From 2f24038cb58c1d7852389f8ebbfda978203f9b97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Theodor Peifer <teddypeifer@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:33:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: use existing getPlatform() so the OS based CPU readback
 check also works in the browser

---
 src/lib/exporter/gifExporter.ts   |  3 ++-
 src/lib/exporter/videoExporter.ts |  3 ++-
 src/utils/platformUtils.ts        | 11 ++++++++---
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/lib/exporter/gifExporter.ts b/src/lib/exporter/gifExporter.ts
index 81c540e..46ac6a0 100644
--- a/src/lib/exporter/gifExporter.ts
+++ b/src/lib/exporter/gifExporter.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import type {
 	WebcamSizePreset,
 	ZoomRegion,
 } from "@/components/video-editor/types";
+import { getPlatform } from "@/utils/platformUtils";
 import { AsyncVideoFrameQueue } from "./asyncVideoFrameQueue";
 import { FrameRenderer } from "./frameRenderer";
 import { StreamingVideoDecoder } from "./streamingDecoder";
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ export class GifExporter {
 		let webcamFrameQueue: AsyncVideoFrameQueue | null = null;
 
 		try {
-			const platform = await window.electronAPI.getPlatform();
+			const platform = await getPlatform();
 
 			this.cleanup();
 			this.cancelled = false;
diff --git a/src/lib/exporter/videoExporter.ts b/src/lib/exporter/videoExporter.ts
index 13c0696..7662d93 100644
--- a/src/lib/exporter/videoExporter.ts
+++ b/src/lib/exporter/videoExporter.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import type {
 	WebcamSizePreset,
 	ZoomRegion,
 } from "@/components/video-editor/types";
+import { getPlatform } from "@/utils/platformUtils";
 import { AsyncVideoFrameQueue } from "./asyncVideoFrameQueue";
 import { AudioProcessor } from "./audioEncoder";
 import { FrameRenderer } from "./frameRenderer";
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ export class VideoExporter {
 		this.fatalEncoderError = null;
 
 		try {
-			const platform = await window.electronAPI.getPlatform();
+			const platform = await getPlatform();
 
 			const streamingDecoder = new StreamingVideoDecoder();
 			this.streamingDecoder = streamingDecoder;
diff --git a/src/utils/platformUtils.ts b/src/utils/platformUtils.ts
index 37d5a6d..2fb57e1 100644
--- a/src/utils/platformUtils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/platformUtils.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ let cachedPlatform: string | null = null;
 /**
  * Gets the current platform from Electron
  */
-const getPlatform = async (): Promise<string> => {
+export const getPlatform = async (): Promise<string> => {
 	if (cachedPlatform) return cachedPlatform;
 
 	try {
@@ -14,9 +14,14 @@ const getPlatform = async (): Promise<string> => {
 		console.warn("Failed to get platform from Electron, falling back to navigator:", error);
 		// Fallback for development/testing
 		let fallbackPlatform = "win32";
-		if (typeof navigator !== "undefined" && /Mac|iPhone|iPad|iPod/.test(navigator.platform)) {
-			fallbackPlatform = "darwin";
+		if (typeof navigator !== "undefined") {
+			if (/Mac|iPhone|iPad|iPod/.test(navigator.platform)) {
+				fallbackPlatform = "darwin";
+			} else if (/Linux/.test(navigator.platform)) {
+				fallbackPlatform = "linux";
+			}
 		}
+
 		cachedPlatform = fallbackPlatform;
 		return fallbackPlatform;
 	}