[FFmpeg-user] How to drawtext hh:mm:ss:ff timecode (on an old version ffmpeg)

[Paul B Mahol]

On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 8:30 PM Media Mouth <communque at gmail.com> wrote:

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> > On Aug 16, 2023, at 11:03, Paul B Mahol <onemda at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 1:35 AM Media Mouth <communque at gmail.com
> <mailto:communque at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks Carl!
> >>
> >> The switch from : to . (colon to period) got rid of the first error but
> it
> >> there's still the second:
> >>
> >> "Both text and text file provided. Please provide only one"
> >>
> >> I tested on a newer system running ffmpeg version 6.0 and received the
> >> same error
> >>
> >> Thanks again.
> >>
> >
> > You need to escape  : with \ IIRC
>
>
>
> Thanks Paul,
>
> Yes indeed you do need to escape the colons.  They seem to be the
> delimiter for 'drawtext'
> Not sure why it didn't show in my prior post, but here is another test,
> confirmed with escapes before :, and using a more recent version of FFmpeg
> (v6)
> but still getting the same error: "Both text and text file provided.
> Please provide only one"
>
> Here's the command:
>
> ffmpeg -y -i ~/Downloads/TcTest.mxf -vf
> 'drawtext=fontsize=15:fontfile=/Library/Fonts/DroidSansMono-webfont.ttf:timecode=01\:45\:20.13:rate=23.976:fontsize=24:fontcolor=white:x=860:y=960'
> ~/Downloads/TcTest-Burns.mxf


Also need to escape \

So before each : in timecode put four \

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> ffmpeg version 6.0 Copyright (c) 2000-2023 the FFmpeg developers
>   built with Apple clang version 14.0.3 (clang-1403.0.22.14.1)
>   configuration: --prefix=/opt/homebrew/Cellar/ffmpeg/6.0 --enable-shared
> --enable-pthreads --enable-version3 --cc=clang --host-cflags=
> --host-ldflags= --enable-ffplay --enable-gnutls --enable-gpl
> --enable-libaom --enable-libaribb24 --enable-libbluray --enable-libdav1d
> --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-librav1e --enable-librist
> --enable-librubberband --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsrt
> --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libtesseract --enable-libtheora
> --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvmaf --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx
> --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2
> --enable-libxvid --enable-lzma --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype
> --enable-frei0r --enable-libass --enable-libopencore-amrnb
> --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libspeex
> --enable-libsoxr --enable-libzmq --enable-libzimg --disable-libjack
> --disable-indev=jack --enable-videotoolbox --enable-neon
>   libavutil      58.  2.100 / 58.  2.100
>   libavcodec     60.  3.100 / 60.  3.100
>   libavformat    60.  3.100 / 60.  3.100
>   libavdevice    60.  1.100 / 60.  1.100
>   libavfilter     9.  3.100 /  9.  3.100
>   libswscale      7.  1.100 /  7.  1.100
>   libswresample   4. 10.100 /  4. 10.100
>   libpostproc    57.  1.100 / 57.  1.100
> [dnxhd @ 0x1226051c0] frame size changed: 1920x1088 -> 1920x1080
> Guessed Channel Layout for Input Stream #0.1 : mono
> Input #0, mxf, from '~/Downloads/TcTest.mxf':
>   Metadata:
>     operational_pattern_ul: 060e2b34.04010101.0d010201.01010900
>     uid             : adab4424-2f25-4dc7-92ff-29bd000c0000
>     generation_uid  : adab4424-2f25-4dc7-92ff-29bd000c0001
>     company_name    : FFmpeg
>     product_name    : OP1a Muxer
>     product_version_num: 58.29.100.0.0
>     product_version : 58.29.100
>     product_uid     : adab4424-2f25-4dc7-92ff-29bd000c0002
>     toolkit_version_num: 58.29.100.0.0
>     material_package_umid:
> 0x060A2B340101010501010D0013B02329529471342CB0232900529471342CB000
>     timecode        : 01:45:20:13
>   Duration: 00:00:28.40, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 37516 kb/s
>   Stream #0:0: Video: dnxhd (DNXHD), yuv422p(bt709/unknown/unknown,
> progressive), 1920x1080, SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 23.98 tbn
>     Metadata:
>       file_package_umid:
> 0x060A2B340101010501010D0013B02329529471342CB0232900529471342CB001
>       file_package_name: Source Package
>   Stream #0:1: Audio: pcm_s24le, 48000 Hz, 1 channels, s32 (24 bit), 1152
> kb/s
>     Metadata:
>       file_package_umid:
> 0x060A2B340101010501010D0013B02329529471342CB0232900529471342CB001
>       file_package_name: Source Package
> Stream mapping:
>   Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (dnxhd (native) -> mpeg2video (native))
>   Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (pcm_s24le (native) -> pcm_s16le (native))
> Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
> [Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x6000004a84d0] Both text and text file provided.
> Please provide only one
> [AVFilterGraph @ 0x6000017b8060] Error initializing filters
> Error reinitializing filters!
> Failed to inject frame into filter network: Invalid argument
> Error while processing the decoded data for stream #0:0
> Conversion failed!
>
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