* 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>
## Summary
This PR ended up covering the full HDR Docker/docs follow-through plus the producer/engine work needed to make HDR still images render and regress correctly in CI.
The branch now does four things:
- forwards `--hdr` through the Docker render path in the CLI
- adds and expands HDR documentation across the docs site
- adds first-class HDR still-image support to the engine/producer pipeline
- adds targeted HDR regression coverage, including a CI-safe fallback for PNG HDR metadata detection when `ffprobe` does not expose PNG color tags
## What changed
### CLI and docs
- `hyperframes render --docker --hdr` now preserves `--hdr` when invoking the in-container CLI
- added a dedicated HDR guide and linked it from CLI, producer, engine, rendering, and common-mistakes docs
- documented HDR constraints and verification flow: HDR source requirements, MP4/H.265 Main10 output, PQ/HLG handling, Docker usage, and common SDR fallback causes
### Engine and producer HDR image support
- added `ImageElement` support to the engine composition model and parsing path
- threaded image elements through producer compilation and orchestration
- probed image sources for HDR color spaces so image-only compositions can trigger HDR output without requiring an HDR video source
- included HDR image start times in stacking queries so the layered compositor can place images correctly in z-order
- integrated HDR image compositing into the layered HDR render loop alongside native HDR video layers and SDR DOM overlays
- forced screenshot mode for HDR layered compositing where required to keep DOM/HDR layer composition deterministic
- skipped readiness waiting for natively extracted HDR videos in the engine path where it was unnecessary and could block layered HDR flows
### HDR metadata robustness
- added a fallback in `extractVideoMetadata()` to read PNG `cICP` metadata directly when `ffprobe` omits color-space fields for PNGs
- this specifically fixes CI/Docker detection for the `hdr-image-only` fixture, where the render was falling back to SDR because the PNG was not being recognized as BT.2020 PQ
### Regression coverage and fixture cleanup
- added `hdr-image-only`, a regression fixture that validates HDR still-image rendering end to end
- added `hdr-pq`, a focused HDR PQ regression fixture for the video path
- updated regression CI to run an `hdr` shard with `--sequential hdr-pq hdr-image-only`
- removed the older larger `hdr-regression/*` fixture set in favor of the smaller targeted regressions used by CI
- added the necessary fixture generation/readme material and checked-in golden outputs for the new HDR tests
## Why
The original PR description only covered the CLI flag forwarding and docs work. Since then, the branch also picked up the missing runtime support needed for HDR still images and the regression coverage to keep that path from breaking.
The practical issue this closes is:
- local host runs could pass while CI failed `hdr-image-only`
- the failure was a full-frame visual mismatch caused by SDR fallback, not unstable rendering
- root cause was PNG HDR metadata not being surfaced by `ffprobe` in the CI Docker environment
- parsing the PNG `cICP` chunk directly makes HDR detection deterministic across environments
## Test plan
### Local targeted checks
```bash
bunx oxlint packages/engine/src/utils/ffprobe.ts packages/engine/src/utils/ffprobe.test.ts
bunx oxfmt packages/engine/src/utils/ffprobe.ts packages/engine/src/utils/ffprobe.test.ts
bun --cwd packages/engine test src/utils/ffprobe.test.ts src/utils/hdr.test.ts
```
### Producer regression runs on host
```bash
bun run --cwd packages/core build:hyperframes-runtime:modular
bun --cwd packages/producer test -- --sequential --exclude-tags slow,render-compat,hdr
bun --cwd packages/producer test -- --sequential hdr-pq hdr-image-only
```
Observed result:
- `fast` shard: 7 passed, 0 failed
- `hdr` shard: 2 passed, 0 failed
### CI-equivalent Docker verification
```bash
docker build -f Dockerfile.test -t hyperframes-producer:test .
docker run --rm \
--security-opt seccomp=unconfined \
--shm-size=4g \
-v "$PWD/packages/producer/tests:/app/packages/producer/tests" \
hyperframes-producer:test \
--sequential hdr-pq hdr-image-only
```
Observed result:
- `hdr-image-only`: passed
- `hdr-pq`: passed
- shard summary: 2 passed, 0 failed
### Specific regression fixed
Before the PNG `cICP` fallback, the Docker/CI run failed `hdr-image-only` with:
- missing `"[Render] HDR source detected — output: PQ ..."` log line
- full-frame visual mismatch across all 100 checkpoints
- PSNR ~17 on every frame, indicating a consistent SDR-vs-HDR pipeline mismatch
After the fallback, the same Docker path recognizes the PNG as HDR and the shard passes.
- Engine: document getEncoderPreset() for MP4/WebM, VP9 alpha flags,
Opus audio in mux step
- Producer: document format field in RenderConfig, WebM usage example,
pipeline steps updated for WebM
- CLI: add render command examples in --help (including WebM overlay)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Major improvements across all 18 pages:
- Use Mintlify components: <Steps> for tutorials, <Tabs> for alternatives,
<CodeGroup> for multi-platform commands, <Tree> for directory structures,
<AccordionGroup> for FAQ/scannable content, <Mermaid> for diagrams
- Add filename annotations to all code blocks (e.g., ```html index.html)
- Add numbered comments inside multi-step code examples
- Show expected terminal output after CLI commands
- Add "When to use" / "When NOT to use" sections to all package pages
- Add "Next Steps" CardGroup to every page (no dead-end pages)
- Cross-link between pages at point of curiosity (not just "see also" dumps)
- Expand thin pages (engine, studio) with architecture details and examples
- Add decision guides (rendering modes, template selection)
- Use <Warning> and <Note> sparingly (max 2-3 per page)
Also adds DOCS_GUIDELINES.md at repo root with writing standards.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
