new update fix

app.py

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 """
 Minecraftify! — turn any photo into a Minecraft-style scene.
 
-Beautiful Minecraft-themed Gradio UI with a dummy inference function
-(color inversion) for testing. Swap in the real model later.
+Gradio UI with FLUX.2 diffusion model + Minecraft LoRA for converting images to Minecraft style.
 """
 
 import os
@@ -857,7 +856,6 @@ def minecraftify_live_loop(
 
         if not is_active:
             log_event("Live GPU loop stopped")
-            yield gr.skip(), "Live camera is stopped."
             return
 
         if frame is None:
@@ -871,7 +869,7 @@ def minecraftify_live_loop(
         last_processed_frame_id = frame_id
         log_event(f"Processing newest live frame id={frame_id}")
         output = _minecraftify_image(frame, steps, guidance_scale, seed, extra_details)
-        yield output, f"Live camera is running. Processed frame {frame_id}."
+        yield output
 
 
 def switch_input_mode(mode: str):
@@ -889,7 +887,6 @@ def switch_input_mode(mode: str):
         gr.update(interactive=True),
         gr.update(visible=not image_mode, interactive=False),
         False,
-        "Live camera is stopped.",
     )
 
 
@@ -909,7 +906,6 @@ def start_live(image: Image.Image):
         True,
         gr.update(interactive=False),
         gr.update(interactive=True),
-        "Live camera is running. Minecraft frames will appear on the right.",
     )
 
 
@@ -922,7 +918,6 @@ def stop_live():
         False,
         gr.update(interactive=True),
         gr.update(interactive=False),
-        "Live camera is stopped.",
     )
 
 
@@ -930,7 +925,14 @@ def stop_live():
 # UI
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-preload_model_on_startup()
+# Start model preload in background thread to avoid blocking UI
+if PRELOAD_MODEL_ON_STARTUP:
+    preload_thread = threading.Thread(target=preload_model_on_startup, daemon=True)
+    preload_thread.start()
+    log_event("Model preload started in background thread")
+else:
+    log_event("Startup model preload disabled by PRELOAD_MODEL_ON_STARTUP=0")
+
 log_event("Building Gradio UI")
 
 with gr.Blocks(**BLOCKS_KWARGS) as demo:
@@ -993,13 +995,6 @@ with gr.Blocks(**BLOCKS_KWARGS) as demo:
                             interactive=False,
                         )
 
-                    live_status = gr.Textbox(
-                        label="Live status",
-                        value="Live camera is stopped.",
-                        interactive=False,
-                        lines=1,
-                    )
-
                 extra_details = gr.Textbox(
                     label="🗒️ Extra scene details (optional)",
                     placeholder="e.g. 'this is a beach at sunset' or 'make the dog a wolf mob'...",
@@ -1083,7 +1078,6 @@ with gr.Blocks(**BLOCKS_KWARGS) as demo:
             start_live_btn,
             stop_live_btn,
             live_running,
-            live_status,
         ],
         queue=False,
     )
@@ -1097,21 +1091,21 @@ with gr.Blocks(**BLOCKS_KWARGS) as demo:
     start_live_event = start_live_btn.click(
         fn=start_live,
         inputs=live_image,
-        outputs=[live_running, start_live_btn, stop_live_btn, live_status],
+        outputs=[live_running, start_live_btn, stop_live_btn],
         queue=False,
     )
 
     start_live_event.then(
         fn=minecraftify_live_loop,
         inputs=[steps, guidance_scale, seed, extra_details],
-        outputs=[output_image, live_status],
+        outputs=[output_image],
         concurrency_limit=1,
     )
 
     stop_live_btn.click(
         fn=stop_live,
         inputs=None,
-        outputs=[live_running, start_live_btn, stop_live_btn, live_status],
+        outputs=[live_running, start_live_btn, stop_live_btn],
         queue=False,
     )