How should this guide be used in engineering workflows?

Use it as an implementation checklist, then convert key controls into automated tests and runbooks.

What is the expected outcome after applying this guide?

Lower validation defects, clearer failure diagnostics, and more predictable file-processing behavior.

Conversion Output Verification Playbook

Verify converted outputs for correctness, quality, and contract compliance.

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Define Output Contracts

Every conversion target should define required metadata fields, allowable drift thresholds, and quality constraints. This prevents subjective pass/fail decisions.

Verification Layers

Structural validity (container/format parsability).
Metadata contract checks (duration, dimensions, encoding).
Semantic checks (content presence and extraction integrity).
Quality checks (bitrate, loudness, visual artifacts, text fidelity).

Regression Safety Net

Build a golden fixture subset with strict assertions and run it on every conversion-library upgrade or policy change.

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