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v4.0.429

remotion-dev/remotionv4.0.429Feb 25, 2026by JonnyBurger

AI Summary

This release introduces the new @remotion/sfx package for sound effects, adds font-style support to the web renderer, and includes various improvements to the player, studio, and licensing packages. The release also migrates from Prettier to Oxfmt for internal formatting.

Key Highlights

  • New @remotion/sfx package for sound effects
  • Font-style support added to @remotion/web-renderer
  • Licensing: Introduced web-render event, deprecated webcodec-conversion
  • Skip git init when inside existing git repo in create-video
  • Player media session activation deferred until playback starts

New Features

  • New @remotion/sfx package
  • Font-style support in web-renderer
  • Web-render event in licensing
  • Partial downloads for @remotion/media to reduce Lambda data transfer costs

Full Release Notes

## What's Changed

- Upgrade Mediabunny to 1.34.5 by @JonnyBurger in https://github.com/remotion-dev/remotion/pull/6663
- `@remotion/sfx`: **New `@remotion/sfx` package** by @JonnyBurger in https://github.com/remotion-dev/remotion/pull/6659
- `@remotion/player`: Don't activate browser media session until playback starts by @JonnyBurger in https://github.com/remotion-dev/remotion/pull/6653
- `@remotion/studio`: Hide checkerboard toggle for non-composition canvas by @JonnyBurger in https://github.com/remotion-dev/remotion/pull/6661
- `@remotion/web-renderer`: Adds font-style support by @saimfd in https://github.com/remotion-dev/remotion/pull/6662
- `create-video`: Skip git init when inside existing git repo by @samohovets in https://github.com/remotion-dev/remotion/pull/6655
- `@remotion/licensing`: Introduce `web-render` event, deprecate `webcodec-conversion` by @JonnyBurger in https://github.com/remotion-dev/remotion/pull/6683

## Templates

- Disable password autocomplete in SaaS templates by @JonnyBurger in https://github.com/remotion-dev/remotion/pull/6656

## Docs

- Document `@remotion/media` partial downloads for reducing Lambda data transfer cost by @JonnyBurger in https://github.com/remotion-dev/remotion/pull/6651
- Update licensing documentation by @MehmetAdemi in https://github.com/remotion-dev/remotion/pull/6681

## Internal

- Migrate from Prettier to Oxfmt by @JonnyBurger in https://github.com/remotion-dev/remotion/pull/6658

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/remotion-dev/remotion/compare/v4.0.428...v4.0.429