// Reduce an audio channel down to `buckets` peak amplitude samples in [0, 1].
// Used by decodePeaks; pure.

export function bucketize(channel: Float32Array, buckets: number): Float32Array {
  const out = new Float32Array(buckets);
  if (buckets <= 0 || channel.length === 0) return out;
  const samplesPerBucket = Math.max(1, Math.floor(channel.length / buckets));
  let peakMax = 0;
  for (let b = 0; b < buckets; b++) {
    const start = b * samplesPerBucket;
    const end = Math.min(start + samplesPerBucket, channel.length);
    let max = 0;
    for (let i = start; i < end; i++) {
      const v = channel[i];
      const abs = v < 0 ? -v : v;
      if (abs > max) max = abs;
    }
    out[b] = max;
    if (max > peakMax) peakMax = max;
  }
  // Normalize so the loudest bucket reaches 1.0 — keeps quiet tracks visible.
  if (peakMax > 0 && peakMax < 1) {
    const scale = 1 / peakMax;
    for (let i = 0; i < out.length; i++) out[i] *= scale;
  }
  return out;
}