Enable Multiprocess on Linux

Removes the --single-process flag that gets passed to Chromium on Linux by default. This will make the render faster because multiple processes can be used, but may cause issues with some Linux distributions or if window server libraries are missing.
Default: false until v4.0.136, then true from v4.0.137 on because newer Chrome versions don't allow rendering with the --single-process flag.
This flag will be removed in Remotion v5.0.

CLI flag

--enable-multiprocess-on-linux

The following CLI commands accept this option:

• remotion studio
• remotion render
• remotion still
• remotion compositions
• remotion benchmark
• remotion gpu
• remotion lambda render
• remotion lambda still
• remotion lambda compositions
• remotion cloudrun render
• remotion cloudrun still

APIs that have this option

The following APIs accept this option:

• renderFrames()
• renderMedia()
• renderStill()

Config file

remotion.config.ts

Config.setChromiumMultiProcessOnLinux(true);

See also

• All options