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shu Chan
shu Chan
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Posted by shu Chan
shu Chan
2,951 Points

ffmpeg text overlay on live stream rtmp url output

I have ffmpeg take an HLS stream and output into an rtmp url with this command.

ffmpeg -re -i "http://184.72.239.149/vod/smil:BigBuckBunny.smil/playlist.m3u8" -acodec libmp3lame -ar 44100 -b:a 128k -pix_fmt yuv420p -profile:v baseline -s 426x240 -bufsize 6000k -vb 400k -maxrate 1500k -deinterlace -vcodec libx264 -preset veryfast -g 30 -r 30 -f flv "rtmp://ingest-us-east.a.switchboard.zone/live/moo-abced-ppoo-noas"

I would like to put text overlay on the stream but I can't figure out how to do it. I need to have the the ability to control when the text comes up on the screen. Your help is much appreciated.