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@remotion/renderer

The @remotion/renderer package provides APIs for rendering video server-side. The package is also internally used by the Remotion CLI and Remotion Lambda.

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The configuration file has no effect when using these APIs.

Installation

npm i --save-exact @remotion/renderer@4.0.177
npm i --save-exact @remotion/renderer@4.0.177
This assumes you are currently using v4.0.177 of Remotion.
Also update remotion and all `@remotion/*` packages to the same version.
Remove all ^ character in front of the version numbers of it as it can lead to a version conflict.

Server-side rendering examples

See the Server-side rendering for some examples of how to use server-side rendering.

Available functions

The following APIs are available in the @remotion/renderer package:

What's the difference between renderMedia() and renderFrames()?

In Remotion 3.0, we added the renderMedia() API which combines renderFrames() and stitchFramesToVideo() into one simplified step and performs the render faster. Prefer renderMedia() if you can.