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Vance Ingalls 2e44602f99 fix(engine,producer): apply software-GPU screenshot invariant at concrete-resolved point
Addresses Miguel's R1 blockers:

1. `browserGpuMode: "auto"` that runtime-probes to software slipped past the
   `resolveConfig` clamp — that clamp only sees the pre-resolve string. Add
   `shouldClampToScreenshotForConcreteGpu(resolvedGpuMode, currentForceScreenshot, env)`
   in `packages/engine/src/config.ts` and apply it at BOTH concrete-resolution
   sites:
   - `packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture.ts`: downgrades `preMode`
     from "beginframe" to "screenshot" when resolved GPU is software (respects
     `PRODUCER_FORCE_SCREENSHOT=false` env opt-out), fixing the routing.
   - `packages/producer/src/services/renderOrchestrator.ts`: updates
     `captureObservability.forceScreenshot` (and thus `captureMode`) at the
     same call site, fixing the observability truth on the auto → software
     case.

2. New unit tests in `config.test.ts`:
   - Documents the auto-branch gap (resolveConfig leaves auto as
     forceScreenshot=false — the runtime companion closes it).
   - 5 branch tests on `shouldClampToScreenshotForConcreteGpu` covering
     software / hardware / already-forced / env-opt-out / non-"false" env
     values.
   Full suite: 56/56 pass.

Scope narrowing on Blocker 2: the distributed rendering path at
`packages/producer/src/services/distributed/plan.ts:753-754` and
`renderChunk.ts:462-466` explicitly hardcodes `browserGpuMode:"software",
forceScreenshot:false` post-resolveConfig and stays outside this PR's
invariant boundary. `compileStage` may still flip it to true for alpha
formats, but generic MP4 distributed renders on SwiftShader hosts remain
BeginFrame. That's a separate architectural cleanup (needs its own
behavior-change trace); the PR body now scopes the invariant to the
in-process CLI/orchestrator path.
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@hyperframes/engine

Seekable web-page-to-video rendering engine built on Puppeteer and FFmpeg.

Framework-agnostic: works with GSAP, Lottie, Three.js, CSS animations, or any web content that implements the window.__hf seek protocol.

Install

npm install @hyperframes/engine

Requirements: Node.js >= 22, Chrome/Chromium (auto-downloaded by Puppeteer), FFmpeg

What it does

The engine opens your HTML composition in a headless Chrome instance, seeks frame-by-frame using Chrome's HeadlessExperimental.beginFrame API, captures screenshots, and encodes them into video with FFmpeg.

Key services

Service Description
browserManager Launches and pools headless Chrome instances (chrome-headless-shell)
frameCapture Manages capture sessions — seek, screenshot, buffer lifecycle
screenshotService BeginFrame-based capture with CDP (Chrome DevTools Protocol)
chunkEncoder FFmpeg encoding with chunked concat, GPU detection, faststart
streamingEncoder Pipe frames to FFmpeg in real time (no intermediate PNGs on disk)
audioMixer Parse <audio> elements and mix audio tracks via FFmpeg
videoFrameExtractor Extract frames from <video> elements for compositing
parallelCoordinator Split frame ranges across worker processes
fileServer Serve local HTML files to the browser via Hono

Usage

import {
  acquireBrowser,
  releaseBrowser,
  createCaptureSession,
  initializeSession,
  captureFrame,
  closeCaptureSession,
} from "@hyperframes/engine";

// 1. Launch browser
const browser = await acquireBrowser({ captureMode: "beginFrame" });

// 2. Open a capture session
const session = createCaptureSession({
  browser: browser.browser,
  url: "http://localhost:3000/my-composition.html",
  width: 1920,
  height: 1080,
  fps: 30,
});
await initializeSession(session);

// 3. Capture frames
for (let i = 0; i < totalFrames; i++) {
  await captureFrame(session, i, `/tmp/frames/frame-${i}.png`);
}

// 4. Clean up
await closeCaptureSession(session);
await releaseBrowser(browser);

Most users should use @hyperframes/producer or the hyperframes CLI instead of calling the engine directly.

Documentation

Full documentation: hyperframes.heygen.com/packages/engine