FFmpeg - Overlay one video onto another video?

Question

I understand that this is a very open ended question. I have done some initial reading into FFmpeg, but now require some guidance.

Problem

• I have a video input.mov.
• I would like to overlay another video on top of overlay.wov.
• The result should be a single video (output.mov).

Notes

• Done some initial reading into FFmpeg and read this question.

Thanks - C.

Edits

1. Backend is Go/Ruby. Open to using a new language.
2. The audio from the first video should be kept.
3. Setting the interval at which the overlay starts would be great.

Current Solution

ffmpeg -i input.mov -i overlay.mov -filter_complex "[0:0][1:0]overlay[out]" -shortest -map [out] -map 0:1 -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:a copy -c:v libx264 -crf 18  output.mov

This nearly works, however:

• Overlay is cut short even though the two videos (input.mov & overlay.mov) are the same length.
• I cannot start the overlay at any interval apart from 0:00.

Gothicism

what backend technology you are using? PHP, .NET, struts, python!!? – Tundra

@Tundra - added answer to post. – Gothicism

@LordNeckbeard thanks for the comment, have added quite a lot more detail and included my current solution. I believe it is different due to the audio and interval requirements. – Gothicism

Answer 1

If you just want a ffmpeg command, try

ffmpeg -i input.mov -i overlay.mov \
-filter_complex "[1:v]setpts=PTS-10/TB[a]; \
                 [0:v][a]overlay=enable=gte(t\,5):shortest=1[out]" \
-map [out] -map 0:a \
-c:v libx264 -crf 18 -pix_fmt yuv420p \
-c:a copy \
output.mov

This starts the overlay at 5 seconds with the overlaid video start point being 00:15.

setpts=PTS-10/TB is setpts=PTS+(overlay_delay-video_trim_in)/TB

overlay=enable=gte(t\,5) is overlay=enable=gte(t\,overlay_delay)

Mcpeak

Thanks for the answer! Slightly confused by the interval. Could you explain it with these parameters if possible? input.mov is 10 secs long. overlay.mov is 3 secs long. output.mov should be 10 secs long. overlay.mov should start at 7 seconds into input.mov – Gothicism

Overlay starts at 7, so overlay=enable=gte(t\,7). Overlay.mov is shown from its beginning, so setpts=PTS+7-0/TB == setpts=PTS+7/TB – Mcpeak

How about if i want to have also the audio kept in both videos? Because now when i try it, the audio from the overlay is gone. Thanks! – Elative

Insert [0][1]amix[a] into the filtergraph after the overlay and change -map 0:a to -map [a] – Mcpeak

@Mcpeak can you please give an example of how to add this [0][1]amix[a] Is it supposed to be added in the same chain as overlay command? – Barina

I got it working but i had to remove -c:a copy since copy can't be used with filters, right? – Barina

@Mcpeak what should we change (in your command) if we want the overlay start at 0, like what OP was doing? I did gte(t\,0) and setpts=PTS+0/TB but that didn't work. – Prothorax

@Mcpeak I have a very similar question and I have found a working solution, however it seems overly complex, if you have an idea (because you seems to be a ffmpeg guru!), it would be great :) #66256914 – Ilona