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Vance Ingalls 53e1aeaadc fix(producer): wire --crf and --video-bitrate CLI overrides into encoders (#372)
## Summary

Re-wire the `--crf` and `--video-bitrate` CLI flags through the three encoder spawn sites in `renderOrchestrator.ts`. They were defined and parsed in the CLI but silently dropped before reaching ffmpeg.

## Why

`Chunk 10` of `plans/hdr-followups.md`. PR #292 originally wired these through with a `baseEncoderOpts` object using `effectiveQuality`/`effectiveBitrate`; PR #268 rewrote the encode paths and reverted to `preset.quality` only, accidentally dropping the override. This is a user-facing regression — `hyperframes render --crf 18` was being silently ignored.

## What changed

- At the three encoder spawn sites (HDR streaming, SDR streaming, disk-based encode), `quality` defaults to `preset.quality` but is overridden by `job.config.crf` when set, and `bitrate` is set from `job.config.videoBitrate`. Mutual exclusivity is enforced upstream in the CLI, so we don't re-check it here.
- Fix the contradictory note in `docs/packages/cli.mdx` that claimed CRF/bitrate were now driven only by `--quality`. The flags table now lists `--crf` and `--video-bitrate` consistent with `docs/guides/rendering.mdx`.

## Test plan

- [x] `hyperframes render --crf 18 ...` now respects the CRF override (verified via ffprobe of the encoded output).
- [x] `hyperframes render --hdr ...` still works (no behavior change at the default path).
- [x] `hyperframes render --help` shows all flags consistent with the docs.

## Stack

Chunk 10 of `plans/hdr-followups.md`. Independent of all other chunks.
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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

npm install @hyperframes/producer

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

Usage

Render a video

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:

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
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")

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, captures screenshots
  3. Encode — pipes frames through FFmpeg (with GPU encoder detection and chunked concat)
  4. Mix — extracts <audio> elements and mixes them into the final video
  5. Finalize — applies faststart for streaming-friendly MP4

Documentation

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