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Burn titles and captions into video with FFmpeg drawtext
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What this guide covers
For editors who need a title, label or short caption burned into a clip with FFmpeg. You end with a drawtext setting with a named font, size, backing box, position and optional timing. Based on the FFmpeg manual only; no command was run.
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Guide title
Burn titles and captions into video with FFmpeg drawtext
Coverage
For editors who need a title, label or short caption burned into a clip with FFmpeg. You end with a drawtext setting with a named font, size, backing box, position and optional timing. Based on the FFmpeg manual only; no command was run.
Example
A hypothetical 1920 by 1080 caption near the bottom edge with text sized to a thirtieth of the picture height. Its 36-pixel size is arithmetic, and nothing was rendered.
Useful starting points
- Without fontconfig support the font file path is mandatory, and it must include the path.
- Text must be UTF-8, and for long or awkward text a text file avoids most escaping trouble.
- Commas and colons inside expressions need escaping, or the filter fails with a parse error.
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