Binaries Directory

The directory where the platform-specific binaries and libraries that Remotion needs are located. Those include an ffmpeg and ffprobe binary, a Rust binary for various tasks, and various shared libraries. If the value is set to null, which is the default, then the path of a platform-specific package located at node_modules/@remotion/compositor-* is selected.
This option is useful in environments where Remotion is not officially supported to run like bundled serverless functions or Electron.

CLI flag

--binaries-directory <value>

The following CLI commands accept this option:

• remotion studio
• remotion render
• remotion still
• remotion compositions
• remotion benchmark
• remotion lambda render
• remotion lambda still
• remotion cloudrun render
• remotion cloudrun still

APIs that have this option

The following APIs accept this option:

• combineChunks()
• extractAudio()
• getCompositions()
• getSilentParts()
• getVideoMetadata()
• renderFrames()
• renderMedia()
• renderStill()
• selectComposition()
• stitchFramesToVideo()

Config file

remotion.config.ts
Config.setBinariesDirectory('/path/to/custom/directory');

See also

• All options