[FFmpeg-user] Drawtext - how to stop text at certain point?

[Stefano Sabatini]

On date Friday 2012-06-15 14:39:33 -0700, stpn encoded:
> Hi, if I wanted to draw moving text, but stop it at the middle of the screen,
> how would I do that? 
> Using drawtext..

Use the draw parameter.

ffplay -f lavfi -i testsrc=n=2 -vf "drawtext=fontsize=25:fontfile=FreeSerif.ttf:x=100:y=x/dar:draw=lt(t\,5):text='hello world'"

Also check complete documentation and examples:
http://ffmpeg.org/libavfilter.html#drawtext
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