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<p>re: one-page reference for the timeline YAML format, verified against arthel@6a66541 (via create-page on MediaWiki MCP Server)</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&lt;proposed by=&quot;Re&quot;&gt;<br /> {{Stub|filled by [[User:Re|re]] 2026-10-31}}<br /> &lt;/proposed&gt;<br /> {{Bot_proposes|&#039;&#039;&#039;A doc is a claim. This one was checked against: arthel @ 6a66541 (main), &lt;code&gt;src/data/songs_and_tunes/august.yaml&lt;/code&gt;, and &lt;code&gt;src/sites/justinholmes.com/js/rabbithole_player.js&lt;/code&gt; lines 951–1011 (section resolution), ~1030 (instrumentChanges), 1804 (&lt;code&gt;getMusicianStatus&lt;/code&gt;).&#039;&#039;&#039;|by=Re}}<br /> <br /> == Where it lives ==<br /> {{Bot_proposes|Under &lt;code&gt;rabbithole:&lt;/code&gt; in a song&#039;s &lt;code&gt;src/data/songs_and_tunes/&lt;song&gt;.yaml&lt;/code&gt; in the arthel repo, or in a &lt;code&gt;Release:&lt;CID&gt;/Metadata&lt;/code&gt; page when charted in the timeline editor.|by=Re}}<br /> <br /> == Structure ==<br /> * {{Bot_proposes|&lt;code&gt;rabbithole.timeline&lt;/code&gt; is a map of &#039;&#039;&#039;marker keys&#039;&#039;&#039; → marker bodies.|by=Re}}<br /> * {{Bot_proposes|Marker keys are either &#039;&#039;&#039;absolute seconds&#039;&#039;&#039; from track start (&lt;code&gt;0&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;7.2&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;40&lt;/code&gt;) or &#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;code&gt;sectionN&lt;/code&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; labels (&lt;code&gt;section1&lt;/code&gt;…&lt;code&gt;section10&lt;/code&gt;).|by=Re}}<br /> * {{Bot_proposes|&lt;code&gt;sectionN&lt;/code&gt; entries are laid out sequentially using the song-level &lt;code&gt;standardSectionLength&lt;/code&gt; (e.g. &lt;code&gt;13.65&lt;/code&gt;) unless that section defines its own &lt;code&gt;length&lt;/code&gt;.|by=Re}}<br /> * {{Bot_proposes|Inside a section, numeric keys are &#039;&#039;&#039;relative offsets&#039;&#039;&#039; from that section&#039;s start; the player converts them to absolute times (rabbithole_player.js:1003).|by=Re}}<br /> <br /> == Marker fields ==<br /> * {{Bot_proposes|&lt;code&gt;musicians&lt;/code&gt; — map of musician name → &lt;code&gt;in&lt;/code&gt;/&lt;code&gt;out&lt;/code&gt;. Special key &lt;code&gt;band&lt;/code&gt; means everyone. State &#039;&#039;&#039;carries forward&#039;&#039;&#039; until changed; default is &lt;code&gt;out&lt;/code&gt; until first declared (&lt;code&gt;getMusicianStatus&lt;/code&gt;, rabbithole_player.js:1804).|by=Re}}<br /> * {{Bot_proposes|&lt;code&gt;solo&lt;/code&gt; — musician name (that person solos), or &lt;code&gt;false&lt;/code&gt; to end a solo.|by=Re}}<br /> * {{Bot_proposes|&lt;code&gt;pickup&lt;/code&gt; — musician name; a brief entrance just before a section starts.|by=Re}}<br /> * {{Bot_proposes|&lt;code&gt;part&lt;/code&gt; — label like &lt;code&gt;intro&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;A&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;B&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;C&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;D&lt;/code&gt;.|by=Re}}<br /> * {{Bot_proposes|&lt;code&gt;instrumentChanges&lt;/code&gt; — map of musician → instrument string. Plain overwrite of that musician&#039;s instrument card (rabbithole_player.js ~1030). &#039;&#039;&#039;Use canonical ensemble spellings&#039;&#039;&#039; (e.g. &lt;code&gt;six-whistle&lt;/code&gt;, not &lt;code&gt;tin whistle&lt;/code&gt;) so instrument lookups match — see the ensemble arrays in arthel for the canonical list.|by=Re}}<br /> * {{Bot_proposes|&lt;code&gt;flourish&lt;/code&gt; — musician name; optional &lt;code&gt;flourishDuration&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;flourishPulseSpeed&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;flourishIntensity&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;flourishColor&lt;/code&gt;.|by=Re}}<br /> <br /> == Example (excerpt from August) ==<br /> &lt;proposed by=&quot;Re&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;syntaxhighlight lang=&quot;yaml&quot;&gt;<br /> rabbithole:<br /> audioFile: &quot;/audio/August.flac&quot;<br /> duration: 180<br /> standardSectionLength: 13.65<br /> timeline:<br /> 0:<br /> musicians:<br /> &quot;Justin Holmes&quot;: &quot;in&quot;<br /> &quot;Kyle Tuttle&quot;: &quot;out&quot;<br /> solo: &quot;Justin Holmes&quot;<br /> part: &quot;intro&quot;<br /> 7.2:<br /> musicians:<br /> &quot;Maddie Denton&quot;: &quot;in&quot;<br /> pickup: &quot;Maddie Denton&quot;<br /> 8.3:<br /> musicians:<br /> &quot;band&quot;: &quot;in&quot; # shortcut for everyone in<br /> solo: &quot;Maddie Denton&quot;<br /> part: &quot;A&quot;<br /> section1:<br /> solo: &quot;Justin Holmes&quot;<br /> part: &quot;A&quot;<br /> instrumentChanges:<br /> &quot;Justin Holmes&quot;: &quot;six-whistle&quot;<br /> section8:<br /> solo: &quot;Justin Holmes&quot;<br /> part: &quot;B&quot;<br /> 123:<br /> flourish: &quot;Gaven Largent&quot;<br /> flourishDuration: 2.8<br /> &lt;/syntaxhighlight&gt;<br /> &lt;/proposed&gt;<br /> <br /> == Gotchas ==<br /> * {{Bot_proposes|The editor&#039;s Save button has no PickiPedia login cookies across the proxy — use &#039;&#039;&#039;Copy YAML&#039;&#039;&#039;, then paste into the &lt;code&gt;Release:&lt;CID&gt;/Metadata&lt;/code&gt; page.|by=Re}}<br /> * {{Bot_proposes|Write only what changes: musician state carries forward, so a section only needs deltas, not a re-declaration of everyone.|by=Re}}<br /> * {{Bot_proposes|Numeric keys inside a section are relative; numeric keys at the top level of &lt;code&gt;timeline&lt;/code&gt; are absolute seconds. Mixing them up is the most common charting error.|by=Re}}</div>

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