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James Russo 1d636f603c refactor(producer): share plan execution builder (#2906)
## What

Refactor distributed planning around one shared local execution-plan builder:

- `buildLocalExecutionPlan()` now owns compile/probe/extract/audio/freeze.
- Legacy `plan()` remains a deprecated v1 transport wrapper.
- Plan v2 calls the shared builder directly and publishes through the existing manifest/CAS contract.
- Add neutral `createPlanV2FromExecutionPlan()`, `publishPlanV2FromExecutionPlan()`, `getPlanV2ExecutionPlanHash()`, and `PLAN_PROTOCOL_V1` names.
- Retain deprecated v1-named exports and wire aliases.
- Recommend explicit Plan v2 opt-in for new producer, Lambda, and Cloud Run integrations.

## Why

Plan v2 previously looked like it invoked a v1 planner even though v1 and v2 share the same frozen local execution representation. This removes that migration-era coupling while preserving the public minor-version compatibility contract.

## How

The shared builder returns neutral internal execution-plan fields. The v1 wrapper maps those fields back to the existing `PlanResult`; the v2 publisher consumes them directly.

Compatibility is intentional and covered by exact shape tests:

- omitted `planProtocol` still serializes/selects `"v1"`;
- v1 layouts, descriptor-less decoding, event unions, workflow branches, and exports remain;
- the v1 descriptor JSON is byte-identical and `CURRENT_PLAN_PROTOCOL` is an identity-preserving alias;
- v2 manifest bytes, key order, hash framing, and `sourcePlanV1Hash` wire key remain unchanged;
- no enumerable neutral hash field was added to manifests or returned result objects;
- v1/v2 result objects, cloud event payloads, and SDK handle key sets remain unchanged.

## Test plan

- Focused Plan v1/v2/protocol/export/size compatibility: 141 passed
- `@hyperframes/core`: 1,419 passed
- `@hyperframes/producer` unit lane: 990 passed
- `@hyperframes/aws-lambda`: 140 passed
- `@hyperframes/gcp-cloud-run`: 101 passed
- Producer, Lambda, and Cloud Run typechecks
- Repository-wide lint, format check, workspace/package-subpath checks
- Full workspace build
- `git diff --check`

- [x] Unit tests added/updated
- [ ] Manual testing performed
- [x] Documentation updated (if applicable)
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# @hyperframes/producer
Full HTML-to-video rendering pipeline: capture frames with Chrome's BeginFrame API, encode with FFmpeg, mix audio — all in one call.
## Install
```bash
npm install @hyperframes/producer
```
**Requirements:** Node.js >= 22, Chrome/Chromium (auto-downloaded), FFmpeg
## Usage
### Render a video
```typescript
import { createRenderJob, executeRenderJob } from "@hyperframes/producer";
const job = createRenderJob({
inputPath: "./my-composition.html",
outputPath: "./output.mp4",
width: 1920,
height: 1080,
fps: 30,
});
const result = await executeRenderJob(job, (progress) => {
console.log(`${Math.round(progress.percent * 100)}%`);
});
console.log(result.outputPath); // ./output.mp4
```
### Run as an HTTP server
The producer can also run as a render server, accepting render requests over HTTP:
```typescript
import { startServer } from "@hyperframes/producer";
await startServer({ port: 8080 });
// POST /render with a RenderConfig body
```
### Configuration
`RenderConfig` controls the render pipeline:
| Option | Default | Description |
| ------------------ | ------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `inputPath` | — | Path to the HTML composition |
| `outputPath` | — | Output video file path (or directory, for `format: "png-sequence"`) |
| `width` | 1920 | Frame width in pixels |
| `height` | 1080 | Frame height in pixels |
| `fps` | 30 | Frames per second (24, 30, or 60) |
| `quality` | `"standard"` | Encoder preset (`"draft"`, `"standard"`, `"high"`) |
| `format` | `"mp4"` | Output container — `"mp4"`, `"webm"`, `"mov"`, or `"png-sequence"`. See [Transparent Video Output](#transparent-video-output) below. |
| `videoFrameFormat` | `"auto"` | Source video frame extraction format — `"auto"`, `"jpg"`, or `"png"`. Use `"png"` for UI recordings, screen captures, and color-sensitive source videos. |
## Transparent Video Output
The producer can render HTML compositions to formats that carry a **true alpha channel** — not chroma key. The same composition that renders an opaque MP4 renders a layerable overlay when you set `format`.
| `format` | Codec / pixel format | Alpha | Audio | Use case |
| ----------------- | --------------------------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `"mp4"` (default) | H.264 (yuv420p) or H.265 + HDR10 | No | AAC | Streaming, social, default deliverable |
| `"webm"` | VP9 + yuva420p | **True alpha** | Opus | Web playback as overlay (`<video>` over background); supported in Chrome, Edge, Firefox |
| `"mov"` | ProRes 4444 + yuva444p10le | **True alpha + 10-bit** | AAC | Editor ingest (Premiere, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve) |
| `"png-sequence"` | Numbered RGBA PNGs in a directory | **Lossless alpha** | Sidecar `audio.aac` | After Effects / Nuke / Fusion, or pipelines that post-process frames before encoding |
### Example
```typescript
import { createRenderJob, executeRenderJob } from "@hyperframes/producer";
const job = createRenderJob({
inputPath: "./my-composition.html",
outputPath: "./output.webm", // or a directory for "png-sequence"
width: 1080,
height: 1920,
fps: 30,
format: "webm", // "mp4" | "webm" | "mov" | "png-sequence"
});
await executeRenderJob(job);
```
### What "transparent background" means here
The producer captures Chrome screenshots with the page background forced transparent (`html, body, [data-composition-id] { background: transparent !important }`) and the CDP default background override set to RGBA 0,0,0,0. The captured PNGs carry a real alpha channel and that channel is preserved end-to-end:
- VP9 (`webm`) is encoded with `-pix_fmt yuva420p`, `-auto-alt-ref 0`, `-cpu-used 4` by default, and `alpha_mode=1` metadata. Tune the speed/quality tradeoff with `PRODUCER_VP9_CPU_USED` (`-8` to `8`) or local CLI `--vp9-cpu-used`.
- ProRes 4444 (`mov`) is encoded with `-pix_fmt yuva444p10le`.
- PNG sequences are written without re-encoding (zero-padded `frame_NNNNNN.png`).
This is not chroma keying. There is no green/blue background to remove and no "key" tolerance to tune — pixels that were transparent in the browser are transparent in the output.
### Caveats
- **Linux + alpha forces screenshot capture.** Chrome's BeginFrame compositor (the default deterministic capture path on Linux headless-shell) does not preserve alpha; the orchestrator falls back to `Page.captureScreenshot`, which is slower per frame. macOS and Windows already use screenshot mode by default, so they are unaffected.
- **HDR + alpha is not supported.** Setting `hdr: true` together with an alpha-capable format logs a warning and falls back to SDR. Use `format: "mp4"` for HDR10 output.
- **`png-sequence` does not produce a single muxed file.** When the composition contains audio elements, an `audio.aac` sidecar is written alongside the PNGs in `outputPath`.
- **Safari + WebM alpha is incomplete.** For broad browser playback of an alpha video, ship `format: "mov"` to your editor and re-encode for the codec your distribution target supports.
### Authoring transparent compositions
Don't paint a fullscreen background in your HTML. The default body background is overridden to transparent automatically — any `body { background: ... }`, `#root { background: ... }`, or `[data-composition-id] { background: ... }` rule is force-overridden during alpha rendering. Backgrounds on inner elements (cards, scenes, components) are kept.
## Distributed rendering
For renders too large for a single machine, the producer ships a public set of distributed-render primitives. They are pure functions over local file paths — networking and orchestration live in adapter packages (Temporal, AWS Lambda + Step Functions, Cloud Run Jobs, K8s Jobs).
Plan v2 is recommended for new integrations. It publishes an immutable
manifest plus content-addressed artifacts and materializes only each worker's
declared dependencies:
```typescript
import { planV2, renderChunkV2, assembleV2 } from "@hyperframes/producer/distributed";
// Controller-side: produce a v2 manifest + local content-addressed store.
const planResult = await planV2(
projectDir,
{ fps: 30, width: 1920, height: 1080, format: "mp4" },
"/tmp/plan-v2",
);
const chunk = await renderChunkV2("/tmp/plan-v2", 0, "/tmp/chunks/0.mp4");
// Controller-side: stitch chunks into the final deliverable.
await assembleV2("/tmp/plan-v2", ["/tmp/chunks/0.mp4", "/tmp/chunks/1.mp4"], "/tmp/output.mp4");
```
Cloud adapters should use `planV2WithPublisher()` so artifacts publish
directly to object storage. The legacy `plan()` / `renderChunk()` /
`assemble()` v1 layout remains supported, and cloud SDKs still interpret an
omitted protocol as v1 for backwards compatibility.
The activity functions plus their result types are also re-exported from `@hyperframes/producer` so callers that pin the main package don't need a separate subpath import. Supported formats: `mp4` SDR, `mov` ProRes 4444, and `png-sequence`. webm and HDR mp4 trip a typed `FormatNotSupportedInDistributedError` — use the in-process renderer (`executeRenderJob`) for those.
## How it works
1. **Serve** — spins up a local file server for the HTML composition
2. **Capture** — opens the page in headless Chrome, seeks frame-by-frame via `HeadlessExperimental.beginFrame` (or `Page.captureScreenshot` for transparent / non-Linux renders), captures screenshots
3. **Encode** — pipes frames through FFmpeg (with GPU encoder detection and chunked concat). Skipped for `format: "png-sequence"`.
4. **Mix** — extracts `<audio>` elements and mixes them into the final video. For `png-sequence`, audio is written as an `audio.aac` sidecar.
5. **Finalize** — applies faststart for streaming-friendly MP4 (no-op for WebM, MOV, and `png-sequence`)
## Documentation
Full documentation: [hyperframes.heygen.com/packages/producer](https://hyperframes.heygen.com/packages/producer)
## Related packages
- [`@hyperframes/core`](../core) — types, parsers, frame adapters
- [`@hyperframes/engine`](../engine) — lower-level capture and encode primitives
- [`hyperframes`](../cli) — CLI