diff --git a/tour-comfy/car.html b/tour-comfy/car.html
index d040a02..d4fe42d 100644
--- a/tour-comfy/car.html
+++ b/tour-comfy/car.html
@@ -2246,8 +2246,9 @@
             const prefBtn = document.getElementById('lbPreferredBtn');
             if (prefBtn) prefBtn.style.display = multi && lbIdx > 0 ? '' : 'none';
 
-            // Film strip
+            // Film strip — always visible (override old display:none CSS)
             const strip = document.getElementById('lbVariantStrip');
+            strip.style.display = 'flex';
             strip.innerHTML = lbUrls.map((url, i) => {
                 const n    = lbNames[i];
                 const pose = filePoses[n] || '';
@@ -2735,6 +2736,21 @@
             updateCardSelection();
             document.getElementById('count').textContent = `${currentGroups.length} group${currentGroups.length !== 1 ? 's' : ''} · ${fileObjects.length} images`;
             if (newFileNames.size > 0) showToast(`${newFileNames.size} new image${newFileNames.size !== 1 ? 's' : ''} detected`, 'success');
+
+            // If studio is open, sync lbUrls/lbNames from freshly-loaded groupData
+            const studioEl = document.getElementById('studio');
+            if (studioEl?.classList.contains('open') && lbCurrentGid) {
+                const fresh = groupData.get(lbCurrentGid);
+                if (fresh) {
+                    const curName = lbNames[lbIdx];
+                    const newIdx  = fresh.names.indexOf(curName);
+                    lbUrls  = fresh.urls;
+                    lbNames = fresh.names;
+                    lbIdx   = newIdx >= 0 ? newIdx : Math.min(lbIdx, fresh.names.length - 1);
+                    updateStudio();
+                }
+            }
+
             statusDot.classList.remove('updating');
         }
 
@@ -3361,9 +3377,9 @@
         function renderSidebarGenerate() {
             const panel = document.getElementById('sbPanelGenerate');
             if (!panel) return;
+            // Use lbNames (current open group) to find already-generated poses
             const donePoses = new Set();
-            const gData = groupData.get(lbCurrentGid);
-            if (gData) gData.names.forEach(n => { if (filePoses[n]) donePoses.add(filePoses[n]); });
+            lbNames.forEach(n => { if (filePoses[n]) donePoses.add(filePoses[n]); });
 
             let html = '<div class="sb-label">Poses</div><div class="sb-poses-grid" id="sbPosesGrid">';
             if (!availablePoses || Object.keys(availablePoses).length === 0) {
@@ -3780,10 +3796,11 @@
                 html += '</div>';
             }
             html += `<div class="scene-frame-preview" id="sceneFramePreview" style="${_sceneVideo||_sceneFrameBytes?'':'display:none'}">
-                <video id="sceneVideoEl" muted preload="metadata"
-                       style="${_sceneVideo?'':'display:none'};width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:contain"></video>
-                <img id="sceneFrameImg" style="${_sceneFrameBytes&&!_sceneVideo?'':'display:none'};width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:contain"
+                <video id="sceneVideoEl" muted preload="auto" playsinline autoplay loop
+                       style="${_sceneVideo&&!_sceneFrameBytes?'':'display:none'};width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:contain"></video>
+                <img id="sceneFrameImg" style="${_sceneFrameBytes?'':'display:none'};width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:contain"
                      ${_sceneFrameBytes?`src="data:image/png;base64,${_sceneFrameBytes}"`:''}/>
+                <div id="sceneFrameLoading" style="display:none;position:absolute;inset:0;background:rgba(0,0,0,.5);display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;font-size:11px;color:#aaa">Loading…</div>
             </div>
             <input type="range" class="scene-scrubber" id="sceneScrubber"
                    min="0" max="${_sceneDuration||100}" value="0" step="0.1"
@@ -3834,34 +3851,89 @@
             } catch (_) {}
         }
 
+        let _sceneScrubTimer = null;
+
         function sceneSeekVideo(val) {
-            const vid = document.getElementById('sceneVideoEl');
+            const t = parseFloat(val);
             const lbl = document.getElementById('sceneTimeLabel');
-            if (vid) vid.currentTime = parseFloat(val);
-            if (lbl) lbl.textContent = formatSecs(parseFloat(val));
+            if (lbl) lbl.textContent = formatSecs(t);
+            // If a captured frame was locked, release it so scrubbing works again
+            if (_sceneFrameBytes) {
+                _sceneFrameBytes = null;
+                const btn = document.getElementById('sceneExtractBtn');
+                if (btn) btn.textContent = 'Extract frame as reference';
+                const genBtn = document.getElementById('sceneGenBtn');
+                if (genBtn) genBtn.disabled = !_sceneVideo;
+            }
+            // Show video live while the user is dragging
+            const vid = document.getElementById('sceneVideoEl');
+            const img = document.getElementById('sceneFrameImg');
+            if (vid) { vid.style.display = ''; vid.currentTime = t; }
+            if (img) img.style.display = 'none';
+            // After settling, fetch exact server-rendered frame and freeze on it
+            clearTimeout(_sceneScrubTimer);
+            _sceneScrubTimer = setTimeout(() => _sceneShowFrame(t), 300);
         }
 
-        async function sceneExtractFrame() {
-            const scrubber = document.getElementById('sceneScrubber');
-            const t = parseFloat(scrubber?.value || '0');
-            const btn = document.getElementById('sceneExtractBtn');
-            if (btn) btn.textContent = 'Extracting…';
+        async function _sceneShowFrame(t) {
+            if (!_sceneVideo) return;
             try {
                 const r = await fetch(`${API}/wireframe/frame`, {
                     method: 'POST',
                     headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
                     body: JSON.stringify({ video_name: _sceneVideo, time: t }),
                 });
-                if (r.ok) {
+                if (!r.ok) return;
+                const d = await r.json();
+                const vid = document.getElementById('sceneVideoEl');
+                const img = document.getElementById('sceneFrameImg');
+                if (!img) return;
+                if (vid) vid.style.display = 'none';
+                img.src = 'data:image/png;base64,' + d.frame_b64;
+                img.style.display = '';
+                img.dataset.pendingFrame = d.frame_b64;  // ready to capture without re-fetch
+            } catch (_) { /* video stays visible on error */ }
+        }
+
+        async function sceneExtractFrame() {
+            const scrubber = document.getElementById('sceneScrubber');
+            const t = parseFloat(scrubber?.value || '0');
+            const btn = document.getElementById('sceneExtractBtn');
+            const img = document.getElementById('sceneFrameImg');
+            // If the debounced preview already shows this frame, just lock it — no re-fetch
+            if (img?.dataset.pendingFrame) {
+                _sceneFrameBytes = img.dataset.pendingFrame;
+                delete img.dataset.pendingFrame;
+                if (btn) btn.textContent = '✓ Frame captured';
+                const genBtn = document.getElementById('sceneGenBtn');
+                if (genBtn) genBtn.disabled = false;
+                return;
+            }
+            if (btn) { btn.disabled = true; btn.textContent = 'Extracting…'; }
+            try {
+                const r = await fetch(`${API}/wireframe/frame`, {
+                    method: 'POST',
+                    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+                    body: JSON.stringify({ video_name: _sceneVideo, time: t }),
+                });
+                if (!r.ok) {
+                    showToast('Frame extract failed: ' + (await r.text()), 'error');
+                } else {
                     const d = await r.json();
                     _sceneFrameBytes = d.frame_b64;
-                    const img = document.getElementById('sceneFrameImg');
-                    if (img) { img.src = 'data:image/png;base64,' + _sceneFrameBytes; img.style.display = ''; }
+                    const vid = document.getElementById('sceneVideoEl');
+                    const imgEl = document.getElementById('sceneFrameImg');
+                    if (vid) vid.style.display = 'none';
+                    if (imgEl) { imgEl.src = 'data:image/png;base64,' + _sceneFrameBytes; imgEl.style.display = ''; }
                     const genBtn = document.getElementById('sceneGenBtn');
                     if (genBtn) genBtn.disabled = false;
+                    if (btn) btn.textContent = '✓ Frame captured';
                 }
-            } catch (_) {}
-            if (btn) btn.textContent = 'Extract frame as reference';
+            } catch (e) {
+                showToast('Frame extract error: ' + e, 'error');
+                if (btn) btn.textContent = 'Extract frame as reference';
+            }
+            if (btn) btn.disabled = false;
         }
 
         function sceneHandleUpload(event) {
@@ -3920,10 +3992,12 @@
                                 if (btn) btn.disabled = false;
                                 refreshNow();
                             } else {
-                                if (textEl) textEl.textContent = 'Error: ' + (job.error || 'unknown');
+                                const errMsg = job.error || 'unknown error';
+                                if (textEl) textEl.textContent = 'Error: ' + errMsg;
                                 if (btn) btn.disabled = false;
+                                showToast('Scenery failed: ' + errMsg, 'error');
                             }
-                        } catch (_) { pollScene(); }
+                        } catch (e) { pollScene(); }
                     }, 2500);
                 };
                 pollScene();
diff --git a/tour-comfy/watcher.log b/tour-comfy/watcher.log
index a4a2a65..d336670 100644
--- a/tour-comfy/watcher.log
+++ b/tour-comfy/watcher.log
@@ -2094,3 +2094,6 @@ SyntaxError: broken PNG file (chunk b'END\xae')
 2026-06-21 11:04:28,350 - INFO - Watcher started. Monitoring /mnt/zim/tour-comfy/stage...
 2026-06-21 11:04:28,350 - INFO - Output directory: /mnt/zim/tour-comfy/output
 2026-06-21 11:04:28,350 - INFO - API URL: http://127.0.0.1:8500/edit
+2026-06-21 22:09:31,709 - INFO - Watcher started. Monitoring /mnt/zim/tour-comfy/stage...
+2026-06-21 22:09:31,709 - INFO - Output directory: /mnt/zim/tour-comfy/output
+2026-06-21 22:09:31,709 - INFO - API URL: http://127.0.0.1:8500/edit