diff --git a/src/components/video-editor/timeline/AudioWaveform.tsx b/src/components/video-editor/timeline/AudioWaveform.tsx
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+import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { useTimelineContext } from "dnd-timeline";
+import type { AudioPeaksData } from "./useAudioPeaks";
+
+interface AudioWaveformProps {
+	peaks: AudioPeaksData;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Renders an audio waveform as a canvas that fills its parent container.
+ * Automatically syncs with the timeline's visible range so the waveform
+ * scrolls and zooms together with the clip items above it.
+ */
+export default function AudioWaveform({ peaks }: AudioWaveformProps) {
+	const canvasRef = useRef<HTMLCanvasElement>(null);
+	const { range } = useTimelineContext();
+	const [resizeKey, setResizeKey] = useState(0);
+
+	// Bump resizeKey when the canvas element changes size.
+	const observerRef = useRef<ResizeObserver | null>(null);
+	const setCanvasRef = useCallback((node: HTMLCanvasElement | null) => {
+		if (observerRef.current) {
+			observerRef.current.disconnect();
+			observerRef.current = null;
+		}
+		(canvasRef as React.MutableRefObject<HTMLCanvasElement | null>).current = node;
+		if (node) {
+			const ro = new ResizeObserver(() => setResizeKey((k) => k + 1));
+			ro.observe(node);
+			observerRef.current = ro;
+		}
+	}, []);
+
+	useEffect(() => {
+		const canvas = canvasRef.current;
+		if (!canvas) return;
+
+		const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
+		if (!ctx) return;
+
+		const rect = canvas.getBoundingClientRect();
+		const dpr = window.devicePixelRatio || 1;
+		const width = Math.round(rect.width * dpr);
+		const height = Math.round(rect.height * dpr);
+
+		if (width === 0 || height === 0) return;
+
+		canvas.width = width;
+		canvas.height = height;
+
+		ctx.clearRect(0, 0, width, height);
+
+		const { peaks: peakData, durationMs } = peaks;
+		if (durationMs <= 0 || peakData.length === 0) return;
+
+		const visibleStartMs = range.start;
+		const visibleEndMs = range.end;
+		const visibleDurationMs = visibleEndMs - visibleStartMs;
+		if (visibleDurationMs <= 0) return;
+
+		const midY = height / 2;
+
+		ctx.beginPath();
+		for (let px = 0; px < width; px++) {
+			const t = visibleStartMs + (px / width) * visibleDurationMs;
+			const binIndex = Math.min(
+				peakData.length - 1,
+				Math.max(0, Math.floor((t / durationMs) * peakData.length)),
+			);
+			const amplitude = peakData[binIndex];
+			const barHeight = amplitude * midY * 0.85;
+
+			ctx.moveTo(px, midY - barHeight);
+			ctx.lineTo(px, midY + barHeight);
+		}
+
+		ctx.strokeStyle = "rgba(6, 182, 212, 0.25)";
+		ctx.lineWidth = dpr;
+		ctx.stroke();
+	}, [peaks, range.start, range.end, resizeKey]);
+
+	return (
+		<canvas
+			ref={setCanvasRef}
+			className="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full pointer-events-none"
+			style={{ zIndex: 0, opacity: 0.9 }}
+		/>
+	);
+}
diff --git a/src/components/video-editor/timeline/useAudioPeaks.ts b/src/components/video-editor/timeline/useAudioPeaks.ts
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+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+
+/** Number of peak bins to produce — enough for smooth display at any zoom. */
+const TARGET_PEAK_COUNT = 2048;
+
+export interface AudioPeaksData {
+	/** One normalised amplitude value (0–1) per bin, covering the full duration. */
+	peaks: Float32Array;
+	/** Total duration of the decoded audio in milliseconds. */
+	durationMs: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Decode audio from a media file URL and produce a fixed-length array of peak
+ * amplitudes suitable for waveform visualisation.
+ *
+ * Returns `null` while loading or if the file has no decodeable audio.
+ */
+export function useAudioPeaks(fileUrl: string | null | undefined): AudioPeaksData | null {
+	const [data, setData] = useState<AudioPeaksData | null>(null);
+	const urlRef = useRef(fileUrl);
+
+	useEffect(() => {
+		urlRef.current = fileUrl;
+		setData(null);
+
+		if (!fileUrl) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		let cancelled = false;
+
+		(async () => {
+			try {
+				const response = await fetch(fileUrl);
+				if (cancelled) return;
+
+				const arrayBuffer = await response.arrayBuffer();
+				if (cancelled) return;
+
+				const audioCtx = new OfflineAudioContext(1, 1, 44100);
+				const decoded = await audioCtx.decodeAudioData(arrayBuffer);
+				if (cancelled) return;
+
+				const channelData = decoded.getChannelData(0);
+				const durationMs = decoded.duration * 1000;
+				const binSize = Math.max(1, Math.floor(channelData.length / TARGET_PEAK_COUNT));
+				const peakCount = Math.ceil(channelData.length / binSize);
+				const peaks = new Float32Array(peakCount);
+
+				for (let i = 0; i < peakCount; i++) {
+					const start = i * binSize;
+					const end = Math.min(start + binSize, channelData.length);
+					let max = 0;
+					for (let j = start; j < end; j++) {
+						const abs = Math.abs(channelData[j]);
+						if (abs > max) max = abs;
+					}
+					peaks[i] = max;
+				}
+
+				// Normalise to 0–1 range.
+				let globalMax = 0;
+				for (let i = 0; i < peaks.length; i++) {
+					if (peaks[i] > globalMax) globalMax = peaks[i];
+				}
+				if (globalMax > 0) {
+					for (let i = 0; i < peaks.length; i++) {
+						peaks[i] /= globalMax;
+					}
+				}
+
+				if (!cancelled && urlRef.current === fileUrl) {
+					setData({ peaks, durationMs });
+				}
+			} catch {
+				// File has no audio or decoding failed — leave as null.
+			}
+		})();
+
+		return () => {
+			cancelled = true;
+		};
+	}, [fileUrl]);
+
+	return data;
+}