On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 12:38 PM, j-b-m <j-...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > On Friday 31 May 2013 11.28:44 Carl Karsten wrote: >> #!/bin/bash -xe >> I am trying to create some test files, and would like to render a text >> file on a blue background. >> (so that it is noticeable when it flips to a read background and the >> noise stops .. like to testi AV sync.) >> >> This is what I tried, but I get white source.txt on black, then #frame# on >> blue. >> >> If it takes more then a min or two to figure out how to do what I >> want, I can dig up some red_blue.mlt xml that should work, but for bug >> reports I would like as simple as possible. > > Hi, > > 2 possible approaches. If you want a blue background, you can use the > "bgcolour" property of the pango producer: > > (note that instead of a .txt file you can use "+" to directly output text: > > melt +hello.txt bgcolour=blue > > will output hello on a blue background, but the aspect ratio of the background > sometimes needs adjustment. > > Otherwise, using your 2 tracks way, you need to add a transition to see the > blue background track: > > melt color:blue -track +hello.txt -transition composite always_active=1 > halign=centre valign=centre > >
perfect - thanks a bunch. another quickie... does something (pango?) look at the file name ext to figure out how to decode it? I tried to swap source.txt with $0, but then I just get white on white. -- Carl K ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap2 _______________________________________________ Mlt-devel mailing list Mlt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mlt-devel
