1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/transport.js b/packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/transport.js
index 63c71ff..1a28fb0 100644
--- a/packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/transport.js
+++ b/packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/transport.js
@@ -1619,8 +1619,14 @@ class MeshBayTransport {
    * a position in the list this client received.
    */
   async requestSubtitle(fileId, track) {
+    // Generous because the node's own bound is, and for the same reason: the
+    // extraction demuxes the whole container, measured at 9.8 s per GB on an
+    // external disk — 71 s for a 7.3 GB film, and more for a 4K one. The node
+    // always answers, with a refusal if its own budget runs out, so this is a
+    // backstop against a peer that has gone silent rather than a deadline for
+    // the work. It is paid once per film: every later viewing is cached.
     const msg = await this._sendAndWait(
-      { type: 'subtitle_req', v: '0.9', file_id: fileId, track }, 90000);
+      { type: 'subtitle_req', v: '0.9', file_id: fileId, track }, 900000);
     if (msg.type === 'error') throw new Error(msg.detail);
     return msg;
   }