[FFmpeg-user] drawtext filter missing

[David Bernat]

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On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 3:26 AM Tobias Rapp <t.rapp at noa-archive.com> wrote:

> On 28/11/2023 21:40, Leo Butler via ffmpeg-user wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I ran into this problem with the current Debian testing build, so I
> > thought I would try the static build. Both are compiled with
> > --enable-libfreetype but both barf on a drawtext filter. I am attaching
> > the log file from the static build.
> >
> > According to:
> >
> > https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-all.html#drawtext-1
> >
> > the libfreetype library should be sufficient.
>
> Recent versions of the drawtext filter now also depend on libharfbuzz. I
> also did run into this when cross-compiling a static build of FFmpeg.
> Unfortunately the harfbuzz library has some other non-trivial
> dependencies in turn, like GLib and Cairo, and uses Meson for building
> (see https://harfbuzz.github.io/building.html).
>
> In my opinion it would have been nice if the libharfbuzz dependency of
> the drawtext filter could be made optional, for those that do not mind
> non-perfect positioned characters - or just use monospaced fonts anyway.
>
> Regards,
> Tobias
>
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