I’m using FFmpeg to apply a GLSL .frag shader to a video. I do it with this command docker run --rm \ --gpus all \ --device /dev/dri \ -v $(pwd):/config \ lscr.io/linuxserver/ffmpeg \ -init_hw_device vulkan=vk:0 -v verbose \ -i /config/input.mp4 \ -vf "libplacebo=custom_shader_path=/config/s…

FFmpeg inside a Docker container can't see the GPU

Vortex_Acherontic September 20, 2025, 2:19am 2

Did you tried to “kick start” CUDA / compute capabilities form outside the container as describe here: Unrelaibale cuInit with sandboxes and containers (CUDA cuInit: Unknown error)

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