaElement.playbackRate at 16 (setting more throws
+// NotSupportedError). At or below this, preview plays natively; above it, preview
+// frame-steps by seeking and audio export uses an offline pitch-preserved stretch.
+export const MAX_NATIVE_PLAYBACK_RATE = 16;
 
 export function clampPlaybackSpeed(speed: number): PlaybackSpeed {
 	return Math.round(Math.min(MAX_PLAYBACK_SPEED, Math.max(MIN_PLAYBACK_SPEED, speed)) * 100) / 100;
diff --git a/src/components/video-editor/videoPlayback/videoEventHandlers.ts b/src/components/video-editor/videoPlayback/videoEventHandlers.ts
index 3b26aa812..6d03e7692 100644
--- a/src/components/video-editor/videoPlayback/videoEventHandlers.ts
+++ b/src/components/video-editor/videoPlayback/videoEventHandlers.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,20 @@
 import type React from "react";
-import type { SpeedRegion, TrimRegion } from "../types";
+import { MAX_NATIVE_PLAYBACK_RATE, type SpeedRegion, type TrimRegion } from "../types";
 
 // Keep "scrub mode" on for a brief tail after `seeked`: rapid drag-scrubbing fires
 // `seeking`/`seeked` dozens of times a second and toggling effects each time would flicker.
 const SCRUB_END_DEBOUNCE_MS = 150;
+// When seek-stepping crosses a speed region's end, land this far past it so the next
+// frame's `currentTimeMs < endMs` check exits the region. A plain clamp to endMs/1000
+// can stall: (endMs/1000)*1000 may read back below endMs. 0.5 ms is imperceptible and
+// dominates any floating-point round-trip error.
+const REGION_EXIT_MARGIN_SEC = 0.0005;
+// Minimum forward distance (seconds) before seek-stepping issues a seek, so a no-op
+// seek to the element's current position never arms the in-flight throttle.
+const STEP_MIN_SEEK_SEC = 0.01;
+// Recover the throttle if a step seek never reports `seeked` (e.g. seeking past a
+// non-finite-duration source's buffered end) rather than freezing for the session.
+const STEP_SEEK_TIMEOUT_MS = 500;
 
 interface VideoEventHandlersParams {
 	video: HTMLVideoElement;
@@ -19,6 +30,13 @@ interface VideoEventHandlersParams {
 	isScrubbingRef?: React.MutableRefObject<boolean>;
 	scrubEndTimerRef?: React.MutableRefObject<number | null>;
 	onScrubChange?: (scrubbing: boolean) => void;
+	// Seek-stepping state for speed regions above the native playbackRate cap (16×):
+	// the element can't play that fast, so the rAF loop advances a virtual clock and
+	// forward-seeks the muted element to it each frame.
+	seekSteppingRef: React.MutableRefObject<boolean>;
+	stepVirtualSecRef: React.MutableRefObject<number>;
+	stepLastTsRef: React.MutableRefObject<number>;
+	stepPrevMutedRef: React.MutableRefObject<boolean>;
 }
 
 export function createVideoEventHandlers(params: VideoEventHandlersParams) {
@@ -36,8 +54,22 @@ export function createVideoEventHandlers(params: VideoEventHandlersParams) {
 		isScrubbingRef,
 		scrubEndTimerRef,
 		onScrubChange,
+		seekSteppingRef,
+		stepVirtualSecRef,
+		stepLastTsRef,
+		stepPrevMutedRef,
 	} = params;
 
+	// True while a seek-stepping forward seek is in flight (cleared by its `seeked`).
+	// Prevents issuing the next seek before the element has presented the current
+	// frame — seeking every rAF frame keeps a slow decoder perpetually mid-seek so
+	// the preview freezes. Local to the handler set (recreated when the video rewires).
+	let stepSeekInFlight = false;
+	let stepSeekIssuedAtMs = 0;
+	// One-shot: suppress scrub-mode for the internal catch-up seek issued when stepping
+	// hands back to native playback (that seek must not soften the preview / snap effects).
+	let suppressSeekScrubOnce = false;
+
 	const clearScrubEndTimer = () => {
 		if (scrubEndTimerRef && scrubEndTimerRef.current !== null) {
 			window.clearTimeout(scrubEndTimerRef.current);
@@ -67,10 +99,45 @@ export function createVideoEventHandlers(params: VideoEventHandlersParams) {
 		);
 	};
 
-	function updateTime() {
+	// Enter seek-stepping: mute the element, cap its rate to the native ceiling, and
+	// seed the virtual clock from the current position. The element keeps "playing"
+	// (paused would tear the rAF loop down) but every frame we override its time.
+	const beginSeekStepping = (fromSec: number, nowMs: number) => {
+		stepVirtualSecRef.current = fromSec;
+		stepLastTsRef.current = nowMs;
+		stepPrevMutedRef.current = video.muted;
+		video.muted = true;
+		// Clear any real/trim seek that was still pending when stepping began — our
+		// per-frame step-seeks are suppressed in handleSeeked, so its `seeked` would
+		// otherwise never run and isSeekingRef would strand true (blocking the next play).
+		isSeekingRef.current = false;
+		try {
+			video.playbackRate = MAX_NATIVE_PLAYBACK_RATE;
+		} catch {
+			/* some elements reject rate changes mid-seek; the forward seek still drives time */
+		}
+		stepSeekInFlight = false;
+		seekSteppingRef.current = true;
+	};
+
+	// Leave seek-stepping and restore the element's prior mute state so native
+	// playback (≤16×) resumes with sound.
+	const endSeekStepping = () => {
+		if (!seekSteppingRef.current) return;
+		seekSteppingRef.current = false;
+		video.muted = stepPrevMutedRef.current;
+	};
+
+	function updateTime(now?: number) {
 		if (!video) return;
 
-		const currentTimeMs = video.currentTime * 1000;
+		const nowMs = now ?? performance.now();
+		// While stepping, the virtual clock — not the lagging element time — is the
+		// authority for which region is active and where the playhead sits.
+		const authoritativeSec = seekSteppingRef.current
+			? stepVirtualSecRef.current
+			: video.currentTime;
+		const currentTimeMs = authoritativeSec * 1000;
 		const activeTrimRegion = findActiveTrimRegion(currentTimeMs);
 
 		// In a trim region during playback: skip to its end
@@ -79,15 +146,81 @@ export function createVideoEventHandlers(params: VideoEventHandlersParams) {
 
 			// Pause if the skip would run past the end
 			if (skipToTime >= video.duration) {
+				endSeekStepping();
 				video.pause();
 			} else {
 				video.currentTime = skipToTime;
+				if (seekSteppingRef.current) {
+					stepVirtualSecRef.current = skipToTime;
+					stepLastTsRef.current = nowMs;
+					stepSeekInFlight = false;
+				}
 				emitTime(skipToTime);
 			}
 		} else {
 			const activeSpeedRegion = findActiveSpeedRegion(currentTimeMs);
-			video.playbackRate = activeSpeedRegion ? activeSpeedRegion.speed : 1;
-			emitTime(video.currentTime);
+			const speed = activeSpeedRegion ? activeSpeedRegion.speed : 1;
+
+			if (speed <= MAX_NATIVE_PLAYBACK_RATE) {
+				// Native path (unchanged for ≤16×): let the element play at `speed`.
+				if (seekSteppingRef.current) {
+					endSeekStepping();
+					// Snap the (possibly seek-lagged) element up to the virtual playhead so
+					// native playback resumes exactly where the playhead is, no backward jump.
+					// Flag it so the async seeking/seeked don't flip on scrub mode (which would
+					// soften the preview and snap effects for ~150ms at the boundary).
+					if (Math.abs(video.currentTime - stepVirtualSecRef.current) > STEP_MIN_SEEK_SEC) {
+						suppressSeekScrubOnce = true;
+						video.currentTime = stepVirtualSecRef.current;
+					}
+				}
+				video.playbackRate = speed;
+				emitTime(video.currentTime);
+			} else {
+				// Seek-stepping: advance a virtual clock at the true speed and yank the
+				// muted element forward to it each frame.
+				if (!seekSteppingRef.current) beginSeekStepping(video.currentTime, nowMs);
+				const dtSec = Math.max(0, (nowMs - stepLastTsRef.current) / 1000);
+				stepLastTsRef.current = nowMs;
+				// A non-finite duration (some WebM sources report Infinity until fully
+				// buffered) is not an end boundary — keep stepping until the region exits.
+				const endSec = Number.isFinite(video.duration) ? video.duration : Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
+				// Bound the advance to the active region so a fast frame doesn't overshoot
+				// far into the next region and skip its content — but land just *past* the
+				// end (not exactly on it) so the region is actually exited next frame.
+				const regionEndSec = activeSpeedRegion ? activeSpeedRegion.endMs / 1000 : endSec;
+				const rawNextSec = stepVirtualSecRef.current + speed * dtSec;
+				const nextSec = Math.min(
+					rawNextSec > regionEndSec ? regionEndSec + REGION_EXIT_MARGIN_SEC : rawNextSec,
+					endSec,
+				);
+
+				if (nextSec >= endSec) {
+					stepVirtualSecRef.current = endSec;
+					video.currentTime = endSec;
+					emitTime(endSec);
+					endSeekStepping();
+					video.pause();
+					return;
+				}
+				stepVirtualSecRef.current = nextSec;
+				// The playhead advances at the true speed every frame; the muted element
+				// is seeked toward it only when the previous seek has landed (its `seeked`
+				// fired), so a slow decoder still presents/steps frames instead of freezing
+				// perpetually mid-seek. Require a real forward jump so a no-op seek (e.g. the
+				// first frame, where dt≈0) can't leave the in-flight flag stuck with no `seeked`.
+				// Recover if a prior seek never reported `seeked` (would otherwise strand the
+				// throttle and freeze the frame for the rest of the session).
+				if (stepSeekInFlight && nowMs - stepSeekIssuedAtMs > STEP_SEEK_TIMEOUT_MS) {
+					stepSeekInFlight = false;
+				}
+				if (!stepSeekInFlight && nextSec - video.currentTime > STEP_MIN_SEEK_SEC) {
+					stepSeekInFlight = true;
+					stepSeekIssuedAtMs = nowMs;
+					video.currentTime = nextSec;
+				}
+				emitTime(nextSec);
+			}
 		}
 
 		if (!video.paused && !video.ended) {
@@ -115,6 +248,7 @@ export function createVideoEventHandlers(params: VideoEventHandlersParams) {
 	};
 
 	const handlePause = () => {
+		endSeekStepping();
 		isPlayingRef.current = false;
 		onPlayStateChange(false);
 		if (timeUpdateAnimationRef.current) {
@@ -125,6 +259,12 @@ export function createVideoEventHandlers(params: VideoEventHandlersParams) {
 	};
 
 	const handleSeeked = () => {
+		// Our own stepping seek landed (frame presented): allow the next one, then
+		// ignore the event — the rAF loop is the sole time authority while stepping.
+		if (seekSteppingRef.current) {
+			stepSeekInFlight = false;
+			return;
+		}
 		isSeekingRef.current = false;
 
 		if (isScrubbingRef && scrubEndTimerRef) {
@@ -158,6 +298,18 @@ export function createVideoEventHandlers(params: VideoEventHandlersParams) {
 	};
 
 	const handleSeeking = () => {
+		// Our per-frame forward seeks must not flip the element into scrub mode
+		// (which would disable zoom/blur effects every frame during stepping).
+		// Known limitation: while a >16× region is actively playing, the virtual clock
+		// owns the playhead, so scrubbing mid-playback is overridden on the next frame —
+		// pause first to reposition. (Distinguishing a user scrub from our own large
+		// async forward seeks reliably isn't feasible, so we don't try.)
+		if (seekSteppingRef.current) return;
+		// The internal catch-up seek on stepping->native handback must not enter scrub.
+		if (suppressSeekScrubOnce) {
+			suppressSeekScrubOnce = false;
+			return;
+		}
 		isSeekingRef.current = true;
 
 		if (isScrubbingRef) {
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/ar/settings.json b/src/i18n/locales/ar/settings.json
index 2e34bae8b..a800fb64c 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/ar/settings.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/ar/settings.json
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
 		"selectRegion": "حدد منطقة السرعة للتعديل",
 		"deleteRegion": "حذف منطقة السرعة",
 		"customPlaybackSpeed": "سرعة تشغيل مخصصة",
-		"maxSpeedError": "لا يمكن للسرعة أن تتجاوز 16×"
+		"maxSpeedError": "لا يمكن للسرعة أن تتجاوز {{max}}×",
+		"previewFrameSteppingHint": "فوق {{native}}×، تعرض المعاينة إطارًا تلو الآخر وبدون صوت. لا يتأثر التصدير."
 	},
 	"trim": {
 		"deleteRegion": "حذف منطقة القص"
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/en/settings.json b/src/i18n/locales/en/settings.json
index 93cef6d4c..03c240c39 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/en/settings.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/en/settings.json
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
 		"selectRegion": "Select a speed region to adjust",
 		"deleteRegion": "Delete Speed Region",
 		"customPlaybackSpeed": "Custom Playback Speed",
-		"maxSpeedError": "Speed can't go higher than 16×"
+		"maxSpeedError": "Speed can't go higher than {{max}}×",
+		"previewFrameSteppingHint": "Above {{native}}×, preview is frame-stepped and muted. Export is unaffected."
 	},
 	"trim": {
 		"deleteRegion": "Delete Trim Region"
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/es/settings.json b/src/i18n/locales/es/settings.json
index ac9267b41..3013b9278 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/es/settings.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/es/settings.json
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
 		"selectRegion": "Selecciona una región de velocidad para ajustar",
 		"deleteRegion": "Eliminar región de velocidad",
 		"customPlaybackSpeed": "Velocidad personalizada",
-		"maxSpeedError": "La velocidad no puede superar 16×"
+		"maxSpeedError": "La velocidad no puede superar {{max}}×",
+		"previewFrameSteppingHint": "Por encima de {{native}}×, la vista previa avanza fotograma a fotograma y sin sonido. La exportación no se ve afectada."
 	},
 	"trim": {
 		"deleteRegion": "Eliminar región de recorte"
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/fr/settings.json b/src/i18n/locales/fr/settings.json
index 0b67cd266..a779def86 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/fr/settings.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/fr/settings.json
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
 		"selectRegion": "Sélectionnez une région de vitesse à ajuster",
 		"deleteRegion": "Supprimer la région de vitesse",
 		"customPlaybackSpeed": "Vitesse de lecture personnalisée",
-		"maxSpeedError": "La vitesse ne peut pas dépasser 16×"
+		"maxSpeedError": "La vitesse ne peut pas dépasser {{max}}×",
+		"previewFrameSteppingHint": "Au-delà de {{native}}×, l'aperçu avance image par image et sans son. L'export n'est pas affecté."
 	},
 	"trim": {
 		"deleteRegion": "Supprimer la région de coupe"
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/it/settings.json b/src/i18n/locales/it/settings.json
index 9ee07a16a..48091c4fb 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/it/settings.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/it/settings.json
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
 		"selectRegion": "Seleziona una regione velocità da regolare",
 		"deleteRegion": "Elimina regione velocità",
 		"customPlaybackSpeed": "Velocità di riproduzione personalizzata",
-		"maxSpeedError": "La velocità non può superare 16×"
+		"maxSpeedError": "La velocità non può superare {{max}}×",
+		"previewFrameSteppingHint": "Oltre {{native}}×, l'anteprima procede fotogramma per fotogramma e senza audio. L'esportazione non è influenzata."
 	},
 	"trim": {
 		"deleteRegion": "Elimina regione taglio"
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/ja-JP/settings.json b/src/i18n/locales/ja-JP/settings.json
index 69af9b2e7..0bf3b7ef7 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/ja-JP/settings.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/ja-JP/settings.json
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
 		"selectRegion": "再生速度の範囲を選択して調整",
 		"deleteRegion": "再生速度の範囲を削除",
 		"customPlaybackSpeed": "カスタム再生速度",
-		"maxSpeedError": "速度は16×を超えることはできません"
+		"maxSpeedError": "速度は{{max}}×を超えることはできません",
+		"previewFrameSteppingHint": "{{native}}×を超えるとプレビューはフレーム送りかつ無音になります。書き出しには影響しません。"
 	},
 	"trim": {
 		"deleteRegion": "トリム範囲を削除"
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/ko-KR/settings.json b/src/i18n/locales/ko-KR/settings.json
index 808fd71a9..898048164 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/ko-KR/settings.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/ko-KR/settings.json
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
 		"selectRegion": "조정할 속도 구간을 선택하세요",
 		"deleteRegion": "속도 구간 삭제",
 		"customPlaybackSpeed": "재생 속도 직접 입력",
-		"maxSpeedError": "속도는 16×를 초과할 수 없습니다"
+		"maxSpeedError": "속도는 {{max}}×를 초과할 수 없습니다",
+		"previewFrameSteppingHint": "{{native}}×를 초과하면 미리보기가 프레임 단위로 재생되고 음소거됩니다. 내보내기에는 영향이 없습니다."
 	},
 	"trim": {
 		"deleteRegion": "트림 구간 삭제"
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/pt-BR/settings.json b/src/i18n/locales/pt-BR/settings.json
index eddd1c43b..3e9d616b2 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/pt-BR/settings.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/pt-BR/settings.json
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
 		"selectRegion": "Selecione uma região de velocidade para ajustar",
 		"deleteRegion": "Excluir Região de Velocidade",
 		"customPlaybackSpeed": "Velocidade Personalizada",
-		"maxSpeedError": "A velocidade não pode ser superior a 16×"
+		"maxSpeedError": "A velocidade não pode ser superior a {{max}}×",
+		"previewFrameSteppingHint": "Acima de {{native}}×, a prévia avança quadro a quadro e sem som. A exportação não é afetada."
 	},
 	"trim": {
 		"deleteRegion": "Excluir Região de Recorte"
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/ru/settings.json b/src/i18n/locales/ru/settings.json
index 3b83a98dd..f8f8749c8 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/ru/settings.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/ru/settings.json
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
 		"selectRegion": "Выберите область скорости для настройки",
 		"deleteRegion": "Удалить область скорости",
 		"customPlaybackSpeed": "Пользовательская скорость воспроизведения",
-		"maxSpeedError": "Скорость не может быть выше 16×"
+		"maxSpeedError": "Скорость не может быть выше {{max}}×",
+		"previewFrameSteppingHint": "Выше {{native}}× предпросмотр идёт покадрово и без звука. На экспорт это не влияет."
 	},
 	"trim": {
 		"deleteRegion": "Удалить область обрезки"
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/tr/settings.json b/src/i18n/locales/tr/settings.json
index b19fd8075..4b68ec2c3 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/tr/settings.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/tr/settings.json
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
 		"selectRegion": "Ayarlamak için bir hız bölgesi seçin",
 		"deleteRegion": "Hız Bölgesini Sil",
 		"customPlaybackSpeed": "Özel Oynatma Hızı",
-		"maxSpeedError": "Hız 16× değerinden yüksek olamaz"
+		"maxSpeedError": "Hız {{max}}× değerinden yüksek olamaz",
+		"previewFrameSteppingHint": "{{native}}× üzerinde önizleme kare kare ilerler ve sessizdir. Dışa aktarma etkilenmez."
 	},
 	"trim": {
 		"deleteRegion": "Kırpma Bölgesini Sil"
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/vi/settings.json b/src/i18n/locales/vi/settings.json
index fe1585e75..4125ce192 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/vi/settings.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/vi/settings.json
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
 		"selectRegion": "Chọn vùng tốc độ để điều chỉnh",
 		"deleteRegion": "Xóa vùng tốc độ",
 		"customPlaybackSpeed": "Tốc độ phát tùy chỉnh",
-		"maxSpeedError": "Tốc độ không thể cao hơn 16×"
+		"maxSpeedError": "Tốc độ không thể cao hơn {{max}}×",
+		"previewFrameSteppingHint": "Trên {{native}}×, bản xem trước tua từng khung hình và tắt tiếng. Xuất video không bị ảnh hưởng."
 	},
 	"trim": {
 		"deleteRegion": "Xóa vùng cắt"
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN/settings.json b/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN/settings.json
index d1e7c0136..a1a949ab6 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN/settings.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN/settings.json
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
 		"selectRegion": "选择要调整的速度区域",
 		"deleteRegion": "删除速度区域",
 		"customPlaybackSpeed": "自定义播放速度",
-		"maxSpeedError": "速度不能超过 16×"
+		"maxSpeedError": "速度不能超过 {{max}}×",
+		"previewFrameSteppingHint": "超过 {{native}}× 时，预览为逐帧跳转且静音，导出不受影响。"
 	},
 	"trim": {
 		"deleteRegion": "删除剪辑区域"
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/zh-TW/settings.json b/src/i18n/locales/zh-TW/settings.json
index 5ec315819..28240463b 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/zh-TW/settings.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/zh-TW/settings.json
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
 		"selectRegion": "選擇要調整的速度區域",
 		"deleteRegion": "刪除速度區域",
 		"customPlaybackSpeed": "自訂播放速度",
-		"maxSpeedError": "速度不能超過 16×"
+		"maxSpeedError": "速度不能超過 {{max}}×",
+		"previewFrameSteppingHint": "超過 {{native}}× 時，預覽為逐幀跳轉且靜音，匯出不受影響。"
 	},
 	"trim": {
 		"deleteRegion": "刪除剪輯區域"
diff --git a/src/lib/exporter/audioEncoder.ts b/src/lib/exporter/audioEncoder.ts
index 7514907e2..b97aea1fd 100644
--- a/src/lib/exporter/audioEncoder.ts
+++ b/src/lib/exporter/audioEncoder.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,28 @@
 import { WebDemuxer } from "web-demuxer";
-import type { SpeedRegion, TrimRegion } from "@/components/video-editor/types";
+import {
+	MAX_NATIVE_PLAYBACK_RATE,
+	type SpeedRegion,
+	type TrimRegion,
+} from "@/components/video-editor/types";
+import { WsolaTimeStretcher } from "./audioTimeStretch";
 import type { ExportAudioMuxerCodec, VideoMuxer } from "./muxer";
+import { PlanarChunkQueue } from "./planarChunkQueue";
+import {
+	buildSpeedSegments,
+	maxTimelineSpeed,
+	type SpeedTimelineSegment,
+} from "./timelineSegments";
 
 const AUDIO_BITRATE = 128_000;
 const DECODE_BACKPRESSURE_LIMIT = 20;
 const MIN_SPEED_REGION_DELTA_MS = 0.0001;
 const SEEK_TIMEOUT_MS = 5_000;
+// AudioData slice size fed to the encoder from the offline time-stretch path.
+const OFFLINE_OUTPUT_FRAMES = 4096;
+const ENCODE_BACKPRESSURE_LIMIT = 20;
+// Must match streamingDecoder's EPSILON_SEC so the offline audio segment lengths
+// use the same per-frame quantization as the video output.
+const VIDEO_EPSILON_SEC = 0.001;
 
 export interface ExportAudioCodec {
 	encoderCodec: string;
@@ -221,6 +238,7 @@ export class AudioProcessor {
 		speedRegions: SpeedRegion[] | undefined,
 		validatedDurationSec: number,
 		exportCodec: ExportAudioCodec,
+		targetFrameRate: number,
 	): Promise<void> {
 		const sortedTrims = trimRegions ? [...trimRegions].sort((a, b) => a.startMs - b.startMs) : [];
 		const sortedSpeedRegions = speedRegions
@@ -229,8 +247,24 @@ export class AudioProcessor {
 					.sort((a, b) => a.startMs - b.startMs)
 			: [];
 
-		// Speed edits need timeline playback to preserve pitch.
+		// Speed edits need pitch preservation. Segments at or below the native
+		// playbackRate cap use the real-time <audio> capture (proven, sounds best);
+		// anything faster can't be played in real time, so the whole timeline is
+		// rendered offline with a WSOLA time-stretch instead.
 		if (sortedSpeedRegions.length > 0) {
+			const segments = buildSpeedSegments(validatedDurationSec, sortedTrims, sortedSpeedRegions);
+
+			if (maxTimelineSpeed(segments) > MAX_NATIVE_PLAYBACK_RATE) {
+				await this.renderOfflineTimelineAudio(
+					demuxer,
+					muxer,
+					segments,
+					exportCodec,
+					targetFrameRate,
+				);
+				return;
+			}
+
 			const renderedAudioBlob = await this.renderPitchPreservedTimelineAudio(
 				videoUrl,
 				sortedTrims,
@@ -599,6 +633,302 @@ export class AudioProcessor {
 		return recordedBlob;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Offline pitch-preserved timeline audio for projects that contain a segment
+	 * faster than the native playbackRate cap (which the real-time capture path
+	 * can't reach). Streams the source once, routes each frame's PCM into the
+	 * active timeline segment, applies a WSOLA time-stretch per segment, and
+	 * encodes the result — clamping each segment to its exact expected length so
+	 * the audio stays locked to the (independently retimed) video.
+	 */
+	private async renderOfflineTimelineAudio(
+		demuxer: WebDemuxer,
+		muxer: VideoMuxer,
+		segments: SpeedTimelineSegment[],
+		exportCodec: ExportAudioCodec,
+		targetFrameRate: number,
+	): Promise<void> {
+		let audioConfig: AudioDecoderConfig;
+		try {
+			audioConfig = await demuxer.getDecoderConfig("audio");
+		} catch {
+			console.warn("[AudioProcessor] No audio track found, skipping");
+			return;
+		}
+
+		const codecCheck = await AudioDecoder.isConfigSupported(audioConfig);
+		if (!codecCheck.supported) {
+			console.warn("[AudioProcessor] Audio codec not supported:", audioConfig.codec);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		const sampleRate = audioConfig.sampleRate || 48000;
+		const outputChannels = exportCodec.numberOfChannels || audioConfig.numberOfChannels || 2;
+		const outputSampleRate = exportCodec.sampleRate || sampleRate;
+
+		const encodeConfig: AudioEncoderConfig = {
+			codec: exportCodec.encoderCodec,
+			sampleRate: outputSampleRate,
+			numberOfChannels: outputChannels,
+			bitrate: AUDIO_BITRATE,
+		};
+		const encodeSupport = await AudioEncoder.isConfigSupported(encodeConfig);
+		if (!encodeSupport.supported) {
+			console.warn(`[AudioProcessor] ${exportCodec.label} encoding not supported, skipping audio`);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		const encodedChunks: { chunk: EncodedAudioChunk; meta?: EncodedAudioChunkMetadata }[] = [];
+		const encoder = new AudioEncoder({
+			output: (chunk, meta) => encodedChunks.push({ chunk, meta }),
+			error: (e: DOMException) => console.error("[AudioProcessor] Encode error:", e),
+		});
+		encoder.configure(encodeConfig);
+
+		// Output-side accumulator: a chunk queue (O(1) append, front-drained) coalesced
+		// into fixed-size AudioData slices with running (monotonic) output timestamps.
+		const outQueue = new PlanarChunkQueue(outputChannels);
+		let outTimestampSamples = 0;
+
+		const appendOutput = (planes: Float32Array[], count: number) => {
+			outQueue.push(planes, count);
+		};
+
+		const flushOutput = (drainAll: boolean) => {
+			while (outQueue.length >= OFFLINE_OUTPUT_FRAMES || (drainAll && outQueue.length > 0)) {
+				const take = Math.min(OFFLINE_OUTPUT_FRAMES, outQueue.length);
+				const data = outQueue.take(take);
+				const audioData = new AudioData({
+					format: "f32-planar",
+					sampleRate: outputSampleRate,
+					numberOfFrames: take,
+					numberOfChannels: outputChannels,
+					timestamp: Math.round((outTimestampSamples / outputSampleRate) * 1_000_000),
+					data: data.buffer as ArrayBuffer,
+				});
+				outTimestampSamples += take;
+				encoder.encode(audioData);
+				audioData.close();
+			}
+		};
+
+		// Per-segment state.
+		let segIdx = 0;
+		let stretcher: WsolaTimeStretcher | null = null;
+		let segExpectedOut = 0;
+		let segEmittedOut = 0;
+
+		const startSegment = (seg: SpeedTimelineSegment) => {
+			// Match the video path's per-segment frame quantization exactly (streamingDecoder
+			// emits ceil((dur - EPSILON)/speed * fps) frames) so audio and video advance by
+			// the same amount each segment and never accumulate drift.
+			const frameCount = Math.ceil(
+				((seg.endSec - seg.startSec - VIDEO_EPSILON_SEC) / seg.speed) * targetFrameRate,
+			);
+			segExpectedOut = Math.max(0, Math.round((frameCount / targetFrameRate) * outputSampleRate));
+			segEmittedOut = 0;
+			stretcher = new WsolaTimeStretcher({
+				sampleRate,
+				channels: outputChannels,
+				speed: seg.speed,
+				expectedOutputSamples: segExpectedOut,
+			});
+		};
+
+		// Clamp each segment's emitted output to its expected length (drops the WSOLA
+		// tail overshoot; pads with silence on the rare underrun) so cumulative A/V
+		// timing matches the video the audio is retimed against.
+		const emitStretched = (planes: Float32Array[]) => {
+			const produced = planes[0]?.length ?? 0;
+			const allowed = Math.max(0, segExpectedOut - segEmittedOut);
+			const take = Math.min(produced, allowed);
+			appendOutput(planes, take);
+			segEmittedOut += take;
+		};
+
+		// Feed `count` source-domain silence samples into the current segment's
+		// stretcher (compressed by its speed, then clamped/encoded like real audio).
+		const feedSilence = (count: number) => {
+			if (!stretcher) return;
+			let remaining = count;
+			while (remaining > 0) {
+				const n = Math.min(8192, remaining);
+				const silence = Array.from({ length: outputChannels }, () => new Float32Array(n));
+				emitStretched(stretcher.push(silence));
+				remaining -= n;
+			}
+		};
+
+		const finalizeSegment = () => {
+			if (!stretcher) return;
+			emitStretched(stretcher.flush());
+			// Intentional: pad the deficit with silence when WSOLA under-fills a short
+			// high-speed segment, so the segment keeps its exact A/V-locked length. Do
+			// not "fix" this by removing the pad.
+			if (segEmittedOut < segExpectedOut) {
+				const pad = segExpectedOut - segEmittedOut;
+				const silence = Array.from({ length: outputChannels }, () => new Float32Array(pad));
+				appendOutput(silence, pad);
+				segEmittedOut += pad;
+			}
+			stretcher = null;
+		};
+
+		const segStartSample = (seg: SpeedTimelineSegment) => Math.round(seg.startSec * sampleRate);
+		const segEndSample = (seg: SpeedTimelineSegment) => Math.round(seg.endSec * sampleRate);
+
+		const routeFrame = (planes: Float32Array[], frameStartSample: number, frameCount: number) => {
+			let local = 0;
+			while (local < frameCount && segIdx < segments.length) {
+				const seg = segments[segIdx];
+				const segStart = segStartSample(seg);
+				const segEnd = segEndSample(seg);
+				const currentAbs = frameStartSample + local;
+
+				if (currentAbs < segStart) {
+					// In a trimmed gap (or before the first segment): discard.
+					local += Math.min(segStart - currentAbs, frameCount - local);
+					continue;
+				}
+				if (currentAbs >= segEnd) {
+					finalizeSegment();
+					segIdx += 1;
+					continue;
+				}
+				if (!stretcher) {
+					startSegment(seg);
+					// If the very first source sample lands after the timeline origin (codec
+					// priming, or an audio track that starts after the video), fill the head
+					// with leading silence so real audio keeps its true source-time position.
+					// The video path holds its first frame over the same head, so this keeps
+					// A/V aligned; it is a no-op when the first sample is at 0, and negative
+					// preroll was already discarded by the `currentAbs < segStart` branch above.
+					if (segIdx === 0 && currentAbs > segStart) feedSilence(currentAbs - segStart);
+				}
+				const take = Math.min(segEnd, frameStartSample + frameCount) - currentAbs;
+				const slice = planes.map((p) => p.subarray(local, local + take));
+				emitStretched((stretcher as WsolaTimeStretcher).push(slice));
+				local += take;
+			}
+		};
+
+		// Streaming decode: frames arrive in source order via the decoder callback.
+		const pending: AudioData[] = [];
+		const decoder = new AudioDecoder({
+			output: (data: AudioData) => pending.push(data),
+			error: (e: DOMException) => console.error("[AudioProcessor] Decode error:", e),
+		});
+		decoder.configure(audioConfig);
+
+		const drainPending = async () => {
+			while (pending.length > 0) {
+				if (this.cancelled) {
+					for (const d of pending) d.close();
+					pending.length = 0;
+					return;
+				}
+				const data = pending.shift();
+				if (!data) continue;
+				const frameCount = data.numberOfFrames;
+				const sourceChannels = data.numberOfChannels;
+				const srcPlanes: Float32Array[] = [];
+				for (let c = 0; c < sourceChannels; c++) {
+					const plane = new Float32Array(frameCount);
+					data.copyTo(plane, { format: "f32-planar", planeIndex: c });
+					srcPlanes.push(plane);
+				}
+				// Raw source timestamps — the same origin the video decoder uses
+				// (streamingDecoder), so audio and video stay in one coordinate system.
+				// Frames before the first segment start (e.g. negative-timestamp codec
+				// preroll, or a leading trim) are correctly discarded by routeFrame.
+				const frameStartSample = Math.round((data.timestamp / 1_000_000) * sampleRate);
+				data.close();
+
+				// Match source channels through untouched; otherwise downmix (to 1 or 2).
+				let planes: Float32Array[];
+				if (outputChannels === sourceChannels) {
+					planes = srcPlanes;
+				} else {
+					const downmixed = downmixPlanarChannelsForExport(srcPlanes, outputChannels);
+					planes = [];
+					for (let c = 0; c < outputChannels; c++) {
+						planes.push(downmixed.subarray(c * frameCount, (c + 1) * frameCount));
+					}
+				}
+
+				routeFrame(planes, frameStartSample, frameCount);
+				flushOutput(false);
+
+				while (encoder.encodeQueueSize > ENCODE_BACKPRESSURE_LIMIT && !this.cancelled) {
+					await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 1));
+				}
+			}
+		};
+
+		// Read past the last segment's source end (mirrors streamingDecoder's +0.5s
+		// window so both paths read the same distance past the boundary).
+		const lastSegmentEndSec = segments.length > 0 ? segments[segments.length - 1].endSec : 0;
+		const readEndSec = lastSegmentEndSec + 0.5;
+		const reader = demuxer.read("audio", 0, readEndSec).getReader();
+		try {
+			while (!this.cancelled) {
+				const { done, value: chunk } = await reader.read();
+				if (done || !chunk) break;
+				decoder.decode(chunk);
+				while (decoder.decodeQueueSize > DECODE_BACKPRESSURE_LIMIT && !this.cancelled) {
+					await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 1));
+				}
+				await drainPending();
+			}
+		} finally {
+			try {
+				await reader.cancel();
+			} catch {
+				/* reader already closed */
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (decoder.state === "configured") {
+			if (!this.cancelled) {
+				await decoder.flush();
+			}
+			decoder.close();
+		}
+		await drainPending();
+
+		if (this.cancelled) {
+			if (encoder.state === "configured") encoder.close();
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// Finalize the segment still open at end-of-stream, then pad any segments that
+		// never received audio (source shorter than the timeline) with silence.
+		if (stretcher) {
+			finalizeSegment();
+			segIdx += 1;
+		}
+		for (; segIdx < segments.length; segIdx++) {
+			startSegment(segments[segIdx]);
+			finalizeSegment();
+		}
+
+		flushOutput(true);
+
+		if (encoder.state === "configured") {
+			await encoder.flush();
+			encoder.close();
+		}
+
+		for (const { chunk, meta } of encodedChunks) {
+			if (this.cancelled) break;
+			await muxer.addAudioChunk(chunk, meta);
+		}
+
+		console.log(
+			`[AudioProcessor] Offline timeline audio: ${segments.length} segments, ${encodedChunks.length} chunks`,
+		);
+	}
+
 	// Demux the rendered speed-adjusted blob and feed its chunks into the MP4 muxer.
 	private async muxRenderedAudioBlob(
 		blob: Blob,
diff --git a/src/lib/exporter/audioTimeStretch.test.ts b/src/lib/exporter/audioTimeStretch.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dfc3f6728
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/exporter/audioTimeStretch.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { WsolaTimeStretcher } from "./audioTimeStretch";
+
+const SR = 48000;
+
+function sine(freq: number, seconds: number, sampleRate = SR): Float32Array {
+	const out = new Float32Array(Math.round(seconds * sampleRate));
+	for (let i = 0; i < out.length; i++) {
+		out[i] = Math.sin((2 * Math.PI * freq * i) / sampleRate);
+	}
+	return out;
+}
+
+// Feed a signal through the stretcher in small chunks (as decoding would) and
+// return the concatenated per-channel output.
+function stretch(channelsIn: Float32Array[], speed: number, chunk = 2048): Float32Array[] {
+	const channels = channelsIn.length;
+	const st = new WsolaTimeStretcher({ sampleRate: SR, channels, speed });
+	const acc: Float32Array[] = Array.from({ length: channels }, () => new Float32Array(0));
+	const append = (dst: Float32Array[], next: Float32Array[]) => {
+		for (let c = 0; c < channels; c++) {
+			const merged = new Float32Array(dst[c].length + next[c].length);
+			merged.set(dst[c], 0);
+			merged.set(next[c], dst[c].length);
+			dst[c] = merged;
+		}
+	};
+	for (let off = 0; off < channelsIn[0].length; off += chunk) {
+		const slice = channelsIn.map((p) => p.subarray(off, Math.min(off + chunk, p.length)));
+		append(acc, st.push(slice));
+	}
+	append(acc, st.flush());
+	return acc;
+}
+
+function rms(signal: Float32Array, from = 0, to = signal.length): number {
+	let sum = 0;
+	for (let i = from; i < to; i++) sum += signal[i] * signal[i];
+	return Math.sqrt(sum / Math.max(1, to - from));
+}
+
+// Zero-crossings per second — a pitch proxy that is invariant to time-stretching.
+function crossingsPerSecond(signal: Float32Array): number {
+	let crossings = 0;
+	for (let i = 1; i < signal.length; i++) {
+		if ((signal[i - 1] < 0 && signal[i] >= 0) || (signal[i - 1] >= 0 && signal[i] < 0)) {
+			crossings++;
+		}
+	}
+	return crossings / (signal.length / SR);
+}
+
+describe("WsolaTimeStretcher", () => {
+	it("compresses duration by the speed factor", () => {
+		const input = sine(440, 1.0);
+		const [out] = stretch([input], 4);
+		const expected = input.length / 4;
+		// WSOLA overshoots the ideal length by up to ~one trailing grain (~40 ms); the
+		// exporter clamps each segment to its exact expected length for A/V sync.
+		const grain = Math.round(SR * 0.04);
+		expect(out.length).toBeGreaterThan(expected - grain);
+		expect(out.length).toBeLessThan(expected + 2 * grain);
+	});
+
+	it("preserves pitch when speeding up 4x", () => {
+		const input = sine(440, 1.0);
+		const [out] = stretch([input], 4);
+		// A 440 Hz tone crosses zero ~880 times/second regardless of tempo.
+		expect(crossingsPerSecond(out)).toBeGreaterThan(880 * 0.85);
+		expect(crossingsPerSecond(out)).toBeLessThan(880 * 1.15);
+	});
+
+	it("preserves pitch at an extreme 50x speed-up", () => {
+		const input = sine(440, 4.0);
+		const [out] = stretch([input], 50);
+		expect(out.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+		expect(out.every((s) => Number.isFinite(s))).toBe(true);
+		expect(crossingsPerSecond(out)).toBeGreaterThan(880 * 0.7);
+		expect(crossingsPerSecond(out)).toBeLessThan(880 * 1.3);
+	});
+
+	it("expands duration when slowing down below 1x", () => {
+		const input = sine(300, 0.5);
+		const [out] = stretch([input], 0.5);
+		const expected = input.length / 0.5;
+		expect(out.length).toBeGreaterThan(expected * 0.9);
+		expect(out.length).toBeLessThan(expected * 1.1);
+		expect(crossingsPerSecond(out)).toBeGreaterThan(600 * 0.85);
+		expect(crossingsPerSecond(out)).toBeLessThan(600 * 1.15);
+	});
+
+	it("passes 1x audio through untouched (per channel)", () => {
+		const left = sine(220, 0.2);
+		const right = sine(330, 0.2);
+		const [outL, outR] = stretch([left, right], 1);
+		expect(outL.length).toBe(left.length);
+		expect(outR.length).toBe(right.length);
+		expect(Array.from(outL.slice(0, 100))).toEqual(Array.from(left.slice(0, 100)));
+		expect(Array.from(outR.slice(0, 100))).toEqual(Array.from(right.slice(0, 100)));
+	});
+
+	it("keeps output bounded to roughly unit amplitude (constant-overlap-add)", () => {
+		const input = sine(500, 0.5);
+		const [out] = stretch([input], 8);
+		let peak = 0;
+		for (const s of out) peak = Math.max(peak, Math.abs(s));
+		expect(peak).toBeGreaterThan(0.7);
+		expect(peak).toBeLessThan(1.2);
+	});
+
+	it("samples across a short high-speed region instead of only its first grain", () => {
+		// 1s of tone at 100x -> ~480 output samples. Without the adaptive grain hint the
+		// default 40ms hop (Ha=96000) places a single grain and drops ~99% of the region.
+		const input = sine(440, 1.0);
+		const st = new WsolaTimeStretcher({
+			sampleRate: SR,
+			channels: 1,
+			speed: 100,
+			expectedOutputSamples: 480,
+		});
+		const first = st.push([input])[0];
+		const tail = st.flush()[0];
+		const out = new Float32Array(first.length + tail.length);
+		out.set(first, 0);
+		out.set(tail, first.length);
+
+		// Content is present across the whole output, including its second half (which
+		// comes from grains sampled ~500-750ms into the region, not just the start).
+		expect(out.length).toBeGreaterThan(300);
+		expect(rms(out)).toBeGreaterThan(0.2);
+		expect(rms(out, Math.floor(out.length / 2))).toBeGreaterThan(0.2);
+	});
+
+	it("does not fade in from silence at the start of a segment", () => {
+		// Window-sum normalization must give the first grain's leading half full
+		// amplitude rather than a ~20ms Hann ramp up from zero.
+		const input = sine(440, 2.0);
+		const [out] = stretch([input], 20);
+		let peakStart = 0;
+		for (let i = 0; i < Math.min(200, out.length); i++)
+			peakStart = Math.max(peakStart, Math.abs(out[i]));
+		expect(peakStart).toBeGreaterThan(0.3);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/exporter/audioTimeStretch.ts b/src/lib/exporter/audioTimeStretch.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d93016375
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/exporter/audioTimeStretch.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,306 @@
+// Pitch-preserving audio time-stretch (WSOLA) used by the offline export path for
+// speed regions faster than the browser's 16× playbackRate ceiling.
+//
+// WSOLA (Waveform Similarity Overlap-Add) resamples the *time* axis while leaving
+// the frequency content — and therefore the pitch — untouched: it slides a
+// windowed grain along the input at the analysis hop (speed × synthesis hop) and
+// overlap-adds it at the fixed synthesis hop, nudging each grain by up to a search
+// radius to the position that best continues the previous output (avoiding the
+// phase-cancellation clicks of plain overlap-add).
+//
+// The stretcher is streaming: push() feeds decoded PCM incrementally and returns
+// finished output, so a multi-hour region never has to be held in memory at once.
+
+export interface WsolaOptions {
+	sampleRate: number;
+	channels: number;
+	/** Output is 1/speed as long as the input (speed > 1 compresses / speeds up). */
+	speed: number;
+	frameSize?: number;
+	searchRadius?: number;
+	/**
+	 * Hint of the total output length (samples). When the output is short relative
+	 * to the default grain — a short region at very high speed — the grain size is
+	 * shrunk so several grains still sample across the whole region instead of one
+	 * grain capturing only its first few ms.
+	 */
+	expectedOutputSamples?: number;
+}
+
+const DEFAULT_FRAME_SEC = 0.04; // 40 ms grains
+const MIN_FRAME_SEC = 0.005; // floor grain size for extreme compression
+const DEFAULT_SEARCH_SEC = 0.01; // ±10 ms similarity search
+const TARGET_GRAINS = 8; // aim for at least this many grains across a region
+const PASSTHROUGH_EPSILON = 1e-3;
+
+function hann(length: number): Float32Array {
+	const w = new Float32Array(length);
+	for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+		w[i] = 0.5 - 0.5 * Math.cos((2 * Math.PI * i) / (length - 1));
+	}
+	return w;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Streaming WSOLA time-stretcher. One instance handles a single constant speed.
+ * All channels share the grain positions chosen from a mono mix so the stereo
+ * image is preserved.
+ */
+export class WsolaTimeStretcher {
+	private readonly channels: number;
+	private readonly passthrough: boolean;
+	private readonly N: number;
+	private readonly Hs: number;
+	private readonly Ha: number;
+	private readonly W: number;
+	private readonly window: Float32Array;
+
+	// Input sliding buffer (per channel + a mono mix for the similarity search).
+	private buf: Float32Array[];
+	private mono: Float32Array;
+	private bufStart = 0; // absolute input index of buf[*][0]
+
+	// Output sliding accumulator + the summed window weight per output sample, used
+	// to normalize the overlap-add so grain-edge samples reach full amplitude (no
+	// fade-in from silence at a segment start) regardless of the WSOLA shifts.
+	private out: Float32Array[];
+	private winSum: Float32Array;
+	private outStart = 0; // absolute output index of out[*][0]
+
+	private idealPos = 0; // fractional ideal analysis position for the next grain
+	private grainPos = 0; // integer input index of the next grain to place
+	private frame = 0; // synthesis frame counter
+	private placedAny = false;
+
+	constructor(opts: WsolaOptions) {
+		this.channels = Math.max(1, opts.channels);
+		this.passthrough = Math.abs(opts.speed - 1) < PASSTHROUGH_EPSILON;
+
+		let n = opts.frameSize ?? Math.round(opts.sampleRate * DEFAULT_FRAME_SEC);
+		if (n < 4) n = 4;
+		if (n % 2 !== 0) n += 1;
+		let hs = n / 2;
+
+		// Shrink the grain when the whole output would otherwise be shorter than a
+		// few default grains, so short/high-speed regions are still sampled across.
+		if (opts.expectedOutputSamples != null && opts.expectedOutputSamples > 0) {
+			const minHs = Math.max(2, Math.round((opts.sampleRate * MIN_FRAME_SEC) / 2));
+			const targetHs = Math.floor(opts.expectedOutputSamples / TARGET_GRAINS);
+			hs = Math.min(hs, Math.max(minHs, targetHs));
+		}
+
+		this.Hs = hs;
+		this.N = hs * 2;
+		this.Ha = hs * opts.speed;
+		this.W = Math.min(opts.searchRadius ?? Math.round(opts.sampleRate * DEFAULT_SEARCH_SEC), hs);
+		this.window = hann(this.N);
+
+		this.buf = Array.from({ length: this.channels }, () => new Float32Array(0));
+		this.mono = new Float32Array(0);
+		this.out = Array.from({ length: this.channels }, () => new Float32Array(0));
+		this.winSum = new Float32Array(0);
+	}
+
+	/** Feed more input PCM (per-channel planar). Returns any finished output PCM. */
+	push(planar: Float32Array[]): Float32Array[] {
+		if (this.passthrough) {
+			// Copy so callers may reuse their buffers; output === input for 1× spans.
+			return planar.map((p) => p.slice());
+		}
+		this.append(planar);
+		return this.process(false);
+	}
+
+	/** Drain all remaining output. Call once after the final push(). */
+	flush(): Float32Array[] {
+		if (this.passthrough) return this.emptyChunk();
+		return this.process(true);
+	}
+
+	private emptyChunk(): Float32Array[] {
+		return Array.from({ length: this.channels }, () => new Float32Array(0));
+	}
+
+	private append(planar: Float32Array[]): void {
+		const addLen = planar[0]?.length ?? 0;
+		if (addLen === 0) return;
+		const oldLen = this.buf[0].length;
+		for (let c = 0; c < this.channels; c++) {
+			const next = new Float32Array(oldLen + addLen);
+			next.set(this.buf[c], 0);
+			next.set(planar[c] ?? planar[0], oldLen);
+			this.buf[c] = next;
+		}
+		const mono = new Float32Array(oldLen + addLen);
+		mono.set(this.mono, 0);
+		for (let i = 0; i < addLen; i++) {
+			let sum = 0;
+			for (let c = 0; c < this.channels; c++) sum += planar[c]?.[i] ?? planar[0][i];
+			mono[oldLen + i] = sum / this.channels;
+		}
+		this.mono = mono;
+	}
+
+	private bufEnd(): number {
+		return this.bufStart + this.buf[0].length;
+	}
+
+	private sampleAt(channel: number, absIndex: number): number {
+		return this.buf[channel][absIndex - this.bufStart] ?? 0;
+	}
+
+	private monoAt(absIndex: number): number {
+		const i = absIndex - this.bufStart;
+		return i >= 0 && i < this.mono.length ? this.mono[i] : 0;
+	}
+
+	private process(final: boolean): Float32Array[] {
+		const emitted: Float32Array[] = Array.from(
+			{ length: this.channels },
+			() => new Float32Array(0),
+		);
+
+		while (true) {
+			// Input we must have buffered before this frame can be placed and the next
+			// grain position searched.
+			const searchTarget = Math.round(this.idealPos + this.Ha);
+			const requiredEnd = Math.max(
+				this.grainPos + this.N,
+				this.grainPos + this.Hs + this.N,
+				searchTarget + this.W + this.N,
+			);
+			if (!final && this.bufEnd() < requiredEnd) break;
+			// Nothing left to place once the grain itself runs past the buffer.
+			if (this.grainPos + this.N > this.bufEnd()) break;
+
+			this.placeGrain(this.grainPos);
+			const placedFrame = this.frame;
+
+			// Choose the next grain: search near the ideal position for the shift that
+			// best continues the just-placed grain.
+			const refStart = this.grainPos + this.Hs;
+			const bestDelta = this.findBestDelta(refStart, searchTarget);
+			this.grainPos = searchTarget + bestDelta;
+			this.idealPos += this.Ha;
+			this.frame += 1;
+
+			// Output below the placed frame's start is final; emit and drop it.
+			this.collect(placedFrame * this.Hs, emitted);
+			// Input below the next grain is no longer referenced.
+			this.discardBelow(this.grainPos);
+		}
+
+		if (final) {
+			this.collectAll(emitted);
+		}
+		return emitted;
+	}
+
+	private placeGrain(pos: number): void {
+		const outAbs = this.frame * this.Hs;
+		this.ensureOut(outAbs + this.N);
+		const base = outAbs - this.outStart;
+		for (let c = 0; c < this.channels; c++) {
+			const dst = this.out[c];
+			for (let k = 0; k < this.N; k++) {
+				dst[base + k] += this.sampleAt(c, pos + k) * this.window[k];
+			}
+		}
+		for (let k = 0; k < this.N; k++) {
+			this.winSum[base + k] += this.window[k];
+		}
+		this.placedAny = true;
+	}
+
+	private findBestDelta(refStart: number, target: number): number {
+		// Normalized cross-correlation of the natural continuation (ref) against each
+		// candidate grain within ±W. Falls back to 0 when input is too short (flush tail).
+		if (refStart + this.N > this.bufEnd()) return 0;
+
+		let refEnergy = 0;
+		for (let k = 0; k < this.N; k++) {
+			const r = this.monoAt(refStart + k);
+			refEnergy += r * r;
+		}
+		if (refEnergy === 0) return 0;
+
+		let bestDelta = 0;
+		let bestScore = -Infinity;
+		const loDelta = Math.max(-this.W, this.bufStart - target);
+		const hiDelta = Math.min(this.W, this.bufEnd() - this.N - target);
+		for (let delta = loDelta; delta <= hiDelta; delta++) {
+			const candStart = target + delta;
+			let dot = 0;
+			let energy = 0;
+			for (let k = 0; k < this.N; k++) {
+				const c = this.monoAt(candStart + k);
+				dot += c * this.monoAt(refStart + k);
+				energy += c * c;
+			}
+			const score = energy > 0 ? dot / Math.sqrt(energy) : 0;
+			if (score > bestScore) {
+				bestScore = score;
+				bestDelta = delta;
+			}
+		}
+		return bestDelta;
+	}
+
+	private ensureOut(absEnd: number): void {
+		const needed = absEnd - this.outStart;
+		if (needed <= this.out[0].length) return;
+		const nextLen = Math.max(needed, this.out[0].length * 2, this.N * 4);
+		for (let c = 0; c < this.channels; c++) {
+			const grown = new Float32Array(nextLen);
+			grown.set(this.out[c], 0);
+			this.out[c] = grown;
+		}
+		const grownWin = new Float32Array(nextLen);
+		grownWin.set(this.winSum, 0);
+		this.winSum = grownWin;
+	}
+
+	private collect(absEnd: number, emitted: Float32Array[]): void {
+		const count = absEnd - this.outStart;
+		if (count <= 0) return;
+		for (let c = 0; c < this.channels; c++) {
+			const chunk = this.out[c].slice(0, count);
+			// Normalize by the summed window weight so overlap-add gain is 1 everywhere,
+			// including the first/last grain edges (no fade-in from silence).
+			for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+				const w = this.winSum[i];
+				if (w > 1e-6) chunk[i] /= w;
+			}
+			emitted[c] = concat(emitted[c], chunk);
+			this.out[c] = this.out[c].slice(count);
+		}
+		this.winSum = this.winSum.slice(count);
+		this.outStart = absEnd;
+	}
+
+	private collectAll(emitted: Float32Array[]): void {
+		if (!this.placedAny) return;
+		// The last placed frame ends at (frame-1)*Hs + N.
+		const end = (this.frame - 1) * this.Hs + this.N;
+		this.collect(end, emitted);
+	}
+
+	private discardBelow(absIndex: number): void {
+		const drop = absIndex - this.bufStart;
+		if (drop <= 0) return;
+		for (let c = 0; c < this.channels; c++) {
+			this.buf[c] = this.buf[c].slice(drop);
+		}
+		this.mono = this.mono.slice(drop);
+		this.bufStart = absIndex;
+	}
+}
+
+function concat(a: Float32Array, b: Float32Array): Float32Array {
+	if (a.length === 0) return b;
+	if (b.length === 0) return a;
+	const out = new Float32Array(a.length + b.length);
+	out.set(a, 0);
+	out.set(b, a.length);
+	return out;
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/exporter/planarChunkQueue.test.ts b/src/lib/exporter/planarChunkQueue.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1da7a407
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/exporter/planarChunkQueue.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { PlanarChunkQueue } from "./planarChunkQueue";
+
+function ramp(from: number, count: number): Float32Array {
+	const a = new Float32Array(count);
+	for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) a[i] = from + i;
+	return a;
+}
+
+describe("PlanarChunkQueue", () => {
+	it("tracks buffered length across pushes and takes", () => {
+		const q = new PlanarChunkQueue(1);
+		expect(q.length).toBe(0);
+		q.push([ramp(0, 10)], 10);
+		q.push([ramp(10, 5)], 5);
+		expect(q.length).toBe(15);
+		q.take(6);
+		expect(q.length).toBe(9);
+	});
+
+	it("drains samples in FIFO order across chunk boundaries (mono)", () => {
+		const q = new PlanarChunkQueue(1);
+		q.push([ramp(0, 4)], 4); // 0..3
+		q.push([ramp(4, 4)], 4); // 4..7
+		q.push([ramp(8, 4)], 4); // 8..11
+		// A take that spans multiple chunks and stops mid-chunk.
+		expect(Array.from(q.take(5))).toEqual([0, 1, 2, 3, 4]);
+		expect(Array.from(q.take(5))).toEqual([5, 6, 7, 8, 9]);
+		expect(Array.from(q.take(2))).toEqual([10, 11]);
+		expect(q.length).toBe(0);
+	});
+
+	it("keeps channels separate and lays them out planar [ch0…, ch1…]", () => {
+		const q = new PlanarChunkQueue(2);
+		q.push([ramp(0, 3), ramp(100, 3)], 3); // L:0,1,2  R:100,101,102
+		q.push([ramp(3, 3), ramp(103, 3)], 3); // L:3,4,5  R:103,104,105
+		const out = q.take(4);
+		// First 4 = left, next 4 = right.
+		expect(Array.from(out.subarray(0, 4))).toEqual([0, 1, 2, 3]);
+		expect(Array.from(out.subarray(4, 8))).toEqual([100, 101, 102, 103]);
+		expect(q.length).toBe(2);
+		const rest = q.take(2);
+		expect(Array.from(rest.subarray(0, 2))).toEqual([4, 5]);
+		expect(Array.from(rest.subarray(2, 4))).toEqual([104, 105]);
+	});
+
+	it("honors a partial chunk consumed by an earlier take before dropping it", () => {
+		const q = new PlanarChunkQueue(1);
+		q.push([ramp(0, 10)], 10);
+		expect(Array.from(q.take(3))).toEqual([0, 1, 2]); // leaves headOffset=3 in chunk 0
+		q.push([ramp(10, 3)], 3);
+		expect(Array.from(q.take(9))).toEqual([3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]);
+		expect(q.length).toBe(1);
+		expect(Array.from(q.take(1))).toEqual([12]);
+	});
+
+	it("ignores non-positive pushes/takes", () => {
+		const q = new PlanarChunkQueue(1);
+		q.push([ramp(0, 5)], 0);
+		expect(q.length).toBe(0);
+		expect(Array.from(q.take(0))).toEqual([]);
+	});
+
+	it("reconstructs a long stream fed in odd-sized chunks and drained in fixed slices", () => {
+		const q = new PlanarChunkQueue(1);
+		const total = 5000;
+		let produced = 0;
+		const collected: number[] = [];
+		// Feed odd chunk sizes, drain 512 whenever enough is buffered.
+		for (let chunk = 1; produced < total; chunk++) {
+			const n = Math.min(chunk, total - produced);
+			q.push([ramp(produced, n)], n);
+			produced += n;
+			while (q.length >= 512) collected.push(...q.take(512));
+		}
+		while (q.length > 0) collected.push(...q.take(Math.min(512, q.length)));
+		expect(collected.length).toBe(total);
+		expect(collected[0]).toBe(0);
+		expect(collected[total - 1]).toBe(total - 1);
+		// Strictly increasing ⇒ no reorder/drop/dupe.
+		expect(collected.every((v, i) => v === i)).toBe(true);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/exporter/planarChunkQueue.ts b/src/lib/exporter/planarChunkQueue.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d0d9b4018
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/exporter/planarChunkQueue.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+// FIFO queue of planar PCM chunks with O(1) amortized append and front-drain.
+//
+// The offline audio time-stretch path produces output in many small chunks and
+// drains fixed-size slices to the encoder. A grow-and-copy accumulator would be
+// O(N^2) over a long run; this keeps each chunk by reference and only copies the
+// samples that are actually pulled out (O(take) per drain, O(total) overall).
+
+export class PlanarChunkQueue {
+	private readonly channels: number;
+	private readonly queue: Float32Array[][];
+	private headOffset = 0; // consumed samples into queue[*][0] (shared across channels)
+	private queuedLen = 0;
+
+	constructor(channels: number) {
+		this.channels = Math.max(1, channels);
+		this.queue = Array.from({ length: this.channels }, () => []);
+	}
+
+	/** Samples currently buffered (per channel). */
+	get length(): number {
+		return this.queuedLen;
+	}
+
+	/** Append the first `count` samples of each channel plane (stored by reference). */
+	push(planes: Float32Array[], count: number): void {
+		if (count <= 0) return;
+		for (let c = 0; c < this.channels; c++) {
+			this.queue[c].push((planes[c] ?? planes[0]).subarray(0, count));
+		}
+		this.queuedLen += count;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Remove `take` samples from the front and return them as one planar buffer laid
+	 * out [ch0 samples…, ch1 samples…, …]. `take` must be ≤ length.
+	 */
+	take(take: number): Float32Array {
+		if (take <= 0) return new Float32Array(0);
+		const data = new Float32Array(take * this.channels);
+		for (let c = 0; c < this.channels; c++) {
+			let need = take;
+			let ci = 0;
+			let off = this.headOffset;
+			let dst = c * take;
+			while (need > 0) {
+				const chunk = this.queue[c][ci];
+				const avail = chunk.length - off;
+				const n = avail < need ? avail : need;
+				data.set(chunk.subarray(off, off + n), dst);
+				dst += n;
+				need -= n;
+				if (n < avail) {
+					off += n;
+				} else {
+					ci += 1;
+					off = 0;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		// Advance the shared head / drop fully consumed chunks (identical layout per channel).
+		let remaining = take;
+		while (remaining > 0) {
+			const avail = this.queue[0][0].length - this.headOffset;
+			if (avail <= remaining) {
+				for (let c = 0; c < this.channels; c++) this.queue[c].shift();
+				this.headOffset = 0;
+				remaining -= avail;
+			} else {
+				this.headOffset += remaining;
+				remaining = 0;
+			}
+		}
+		this.queuedLen -= take;
+		return data;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/exporter/streamingDecoder.ts b/src/lib/exporter/streamingDecoder.ts
index 34cfcd568..54f4b9f8d 100644
--- a/src/lib/exporter/streamingDecoder.ts
+++ b/src/lib/exporter/streamingDecoder.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
 	releaseLocalSourceFile,
 } from "./localSourceFile";
 import { MAX_IN_MEMORY_SOURCE_BYTES } from "./sourceFileLimits";
+import { computeKeepSegments, splitBySpeed } from "./timelineSegments";
 
 const SOURCE_LOAD_TIMEOUT_MS = 60_000;
 // Large local recordings are streamed into OPFS before demuxing, which is
@@ -383,8 +384,8 @@ export class StreamingVideoDecoder {
 			codec.includes("av1") ||
 			codec.includes("vp09") ||
 			codec.includes("vp9");
-		const segments = this.splitBySpeed(
-			this.computeSegments(this.metadata.duration, trimRegions),
+		const segments = splitBySpeed(
+			computeKeepSegments(this.metadata.duration, trimRegions),
 			speedRegions,
 		);
 		const requiredEndSec = segments[segments.length - 1]?.endSec ?? 0;
@@ -671,38 +672,6 @@ export class StreamingVideoDecoder {
 		}
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Converts trim regions into the segments that should be kept.
-	 * Returns a single full-duration segment when no trim regions are present.
-	 */
-	private computeSegments(
-		totalDuration: number,
-		trimRegions?: TrimRegion[],
-	): Array<{ startSec: number; endSec: number }> {
-		if (!trimRegions || trimRegions.length === 0) {
-			return [{ startSec: 0, endSec: totalDuration }];
-		}
-
-		const sorted = [...trimRegions].sort((a, b) => a.startMs - b.startMs);
-		const segments: Array<{ startSec: number; endSec: number }> = [];
-		let cursor = 0;
-
-		for (const trim of sorted) {
-			const trimStart = trim.startMs / 1000;
-			const trimEnd = trim.endMs / 1000;
-			if (cursor < trimStart) {
-				segments.push({ startSec: cursor, endSec: trimStart });
-			}
-			cursor = trimEnd;
-		}
-
-		if (cursor < totalDuration) {
-			segments.push({ startSec: cursor, endSec: totalDuration });
-		}
-
-		return segments;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Effective output duration (seconds) and total frame count for the given trim/speed
 	 * regions at the target frame rate. Requires loadMetadata() first.
@@ -713,8 +682,8 @@ export class StreamingVideoDecoder {
 		speedRegions?: SpeedRegion[],
 	): { effectiveDuration: number; totalFrames: number } {
 		if (!this.metadata) throw new Error("Must call loadMetadata() first");
-		const trimSegments = this.computeSegments(this.metadata.duration, trimRegions);
-		const segments = this.splitBySpeed(trimSegments, speedRegions);
+		const trimSegments = computeKeepSegments(this.metadata.duration, trimRegions);
+		const segments = splitBySpeed(trimSegments, speedRegions);
 		return {
 			effectiveDuration: segments.reduce(
 				(sum, seg) => sum + (seg.endSec - seg.startSec) / seg.speed,
@@ -727,42 +696,6 @@ export class StreamingVideoDecoder {
 		};
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Splits keep-segments by overlapping speed regions, annotating each
-	 * sub-segment with its playback speed multiplier (defaults to 1×).
-	 */
-	private splitBySpeed(
-		segments: Array<{ startSec: number; endSec: number }>,
-		speedRegions?: SpeedRegion[],
-	): Array<{ startSec: number; endSec: number; speed: number }> {
-		if (!speedRegions || speedRegions.length === 0)
-			return segments.map((s) => ({ ...s, speed: 1 }));
-
-		const result: Array<{ startSec: number; endSec: number; speed: number }> = [];
-		for (const segment of segments) {
-			const overlapping = speedRegions
-				.filter((sr) => sr.startMs / 1000 < segment.endSec && sr.endMs / 1000 > segment.startSec)
-				.sort((a, b) => a.startMs - b.startMs);
-
-			if (overlapping.length === 0) {
-				result.push({ ...segment, speed: 1 });
-				continue;
-			}
-
-			let cursor = segment.startSec;
-			for (const sr of overlapping) {
-				const srStart = Math.max(sr.startMs / 1000, segment.startSec);
-				const srEnd = Math.min(sr.endMs / 1000, segment.endSec);
-				if (cursor < srStart) result.push({ startSec: cursor, endSec: srStart, speed: 1 });
-				result.push({ startSec: srStart, endSec: srEnd, speed: sr.speed });
-				cursor = srEnd;
-			}
-			if (cursor < segment.endSec)
-				result.push({ startSec: cursor, endSec: segment.endSec, speed: 1 });
-		}
-		return result.filter((s) => s.endSec - s.startSec > 0.0001);
-	}
-
 	/** Returns the underlying WebDemuxer instance, or null if not yet loaded. */
 	getDemuxer(): WebDemuxer | null {
 		return this.demuxer;
diff --git a/src/lib/exporter/timelineSegments.test.ts b/src/lib/exporter/timelineSegments.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cfd835032
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/exporter/timelineSegments.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import type { SpeedRegion, TrimRegion } from "@/components/video-editor/types";
+import {
+	buildSpeedSegments,
+	computeKeepSegments,
+	maxTimelineSpeed,
+	splitBySpeed,
+} from "./timelineSegments";
+
+function trim(startMs: number, endMs: number): TrimRegion {
+	return { id: `t-${startMs}-${endMs}`, startMs, endMs };
+}
+
+function speed(startMs: number, endMs: number, value: number): SpeedRegion {
+	return { id: `s-${startMs}-${endMs}`, startMs, endMs, speed: value };
+}
+
+describe("computeKeepSegments", () => {
+	it("returns one full-duration segment when there are no trims", () => {
+		expect(computeKeepSegments(10)).toEqual([{ startSec: 0, endSec: 10 }]);
+		expect(computeKeepSegments(10, [])).toEqual([{ startSec: 0, endSec: 10 }]);
+	});
+
+	it("removes a middle trim, keeping the surrounding spans", () => {
+		expect(computeKeepSegments(10, [trim(2000, 4000)])).toEqual([
+			{ startSec: 0, endSec: 2 },
+			{ startSec: 4, endSec: 10 },
+		]);
+	});
+
+	it("drops a leading trim", () => {
+		expect(computeKeepSegments(10, [trim(0, 3000)])).toEqual([{ startSec: 3, endSec: 10 }]);
+	});
+
+	it("drops a trailing trim that reaches the end", () => {
+		expect(computeKeepSegments(10, [trim(8000, 10000)])).toEqual([{ startSec: 0, endSec: 8 }]);
+	});
+
+	it("sorts unordered trims before collapsing", () => {
+		expect(computeKeepSegments(10, [trim(6000, 7000), trim(1000, 2000)])).toEqual([
+			{ startSec: 0, endSec: 1 },
+			{ startSec: 2, endSec: 6 },
+			{ startSec: 7, endSec: 10 },
+		]);
+	});
+
+	it("does not re-emit source for a nested trim (cursor stays monotonic)", () => {
+		// [4s,5s] is fully inside [2s,8s]; the inner trim must not drag the cursor back
+		// to 5 and resurrect the already-trimmed [5s,8s] span.
+		expect(computeKeepSegments(10, [trim(2000, 8000), trim(4000, 5000)])).toEqual([
+			{ startSec: 0, endSec: 2 },
+			{ startSec: 8, endSec: 10 },
+		]);
+	});
+
+	it("collapses overlapping trims into their union", () => {
+		expect(computeKeepSegments(10, [trim(2000, 5000), trim(4000, 7000)])).toEqual([
+			{ startSec: 0, endSec: 2 },
+			{ startSec: 7, endSec: 10 },
+		]);
+	});
+});
+
+describe("splitBySpeed", () => {
+	const full: { startSec: number; endSec: number }[] = [{ startSec: 0, endSec: 10 }];
+
+	it("annotates every segment with speed 1 when no speed regions apply", () => {
+		expect(splitBySpeed(full)).toEqual([{ startSec: 0, endSec: 10, speed: 1 }]);
+		expect(splitBySpeed(full, [])).toEqual([{ startSec: 0, endSec: 10, speed: 1 }]);
+	});
+
+	it("carves a mid-segment speed region, leaving 1x gaps on both sides", () => {
+		expect(splitBySpeed(full, [speed(3000, 6000, 4)])).toEqual([
+			{ startSec: 0, endSec: 3, speed: 1 },
+			{ startSec: 3, endSec: 6, speed: 4 },
+			{ startSec: 6, endSec: 10, speed: 1 },
+		]);
+	});
+
+	it("clips a speed region to the keep-segment bounds", () => {
+		expect(splitBySpeed([{ startSec: 2, endSec: 8 }], [speed(0, 5000, 2)])).toEqual([
+			{ startSec: 2, endSec: 5, speed: 2 },
+			{ startSec: 5, endSec: 8, speed: 1 },
+		]);
+	});
+
+	it("passes an extreme 100x speed through unclamped", () => {
+		expect(splitBySpeed(full, [speed(0, 10000, 100)])).toEqual([
+			{ startSec: 0, endSec: 10, speed: 100 },
+		]);
+	});
+
+	it("orders multiple regions and fills the gap between them at 1x", () => {
+		expect(splitBySpeed(full, [speed(6000, 8000, 3), speed(1000, 2000, 20)])).toEqual([
+			{ startSec: 0, endSec: 1, speed: 1 },
+			{ startSec: 1, endSec: 2, speed: 20 },
+			{ startSec: 2, endSec: 6, speed: 1 },
+			{ startSec: 6, endSec: 8, speed: 3 },
+			{ startSec: 8, endSec: 10, speed: 1 },
+		]);
+	});
+
+	it("drops sub-segments narrower than the minimum width", () => {
+		// A speed region ending a sliver before the segment end must not emit a 1x crumb.
+		const result = splitBySpeed(full, [speed(0, 9_999.95, 2)]);
+		expect(result).toEqual([{ startSec: 0, endSec: 9.99995, speed: 2 }]);
+	});
+});
+
+describe("buildSpeedSegments", () => {
+	it("composes trim removal and speed splitting", () => {
+		expect(buildSpeedSegments(10, [trim(2000, 4000)], [speed(5000, 7000, 50)])).toEqual([
+			{ startSec: 0, endSec: 2, speed: 1 },
+			{ startSec: 4, endSec: 5, speed: 1 },
+			{ startSec: 5, endSec: 7, speed: 50 },
+			{ startSec: 7, endSec: 10, speed: 1 },
+		]);
+	});
+});
+
+describe("maxTimelineSpeed", () => {
+	it("returns 1 when nothing is sped up", () => {
+		expect(maxTimelineSpeed(buildSpeedSegments(10))).toBe(1);
+	});
+
+	it("reports the fastest segment", () => {
+		expect(maxTimelineSpeed(buildSpeedSegments(10, undefined, [speed(0, 5000, 32)]))).toBe(32);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/exporter/timelineSegments.ts b/src/lib/exporter/timelineSegments.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c429651dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/exporter/timelineSegments.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+import type { SpeedRegion, TrimRegion } from "@/components/video-editor/types";
+
+export interface TimelineSegment {
+	startSec: number;
+	endSec: number;
+}
+
+export interface SpeedTimelineSegment extends TimelineSegment {
+	/** Playback speed multiplier for this span (1 = unchanged). */
+	speed: number;
+}
+
+// Sub-segments shorter than this (in seconds) are dropped after speed splitting so
+// zero-width slivers at region boundaries never reach the decoder/encoder.
+const MIN_SEGMENT_SEC = 0.0001;
+
+/**
+ * Converts trim regions into the source-time spans that should be kept, in order.
+ * Returns a single full-duration segment when no trim regions are present.
+ *
+ * Shared by the video decoder and the offline audio renderer so both derive the
+ * exact same output timeline (any divergence would desync audio from video).
+ */
+export function computeKeepSegments(
+	totalDuration: number,
+	trimRegions?: TrimRegion[],
+): TimelineSegment[] {
+	if (!trimRegions || trimRegions.length === 0) {
+		return [{ startSec: 0, endSec: totalDuration }];
+	}
+
+	const sorted = [...trimRegions].sort((a, b) => a.startMs - b.startMs);
+	const segments: TimelineSegment[] = [];
+	let cursor = 0;
+
+	for (const trim of sorted) {
+		const trimStart = trim.startMs / 1000;
+		const trimEnd = trim.endMs / 1000;
+		if (cursor < trimStart) {
+			segments.push({ startSec: cursor, endSec: trimStart });
+		}
+		// Keep the cursor monotonic: a nested/overlapping trim (sorted only by start)
+		// whose end is before the cursor must not move it backward and re-emit source
+		// that an earlier trim already removed.
+		cursor = Math.max(cursor, trimEnd);
+	}
+
+	if (cursor < totalDuration) {
+		segments.push({ startSec: cursor, endSec: totalDuration });
+	}
+
+	return segments;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Splits keep-segments by overlapping speed regions, annotating each sub-segment
+ * with its playback speed multiplier (defaults to 1×). Regions are assumed
+ * non-overlapping; when they do overlap the earliest-starting one wins.
+ */
+export function splitBySpeed(
+	segments: TimelineSegment[],
+	speedRegions?: SpeedRegion[],
+): SpeedTimelineSegment[] {
+	if (!speedRegions || speedRegions.length === 0) {
+		return segments.map((s) => ({ ...s, speed: 1 }));
+	}
+
+	const result: SpeedTimelineSegment[] = [];
+	for (const segment of segments) {
+		const overlapping = speedRegions
+			.filter((sr) => sr.startMs / 1000 < segment.endSec && sr.endMs / 1000 > segment.startSec)
+			.sort((a, b) => a.startMs - b.startMs);
+
+		if (overlapping.length === 0) {
+			result.push({ ...segment, speed: 1 });
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		let cursor = segment.startSec;
+		for (const sr of overlapping) {
+			const srStart = Math.max(sr.startMs / 1000, segment.startSec);
+			const srEnd = Math.min(sr.endMs / 1000, segment.endSec);
+			if (cursor < srStart) result.push({ startSec: cursor, endSec: srStart, speed: 1 });
+			result.push({ startSec: srStart, endSec: srEnd, speed: sr.speed });
+			cursor = srEnd;
+		}
+		if (cursor < segment.endSec)
+			result.push({ startSec: cursor, endSec: segment.endSec, speed: 1 });
+	}
+	return result.filter((s) => s.endSec - s.startSec > MIN_SEGMENT_SEC);
+}
+
+/** Convenience: trim then speed-split in one call. */
+export function buildSpeedSegments(
+	totalDuration: number,
+	trimRegions?: TrimRegion[],
+	speedRegions?: SpeedRegion[],
+): SpeedTimelineSegment[] {
+	return splitBySpeed(computeKeepSegments(totalDuration, trimRegions), speedRegions);
+}
+
+/** Largest speed multiplier across the timeline's speed regions (1 when none apply). */
+export function maxTimelineSpeed(segments: SpeedTimelineSegment[]): number {
+	return segments.reduce((max, seg) => Math.max(max, seg.speed), 1);
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/exporter/videoExporter.test.ts b/src/lib/exporter/videoExporter.test.ts
index bd424548b..176f5f8ed 100644
--- a/src/lib/exporter/videoExporter.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/exporter/videoExporter.test.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,16 @@ describe("isSourceCopyFastPathEligible", () => {
 				videoInfo,
 			),
 		).toBe(false);
+		// A 100× region must also block the copy path (any non-1× speed does), so its
+		// audio is re-rendered (offline time-stretch) rather than passed through untouched.
+		expect(
+			isSourceCopyFastPathEligible(
+				createConfig({
+					speedRegions: [{ id: "speed", startMs: 100, endMs: 200, speed: 100 }],
+				}),
+				videoInfo,
+			),
+		).toBe(false);
 		expect(
 			isSourceCopyFastPathEligible(
 				createConfig({
diff --git a/src/lib/exporter/videoExporter.ts b/src/lib/exporter/videoExporter.ts
index b89dfb74b..a1b67c5ff 100644
--- a/src/lib/exporter/videoExporter.ts
+++ b/src/lib/exporter/videoExporter.ts
@@ -516,6 +516,7 @@ export class VideoExporter {
 						this.config.speedRegions,
 						videoInfo.duration,
 						audioExportCodec,
+						this.config.frameRate,
 					);
 				}
 			}