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+"""Integration checks against the actual FFI library selected by LIVEKIT_LIB_PATH."""
+
+import asyncio
+
+import numpy as np
+import pytest
+from livekit import rtc
+from livekit.rtc._ffi_client import FfiClient
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("rate,channels", [(8000, 1), (24000, 1), (48000, 2)])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("frame_ms", [7, 10, 20, 50])
+async def test_local_sink_exact_pcm(rate, channels, frame_ms):
+    source = rtc.AudioSource(rate, channels, queue_size_ms=1000)
+    track = rtc.LocalAudioTrack.create_audio_track("batch-test", source)
+    stream = rtc.AudioStream(track, sample_rate=rate, num_channels=channels, frame_size_ms=frame_ms)
+    count = rate * 210 // 1000 * channels
+    data = ((np.arange(count, dtype=np.int32) % 30000) + 1).astype(np.int16)
+    received = []
+
+    async def collect():
+        length = 0
+        async for e in stream:
+            assert e.frame.samples_per_channel == rate * frame_ms // 1000
+            assert e.frame.sample_rate == rate
+            assert e.frame.num_channels == channels
+            d = np.asarray(e.frame.data).copy()
+            received.append(d)
+            length += len(d)
+            if length >= count + rate * channels // 2:
+                break
+
+    task = asyncio.create_task(collect())
+    try:
+        await source.capture_frame(
+            rtc.AudioFrame(data.tobytes(), rate, channels, count // channels)
+        )
+        await asyncio.wait_for(task, 3)
+        all_data = np.concatenate(received)
+        first = np.flatnonzero(all_data)[0]
+        assert np.array_equal(all_data[first : first + count], data)
+    finally:
+        await stream.aclose()
+        task.cancel()
+        await asyncio.gather(task, return_exceptions=True)
+        await source.aclose()
+        track._ffi_handle.dispose()
+
+
+async def test_repeated_stream_close_releases_subscription():
+    source = rtc.AudioSource(24000, 1, queue_size_ms=100)
+    track = rtc.LocalAudioTrack.create_audio_track("close-test", source)
+    baseline = len(FfiClient.instance.queue._subscribers)
+    try:
+        for _ in range(20):
+            stream = rtc.AudioStream(track, sample_rate=24000, num_channels=1, frame_size_ms=50)
+            await source.capture_frame(rtc.AudioFrame(bytes(480), 24000, 1, 240))
+            await stream.aclose()
+            assert stream._task.done()
+            assert len(FfiClient.instance.queue._subscribers) == baseline
+    finally:
+        await source.aclose()
+        track._ffi_handle.dispose()