[FFmpeg-trac] #7947(avfilter:new): Feature request: expose more frame properties as variables in drawtext filter
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Mon Jun 10 20:43:18 EEST 2019
#7947: Feature request: expose more frame properties as variables in drawtext
filter
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Reporter: | Owner:
electron.rotoscope |
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Component: avfilter
Version: unspecified | Resolution:
Keywords: drawtext | Blocked By:
Blocking: | Reproduced by developer: 0
Analyzed by developer: 0 |
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Comment (by electron.rotoscope):
Replying to [comment:3 Gyan]:
> The author should send this to the ffmpeg-devel list using git format-
patch.
>
I'm trying to learn git and mailing list etiquette now well enough to be
able to do this myself. I was hoping someone on here would be willing to
help out.
> {{{
> + The metadata accessible to this function must show up using
> + @code{ffprobe -show_packets} formatted as
TAG:[metadata_key]=[metadata_value].
> }}}
>
> Why? A user can always insert metadata inside the filtergraph using
other filters.
I wasn't aware of that. My main goal was to let the people after me know
that you can't pull, say, "duration_time" since in this context while that
is ''information about data'', it's not what ffmpeg generally means by
''metadata''. Would this work better?
The use of the term metadata in ffmpeg refers to extra data, often user-
provided or generated live during decode by other filters.
If you're trying to read data from a stream or file, run @code{ffprobe
-show_frames}. If it doesn't show up formatted as
TAG:[metadata_key]=[metadata_value] then it won't be visible to this
option.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/7947#comment:4>
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