test(producer): add mp4 H.265 SDR distributed fixture

packages/producer/src/regression-harness-distributed.ts

@@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ export interface RunDistributedSimulatedInput {
   /** From the fixture's renderConfig — must pass `checkDistributedSupport`. */
   fps: 24 | 30 | 60;
   format: "mp4" | "mov" | "png-sequence";
+  /**
+   * Codec for `format: "mp4"`. Defaults to `"h264"`; pass `"h265"` to
+   * exercise the libx265 closed-GOP path. Ignored for non-mp4 formats —
+   * `plan()` throws if codec is passed with a non-mp4 format.
+   */
+  codec?: "h264" | "h265";
   /** Optional chunkSize override; defaults to the plan's 240. */
   chunkSize?: number;
   /** Optional maxParallelChunks override; defaults to the plan's 16. */
@@ -147,10 +153,25 @@ export async function runDistributedSimulatedRender(
   mkdirSync(planDir, { recursive: true });
   mkdirSync(chunksDir, { recursive: true });
 
-  // Step A: plan.
+  // Step A: plan. `codec` is only forwarded when the format actually
+  // accepts it — `plan()` throws if codec is set for a non-mp4 format,
+  // and a caller passing `format: "mov", codec: undefined` would still
+  // surface that field in the resulting object. We omit it conditionally
+  // to keep the off-path planDir identical to pre-codec-knob output.
   const planResult = await plan(
     input.projectDir,
-    {
+    input.format === "mp4"
+      ? {
+          fps: input.fps,
+          width: 1920,
+          height: 1080,
+          format: "mp4",
+          codec: input.codec,
+          chunkSize: input.chunkSize,
+          maxParallelChunks: input.maxParallelChunks,
+          hdrMode: "force-sdr",
+        }
+      : {
           fps: input.fps,
           // Required-by-type but overridden by the composition's own attrs;
           // see docstring above. Any positive integer works.

packages/producer/src/regression-harness.ts

@@ -56,6 +56,17 @@ type TestMetadata = {
      * time; the in-process renderer accepts it.
      */
     format?: "mp4" | "webm" | "mov" | "png-sequence";
+    /**
+     * Codec selection for `format: "mp4"`, forwarded to
+     * `DistributedRenderConfig.codec`. The in-process renderer doesn't take
+     * a codec hint — for the baseline it always picks the format's default
+     * (h264 for mp4 SDR), so `codec: "h265"` is exercised exclusively in
+     * `--mode=distributed-simulated`. The PSNR comparison against the
+     * baseline therefore measures "h265 chunked + concat" ≈ "h264 single-
+     * pass" rather than byte equality. Fixtures asserting a tighter
+     * contract should explicitly pin a higher `minPsnr`.
+     */
+    codec?: "h264" | "h265";
     workers?: number; // Optional: auto-calculates if omitted
     /** Force HDR in the harness; omitted/false preserves historical SDR-only test behavior. */
     hdr?: boolean;
@@ -250,6 +261,18 @@ function validateMetadata(meta: unknown): TestMetadata {
       "meta.json: 'renderConfig.format' must be 'mp4', 'webm', 'mov', or 'png-sequence' (or omit for mp4)",
     );
   }
+  if (rc.codec !== undefined && rc.codec !== "h264" && rc.codec !== "h265") {
+    throw new Error(
+      "meta.json: 'renderConfig.codec' must be 'h264' or 'h265' (or omit for the format's default)",
+    );
+  }
+  if (rc.codec !== undefined && rc.format !== undefined && rc.format !== "mp4") {
+    throw new Error(
+      `meta.json: 'renderConfig.codec' is only valid for format='mp4' (got format=${JSON.stringify(
+        rc.format,
+      )})`,
+    );
+  }
   if (rc.workers !== undefined) {
     if (typeof rc.workers !== "number" || rc.workers < 1) {
       throw new Error("meta.json: 'renderConfig.workers' must be >= 1 (or omit to auto-calculate)");
@@ -822,6 +845,7 @@ async function runTestSuite(
         renderedOutputPath,
         fps: fpsNum,
         format: outputFormat as "mp4" | "mov" | "png-sequence",
+        codec: suite.meta.renderConfig.codec,
         chunkSize: suite.meta.renderConfig.chunkSize,
         maxParallelChunks: suite.meta.renderConfig.maxParallelChunks,
         variables: suite.meta.renderConfig.variables,

packages/producer/tests/distributed/mp4-h265-sdr/meta.json

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "name": "Distributed: mp4 H.265 SDR",
+  "description": "60-frame composition (2s @ 30fps) with text, a crossfade transition, and a small rotating SVG icon. renderConfig.format=mp4 + codec=h265 routes the distributed pipeline through libx265 with closed-GOP keyint params (min-keyint=N:scenecut=0:open-gop=0:repeat-headers=1). The in-process baseline is rendered as h264 because the in-process renderer doesn't expose a codec hint — the harness's PSNR comparison therefore measures 'libx265 chunked + concat' against 'libx264 single-pass', catching gross codec failures while accepting normal cross-codec PSNR drift (~30-35 dB at standard quality).",
+  "tags": ["distributed", "mp4", "h265", "hevc", "sdr"],
+
+  "minPsnr": 30,
+  "maxFrameFailures": 0,
+
+  "minAudioCorrelation": 0.9,
+  "maxAudioLagWindows": 120,
+
+  "renderConfig": {
+    "fps": 30,
+    "format": "mp4",
+    "codec": "h265",
+    "chunkSize": 15
+  }
+}

packages/producer/tests/distributed/mp4-h265-sdr/output/output.mp4

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:c62e51a616e24c4ba16504a8508bafa58866bd3dabc68cbf32076a49eabb53bd
+size 59699

packages/producer/tests/distributed/mp4-h265-sdr/src/index.html

@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="utf-8" />
+    <meta content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" name="viewport" />
+    <title>mp4 H.265 SDR distributed fixture</title>
+    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/gsap/3.12.2/gsap.min.js"></script>
+    <style>
+      @import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Space+Mono:wght@400;700&display=swap");
+
+      body,
+      html {
+        margin: 0;
+        padding: 0;
+        width: 640px;
+        height: 360px;
+        background: #0f172a;
+        overflow: hidden;
+        font-family: "Space Mono", monospace;
+      }
+
+      #main-comp {
+        position: relative;
+        width: 640px;
+        height: 360px;
+      }
+
+      .label {
+        position: absolute;
+        top: 22%;
+        left: 50%;
+        transform: translateX(-50%);
+        font-size: 18px;
+        letter-spacing: 4px;
+        color: #94a3b8;
+        text-transform: uppercase;
+      }
+
+      .title {
+        position: absolute;
+        top: 50%;
+        left: 50%;
+        transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
+        font-family: "Space Mono", monospace;
+        font-size: 56px;
+        font-weight: 700;
+        color: #6366f1;
+        white-space: nowrap;
+      }
+
+      .stage {
+        position: absolute;
+        inset: 0;
+      }
+
+      .icon {
+        position: absolute;
+        bottom: 18%;
+        left: 50%;
+        transform: translate(-50%, 0);
+        width: 48px;
+        height: 48px;
+      }
+    </style>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <div
+      id="main-comp"
+      data-composition-id="main-comp"
+      data-width="640"
+      data-height="360"
+      data-start="0"
+      data-duration="2"
+    >
+      <div class="stage" id="stage-a">
+        <div class="label">CODEC</div>
+        <div class="title" id="title-a">HEVC&nbsp;ONE</div>
+      </div>
+      <div class="stage" id="stage-b" style="opacity: 0">
+        <div class="label">CODEC</div>
+        <div class="title" id="title-b">HEVC&nbsp;TWO</div>
+      </div>
+      <svg class="icon" viewBox="0 0 48 48" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="icon">
+        <circle cx="24" cy="24" r="18" fill="none" stroke="#6366f1" stroke-width="4" />
+        <circle cx="24" cy="24" r="6" fill="#6366f1" />
+      </svg>
+    </div>
+
+    <script>
+      const tl = gsap.timeline({ paused: true });
+      window.__timelines = window.__timelines || {};
+      window.__timelines["main-comp"] = tl;
+
+      const stageA = document.getElementById("stage-a");
+      const stageB = document.getElementById("stage-b");
+      const icon = document.getElementById("icon");
+
+      tl.to(stageA, { opacity: 0, duration: 0.2, ease: "none" }, 0.9);
+      tl.to(stageB, { opacity: 1, duration: 0.2, ease: "none" }, 0.9);
+      tl.to(icon, { rotation: 360, duration: 2, ease: "none" }, 0);
+    </script>
+  </body>
+</html>