[FFmpeg-user] drawtext timecode drop frame 23.967

Andy Furniss adf.lists at gmail.com
Wed Dec 14 19:32:10 EET 2016


Nathaniel Finney wrote:
> It seems the drawtext filter timecode option doesn't allow using 23.967:
> ....  timecode='00\:00\:00\;00':rate=24000/1001: ...
>
> [Parsed_drawtext_4 @ 0x7ff2c74010c0] Drop frame is only allowed with
> 30000/1001 or 60000/1001 FPS
>
> I'm not sure why this is, 23.967 is a common NTSC frame rate, any ideas on
> this?

I don't think 23.967 is a NTSC rate. Maybe a typo of 23.976 which is
nearly 24000/1001.

If you are dealing with NTSC any rates should really be written as 
xx000/1001



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