It's a mess the way ffmpeg handle the paths on windows ... for inputs it use the standard way drive:\folder\file but for filters it use that drive:\\:/folder/file .... it's illogical to me!
At least documentation should be more specific for windows users that are the majority -----Messaggio originale----- Da: ffmpeg-user <[email protected]> Per conto di William C Bonner Inviato: martedì 11 ottobre 2022 00:05 A: FFmpeg user questions <[email protected]> Oggetto: Re: [FFmpeg-user] Question: how i can overlay an input with current date and time? On Sun, Oct 9, 2022 at 12:59 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > how i can overlay an input with current date and time? > > I use drawtext when I create videos from time lapse photos using this command: ffmpeg.exe -hide_banner -r 30 -i C:\Users\Wim\Videos\20221009-PSSC\Wim%05d.JPG -vf crop=in_w:9/16*in_w,drawtext=fontfile=C\\:/WINDOWS/Fonts/consola.ttf:fontcol or=white:fontsize=main_h/16:y=main_h-text_h-50:x=main_w-text_w-50:text=WimsW orld,drawtext=fontfile=C\\:/WINDOWS/Fonts/consola.ttf:fontcolor=white:fontsi ze=main_h/16:y=main_h-text_h-50:x=50:text=%{metadata\\:DateTimeOriginal} -c:v libx265 -crf 23 -preset veryfast -s 3840x2160 -movflags +faststart -bf 2 -g 15 -pix_fmt yuv420p -n C:\Users\Wim\Videos\20221009-PSSC-2160p30-cropped.mp4 It puts the date of the original photo in the bottom left of the video as a running time code. _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-user mailing list [email protected] https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email [email protected] with subject "unsubscribe". _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-user mailing list [email protected] https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email [email protected] with subject "unsubscribe".
