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Version mismatch

It is important that all Remotion packages you install (remotion, @remotion/player, @remotion/cli, etc.) have the same version installed. If the versions differ, the packages might not be able to correctly communicate with each other which can introduce subtle bugs or even complete breakage.

^ character can be confusing​

The following package.json does not ensure that all Remotion versions are the same:

package.json
json
{
  "dependencies": {
    "remotion": "^2.6.12",
    "@remotion/player": "^2.6.12",
    "@remotion/gif": "^2.6.12"
  }
}
package.json
json
{
  "dependencies": {
    "remotion": "^2.6.12",
    "@remotion/player": "^2.6.12",
    "@remotion/gif": "^2.6.12"
  }
}

however the following manifest does:

package.json
json
{
  "dependencies": {
    "remotion": "2.6.12",
    "@remotion/player": "2.6.12",
    "@remotion/gif": "2.6.12"
  }
}
package.json
json
{
  "dependencies": {
    "remotion": "2.6.12",
    "@remotion/player": "2.6.12",
    "@remotion/gif": "2.6.12"
  }
}

This is especially true if the packages are installed over time and not all at once. Removing the ^ character is a good way to ensure all Remotion packages have the same version.

Packages that depend on Remotion​

If you make a Remotion library and put it on npm, make Remotion a peerDependency and devDependency instead of a dependency:

package.json
json
{
  "name": "my-remotion-library",
  "peerDependencies": {
    "remotion": "*"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "remotion": "^2.6.11"
  }
}
package.json
json
{
  "name": "my-remotion-library",
  "peerDependencies": {
    "remotion": "*"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "remotion": "^2.6.11"
  }
}

This will make sure that when you then install my-remotion-library into your Remotion project, that no duplicates of Remotion will be introduced:

json
{
  "dependencies": {
    // No version mismatch will be introduced because `remotion`
    // is not a direct dependency of `my-remotion-library`
    "remotion": "2.7.0",
    "my-remotion-library": "1.0.0"
  }
}
json
{
  "dependencies": {
    // No version mismatch will be introduced because `remotion`
    // is not a direct dependency of `my-remotion-library`
    "remotion": "2.7.0",
    "my-remotion-library": "1.0.0"
  }
}

Checking which versions have been installed​

Just because the version in the package.json is ^2.6.11 does not mean that the version 2.6.11 got installed. Use the command:

bash
npx remotion versions
bash
npx remotion versions

to see which packages and versions your project contains.

Testing prereleases​

If we have given you a prerelease version of Remotion to test, the same principle applies, where you should not just upgrade the affected package, but all packages including remotion and packages starting with @remotion.

See also: Testing prereleases