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terencecho 0986bd9e48 fix(player): drive composition ticks from widget-frame rAF via postMessage (#739)
* fix(player): drive composition ticks from widget-frame rAF via postMessage

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>

* fix(player): address review issues in parent tick clock

- _paused must be false before _startParentTickClock runs; otherwise
  the first RAF callback sees _paused=true and self-terminates immediately

- Guard _startParentTickClock behind this._ready && !this._directTimelineAdapter
  so tick messages aren't sent into an uninitialized iframe when play() is
  called before the composition probe has resolved

- Add clock.reachedEnd() check to onTick so end-of-composition handling
  (pause, seek-to-end, postState) runs even when the composition iframe
  RAF is fully throttled

- Stop the parent tick clock in seek() alongside _stopDirectTimelineClock
  to avoid burning CPU frames while paused after a scrub

- Add onTick to bridge.test.ts createMockDeps() and add a dispatch test

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* chore: bump versions to 0.6.5-alpha.0 for testing

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-13 14:01:53 -07:00
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hyperframes

CLI for creating, previewing, and rendering HTML video compositions.

Install

npm install -g hyperframes

Or use directly with npx:

npx hyperframes <command>

Requirements: Node.js >= 22, FFmpeg

Commands

init

Scaffold a new Hyperframes project from a template:

npx hyperframes init my-video
cd my-video

preview

Start the live preview studio in your browser:

npx hyperframes preview
# Studio running at http://localhost:3002

npx hyperframes preview --port 4567

render

Render a composition to MP4:

npx hyperframes render ./my-composition.html -o output.mp4

lint

Validate your Hyperframes HTML:

npx hyperframes lint ./my-composition
npx hyperframes lint ./my-composition --json      # JSON output for CI/tooling
npx hyperframes lint ./my-composition --verbose   # Include info-level findings

By default only errors and warnings are shown. Use --verbose to also display informational findings (e.g., external script dependency notices). Use --json for machine-readable output with errorCount, warningCount, infoCount, and a findings array.

compositions

List compositions found in the current project:

npx hyperframes compositions

benchmark

Run rendering benchmarks:

npx hyperframes benchmark ./my-composition.html

doctor

Check your environment for required dependencies (Chrome, FFmpeg, Node.js):

npx hyperframes doctor

browser

Manage the bundled Chrome/Chromium installation:

npx hyperframes browser

info

Print version and environment info:

npx hyperframes info

docs

Open the documentation in your browser:

npx hyperframes docs

upgrade

Check for updates and show upgrade instructions:

npx hyperframes upgrade
npx hyperframes upgrade --check --json  # machine-readable for agents

Documentation

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