[FFmpeg-user] Using the testsrc filter in older ffmpeg versions without the lavfi device

[Dave Rice]

Hi,

On Apr 6, 2012, at 9:46 AM, Roger Berk wrote:

> Could someone please tell me how to create a test pattern in ffmpeg WITHOUT
> using lavfi.
> 
> There must have been a way to use testsrc before lavfi was available.
> 
> My problem is that ffmpeg requires a -i (input file) parameter, and testsrc
> does not need or use any input file.
> 
> Since earlier versions of ffmpeg did not have any -f lavfi option, how was
> testsrc used previously ?

There may be more efficient ways, but you could use testsrc in an overlay filter and completely overlay the input video.

ffmpeg -t 5 -i someVideoToBeCovered.mov -an -vf "testsrc=duration=5:size=200x200:rate=29.97 [overlay]; [in][overlay] overlay" testsrc_movie.mov

Make sure the testsrc parameters match the input file to cover it.

Dave Rice