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Ffmpeg: How to Solve error initializing filter ‘gltransition’

1: After installing ffmpeg, check whether to install ffmpeg

Implementation: ffmpeg

Here’s the explanation. No problem

root@hroot-virtual-machine:~/ffmpeg-4.2.2# ffmpeg
ffmpeg version 4.2.2 Copyright (c) 2000-2019 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 9 (Ubuntu 9.3.0-17ubuntu1~20.04)
  configuration: --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libvpx --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-nonfree --enable-gpl --enable-opengl --enable-filter=gltransition --extra-libs='-lGLEW -lglfw -ldl'
  libavutil      56. 31.100/56. 31.100
  libavcodec     58. 54.100/58. 54.100
  libavformat    58. 29.100/58. 29.100
  libavdevice    58.  8.100/58.  8.100
  libavfilter     7. 57.100/ 7. 57.100
  libswscale      5.  5.100/ 5.  5.100
  libswresample   3.  5.100/ 3.  5.100
  libpostproc    55.  5.100/55.  5.100
Hyper fast Audio and Video encoder
usage: ffmpeg [options] [[infile options] -i infile]... {[outfile options] outfile}...

Use -h to get full help or, even better, run 'man ffmpeg'

Check whether the configuration gltransition is installed

root@hroot-virtual-machine:~/ffmpeg-4.2.2# ffmpeg -v 0 -filters | grep gltransition
 T.. gltransition      VV->V      OpenGL blend transitions

Test whether gltransition runs successfully

//Create a file to store the material
?CD/
?MKDIR img
?CD img

root@hroot-virtual-machine:/img# ll
total 1248
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Jul   2 11:38 ./
drwxr-xr-x 21 root root   4096 Jul   2 10:05 ../
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 185169 Jul   2 10:05 1.jpg
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  67524 Jul   2 10:05 2.jpg
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 149603 Jul   2 10:05 3.jpg
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 188339 Jul   2 10:05 4.jpg
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 176810 Jul   2 10:05 5.jpg
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 487613 Jul   2 10:53 bgm.m4a

Check out the special effects files we downloaded

root@hroot-virtual-machine:~/ffmpeg-gl-transition/gl-transitions/transitions# ll
total 320
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 7月   1 18:22 ./
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 7月   1 18:22 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  462 7月   1 18:22 angular.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  752 7月   1 18:22 Bounce.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2593 7月   1 18:22 BowTieHorizontal.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2541 7月   1 18:22 BowTieVertical.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1908 7月   1 18:22 BowTieWithParameter.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  245 7月   1 18:22 burn.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  981 7月   1 18:22 ButterflyWaveScrawler.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  485 7月   1 18:22 cannabisleaf.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  550 7月   1 18:22 CircleCrop.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  422 7月   1 18:22 circle.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  408 7月   1 18:22 circleopen.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  392 7月   1 18:22 colorphase.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  364 7月   1 18:22 ColourDistance.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  627 7月   1 18:22 CrazyParametricFun.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  623 7月   1 18:22 crosshatch.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  228 7月   1 18:22 crosswarp.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2396 7月   1 18:22 CrossZoom.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1738 7月   1 18:22 cube.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  361 7月   1 18:22 directional-easing.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  315 7月   1 18:22 Directional.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  498 7月   1 18:22 directionalwarp.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  577 7月   1 18:22 directionalwipe.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  533 7月   1 18:22 displacement.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1627 7月   1 18:22 DoomScreenTransition.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1221 7月   1 18:22 doorway.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  378 7月   1 18:22 Dreamy.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1163 7月   1 18:22 DreamyZoom.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  413 7月   1 18:22 fadecolor.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  136 7月   1 18:22 fade.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  558 7月   1 18:22 fadegrayscale.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2231 7月   1 18:22 FilmBurn.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  522 7月   1 18:22 flyeye.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2242 7月   1 18:22 GlitchDisplace.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  607 7月   1 18:22 GlitchMemories.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2300 7月   1 18:22 GridFlip.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  356 7月   1 18:22 heart.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1644 7月   1 18:22 hexagonalize.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7518 7月   1 18:22 InvertedPageCurl.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  585 7月   1 18:22 kaleidoscope.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  647 7月   1 18:22 LeftRight.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  682 7月   1 18:22 LinearBlur.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  189 7月   1 18:22 luma.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3812 7月   1 18:22 luminance_melt.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  390 7月   1 18:22 morph.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1127 7月   1 18:22 Mosaic.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  339 7月   1 18:22 multiply_blend.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1444 7月   1 18:22 perlin.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  361 7月   1 18:22 pinwheel.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  584 7月   1 18:22 pixelize.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  464 7月   1 18:22 polar_function.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  326 7月   1 18:22 PolkaDotsCurtain.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  364 7月   1 18:22 Radial.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  444 7月   1 18:22 randomNoisex.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  399 7月   1 18:22 randomsquares.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  378 7月   1 18:22 ripple.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  878 7月   1 18:22 rotate_scale_fade.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  348 7月   1 18:22 rotateTransition.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  376 7月   1 18:22 SimpleZoom.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  771 7月   1 18:22 squareswire.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  455 7月   1 18:22 squeeze.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8015 7月   1 18:22 StereoViewer.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1539 7月   1 18:22 swap.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  715 7月   1 18:22 Swirl.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4051 7月   1 18:22 tangentMotionBlur.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  650 7月   1 18:22 TopBottom.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  651 7月   1 18:22 TVStatic.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1399 7月   1 18:22 undulatingBurnOut.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  429 7月   1 18:22 WaterDrop.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  397 7月   1 18:22 wind.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  274 7月   1 18:22 windowblinds.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  299 7月   1 18:22 windowslice.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  192 7月   1 18:22 wipeDown.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  192 7月   1 18:22 wipeLeft.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  192 7月   1 18:22 wipeRight.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  192 7月   1 18:22 wipeUp.glsl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1073 7月   1 18:22 ZoomInCircles.glsl

Get absolute path

root@hroot-virtual-machine:~/ffmpeg-gl-transition/gl-transitions/transitions# pwd
/root/ffmpeg-gl-transition/gl-transitions/transitions

--------Then go back to the material folder where
cd /img

Start the test

ffmpeg \
-t 1 -loop 1 -i 1.jpg \
-t 1 -loop 1 -i 2.jpg \
-filter_complex \
"gltransition=offset=0.5:duration=0.5:source=/root/ffmpeg-gl-transition/gl-transitions/transitions/crosswarp.glsl" \
-y out.mp4

Source: followed by the absolute path of the special effects file

The results showed that: 1

root@hroot-virtual-machine:/img# ffmpeg \
> -t 1 -loop 1 -i 1.jpg \
> -t 1 -loop 1 -i 2.jpg \
> -filter_complex \
> "gltransition=offset=0.5:duration=0.5:source=/root/ffmpeg-gl-transition/gl-transitions/transitions/crosswarp.glsl" \
> -y out.mp4
ffmpeg version 4.2.2 Copyright (c) 2000-2019 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 9 (Ubuntu 9.3.0-17ubuntu1~20.04)
  configuration: --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libvpx --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-nonfree --enable-gpl --enable-opengl --enable-filter=gltransition --extra-libs='-lGLEW -lglfw -ldl'
  libavutil      56. 31.100/56. 31.100
  libavcodec     58. 54.100/58. 54.100
  libavformat    58. 29.100/58. 29.100
  libavdevice    58.  8.100/58.  8.100
  libavfilter     7. 57.100/ 7. 57.100
  libswscale      5.  5.100/ 5.  5.100
  libswresample   3.  5.100/ 3.  5.100
  libpostproc    55.  5.100/55.  5.100
Input #0, image2, from '1.jpg':
  Duration: 00:00:00.04, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 37033 kb/s
    Stream #0:0: Video: mjpeg (Baseline), yuvj444p(pc, bt470bg/unknown/unknown), 400x400 [SAR 1:1 DAR 1:1], 25 fps, 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 25 tbc
Input #1, image2, from '2.jpg':
  Duration: 00:00:00.04, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 13504 kb/s
    Stream #1:0: Video: mjpeg (Baseline), yuvj444p(pc, bt470bg/unknown/unknown), 400x400 [SAR 1:1 DAR 1:1], 25 fps, 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 25 tbc
[AVFilterGraph @ 0x565112acce40] Error initializing filter 'gltransition' with args 'offset=0.5:duration=0.5:source=/root/ffmpeg-gl-transition/gl-transitions/transitions/crosswarp.glsl'
Error initializing complex filters.
Operation not permitted

Error initializing filter ‘gltransition’ is a problem

The solution is as follows:

Install xvfb (skip if installed)

sudo apt-get -y install xvfb

Then start xvfb (thread blocking)

Xvfb :1 -screen 0 1280x1024x16

Then call xvfb to execute the special effect

env DISPLAY=:1  ffmpeg 命令

For example, the sentence that just reported an error:

env DISPLAY=:1 ffmpeg \
	-t 1 -loop 1 -i 1.jpg \
	-t 1 -loop 1 -i 2.jpg \
	-filter_complex \
	"gltransition=offset=0.5:duration=0.5:source=/root/ffmpeg-gl-transition/gl-transitions/transitions/crosswarp.glsl" \
	-y out1.mp4

If the instructions are not saved after execution, let’s check:

root@hroot-virtual-machine:/img# ll
	total 1336
	drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 7月   2 11:49 ./
	drwxr-xr-x 21 root root   4096 7月   2 10:05 ../
	-rw-r--r--  1 root root 185169 7月   2 10:05 1.jpg
	-rw-r--r--  1 root root  67524 7月   2 10:05 2.jpg
	-rw-r--r--  1 root root 149603 7月   2 10:05 3.jpg
	-rw-r--r--  1 root root 188339 7月   2 10:05 4.jpg
	-rw-r--r--  1 root root 176810 7月   2 10:05 5.jpg
	-rw-r--r--  1 root root 487613 7月   2 10:53 bgm.m4a
	-rw-r--r--  1 root root  89138 7月   2 11:49 out1.mp4	(Our picture plus special effects composite video)

Video add special effects, no EGL must install xvfb, with xvfb to add special effects

Env display =: 1 this must be added before executing the command