how to build ffmpeg with burn text on hls output while maintaining the aspect ratio
<p>My objective is to burn a text(watermark) at a particular time range on the outputed hls video, I also have to change just the height and maintain the aspect ratio which I am able to do but the burning in text part is not working. First the ffmpeg I used is for 14.04 ubuntu, details are <a href="http://www.faqforge.com/linux/how-to-install-ffmpeg-on-ubuntu-14-04/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>. I don't think this build supports subtitle (<a href="http://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#subtitles" rel="nofollow noreferrer">docs</a>) filter which I could have used for my purpose as described <a href="https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/HowToBurnSubtitlesIntoVideo" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>. when i enter ffmpeg into the terminal this is the output</p>

<pre><code>(ffmpeg)aameer@falcon:~/Documents/projects/ffmpeg$ ffmpeg 
ffmpeg version N-78590-g5590ab4 Copyright (c) 2000-2016 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 4.8 (Ubuntu 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.1)
  configuration: --extra-libs=-ldl --prefix=/opt/ffmpeg --mandir=/usr/share/man --enable-avresample --disable-debug --enable-nonfree --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --disable-decoder=amrnb --disable-decoder=amrwb --enable-libpulse --enable-libfreetype --enable-gnutls --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-libvorbis --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-libvpx --enable-libspeex --enable-libass --enable-avisynth --enable-libsoxr --enable-libxvid --enable-libvidstab
  libavutil      55. 18.100 / 55. 18.100
  libavcodec     57. 24.103 / 57. 24.103
  libavformat    57. 25.100 / 57. 25.100
  libavdevice    57.  0.101 / 57.  0.101
  libavfilter     6. 32.100 /  6. 32.100
  libavresample   3.  0.  0 /  3.  0.  0
  libswscale      4.  0.100 /  4.  0.100
  libswresample   2.  0.101 /  2.  0.101
  libpostproc    54.  0.100 / 54.  0.100
Hyper fast Audio and Video encoder
usage: ffmpeg [options] [[infile options] -i infile]... {[outfile options] outfile}...

Use -h to get full help or, even better, run 'man ffmpeg'
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<p>I tried</p>

<pre><code>(ffmpeg)aameer@falcon:~/Documents/projects/ffmpeg$ ffmpeg -threads 4 -i "input_sintel_trailer_720p.mp4" -profile:v baseline -level 4.0 -vf scale="trunc(360*a/2)*2:360, subtitles='subtitles.srt'"  -start_number 0 -hls_time 10 -hls_list_size 0 -f hls videos/4444/index_4444_360_.m3u8
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<p>and got an error</p>

<pre><code>[Parsed_subtitles_1 @ 0x2f1b7e0] Shaper: FriBidi 0.19.6 (SIMPLE) HarfBuzz-ng 0.9.27 (COMPLEX)
[Parsed_subtitles_1 @ 0x2f1b7e0] Unable to open subtitles.srt
[AVFilterGraph @ 0x2f1ac00] Error initializing filter 'subtitles' with args 'subtitles.srt'
Error opening filters!
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<p>then I tried this</p>

<pre><code>(ffmpeg)aameer@falcon:~/Documents/projects/ffmpeg$ ffmpeg -threads 4 -i "input_sintel_trailer_720p.mp4" -profile:v baseline -level 4.0 -vf "scale='trunc(360*a/2)*2:360', drawtext:drawtext"  -start_number 0 -hls_time 10 -hls_list_size 0 -f hls videos/4444/index_4444_360_.m3u8
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<p>based on an answer <a href="https://superuser.com/questions/797117/ffmpeg-video-with-single-image-and-drawtext-failed-loop-causes-short-freeze">here</a> and got this error</p>

<pre><code>[AVFilterGraph @ 0x2695c20] No such filter: 'drawtext:drawtext'
Error opening filters!
</code></pre>

<p>I tried a static build too which i got from <a href="http://ffmpeg.gusari.org/static/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> but still couldn't make it work. with this static build i tried:</p>

<pre><code>ffmpeg version N-63893-gc69defd Copyright (c) 2000-2014 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Jul 16 2014 05:38:01 with gcc 4.6 (Debian 4.6.3-1)
  configuration: --prefix=/root/ffmpeg-static/64bit --extra-cflags='-I/root/ffmpeg-static/64bit/include -static' --extra-ldflags='-L/root/ffmpeg-static/64bit/lib -static' --extra-libs='-lxml2 -lexpat -lfreetype' --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-ffserver --disable-doc --enable-bzlib --enable-zlib --enable-postproc --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-libx264 --enable-gpl --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libmp3lame --enable-gray --enable-libass --enable-libfreetype --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libspeex --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-version3 --enable-libvpx
  libavutil      52. 89.100 / 52. 89.100
  libavcodec     55. 66.101 / 55. 66.101
  libavformat    55. 43.100 / 55. 43.100
  libavdevice    55. 13.101 / 55. 13.101
  libavfilter     4.  8.100 /  4.  8.100
  libswscale      2.  6.100 /  2.  6.100
  libswresample   0. 19.100 /  0. 19.100
  libpostproc    52.  3.100 / 52.  3.100
Hyper fast Audio and Video encoder
usage: ffmpeg [options] [[infile options] -i infile]... {[outfile options] outfile}...

Use -h to get full help or, even better, run 'man ffmpeg'

(ffmpeg)aameer@falcon:~/Documents/projects/ffmpeg$ ./ffmpeg -threads 4 -i "input_sintel_trailer_720p.mp4" -profile:v baseline -level 4.0 -vf scale="trunc(360*a/2)*2:360, subtitles='subtitle.srt'"  -start_number 0 -hls_time 10 -hls_list_size 0 -f hls videos/4444/index_4444_360_.m3u8
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<p>but got an error</p>

<pre><code>Could not write header for output file #0 (incorrect codec parameters ?): No such file or directory
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<p>Any help in this regard would be appreciated. I don't have much experience with compiling , otherwise would have done with support for libass as mentioned in the documentation <a href="http://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#subtitles" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> </p>

<p>console output after trying the first potential answer:</p>

<pre><code>(ffmpeg)aameer@falcon:~/Documents/projects/ffmpeg$ ls
bbb_sunflower_1080p_30fps_normal.mp4  ffmpeg_log_multiprocess.txt  ffmpeg.static.64bit.latest  input_sintel_trailer_720p.mp4  watermark.png
encoding_script.sh                    ffmpeg_log_simple.txt        ffprobe                     subtitle.srt
ffmpeg                                ffmpeg_log.txt               fontconfig                  videos
(ffmpeg)aameer@falcon:~/Documents/projects/ffmpeg$ ffmpeg -threads 4 -i input_sintel_trailer_720p.mp4 -profile:v baseline -level 4.0 -vf "scale=-2:360,subtitles='subtitle.srt'" -start_number 0 -hls_time 10 -hls_list_size 0 -f hls videos/4444/index_4444_360_.m3u8
ffmpeg version N-78590-g5590ab4 Copyright (c) 2000-2016 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 4.8 (Ubuntu 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.1)
  configuration: --extra-libs=-ldl --prefix=/opt/ffmpeg --mandir=/usr/share/man --enable-avresample --disable-debug --enable-nonfree --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --disable-decoder=amrnb --disable-decoder=amrwb --enable-libpulse --enable-libfreetype --enable-gnutls --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-libvorbis --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-libvpx --enable-libspeex --enable-libass --enable-avisynth --enable-libsoxr --enable-libxvid --enable-libvidstab
  libavutil      55. 18.100 / 55. 18.100
  libavcodec     57. 24.103 / 57. 24.103
  libavformat    57. 25.100 / 57. 25.100
  libavdevice    57.  0.101 / 57.  0.101
  libavfilter     6. 32.100 /  6. 32.100
  libavresample   3.  0.  0 /  3.  0.  0
  libswscale      4.  0.100 /  4.  0.100
  libswresample   2.  0.101 /  2.  0.101
  libpostproc    54.  0.100 / 54.  0.100
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'input_sintel_trailer_720p.mp4':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : isom
    minor_version   : 512
    compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
    creation_time   : 1970-01-01 00:00:00
    title           : Sintel Trailer
    artist          : Durian Open Movie Team
    encoder         : Lavf52.62.0
    copyright       : (c) copyright Blender Foundation | durian.blender.org
    description     : Trailer for the Sintel open movie project
  Duration: 00:00:52.21, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1165 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 1280x720, 1033 kb/s, 24 fps, 24 tbr, 24 tbn, 48 tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 1970-01-01 00:00:00
      handler_name    : VideoHandler
    Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 126 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 1970-01-01 00:00:00
      handler_name    : SoundHandler
[Parsed_subtitles_1 @ 0x2bdb700] Shaper: FriBidi 0.19.6 (SIMPLE) HarfBuzz-ng 0.9.27 (COMPLEX)
[Parsed_subtitles_1 @ 0x2bdb700] Using font provider fontconfig
[libx264 @ 0x2bc8b60] using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX FMA3 AVX2 LZCNT BMI2
[libx264 @ 0x2bc8b60] profile Constrained Baseline, level 4.0
Output #0, hls, to 'videos/4444/index_4444_360_.m3u8':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : isom
    minor_version   : 512
    compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
    description     : Trailer for the Sintel open movie project
    title           : Sintel Trailer
    artist          : Durian Open Movie Team
    copyright       : (c) copyright Blender Foundation | durian.blender.org
    encoder         : Lavf57.25.100
    Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (libx264), yuv420p, 640x360, q=-1--1, 24 fps, 24 tbn, 24 tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 1970-01-01 00:00:00
      handler_name    : VideoHandler
      encoder         : Lavc57.24.103 libx264
    Side data:
      cpb: bitrate max/min/avg: 0/0/0 buffer size: 0 vbv_delay: -1
    Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (LC), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 1970-01-01 00:00:00
      handler_name    : SoundHandler
      encoder         : Lavc57.24.103 aac
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -&gt; #0:0 (h264 (native) -&gt; h264 (libx264))
  Stream #0:1 -&gt; #0:1 (aac (native) -&gt; aac (native))
Could not write header for output file #0 (incorrect codec parameters ?): No such file or directory
[aac @ 0x2bc9ac0] Qavg: -nan
(ffmpeg)aameer@falcon:~/Documents/projects/ffmpeg$ 
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