/**
 * Progress-aware start selection for `autoPlay` — the v1 behaviour: the most
 * recently watched item wins, >90% watched rolls over to the next item
 * (fresh start), anything else resumes at the saved position.
 */
import type { VideoPlaylistItem } from '../types.js';
export interface StartSelection {
    index: number;
    /** Offset (seconds) the item should START at — passed as `startAt` so the backend begins fetching there. Absent = start at 0. */
    resumeTime?: number;
}
export declare function pickStartItem(items: ReadonlyArray<VideoPlaylistItem>): StartSelection;