OpenGL renderer

Changelog

• From Remotion v2.6.7 until v3.0.7, the default for Remotion Lambda was swiftshader, but from v3.0.8 the default is swangle (Swiftshader on Angle) since Chrome 101 added support for it.
• From Remotion v2.4.3 until v2.6.6, the default was angle, however it turns out to have a small memory leak that could crash long Remotion renders.

Select the OpenGL renderer backend for Chromium.
Accepted values:

• "angle"
• "egl"
• "swiftshader"
• "swangle"
• "vulkan" (from Remotion v4.0.41)
• "angle-egl" (from Remotion v4.0.51)

The default is null, letting Chrome decide, except on Lambda where the default is "swangle"

CLI flag

--gl <value>

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:

• renderMediaOnCloudrun()
• renderStillOnCloudrun()
• getCompositionsOnLambda()
• renderMediaOnLambda()
• renderStillOnLambda()
• renderFrames()
• renderMedia()
• renderStill()

Config file

remotion.config.ts

Config.setChromiumOpenGlRenderer('angle');

See also

• All options