[FFmpeg-user] Inserting text at exact timestamps

[Sven C. Dack]

On 15/10/16 12:49, Bet Scape wrote:
> Is it possible to insert text into a video at the exact timestamps?
>
> Assuming video is 10 minutes long and I have over 500 messages to display
> for 1 second each and I only have the timestamps of when the messages
> should appear.
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Subtitles come to mind. They do just that.

Otherwise see the drawtext filter:

https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#drawtext-1