Terje,

Oh, you need to fix at least the PluginFFilter errors by adding them to the blacklist in the file plugin.opts in the subdirectory ffmpeg under cinelerra-5.1 subdirectory. And to save time, to bin/ffmpeg/plugin.opts (so you don't have to rebuild). Then test again using CIN_CONFIG=/tmp/bcast555 ...

At the bottom of ffmpeg/plugin.opts after these last 3 lines:

: do not work in 8.0 (just like the other cuda-s which use nvidia graphics card)
#scale_cuda ###Operation not implemented when you try to use it
#pad_cuda ###Operation not permitted

add these lines:

: do not work in 9.x

#colormatrix ###Invalid argument

#colorspace ###Invalid argument

#select ###Operation not permitted

#sendcmd ###Invalid argument

#sidedata ###Invalid argument

#movie ###Operation not permitted

#abuffer ###Invalid argument

#buffer ###Invalid argument

#abuffersink ###Input/output error

#buffersink ###Input/output error

If that does not fail, then you can go back to using your $HOME/.bcast5 as usual. Let me know if it still fails after that. Thanks for finding this and I will test and check into GIT later as I do not get these error on my older distro.

On Mon, Nov 2, 2026 at 10:16 AM Terje J. Hanssen <terjejhanssen@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Phyllis,

Thanks!

~/cingg-repo/cinelerra-5.1> CIN_CONFIG=/tmp/bcast5 ./bin/cin
Cinelerra Infinity - built: Nov 2 2026 14:17:48
...........

Cingg still crash at startup and outputs a lot of PluginFFilter: errors
..........

[colormatrix_449 @ 0x2c6a5d80] Unspecified destination color space
PluginFFilter::new_ffilter(colormatrix)
err: Invalid argument
[colorspace_450 @ 0x2c6a5d80] Please specify output colorspace
PluginFFilter::new_ffilter(colorspace)
err: Invalid argument
........
PluginFFilter::new_ffilter(select)
err: Operation not permitted
[sendcmd_875 @ 0x2c791840] One and only one of the filename or commands options must be specified
PluginFFilter::new_ffilter(sendcmd)
err: Invalid argument
[sidedata_921 @ 0x2c78fdc0] Side data type must be set
PluginFFilter::new_ffilter(sidedata)
err: Invalid argument
............
PluginFFilter::new_ffilter(movie)
err: Operation not permitted
[abuffer_1153 @ 0x2c793380] Sample format was not set or was invalid
PluginFFilter::new_ffilter(abuffer)
err: Invalid argument
[buffer_1154 @ 0x2c793380] Unspecified pixel format
PluginFFilter::new_ffilter(buffer)
err: Invalid argument
PluginFFilter::new_ffilter(abuffersink)
err: Input/output error
PluginFFilter::new_ffilter(buffersink)
err: Input/output error
build lv2 index for: /usr/local/share/cin/lv2
MWindow::init_plugins: can't create plugin index: /tmp/bcast5/Cinelerra_plugins
build ladspa plugin index for: /usr/local/lib64/cin/ladspa
MWindow::init_theme: prefered theme Cakewalk not found.
MWindow::init_theme: theme_plugin not found.
unjoined tids / owner 1
00007f2734f1b6c0 / 00007f2735de8000 12BC_Clipboard

ls -la /tmp/bcast5/
total 28
drwxr-xr-x 2 terje users 100 nov. 2 17:42 .
drwxrwxrwt 20 root root 480 nov. 2 17:42 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 terje users 19279 nov. 2 17:42 Cinelerra_plugins
-rw-r--r-- 1 terje users 22 nov. 2 17:42 Cinelerra_rc
-rw-r--r-- 1 terje users 30 nov. 2 17:42 ladspa_plugins._usr_local_lib64_cin_ladspa

And my My AI helper / free Google Gemini :) adds:

Testing with CIN_CONFIG=/tmp/bcast5 gave a very revealing result:
The directory and files are actually created in /tmp/bcast5/ (the file Cinelerra_plugins reaches 19,279 bytes), so it is not a file permission issue after all.
Instead, the plugin indexing fails midway due to an FFmpeg filter scan error:

PluginFFilter::new_ffilter(abuffersink) err: Input/output error PluginFFilter::new_ffilter(buffersink) err: Input/output error build lv2 index for: /usr/local/share/cin/lv2 MWindow::init_plugins: can't create plugin index: /tmp/bcast5/Cinelerra_plugins

It appears PluginFFilter fails when probing FFmpeg's buffersink / abuffersink on Leap 16.1, causing the plugin index generation to abort and crash.

Terje

On 11/2/26 17:22, Phyllis Smith wrote:

Terje,
Check the permissions on the directories/files involved in .bcast5. Also for a quick test start up Cinellera as follows:

CIN_CONFIG=/tmp/bcast5 cin/bin

where cin/bin is location of your Cinellera binary.

On Mon, Nov 2, 2026, 08:04 Terje J. Hanssen via Cin <cin@lists.cinelerra-gg.org> wrote:

Hi team,

I have successfully compiled Cinelerra-GG from source on openSUSE Leap
16.1, using a configuration set to single-use without third-party and
dynamically linked.

However, I ran into a persistent startup crash related to writing plugin
indexes:

MWindow::init_plugins: can't create plugin index:
/home/terje/.bcast5/Cinelerra_plugins

Interestingly, the exact same source build runs and behaves seemingly
fine on openSUSE Tumbleweed-Slowroll, but on Leap 16.1 the locally built
binary in ./bin/cin encounters permission or I/O errors when attempting
to write to the configuration directory during initialization unless
heavily overridden.

Troubleshooting steps taken so far:
- The .bcast5 configuration directory has been deleted and recreated
multiple times, but Cingg still crashes during startup.
- Three different CinGG AppImages have also been tested on the same
system without startup issues.

Has anyone experienced similar path or permission issues when running a
fresh source build alongside pre-existing environment configs?

Terje
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