FFmpeg 8.1 adds a new drawvg filter that renders SVG-like vector graphics (shapes, paths, styled text) directly onto video frames using Cairo/libcairo, offering more flexibility than drawtext.

Magick Vector Graphics (MVG)
https://imagemagick.org/script/magick-vector-graphics.php#gsc.tab=0

SVG
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Reference/Element/path

Cairo Graphics Library
https://www.cairographics.org/

#FFmpeg #drawvg #drawtext #Cairo #libcairo #filter #SVG #vector #graphics

#libcairo takes thing so far -- but if SSDs for #wayland are to work, it's going to need to allow per-colour sides of a rectangle, per line-join techniques.