[FFmpeg-user] toggle between two streams

[Michael Koch]

Am 03.09.2021 um 15:30 schrieb Paul B Mahol:
>
> sendcmd supports expressions.

yes, but it's complicated and doesn't always work.

rem   make two images for testing
ffmpeg -f lavfi -i color=yellow -vf 
drawtext='text="1":fontcolor=red:fontsize=100:x=140:y=80' -frames 1 -y 1.png
ffmpeg -f lavfi -i color=yellow -vf 
drawtext='text="2":fontcolor=red:fontsize=100:x=140:y=80' -frames 1 -y 2.png

ffmpeg -loop 1 -i 1.png -loop 1 -i 2.png -lavfi 
sendcmd=f=cmd.txt,streamselect=map=0 -t 10 -y out.mp4

The file cmd.txt contains this line:
0 [expr] streamselect map 'gte(mod(T,2),1)';

The above example does work. But if I write all in the FFmpeg command 
line, then it doesn't work:

ffmpeg -loop 1 -i 1.png -loop 1 -i 2.png -lavfi sendcmd=c="0 [expr] 
streamselect map 'gte(mod(T,2),1)'",streamselect=map=0 -t 10 -y out.mp4

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Michael