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hyperframes/packages/engine
JamesandClaude Opus 4.7 8c8dd6ad0c refactor(core,cli,engine): apply /simplify findings on getVariables PR
- core/runtime/getVariables.ts: collapse the noisy three-step type-guard
  re-cast into a single `Record<string, unknown>` narrow with early-continue
  guards. Same behaviour, ~6 lines shorter.
- cli/commands/render.ts: separate VariablesParseError from UI strings.
  parseVariablesArg now returns a kind-discriminated error
  (`conflict | read-error | parse-error | shape-error`) and the wrapper
  resolveVariablesArg owns the title/message mapping via
  `variablesErrorMessage`. Keeps the parser pure of presentation strings.
- cli/commands/render.test.ts: lift the `await import("./render.js")` into
  a `beforeAll`, add a typed `expectErr` helper, assert on the structured
  error kind instead of message-string regexes. Same coverage, less noise.
- engine/services/frameCapture.ts: replace the `as unknown as { ... }`
  double-cast with a single named `WindowWithVariables` alias inside the
  page closure.

All affected suites green (core getVariables 9, cli render 12, cli
dockerRunArgs 13).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-03 00:24:03 +00:00
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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