[FFmpeg-user] No such filter: 'drawtext' error

[Clément Bœsch]

On Mon, Feb 06, 2012 at 06:54:08AM -0800, bartom wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying out a filtering example from
> https://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/wiki/FilteringGuide.
> I've installed the latest linux build of ffmpeg from
> https://launchpad.net/~jon-severinsson/+archive/ffmpeg
> 
> Here is my ffmpeg command and subsequent error message  "No such filter:
> 'drawtext'":
> 
>  ffmpeg -i test.avi -vf
> "drawtext=fontfile=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/DroidSans.ttf:
> timecode='09\:57\:00\:00': r=25: x=(w-tw)/2: y=h-(2*lh): fontcolor=white:
> box=1: boxcolor=0x00000000 at 1" -an -y out.avi
> ffmpeg version N-37402-gc673671 Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg
> developers
>   built on Feb  1 2012 12:28:01 with gcc 4.4.3
>   configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-libfaac --enable-nonfree
> --enable-postproc --enable-version3

You need a build with --enable-libfreetype to have the drawtext feature.

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Clément B.
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