Install Canvas Capture

Tip: Copy the URL of this page into an agent to let it install it for you.

Canvas Capture currently requires an Apple Silicon Mac.

Download the extension

Clone the built extension to a durable location:

Terminal
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/remotion-dev/canvas-capture.git \
  "$HOME/Applications/Remotion Canvas Capture Extension"

The repository contains a production build of Canvas Capture. You do not need to clone or build Remotion.

Install Chrome for Testing

Canvas Capture uses Chrome for Testing 150.0.7842.0 at revision r1631007. This is the exact version known to support the required HTML-in-canvas API.

Install the browser using the script included with Canvas Capture:

Terminal
"$HOME/Applications/Remotion Canvas Capture Extension/install-browser.sh"

This browser does not receive security updates. Only use it with websites you trust.

Launch the browser

Open Google Chrome for Testing from Launchpad.

Open chrome://flags, search for Canvas Draw Element, set it to Enabled and select Relaunch.

Load the extension

Open chrome://extensions, enable Developer mode and select Load unpacked.

In the file picker, open your home folder, then choose Applications → Remotion Canvas Capture Extension.

Open a webpage and click the Remotion Canvas Capture extension icon to start recording.