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+[CmdletBinding()]
+param(
+    [string]$TargetRoot = (
+        "D:\NDC_MISSIONCORE\runtime\assets\observatory-portable\" +
+        "eomt-ffmpeg-runtime-frigate-8a364092b03561b9-v1"
+    )
+)
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+$ProgressPreference = "SilentlyContinue"
+
+$SourceImageSha256 = "8a364092b03561b9c08ac00730206e363a53d07ea0304f7d543b403b65432b5e"
+$SourceImage = "sha256:$SourceImageSha256"
+$SourcePath = "/usr/lib/ffmpeg/7.0"
+$AssetId = "eomt-ffmpeg-runtime"
+$IdentityAlgorithm = "relative-path-tab-size-tab-file-sha256-lf/v1"
+
+function Assert-LastExitCode {
+    param([string]$Operation)
+
+    if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
+        throw "$Operation failed with exit code $LASTEXITCODE"
+    }
+}
+
+function Get-Sha256Hex {
+    param([byte[]]$Payload)
+
+    $algorithm = [Security.Cryptography.SHA256]::Create()
+    try {
+        return -join @($algorithm.ComputeHash($Payload) | ForEach-Object {
+            $_.ToString("x2", [Globalization.CultureInfo]::InvariantCulture)
+        })
+    }
+    finally {
+        $algorithm.Dispose()
+    }
+}
+
+$target = [IO.Path]::GetFullPath($TargetRoot)
+$allowedParent = [IO.Path]::GetFullPath(
+    "D:\NDC_MISSIONCORE\runtime\assets\observatory-portable"
+).TrimEnd("\")
+if (
+    [IO.Path]::GetPathRoot($target).TrimEnd("\") -ine "D:" -or
+    (Split-Path -Parent $target) -ine $allowedParent -or
+    (Split-Path -Leaf $target) -ne (
+        "eomt-ffmpeg-runtime-frigate-8a364092b03561b9-v1"
+    )
+) {
+    throw "LAB V1 FFmpeg runtime target is outside its fixed local asset root"
+}
+if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $target) {
+    throw "LAB V1 FFmpeg runtime target already exists"
+}
+
+$parent = Split-Path -Parent $target
+$null = New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $parent -Force
+$staging = "$target.staging-$([Guid]::NewGuid().ToString('N'))"
+$null = New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $staging
+$containerId = $null
+$published = $false
+
+try {
+    $inspectedImage = (& docker image inspect --format "{{.Id}}" $SourceImage).Trim()
+    Assert-LastExitCode "Exact FFmpeg source image inspection"
+    if ($inspectedImage -ne $SourceImage) {
+        throw "Installed FFmpeg source image identity changed"
+    }
+
+    $containerId = (& docker create `
+        --network none `
+        --read-only `
+        --cap-drop ALL `
+        --security-opt no-new-privileges `
+        --entrypoint /bin/true `
+        $SourceImage).Trim()
+    Assert-LastExitCode "FFmpeg source container creation"
+    if ($containerId -notmatch "^[a-f0-9]{64}$") {
+        throw "FFmpeg source container id is invalid"
+    }
+
+    & docker cp "${containerId}:${SourcePath}/." $staging
+    Assert-LastExitCode "FFmpeg runtime extraction"
+
+    $prefix = $staging.TrimEnd("\") + "\"
+    $records = @()
+    [int64]$totalBytes = 0
+    foreach ($file in @(Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $staging -Recurse -File -Force)) {
+        if ($file.Attributes -band [IO.FileAttributes]::ReparsePoint) {
+            throw "FFmpeg runtime contains a reparse point"
+        }
+        if (-not $file.FullName.StartsWith($prefix, [StringComparison]::OrdinalIgnoreCase)) {
+            throw "FFmpeg runtime member escaped staging"
+        }
+        $relative = $file.FullName.Substring($prefix.Length).Replace("\", "/")
+        if (
+            -not $relative -or
+            $relative.StartsWith("/") -or
+            $relative.Split("/") -contains ".."
+        ) {
+            throw "FFmpeg runtime member path is invalid"
+        }
+        $digest = (Get-FileHash -LiteralPath $file.FullName -Algorithm SHA256).Hash.ToLowerInvariant()
+        $records += [pscustomobject]@{
+            relative_path = $relative
+            byte_length = [int64]$file.Length
+            sha256 = $digest
+        }
+        $totalBytes += [int64]$file.Length
+    }
+    $records = @($records | Sort-Object -CaseSensitive -Property relative_path)
+    if ($records.Count -lt 2) {
+        throw "FFmpeg runtime inventory is incomplete"
+    }
+
+    $builder = New-Object Text.StringBuilder
+    foreach ($record in $records) {
+        $null = $builder.Append($record.relative_path)
+        $null = $builder.Append([char]9)
+        $null = $builder.Append($record.byte_length)
+        $null = $builder.Append([char]9)
+        $null = $builder.Append($record.sha256)
+        $null = $builder.Append([char]10)
+    }
+    $utf8 = New-Object Text.UTF8Encoding($false)
+    $manifestBytes = $utf8.GetBytes($builder.ToString())
+    $identitySha256 = Get-Sha256Hex $manifestBytes
+    [IO.File]::WriteAllBytes(
+        (Join-Path $staging "tree-manifest.tsv"),
+        $manifestBytes
+    )
+
+    $ffmpeg = @($records | Where-Object relative_path -eq "bin/ffmpeg")
+    $ffprobe = @($records | Where-Object relative_path -eq "bin/ffprobe")
+    if ($ffmpeg.Count -ne 1 -or $ffprobe.Count -ne 1) {
+        throw "FFmpeg runtime binaries are absent or ambiguous"
+    }
+    $receipt = [ordered]@{
+        schema_version = "missioncore.sealed-tree-runtime/v1"
+        asset_id = $AssetId
+        identity_algorithm = $IdentityAlgorithm
+        identity_sha256 = $identitySha256
+        source_image_sha256 = $SourceImageSha256
+        source_path = $SourcePath
+        file_count = $records.Count
+        byte_length = $totalBytes
+        manifest_relative_path = "tree-manifest.tsv"
+        binaries = [ordered]@{
+            ffmpeg = [ordered]@{
+                relative_path = "bin/ffmpeg"
+                byte_length = $ffmpeg[0].byte_length
+                sha256 = $ffmpeg[0].sha256
+            }
+            ffprobe = [ordered]@{
+                relative_path = "bin/ffprobe"
+                byte_length = $ffprobe[0].byte_length
+                sha256 = $ffprobe[0].sha256
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    [IO.File]::WriteAllText(
+        (Join-Path $staging "tree-receipt.json"),
+        (($receipt | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 8) + [char]10),
+        $utf8
+    )
+
+    Move-Item -LiteralPath $staging -Destination $target
+    $published = $true
+    [pscustomobject]@{
+        path = $target
+        identity_sha256 = $identitySha256
+        file_count = $records.Count
+        byte_length = $totalBytes
+        ffmpeg_sha256 = $ffmpeg[0].sha256
+        ffprobe_sha256 = $ffprobe[0].sha256
+    } | ConvertTo-Json -Compress
+}
+finally {
+    if ($containerId -match "^[a-f0-9]{64}$") {
+        & docker rm -f $containerId *> $null
+    }
+    if (-not $published -and (Test-Path -LiteralPath $staging)) {
+        Remove-Item -LiteralPath $staging -Recurse -Force
+    }
+}