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npx remotion lambda render

Using the npx remotion lambda render command, you can render a video in the cloud.

The structure of a command is as follows:

npx remotion lambda render <serve-url> [<composition-id>] [<output-location>]
npx remotion lambda render <serve-url> [<composition-id>] [<output-location>]

Arguments:

  • Obtain a Serve URL using the sites create command or by calling deploySite().
  • The Composition ID. If not specified, the list of compositions will be fetched and you can choose a composition.
  • The output-location parameter is optional. If you don't specify it, the video is stored in your S3 bucket. If you specify a location, it gets downloaded to your device in an additional step.

Example commands​

Rendering a video:

npx remotion lambda render https://remotionlambda-abcdef.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/sites/testbed/index.html my-comp
npx remotion lambda render https://remotionlambda-abcdef.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/sites/testbed/index.html my-comp

Rendering a video and saving it to out/video.mp4:

npx remotion lambda render https://remotionlambda-abcdef.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/sites/testbed/index.html my-comp out/video.mp4
npx remotion lambda render https://remotionlambda-abcdef.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/sites/testbed/index.html my-comp out/video.mp4

Using the shorthand serve URL:

npx remotion lambda render testbed my-comp
npx remotion lambda render testbed my-comp
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If you are using the shorthand serve URL, you have to pass a composition ID. Available compositions can only be fetched if a complete serve URL is passed.

Passing in input props:

npx remotion lambda render --props='{"hi": "there"}' testbed my-comp
npx remotion lambda render --props='{"hi": "there"}' testbed my-comp

Printing debug information including a CloudWatch link:

npx remotion lambda render --log=verbose testbed my-comp
npx remotion lambda render --log=verbose testbed my-comp

Keeping the output video private:

npx remotion lambda render --privacy=private testbed my-comp
npx remotion lambda render --privacy=private testbed my-comp

Rendering only the audio:

npx remotion lambda render --codec=mp3 testbed my-comp
npx remotion lambda render --codec=mp3 testbed my-comp

Flags​

--region​

The AWS region to select. Both project and function should be in this region.

--props​

React Props to pass to the root component of your video. Must be a serialized JSON string (--props='{"hello": "world"}') or a path to a JSON file (./path/to/props.json).

--log​

Log level to be used inside the Lambda function. Also, if you set it to verbose, a link to CloudWatch will be printed where you can inspect logs.

--privacy​

One of:

  • "public" (default): The rendered media is publicly accessible under the S3 URL.
  • "private": The rendered media is not publicly available, but signed links can be created using presignUrl().
  • "no-acl" (available from v.3.1.7): The ACL option is not being set at all, this option is useful if you are writing to another bucket that does not support ACL using outName.

--max-retries​

How many times a single chunk is being retried if it fails to render. Default 1.

--frames-per-lambda​

How many frames should be rendered in a single Lambda function. Increase it to require less Lambda functions to render the video, decrease it to make the render faster.

Default value: Dependant on video length
Minimum value: 4

note

The framesPerLambda parameter cannot result in more than 200 functions being spawned. See: Concurrency

--concurrency-per-lambdav3.0.30​

By default, each Lambda function renders with concurrency 1 (one open browser tab). You may use the option to customize this value.

--jpeg-quality​

Value between 0 and 100 for JPEG rendering quality. Doesn't work when PNG frames are rendered.

--quality​

Renamed to jpegQuality in v4.0.0.

--mutedv3.2.1​

Disables audio output. This option may only be used when rendering a video.

--codec​

h264 or h265 (supported since v4.0.32) or png or vp8 or mp3 or aac or wav or prores. If you don't supply --codec, it will use h264.

--audio-codecv3.3.42​

Set the format of the audio that is embedded in the video. Not all codec and audio codec combinations are supported and certain combinations require a certain file extension and container format. See the table in the docs to see possible combinations.

--audio-bitratev3.2.32​

Specify the target bitrate for the generated video. The syntax for FFmpeg's -b:a parameter should be used. FFmpeg may encode the video in a way that will not result in the exact audio bitrate specified. Example values: 512K for 512 kbps, 1M for 1 Mbps. Default: 320k

--video-bitratev3.2.32​

Specify the target bitrate for the generated video. The syntax for FFmpeg's-b:v parameter should be used. FFmpeg may encode the video in a way that will not result in the exact video bitrate specified. Example values: 512K for 512 kbps, 1M for 1 Mbps.

--prores-profile​

Set the ProRes profile. This option is only valid if the codec has been set to prores. Possible values: 4444-xq, 4444, hq, standard, light, proxy. See here for explanation of possible values. Default: hq.

--x264-preset​

Sets a x264 preset profile. Only applies to videos rendered with h264 codec.
Possible values: superfast, veryfast, faster, fast, medium, slow, slower, veryslow, placebo.
Default: medium

--crf​

To set Constant Rate Factor (CRF) of the output. Minimum 0. Use this rate control mode if you want to keep the best quality and care less about the file size.

--pixel-format​

Set a custom pixel format. See here for available values.

--image-format​

jpeg or png - JPEG is faster, but doesn't support transparency. The default image format is jpeg.

--scale​

Scales the output frames by the factor you pass in. For example, a 1280x720px frame will become a 1920x1080px frame with a scale factor of 1.5. Vector elements like fonts and HTML markups will be rendered with extra details.

--env-file​

Specify a location for a dotenv file - Default .env. Read about how environment variables work in Remotion.

--frames​

Render a subset of a video. Example: --frames=0-9 to select the first 10 frames. To render a still, use the still command.

--every-nth-framev3.1.0​

Render only every nth frame. This option may only be set when rendering GIFs. This allows you to lower the FPS of the GIF.

For example only every second frame, every third frame and so on. Only works for rendering GIFs. See here for more details.

--number-of-gif-loopsv3.1.0​

Allows you to set the number of loops as follows:
  • null (or omitting in the CLI) plays the GIF indefinitely.
  • 0 disables looping
  • 1 loops the GIF once (plays twice in total)
  • 2 loops the GIF twice (plays three times in total) and so on.

--out-name​

The file name of the media output as stored in the S3 bucket. By default, it is out plus the appropriate file extension, for example: out.mp4. Must match /([0-9a-zA-Z-!_.*'()/]+)/g.

--overwritev3.2.25​

If a custom out name is specified and a file already exists at this key in the S3 bucket, decide whether that file will be deleted before the render begins. Default false.

An existing file at the output S3 key will conflict with the render and must be deleted beforehand. If this setting is false and a conflict occurs, an error will be thrown.

--webhookv3.2.30​

Sets a webhook to be called when the render finishes or fails. renderMediaOnLambda() -> webhook.url. To be used together with --webhook-secret.

--webhook-secretv3.2.30​

Sets a webhook secret for the webhook (see above). renderMediaOnLambda() -> webhook.secret. To be used together with --webhook.

--heightv3.2.40​

Overrides composition height.

--widthv3.2.40​

Overrides composition width.

--function-namev3.3.38​

Specify the name of the function which should be used to invoke and orchestrate the render. You only need to pass it if there are multiple functions with different configurations.

--renderer-function-namev3.3.38​

If specified, this function will be used for rendering the individual chunks. This is useful if you want to use a function with higher or lower power for rendering the chunks than the main orchestration function.

If you want to use this option, the function must be in the same region, the same account and have the same version as the main function.

--force-bucket-namev3.3.42​

Specify a specific bucket name to be used. This is not recommended, instead let Remotion discover the right bucket automatically.

--ignore-certificate-errors​

Results in invalid SSL certificates in Chrome, such as self-signed ones, being ignored.

--disable-web-security​

This will most notably disable CORS in Chrome among other security features.

--gl​

Changelog
  • From Remotion v2.6.7 until v3.0.7, the default for Remotion Lambda was swiftshader, but from v3.0.8 the default is swangle (Swiftshader on Angle) since Chrome 101 added support for it.
  • From Remotion v2.4.3 until v2.6.6, the default was angle, however it turns out to have a small memory leak that could crash long Remotion renders.

Select the OpenGL renderer backend for Chromium.
Accepted values:

  • "angle"
  • "egl"
  • "swiftshader"
  • "swangle"
  • "vulkan" (from Remotion v4.0.41)
  • "angle-egl" (from Remotion v4.0.51)

The default is null, letting Chrome decide, except on Lambda where the default is "swangle"

--user-agentv3.3.83​

Lets you set a custom user agent that the headless Chrome browser assumes.

--offthreadvideo-cache-size-in-bytesv4.0.23​

From v4.0, Remotion has a cache for <OffthreadVideo> frames. The default is null, corresponding to half of the system memory available when the render starts.
This option allows to override the size of the cache. The higher it is, the faster the render will be, but the more memory will be used.
The used value will be printed when running in verbose mode.
Default: null

--delete-afterv4.0.32​

Automatically delete the render after a certain period. Accepted values are 1-day, 3-days, 7-days and 30-days.
For this to work, your bucket needs to have lifecycles enabled.

--webhook-custom-datav4.0.25​

Pass up to 1,024 bytes of a JSON-serializable object to the webhook. This data will be included in the webhook payload. Alternatively, pass a file path pointing to a JSON file

--color-spacev4.0.28​

Color space to use for the video. Acceptable values: "default", "bt709" (since v4.0.28), "bt2020-ncl" (since v4.0.88), "bt2020-cl" (since v4.0.88), .
If a non-default colorspace is used, it is recommended to also use "png" as the image format to have accurate color transformations throughout. Only since v4.0.83, colorspace conversion is actually performed, previously it would only tag the metadata of the video.

--prefer-losslessv4.0.110​

Uses a lossless audio codec, if one is available for the codec. If you setaudioCodec, it takes priority over preferLossless.