feat(render): auto-detect HDR from media probes, add --sdr flag (#526)

* feat(render): auto-detect HDR from media probes, add --sdr flag

Replace the --hdr opt-in model with automatic detection. When no flags
are passed, the renderer probes all video/image sources and enables HDR
output if any HDR color space is detected. Existing --hdr flag becomes
a force override. New --sdr flag forces SDR output.

Behavior matrix:
  (no flags) + HDR content → HDR output
  (no flags) + SDR content → SDR output
  --hdr → force HDR (defaults to HLG if no HDR sources)
  --sdr → force SDR (skips probing)
  --hdr --sdr → error

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: align HDR auto-detect docs and tests

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
Vance Ingalls
2026-04-28 01:39:51 -07:00
committed by GitHub
co-authored by Claude Opus 4.6
parent 4d0e262eb3
commit 8e5593b6ba
11 changed files with 140 additions and 69 deletions
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export const examples: Example[] = [
["High quality at 60fps", "hyperframes render --fps 60 --quality high --output hd.mp4"],
["Deterministic render via Docker", "hyperframes render --docker --output deterministic.mp4"],
["Parallel rendering with 6 workers", "hyperframes render --workers 6 --output fast.mp4"],
["HDR output (H.265 10-bit)", "hyperframes render --hdr --output hdr-output.mp4"],
["HDR output (auto-detected)", "hyperframes render --output hdr-output.mp4"],
];
import { cpus, freemem, tmpdir } from "node:os";
import { resolve, dirname, join, basename } from "node:path";
@@ -82,7 +82,12 @@ export default defineCommand({
},
hdr: {
type: "boolean",
description: "Enable HDR: probe sources for PQ/HLG, output H.265 10-bit BT.2020",
description: "Force HDR output even if no HDR sources are detected",
default: false,
},
sdr: {
type: "boolean",
description: "Force SDR output even if HDR sources are detected",
default: false,
},
crf: {
@@ -293,6 +298,12 @@ export default defineCommand({
}
}
// ── Validate HDR/SDR mutual exclusion ────────────────────────────────
if (args.hdr && args.sdr) {
console.error("Error: --hdr and --sdr are mutually exclusive.");
process.exit(1);
}
// ── Render ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
if (useDocker) {
await renderDocker(project.dir, outputPath, {
@@ -301,7 +312,7 @@ export default defineCommand({
format,
workers,
gpu: useGpu,
hdr: args.hdr ?? false,
hdrMode: args.sdr ? "force-sdr" : args.hdr ? "force-hdr" : "auto",
crf,
videoBitrate,
quiet,
@@ -313,7 +324,7 @@ export default defineCommand({
format,
workers,
gpu: useGpu,
hdr: args.hdr ?? false,
hdrMode: args.sdr ? "force-sdr" : args.hdr ? "force-hdr" : "auto",
crf,
videoBitrate,
quiet,
@@ -329,7 +340,7 @@ interface RenderOptions {
format: "mp4" | "webm" | "mov";
workers?: number;
gpu: boolean;
hdr: boolean;
hdrMode: "auto" | "force-hdr" | "force-sdr";
crf?: number;
videoBitrate?: string;
quiet: boolean;
@@ -453,7 +464,7 @@ async function renderDocker(
format: options.format,
workers: options.workers,
gpu: options.gpu,
hdr: options.hdr,
hdrMode: options.hdrMode,
crf: options.crf,
videoBitrate: options.videoBitrate,
quiet: options.quiet,
@@ -519,7 +530,7 @@ async function renderLocal(
format: options.format,
workers: options.workers,
useGpu: options.gpu,
hdr: options.hdr,
hdrMode: options.hdrMode,
crf: options.crf,
videoBitrate: options.videoBitrate,
});
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@@ -58,9 +58,14 @@ function readCache<T>(path: string): T | undefined {
}
function writeCache<T>(path: string, data: T): void {
mkdirSync(dirname(path), { recursive: true });
const entry: CacheEntry<T> = { fetchedAt: Date.now(), data };
writeFileSync(path, JSON.stringify(entry), "utf-8");
try {
mkdirSync(dirname(path), { recursive: true });
const entry: CacheEntry<T> = { fetchedAt: Date.now(), data };
writeFileSync(path, JSON.stringify(entry), "utf-8");
} catch {
// Cache writes are opportunistic. A read-only home directory or sandboxed
// environment should not make the registry appear unreachable.
}
}
// ── Fetchers ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+17 -9
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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const BASE: DockerRenderOptions = {
quality: "standard",
format: "mp4",
gpu: false,
hdr: false,
hdrMode: "auto",
crf: undefined,
videoBitrate: undefined,
quiet: false,
@@ -57,9 +57,8 @@ describe("buildDockerRunArgs", () => {
...FIXED_INPUT,
options: {
...BASE,
workers: 4,
gpu: true,
hdr: true,
hdrMode: "force-hdr",
crf: 18,
videoBitrate: undefined,
quiet: true,
@@ -88,8 +87,6 @@ describe("buildDockerRunArgs", () => {
"standard",
"--format",
"mp4",
"--workers",
"4",
"--crf",
"18",
"--quiet",
@@ -102,17 +99,28 @@ describe("buildDockerRunArgs", () => {
// Regression for the original PR feedback: --hdr was silently dropped from
// the docker arg array. Keep this assertion explicit (in addition to the
// snapshot above) so the failure message points directly at the flag.
it("forwards --hdr to the container when hdr is enabled", () => {
it("forwards --hdr to the container when hdrMode is force-hdr", () => {
const args = buildDockerRunArgs({
...FIXED_INPUT,
options: { ...BASE, hdr: true },
options: { ...BASE, hdrMode: "force-hdr" },
});
expect(args).toContain("--hdr");
expect(args).not.toContain("--sdr");
});
it("omits --hdr when hdr is disabled", () => {
it("forwards --sdr to the container when hdrMode is force-sdr", () => {
const args = buildDockerRunArgs({
...FIXED_INPUT,
options: { ...BASE, hdrMode: "force-sdr" },
});
expect(args).toContain("--sdr");
expect(args).not.toContain("--hdr");
});
it("omits --hdr and --sdr when hdrMode is auto", () => {
const args = buildDockerRunArgs({ ...FIXED_INPUT, options: BASE });
expect(args).not.toContain("--hdr");
expect(args).not.toContain("--sdr");
});
it("requests host GPU passthrough only when gpu is enabled", () => {
@@ -140,7 +148,7 @@ describe("buildDockerRunArgs", () => {
format: "webm",
workers: 8,
gpu: true,
hdr: true,
hdrMode: "force-hdr",
crf: 16,
videoBitrate: undefined,
quiet: true,
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export interface DockerRenderOptions {
format: "mp4" | "webm" | "mov";
workers?: number;
gpu: boolean;
hdr: boolean;
hdrMode: "auto" | "force-hdr" | "force-sdr";
crf?: number;
videoBitrate?: string;
quiet: boolean;
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ export function buildDockerRunArgs(input: DockerRunArgsInput): string[] {
...(options.videoBitrate ? ["--video-bitrate", options.videoBitrate] : []),
...(options.quiet ? ["--quiet"] : []),
...(options.gpu ? ["--gpu"] : []),
...(options.hdr ? ["--hdr"] : []),
...(options.hdrMode === "force-hdr" ? ["--hdr"] : []),
...(options.hdrMode === "force-sdr" ? ["--sdr"] : []),
];
}
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@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ type TestMetadata = {
fps: 24 | 30 | 60;
format?: "mp4" | "webm"; // Optional: defaults to "mp4"
workers?: number; // Optional: auto-calculates if omitted
/** Enable HDR color-space probing + HDR10 encode pipeline. */
/** Force HDR in the harness; omitted/false preserves historical SDR-only test behavior. */
hdr?: boolean;
};
};
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ async function runTestSuite(
workers: suite.meta.renderConfig.workers,
useGpu: false,
debug: false,
hdr: suite.meta.renderConfig.hdr ?? false,
hdrMode: suite.meta.renderConfig.hdr ? "force-hdr" : "force-sdr",
});
await executeRenderJob(job, tempSrcDir, renderedOutputPath);
@@ -213,7 +213,8 @@ export interface RenderConfig {
* Output container format. Defaults to `"mp4"`; existing renders are
* unaffected unless this field is set explicitly.
*
* - `"mp4"`: H.264 (or H.265 + HDR10 when `hdr: true`). Opaque. The
* - `"mp4"`: H.264 by default, or H.265 + HDR10 when HDR auto-detect
* engages or `hdrMode: "force-hdr"` is set. Opaque. The
* default streaming/social deliverable. Faststart is applied so the
* `moov` atom sits at the file start and the file plays from a
* partial download.
@@ -256,8 +257,12 @@ export interface RenderConfig {
crf?: number;
/** Target video bitrate (e.g. "10M"). Mutually exclusive with `crf`. */
videoBitrate?: string;
/** Enable HDR color space probing on video/image sources. */
hdr?: boolean;
/** HDR rendering mode.
* - `auto` (default): probe sources; enable HDR if any HDR content is found.
* - `force-hdr`: enable HDR even on SDR-only compositions (falls back to HLG transfer).
* - `force-sdr`: skip probing entirely; always render SDR.
*/
hdrMode?: "auto" | "force-hdr" | "force-sdr";
}
export interface RenderPerfSummary {
@@ -1827,11 +1832,11 @@ export async function executeRenderJob(
// Probe ORIGINAL color spaces before extraction (which may convert SDR→HDR).
// This is needed to identify which videos are natively HDR vs converted-SDR
// for the two-pass compositing path. Gated by --hdr flag to avoid ffprobe
// overhead on SDR-only compositions.
// for the two-pass compositing path. Skipped only in force-sdr mode to
// avoid ffprobe overhead when the user has explicitly opted out.
const nativeHdrVideoIds = new Set<string>();
const videoTransfers = new Map<string, HdrTransfer>();
if (job.config.hdr && composition.videos.length > 0) {
if (job.config.hdrMode !== "force-sdr" && composition.videos.length > 0) {
await Promise.all(
composition.videos.map(async (v) => {
let videoPath = v.src;
@@ -1853,12 +1858,14 @@ export async function executeRenderJob(
// Probe images for HDR color spaces (16-bit PNGs tagged BT.2020 PQ/HLG).
// Mirrors the video probe loop above so image-only compositions can
// trigger HDR output without any video sources present.
// trigger HDR output without any video sources present. Skipped only in
// force-sdr mode to avoid ffprobe overhead when the user has explicitly
// opted out.
const nativeHdrImageIds = new Set<string>();
const imageTransfers = new Map<string, HdrTransfer>();
const hdrImageSrcPaths = new Map<string, string>();
const imageColorSpaces: (VideoColorSpace | null)[] = [];
if (job.config.hdr && composition.images.length > 0) {
if (job.config.hdrMode !== "force-sdr" && composition.images.length > 0) {
const probed = await Promise.all(
composition.images.map(async (img) => {
let imgPath = img.src;
@@ -1922,34 +1929,67 @@ export async function executeRenderJob(
}
// ── HDR auto-detection ──────────────────────────────────────────────
// When --hdr is set, analyze probed video AND image color spaces.
// If any HDR sources are found, output uses H.265 10-bit with the
// dominant transfer (PQ if any PQ source is present, otherwise HLG).
// Image-only compositions can trigger HDR output without any video.
// Analyze probed video AND image color spaces. In auto mode, any HDR
// source enables HDR output. force-hdr always enables HDR, and force-sdr
// always disables it. Image-only compositions can trigger HDR output
// without any video.
let effectiveHdr: { transfer: HdrTransfer } | undefined;
if (job.config.hdr) {
let forcedHdrWithoutSources = false;
{
const hdrMode = job.config.hdrMode ?? "auto";
const videoColorSpaces = (extractionResult?.extracted ?? []).map(
(ext) => ext.metadata.colorSpace,
);
const allColorSpaces = [...videoColorSpaces, ...imageColorSpaces];
if (allColorSpaces.length > 0) {
const info = analyzeCompositionHdr(allColorSpaces);
if (info.hasHdr && info.dominantTransfer) {
const info = allColorSpaces.length > 0 ? analyzeCompositionHdr(allColorSpaces) : null;
if (hdrMode === "force-sdr") {
effectiveHdr = undefined;
} else if (hdrMode === "force-hdr") {
if (info?.hasHdr && info.dominantTransfer) {
effectiveHdr = { transfer: info.dominantTransfer };
} else {
effectiveHdr = { transfer: "hlg" };
forcedHdrWithoutSources = true;
}
} else {
if (info?.hasHdr && info.dominantTransfer) {
effectiveHdr = { transfer: info.dominantTransfer };
}
}
}
if (effectiveHdr && outputFormat !== "mp4") {
const hdrSourceReason = forcedHdrWithoutSources
? "HDR was forced without detected HDR sources"
: "HDR source detected";
log.warn(
`[Render] HDR source detected but format is "${outputFormat}" — falling back to SDR. ` +
`[Render] ${hdrSourceReason}, but format is "${outputFormat}" — falling back to SDR. ` +
`HDR + alpha is not supported. Use --format mp4 for HDR10 output.`,
);
effectiveHdr = undefined;
}
if (effectiveHdr) {
log.info(
`[Render] HDR source detected — output: ${effectiveHdr.transfer.toUpperCase()} (BT.2020, 10-bit H.265)`,
);
{
const hdrMode = job.config.hdrMode ?? "auto";
if (forcedHdrWithoutSources) {
log.warn(
"[Render] HDR forced by --hdr flag, but no HDR sources were detected — defaulting to HLG. SDR-only compositions may look perceptually wrong on HDR displays.",
);
}
if (effectiveHdr) {
const reason =
hdrMode === "force-hdr"
? forcedHdrWithoutSources
? "forced by --hdr flag (no HDR sources detected — defaulting to HLG)"
: "forced by --hdr flag"
: "auto-detected from source(s)";
log.info(
`[Render] HDR ${reason} — output: ${effectiveHdr.transfer.toUpperCase()} (BT.2020, 10-bit H.265)`,
);
} else if (hdrMode === "force-sdr") {
log.info("[Render] SDR forced by --sdr flag");
} else {
log.info("[Render] No HDR sources detected — rendering SDR");
}
}
// ── Stage 3: Audio processing ───────────────────────────────────────
@@ -2139,8 +2179,8 @@ export async function executeRenderJob(
const videoOnlyPath = join(workDir, `video-only${videoExt}`);
// Only use the HDR encoder preset when there's HDR content to pass through —
// either native HDR videos OR native HDR images. For SDR-only compositions,
// --hdr is a no-op since H.265 10-bit causes browser color management issues
// (orange shift) with no quality benefit.
// auto mode stays SDR since H.265 10-bit causes browser color management
// issues (orange shift) with no quality benefit.
const nativeHdrIds = new Set([...nativeHdrVideoIds, ...nativeHdrImageIds]);
const hasHdrContent = effectiveHdr && nativeHdrIds.size > 0;
const encoderHdr = hasHdrContent ? effectiveHdr : undefined;