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npx remotion still

Available from v2.3.

Render a still frame based on the entry point, the composition ID and save it to the output location.

bash
npx remotion still <entry-file> [<composition-id>] [<output-location>]
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npx remotion still <entry-file> [<composition-id>] [<output-location>]

If output-location is not passed, the still will be rendered into the out folder.
If composition-id is also not passed, Remotion will let you select a composition.

Flags​

--props​

React Props to pass to the selected composition of your video. Must be a serialized JSON string (--props='{"hello": "world"}') or a path to a JSON file (./path/to/props.json). Can also be read using getInputProps().

info

Inline JSON string isn't supported on Windows because it removes the " character, use a temporary file instead.

--image-format​

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

--config​

Specify a location for the Remotion config file.

--env-file​

Specify a location for a dotenv file. Default .env.

--quality​

Value between 0 and 100 for JPEG rendering quality. Doesn't work when image format is png.

--overwrite​

Write to output even if file already exists.. This flag is enabled by default, use --overwrite=false to disable it.

--browser-executable​

Path to a Chrome executable. If not specified and Remotion cannot find one, it will download one during rendering.

--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. scale must be greater than 0 and less than equal to 16. Default: 1.

--frame​

Which frame should be rendered. Example --frame=10. Default 0.
From v3.2.27, negative values are allowed, with -1 being the last frame.

--bundle-cache​

Enable or disable Webpack caching. This flag is enabled by default, use --bundle-cache=false to disable caching.

--log​

Set the log level. Increase or decrease the amount of output. Acceptable values: error, warn, info (default), verbose

--port​

Set a custom HTTP server port to serve the Webpack bundle. If not defined, Remotion will try to find a free port.

--public-dir​

Available from v3.2.13

Define the location of the public/ directory.. If not defined, Remotion will assume the location is the public folder in your Remotion root.

--ffmpeg-executable​

Set a custom ffmpeg executable. If not defined, a ffmpeg executable will be searched in PATH.

--ffprobe-executable​

Set a custom ffprobe executable. If not defined, a ffprobe executable will be searched in PATH.

--timeout​

Define how long a single frame may take to resolve all delayRender() calls before it times out in milliseconds. Default: 30000.

info

Not to be confused with the --timeout flag when deploying a Lambda function.

--ignore-certificate-errors​

Results in invalid SSL certificates in Chrome, such as self-signed ones, being ignored. Available since v2.6.5.

--disable-web-security​

Available since v2.6.5

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

--disable-headless​

Available since v2.6.5

Opens an actual browser during rendering to observe the render.

--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"
  • null - Chromium's default

Default for local rendering: null.
Default for Lambda rendering: "swangle".