Right image is from the external file and line break examples. It's easier to center the two lines with multiple drawtext instances (left image). Same as above, but video will automatically match audio duration by removing duration=10 and adding -shortest: ffmpeg -f lavfi -i color=size=320x240:rate=25:color=blue -i audio.m4a -vf 'drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:fontsize=30:fontcolor=white:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=(h-text_h)/2:text='Stack Overflow'' -c:a copy -shortest output.mp4Īnother example with a white box behind the text at 25% opacity with 5 pixel padding:įfmpeg -f lavfi -i color=c=red:s=320x240:d=10 -vf Overflow'' output.mp4 See the list of supported color names and how to use a hex code to set color.The duration=10 will make a 10 second duration output.

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i color=size=320x240:duration=10:rate=25:color=blue -vf 'drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:fontsize=30:fontcolor=white:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=(h-text_h)/2:text='Stack Overflow'' output.mp4 Text is size 30, colored white, and centered. Example for a 320x240, 10 second, 25 fps, blue background. Using the color filter for the background and the drawtext filter for the text. subtitles can automatically wrap the text while drawtext cannot.ĭrawtext filter examples Add text to solid color background This can be done using the drawtext or subtitles filters.ĭrawtext is simpler, but subtitles has much better styling and timing options.

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