>> 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 > On Aug 16, 2023, at 12:49, Paul B Mahol <one...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Also need to escape \ > > So before each : in timecode put four \
Thanks again Paul, A few more tests and got it working You were right about the double backslashes. At that point the period before the frame is not necessary. Frames are fine, so "timecode=01\\:45\\:20\\:13 did the trick." The final code that worked: ffmpeg -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 Thanks for your help!!! C.C. _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-user mailing list ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-user-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".