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hyperframes/packages/core
terencechoandClaude Sonnet 4.6 c08e8b2322 fix(player): drive composition ticks from widget-frame rAF via postMessage (#805)
Chromium throttles requestAnimationFrame in deeply nested cross-origin
iframes. In Claude desktop (Electron), the composition iframe's own rAF
loop stalls, so GSAP is never seeked and animation freezes even when
TransportClock.isPlaying() is true.

The correct fix is to drive ticks from the widget-frame rAF, which lives
one level up and is not subject to the same throttling. When play() takes
the runtime bridge path (no direct timeline adapter), the player now starts
a parent-frame rAF loop that sends "tick" postMessages to the composition
iframe on every frame. The runtime's control bridge handles "tick" by calling
seekTimelineAndAdapters(clock.now()) if the clock is playing — identical to
what transportTick does on each rAF, just driven from outside.

The composition iframe's own rAF loop is unchanged and keeps running
normally in standard browsers. Seeking GSAP twice per frame is idempotent,
so there is no regression on claude.ai or any other non-throttled environment.

Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-13 15:29:48 -07:00
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@hyperframes/core

Types, parsers, generators, compiler, linter, runtime, and frame adapters for the Hyperframes video framework.

Install

npm install @hyperframes/core

Most users don't need to install core directly — the CLI, producer, and studio packages depend on it internally.

What's inside

Module Description
Types TimelineElement, CompositionSpec, Asset, canvas dimensions, defaults
Parsers parseHtml — extract timeline elements from HTML; parseGsapScript — parse GSAP animations
Generators generateHyperframesHtml — produce valid Hyperframes HTML from a composition spec
Compiler compileTimingAttrs — resolve data-start / data-duration into absolute times
Linter lintHyperframeHtml — validate Hyperframes HTML (missing attributes, overlapping tracks, etc.)
Runtime IIFE script injected into the browser — manages seek, media playback, and the window.__hf protocol
Frame Adapters Pluggable animation drivers (GSAP, Lottie, CSS, or custom)

Frame Adapters

A frame adapter tells the engine how to seek your animation to a specific frame:

import { createGSAPFrameAdapter } from "@hyperframes/core";

const adapter = createGSAPFrameAdapter({
  getTimeline: () => gsap.timeline(),
  compositionId: "my-video",
});

Implement FrameAdapter for custom animation runtimes:

import type { FrameAdapter } from "@hyperframes/core";

const myAdapter: FrameAdapter = {
  id: "my-adapter",
  getDurationFrames: () => 300,
  seekFrame: (frame) => {
    /* seek your animation */
  },
};

Parsing and generating HTML

import { parseHtml, generateHyperframesHtml } from "@hyperframes/core";

const { elements, metadata } = parseHtml(htmlString);
const html = generateHyperframesHtml(spec);

Linting

import { lintHyperframeHtml } from "@hyperframes/core/lint";

const result = lintHyperframeHtml(htmlString);
// result.findings: { severity, message, elementId }[]

Documentation

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