The original bug-report expresses doubt about the solution proposed.
As documented here:
https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-all.html#drawtext-1
the build must be configured with both --enable-libfreetype and
--enable-libharfbuzz.
I can confirm that is correct, when building ffmpeg against current git
head.
Leo
ffmpeg started on 2023-11-28 at 15:32:08
Report written to "ffmpeg-20231128-153208.log"
Log level: 48
Command line:
./ffmpeg -y -report -f lavfi -i "testsrc=duration=5:size=hd720:rate=10" -filter_complex "drawtext=fontsize=30:fontfile=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSerif.ttf:text=\"hello world\":x=(w-text_w)/2:y=(h-text_h)/2" -f mpegts /tmp/out.ts
ffmpeg version N-112875-g47e214245b-3 Copyright (c) 2000-2023 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 13 (Debian 13.2.0-5)
configuration: --enable-libfreetype --enable-libharfbuzz --enable-libx264 --enable-gpl --prefix=/usr --extra-version=3 --toolchain=hardened --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --incdir=/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu --arch=amd64 --enable-gpl --disable-stripping --enable-gnutls
libavutil 58. 32.100 / 58. 32.100
libavcodec 60. 35.100 / 60. 35.100
libavformat 60. 18.100 / 60. 18.100
libavdevice 60. 4.100 / 60. 4.100
libavfilter 9. 14.100 / 9. 14.100
libswscale 7. 6.100 / 7. 6.100
libswresample 4. 13.100 / 4. 13.100
libpostproc 57. 4.100 / 57. 4.100
Splitting the commandline.
Reading option '-y' ... matched as option 'y' (overwrite output files) with argument '1'.
Reading option '-report' ... matched as option 'report' (generate a report) with argument '1'.
Reading option '-f' ... matched as option 'f' (force format) with argument 'lavfi'.
Reading option '-i' ... matched as output url with argument 'testsrc=duration=5:size=hd720:rate=10'.
Reading option '-filter_complex' ... matched as option 'filter_complex' (create a complex filtergraph) with argument 'drawtext=fontsize=30:fontfile=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSerif.ttf:text="hello world":x=(w-text_w)/2:y=(h-text_h)/2'.
Reading option '-f' ... matched as option 'f' (force format) with argument 'mpegts'.
Reading option '/tmp/out.ts' ... matched as output url.
Finished splitting the commandline.
Parsing a group of options: global .
Applying option y (overwrite output files) with argument 1.
Applying option report (generate a report) with argument 1.
Applying option filter_complex (create a complex filtergraph) with argument drawtext=fontsize=30:fontfile=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSerif.ttf:text="hello world":x=(w-text_w)/2:y=(h-text_h)/2.
[AVFilterGraph @ 0x55677bdf0580] Setting 'fontsize' to value '30'
[AVFilterGraph @ 0x55677bdf0580] Setting 'fontfile' to value '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSerif.ttf'
[AVFilterGraph @ 0x55677bdf0580] Setting 'text' to value '"hello world"'
[AVFilterGraph @ 0x55677bdf0580] Setting 'x' to value '(w-text_w)/2'
[AVFilterGraph @ 0x55677bdf0580] Setting 'y' to value '(h-text_h)/2'
Successfully parsed a group of options.
Parsing a group of options: input url testsrc=duration=5:size=hd720:rate=10.
Applying option f (force format) with argument lavfi.
Successfully parsed a group of options.
Opening an input file: testsrc=duration=5:size=hd720:rate=10.
[AVFilterGraph @ 0x55677bdf5040] Setting 'duration' to value '5'
[AVFilterGraph @ 0x55677bdf5040] Setting 'size' to value 'hd720'
[AVFilterGraph @ 0x55677bdf5040] Setting 'rate' to value '10'
detected 8 logical cores
[Parsed_testsrc_0 @ 0x55677bdf2240] size:1280x720 rate:10/1 duration:5.000000 sar:1/1
[AVFilterGraph @ 0x55677bdf5040] query_formats: 2 queried, 1 merged, 0 already done, 0 delayed
[lavfi @ 0x55677bdf4940] All info found
Input #0, lavfi, from 'testsrc=duration=5:size=hd720:rate=10':
Duration: N/A, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A
Stream #0:0, 1, 1/10: Video: wrapped_avframe, rgb24, 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 10 fps, 10 tbr, 10 tbn
Successfully opened the file.
Parsing a group of options: output url /tmp/out.ts.
Applying option f (force format) with argument mpegts.
Successfully parsed a group of options.
Opening an output file: /tmp/out.ts.
[out#0/mpegts @ 0x55677bdfac40] Creating output stream from unlabeled output of complex filtergraph 0. This overrides automatic video mapping.
[vost#0:0/mpeg2video @ 0x55677bdfbe00] Created video stream from complex filtergraph 0:[drawtext:default]
[vost#0:0/mpeg2video @ 0x55677bdfbe00]
[out#0/mpegts @ 0x55677bdfac40] No explicit maps, mapping streams automatically...
[file @ 0x55677bdfef80] Setting default whitelist 'file,crypto,data'
Successfully opened the file.
Stream mapping:
Stream #0:0 (wrapped_avframe) -> drawtext:default
drawtext:default -> Stream #0:0 (mpeg2video)
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
[AVFilterGraph @ 0x55677bdff640] Setting 'fontsize' to value '30'
[AVFilterGraph @ 0x55677bdff640] Setting 'fontfile' to value '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSerif.ttf'
[AVFilterGraph @ 0x55677bdff640] Setting 'text' to value '"hello world"'
[AVFilterGraph @ 0x55677bdff640] Setting 'x' to value '(w-text_w)/2'
[AVFilterGraph @ 0x55677bdff640] Setting 'y' to value '(h-text_h)/2'
[graph 0 input from stream 0:0 @ 0x55677be04ec0] Setting 'video_size' to value '1280x720'
[graph 0 input from stream 0:0 @ 0x55677be04ec0] Setting 'pix_fmt' to value '2'
[graph 0 input from stream 0:0 @ 0x55677be04ec0] Setting 'time_base' to value '1/10'
[graph 0 input from stream 0:0 @ 0x55677be04ec0] Setting 'pixel_aspect' to value '1/1'
[graph 0 input from stream 0:0 @ 0x55677be04ec0] Setting 'frame_rate' to value '10/1'
[graph 0 input from stream 0:0 @ 0x55677be04ec0] w:1280 h:720 pixfmt:rgb24 tb:1/10 fr:10/1 sar:1/1
[format @ 0x55677be05f00] Setting 'pix_fmts' to value 'yuv420p|yuv422p'
[auto_scale_0 @ 0x55677be055c0] w:iw h:ih flags:'' interl:0
[format @ 0x55677be05f00] auto-inserting filter 'auto_scale_0' between the filter 'Parsed_drawtext_0' and the filter 'format'
[AVFilterGraph @ 0x55677bdff640] query_formats: 4 queried, 2 merged, 1 already done, 0 delayed
[auto_scale_0 @ 0x55677be055c0] picking yuv420p out of 2 ref:rgb24 alpha:0
[auto_scale_0 @ 0x55677be055c0] w:1280 h:720 fmt:rgb24 sar:1/1 -> w:1280 h:720 fmt:yuv420p sar:1/1 flags:0x00000004
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[mpeg2video @ 0x55677bdfc1c0] intra_quant_bias = 96 inter_quant_bias = 0
[mpegts @ 0x55677bdfad80] service 1 using PCR in pid=256, pcr_period=100ms
[mpegts @ 0x55677bdfad80] muxrate VBR, sdt every 500 ms, pat/pmt every 100 ms
Output #0, mpegts, to '/tmp/out.ts':
Metadata:
encoder : Lavf60.18.100
Stream #0:0, 0, 1/90000: Video: mpeg2video (Main), yuv420p(tv, progressive), 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 10 fps, 90k tbn
Metadata:
encoder : Lavc60.35.100 mpeg2video
Side data:
cpb: bitrate max/min/avg: 0/0/200000 buffer size: 0 vbv_delay: N/A
frame= 0 fps=0.0 q=0.0 size= 0kB time=N/A bitrate=N/A speed=N/A
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[in#0/lavfi @ 0x55677bdf47c0] EOF while reading input
[in#0/lavfi @ 0x55677bdf47c0] Terminating demuxer thread
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[Parsed_drawtext_0 @ 0x55677bdffe00] Copying data in avfilter.
[drawtext @ 0x55677be00e40] Line: 0 -- glyphs count: 13 - width64: 9982 - offset_left64: 140 - offset_right64: 768)
[vist#0:0/wrapped_avframe @ 0x55677bdf9400] Decoder thread received EOF packet
[vist#0:0/wrapped_avframe @ 0x55677bdf9400] Decoder returned EOF, finishing
[vist#0:0/wrapped_avframe @ 0x55677bdf9400] Terminating decoder thread
[out_0_0 @ 0x55677be05b00] EOF on sink link out_0_0:default.
No more output streams to write to, finishing.
[out#0/mpegts @ 0x55677bdfac40] All streams finished
[out#0/mpegts @ 0x55677bdfac40] Terminating muxer thread
[AVIOContext @ 0x55677bdff0c0] Statistics: 337272 bytes written, 0 seeks, 2 writeouts
[out#0/mpegts @ 0x55677bdfac40] Output file #0 (/tmp/out.ts):
[out#0/mpegts @ 0x55677bdfac40] Output stream #0:0 (video): 50 frames encoded; 50 packets muxed (304332 bytes);
[out#0/mpegts @ 0x55677bdfac40] Total: 50 packets (304332 bytes) muxed
[out#0/mpegts @ 0x55677bdfac40] video:297kB audio:0kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: 10.823706%
frame= 50 fps=0.0 q=5.1 Lsize= 329kB time=00:00:04.80 bitrate= 562.1kbits/s speed=24.6x
[in#0/lavfi @ 0x55677bdf47c0] Input file #0 (testsrc=duration=5:size=hd720:rate=10):
[in#0/lavfi @ 0x55677bdf47c0] Input stream #0:0 (video): 50 packets read (24000 bytes); 50 frames decoded; 0 decode errors;
[in#0/lavfi @ 0x55677bdf47c0] Total: 50 packets (24000 bytes) demuxed
