#!/usr/bin/env node
/**
* HTML animation → MP4 via Playwright recordVideo + ffmpeg.
*
* Requires: global playwright (`npm install -g playwright`), ffmpeg on PATH.
*
* Usage:
* NODE_PATH=$(npm root -g) node render-video.js \
* [--duration=30] [--width=1920] [--height=1080] \
* [--trim=] [--fontwait=1.5] [--readytimeout=8] \
* [--keep-chrome]
*
* Design:
* 1. Warmup context (no record) — caches fonts/assets, closes cleanly
* 2. Record context (fresh, recordVideo ON) — WebM starts writing at
* context creation. Babel-standalone compile + React mount +
* fonts.ready can take 1.5-3s, during which WebM writes black frames.
* We measure this by waiting for window.__ready (set by animations.jsx
* Stage component after first paint), then trim exactly that offset.
* 3. addInitScript injects CSS hiding "chrome" elements (progress bar,
* replay button, masthead, footer, etc.) that are fine for human
* debugging but shouldn't appear in exported video.
*
* Animation-ready signal:
* Set `window.__ready = true` in your HTML after first paint. This tells
* the recorder "animation has started rendering — treat now as t=0".
* If you use animations.jsx, Stage does this automatically. Otherwise
* add: `document.fonts.ready.then(() => requestAnimationFrame(() => { window.__ready = true }));`
* after your first render call.
*
* Without __ready, falls back to --fontwait=1.5s (may leave 1-2s of black
* at the start). Pass --trim= to override manually.
*
* Chrome elements hidden by default (all common class names + `.no-record`
* convention). Pass --keep-chrome to disable this and see raw HTML.
*
* Output: next to the HTML file, same basename with .mp4 suffix.
*/
const { chromium } = require('playwright');
const path = require('path');
const fs = require('fs');
const { spawnSync } = require('child_process');
function arg(name, def) {
const p = process.argv.find(a => a.startsWith('--' + name + '='));
return p ? p.slice(name.length + 3) : def;
}
function hasFlag(name) {
return process.argv.includes('--' + name);
}
const HTML_FILE = process.argv[2];
if (!HTML_FILE || HTML_FILE.startsWith('--')) {
console.error('Usage: node render-video.js ');
console.error('Example: NODE_PATH=$(npm root -g) node render-video.js my-animation.html');
process.exit(1);
}
const DURATION = parseFloat(arg('duration', '30'));
const WIDTH = parseInt(arg('width', '1920'));
const HEIGHT = parseInt(arg('height', '1080'));
const TRIM_OVERRIDE = arg('trim', null); // manual override (seconds). If unset, auto-detected.
const FONT_WAIT = parseFloat(arg('fontwait', '1.5')); // fallback when no __ready signal
const READY_TIMEOUT = parseFloat(arg('readytimeout', '8'));
const KEEP_CHROME = hasFlag('keep-chrome');
const HTML_ABS = path.resolve(HTML_FILE);
const BASENAME = path.basename(HTML_FILE, path.extname(HTML_FILE));
const DIR = path.dirname(HTML_ABS);
const TMP_DIR = path.join(DIR, '.video-tmp-' + Date.now() + '-' + process.pid);
const MP4_OUT = path.join(DIR, BASENAME + '.mp4');
// CSS to hide "chrome" elements during recording.
// Covers class-name conventions seen across skill-built animations,
// plus a `.no-record` explicit opt-out class.
const HIDE_CHROME_CSS = `
.no-record,
.progress, .progress-bar,
.counter, .tCur,
.phases, .phase-label, .phase,
.replay, button.replay,
.masthead, .kicker, .title,
.footer,
[data-role="chrome"], [data-record="hidden"] {
display: none !important;
}
`;
console.log(`▸ Rendering: ${HTML_FILE}`);
console.log(` size: ${WIDTH}x${HEIGHT} · duration: ${DURATION}s · hide-chrome: ${!KEEP_CHROME}`);
console.log(` output: ${MP4_OUT}`);
(async () => {
fs.mkdirSync(TMP_DIR, { recursive: true });
const browser = await chromium.launch();
const url = 'file://' + HTML_ABS;
// ── Phase 1: WARMUP (no recording, caches fonts/assets) ─────────────
console.log('▸ Warmup (caching fonts)…');
const warmupCtx = await browser.newContext({
viewport: { width: WIDTH, height: HEIGHT },
});
const warmupPage = await warmupCtx.newPage();
// 'load' not 'networkidle' — unpkg/Google Fonts can keep connections alive
// past our 30s budget even after all critical resources are in. __ready
// flag + FONT_WAIT handle animation-readiness properly.
await warmupPage.goto(url, { waitUntil: 'load', timeout: 60000 });
await warmupPage.waitForTimeout(FONT_WAIT * 1000);
await warmupCtx.close();
// ── Phase 2: RECORD (fresh context, animation from t=0) ─────────────
console.log('▸ Recording (clean start)…');
const recordCtx = await browser.newContext({
viewport: { width: WIDTH, height: HEIGHT },
deviceScaleFactor: 1,
recordVideo: {
dir: TMP_DIR,
size: { width: WIDTH, height: HEIGHT },
},
});
// Tell the page it's being recorded — animations.jsx Stage reads this
// and forces loop=false so the export ends on the final frame instead of
// capturing the start of the next cycle. Hand-written Stage components
// should also honor this signal (see animation-pitfalls.md §13).
await recordCtx.addInitScript(() => { window.__recording = true; });
// Inject CSS + JS heuristic to hide "chrome" elements.
// Two layers:
// A. CSS selectors for common class-name conventions (cheap)
// B. JS heuristic for fixed-position bars containing buttons or time
// readouts (catches inline-styled chrome like controls)
// Persists across reloads via addInitScript.
if (!KEEP_CHROME) {
await recordCtx.addInitScript(css => {
const HIDE_MARK = 'data-video-hidden';
function injectStyle() {
const style = document.createElement('style');
style.setAttribute('data-inject', 'render-video-chrome-hide');
style.textContent = css;
(document.head || document.documentElement).appendChild(style);
}
function hideChromeBars() {
const vh = window.innerHeight;
document.querySelectorAll('div, nav, header, footer, section, aside')
.forEach(el => {
if (el.hasAttribute(HIDE_MARK)) return;
if (el.dataset.recordKeep === 'true') return;
const s = getComputedStyle(el);
if (s.position !== 'fixed' && s.position !== 'sticky') return;
const r = el.getBoundingClientRect();
// Only skinny bars (not full-screen overlays)
if (r.height > vh * 0.25) return;
const atBottom = r.bottom >= vh - 30;
const atTop = r.top <= 30 && r.height < 80;
if (!atBottom && !atTop) return;
// Chrome-like: contains button or scrubber/time glyphs
const txt = el.textContent || '';
const hasBtn = !!el.querySelector('button, [role="button"]');
const hasCtrls = /[⏸▶⏮⏭↻↺↩↪]|\d+\.\d+\s*s/.test(txt);
if (hasBtn || hasCtrls) {
el.style.setProperty('display', 'none', 'important');
el.setAttribute(HIDE_MARK, '1');
}
});
}
const start = () => {
injectStyle();
hideChromeBars();
// Re-run as React/Vue commits DOM changes
const obs = new MutationObserver(hideChromeBars);
obs.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });
setTimeout(() => obs.disconnect(), 6000);
};
if (document.readyState === 'loading') {
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', start, { once: true });
} else {
start();
}
}, HIDE_CHROME_CSS);
}
// Record context opens page. The WebM starts writing the moment the
// context is created — so we track T0 here and measure how many seconds
// elapse before the animation is actually ready (Babel compile + React
// mount + fonts.ready). That elapsed time = exact trim offset.
const T0 = Date.now();
const page = await recordCtx.newPage();
await page.goto(url, { waitUntil: 'load', timeout: 60000 });
// Wait for animation ready signal. Stage component (animations.jsx) sets
// window.__ready = true on its first rAF after mount + fonts.ready.
// Fallback: if HTML doesn't set __ready within READY_TIMEOUT, use fontwait.
let animationStartSec;
const hasReady = await page.waitForFunction(
() => window.__ready === true,
{ timeout: READY_TIMEOUT * 1000 },
).then(() => true).catch(() => false);
if (hasReady) {
// 第二道防线:主动把动画 time 归零——对付 HTML 不严格遵守 starter tick 模板
// 的情况(例如 lastTick 用 performance.now() 导致字体加载时间被算进首帧 dt)
// 详见 references/animation-pitfalls.md §12
const seekCorrected = await page.evaluate(() => {
if (typeof window.__seek === 'function') {
window.__seek(0);
return true;
}
return false;
});
if (seekCorrected) {
// 等两个 rAF 让 seek 生效并渲染出 t=0 的画面
await page.evaluate(() => new Promise(r => requestAnimationFrame(() => requestAnimationFrame(r))));
}
animationStartSec = (Date.now() - T0) / 1000;
console.log(`▸ Ready at ${animationStartSec.toFixed(2)}s (from window.__ready${seekCorrected ? ' + __seek(0) correction' : ''})`);
} else {
await page.waitForTimeout(FONT_WAIT * 1000);
animationStartSec = (Date.now() - T0) / 1000;
// Fallback offset is unreliable: animation may have started in raf loop
// already, so trim could land mid-cycle. Add 0.5s safety margin (see
// animation-pitfalls.md §13). Loud warning so user knows to fix the HTML.
console.log('');
console.log(` ⚠️ WARNING: window.__ready signal not detected within ${READY_TIMEOUT}s`);
console.log(` Recording will use fallback trim of ${animationStartSec.toFixed(2)}s + 0.5s safety margin.`);
console.log(` This is UNRELIABLE — your video may start mid-animation or skip frames.`);
console.log('');
console.log(` FIX: in your HTML's animation tick (or rAF first frame), add:`);
console.log(` window.__ready = true;`);
console.log(` animations.jsx-based HTML does this automatically. If you wrote your`);
console.log(` own Stage, see references/animation-pitfalls.md §12 for the pattern.`);
console.log('');
}
// Now let the animation play out its full duration
await page.waitForTimeout(DURATION * 1000 + 300);
await page.close();
await recordCtx.close();
await browser.close();
const webmFiles = fs.readdirSync(TMP_DIR).filter(f => f.endsWith('.webm'));
if (webmFiles.length === 0) {
console.error('✗ No webm produced');
process.exit(1);
}
const webmPath = path.join(TMP_DIR, webmFiles[0]);
console.log(`▸ WebM: ${(fs.statSync(webmPath).size / 1024 / 1024).toFixed(1)} MB`);
// Resolve final trim offset:
// - manual --trim=X → use X (explicit user override)
// - hasReady → animationStartSec + 0.05s (Babel-commit nudge)
// - fallback (no __ready) → animationStartSec + 0.5s safety margin (raf
// loop may have started running already; without
// this we'd capture mid-cycle frames)
const resolvedTrim = TRIM_OVERRIDE !== null
? parseFloat(TRIM_OVERRIDE)
: animationStartSec + (hasReady ? 0.05 : 0.5);
console.log(`▸ ffmpeg: trim=${resolvedTrim.toFixed(2)}s${TRIM_OVERRIDE !== null ? ' (manual)' : ' (auto)'}, encode H.264…`);
const ffmpeg = spawnSync('ffmpeg', [
'-y',
'-ss', String(resolvedTrim),
'-i', webmPath,
'-t', String(DURATION),
'-c:v', 'libx264',
'-pix_fmt', 'yuv420p',
'-crf', '18',
'-preset', 'medium',
'-movflags', '+faststart',
MP4_OUT,
], { stdio: ['ignore', 'ignore', 'pipe'] });
if (ffmpeg.status !== 0) {
console.error('✗ ffmpeg failed:\n' + ffmpeg.stderr.toString().slice(-2000));
process.exit(1);
}
fs.rmSync(TMP_DIR, { recursive: true, force: true });
const mp4Size = (fs.statSync(MP4_OUT).size / 1024 / 1024).toFixed(1);
console.log(`✓ Done: ${MP4_OUT} (${mp4Size} MB)`);
})();