diff --git a/packages/producer/src/services/render/stages/extractVideosStage.ffmpegTimeout.test.ts b/packages/producer/src/services/render/stages/extractVideosStage.ffmpegTimeout.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..388065dcc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/producer/src/services/render/stages/extractVideosStage.ffmpegTimeout.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+import { resolveConfig, type EngineConfig, type ExtractionResult } from "@hyperframes/engine";
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+/** The optional engine-config argument the stage passes to `extractAllVideoFrames`. */
+type ExtractionConfigArg = Partial<EngineConfig> | undefined;
+
+const capturedConfigs = vi.hoisted(() => new Array<ExtractionConfigArg>());
+
+vi.mock("@hyperframes/engine", async (importOriginal) => {
+  const real = await importOriginal<typeof import("@hyperframes/engine")>();
+  return {
+    ...real,
+    extractAllVideoFrames: async (
+      _videos: unknown,
+      _baseDir: unknown,
+      _options: unknown,
+      _signal: unknown,
+      config: ExtractionConfigArg,
+    ): Promise<ExtractionResult> => {
+      capturedConfigs.push(config);
+      return {
+        success: true,
+        extracted: [],
+        errors: [],
+        totalFramesExtracted: 0,
+        durationMs: 0,
+        phaseBreakdown: {
+          resolveMs: 0,
+          cachePublishFailures: 0,
+          cacheGcEvictions: 0,
+          cacheGcBytesFreed: 0,
+          cacheAgedPartialsCleared: 0,
+          hdrProbeMs: 0,
+          hdrPreflightMs: 0,
+          hdrPreflightCount: 0,
+          vfrProbeMs: 0,
+          vfrPreflightMs: 0,
+          vfrPreflightCount: 0,
+          extractMs: 0,
+          cacheHits: 0,
+          cacheMisses: 0,
+          transientRetries: 0,
+        },
+      };
+    },
+  };
+});
+
+import { createRenderJob } from "../../renderOrchestrator.js";
+import { runExtractVideosStage } from "./extractVideosStage.js";
+
+async function runStage(cfg: EngineConfig): Promise<void> {
+  const composition = {
+    duration: 5,
+    videos: [
+      {
+        id: "root-video",
+        src: "clip.mp4",
+        start: 0,
+        end: 5,
+        mediaStart: 0,
+        loop: false,
+        hasAudio: false,
+      },
+    ],
+    audios: [],
+    images: [],
+    width: 1920,
+    height: 1080,
+  };
+  await runExtractVideosStage({
+    projectDir: "/tmp/hf-ffmpeg-timeout-project",
+    compiledDir: "/tmp/hf-ffmpeg-timeout-compiled",
+    job: createRenderJob({
+      fps: { num: 30, den: 1 },
+      quality: "standard",
+      hdrMode: "force-sdr",
+    }),
+    cfg,
+    composition,
+    abortSignal: undefined,
+    assertNotAborted: () => {},
+    materializeSymlinks: false,
+  });
+}
+
+describe("video extraction ffmpeg timeout threading", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    capturedConfigs.splice(0);
+  });
+
+  it("forwards a non-default FFMPEG_PROCESS_TIMEOUT_MS into the video extraction config", async () => {
+    await runStage(resolveConfig({ ffmpegProcessTimeout: 5_000 }));
+
+    expect(capturedConfigs).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ ffmpegProcessTimeout: 5_000 })]);
+  });
+
+  it("forwards the default timeout unchanged when no override is configured", async () => {
+    const cfg = resolveConfig();
+
+    await runStage(cfg);
+
+    expect(capturedConfigs).toEqual([
+      expect.objectContaining({ ffmpegProcessTimeout: cfg.ffmpegProcessTimeout }),
+    ]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/producer/src/services/render/stages/extractVideosStage.ts b/packages/producer/src/services/render/stages/extractVideosStage.ts
index 029c9905aa..178deab434 100644
--- a/packages/producer/src/services/render/stages/extractVideosStage.ts
+++ b/packages/producer/src/services/render/stages/extractVideosStage.ts
@@ -501,7 +501,11 @@ export async function runExtractVideosStage(
         collectProbeFailures: extractionPolicy.failureMode === "enforce",
       },
       abortSignal,
-      { extractCacheDir: cfg.extractCacheDir, extractCacheMaxBytes: cfg.extractCacheMaxBytes },
+      {
+        ffmpegProcessTimeout: cfg.ffmpegProcessTimeout,
+        extractCacheDir: cfg.extractCacheDir,
+        extractCacheMaxBytes: cfg.extractCacheMaxBytes,
+      },
       compiledDir,
     );
     extractionResult.phaseBreakdown.transientRetries =