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copied!<p>I was trying to make a 3 columns by 2 row overlay in FFMEG</p> <p>I found this command which works great for a 2x2 movie overlay</p> <pre><code>ffmpeg.exe -i video1.mp4 -i video2.mp4 -i video3.mp4 -i video4.mp4 -filter_complex "[0:0]scale=iw/2:ih/2,pad=iw*2:ih*2[a];[1:0]scale=iw/2:ih/2[b];[2:0]scale=iw/2:ih/2[c];[3:0]scale=iw/2:ih/2[d];[a][b]overlay=w[x];[x][c]overlay=0:h[y];[y][d]overlay=w:h,drawtext=fontsize=12:fontcolor=white:fontfile=/Windows/Fonts/arial.ttf:text='vid1':x=35:y=35,drawtext=fontsize=12:fontcolor=white:fontfile=/Windows/Fonts/arial.ttf:text='vid2':x=(w/2)+35:y=35,drawtext=fontsize=12:fontcolor=white:fontfile=/Windows/Fonts/arial.ttf:text='vid3':x=35:y=(h/2)+35,drawtext=fontsize=12:fontcolor=white:fontfile=/Windows/Fonts/arial.ttf:text='vid4':x=(w/2)+35:y=(h/2)+35" output.mp4 </code></pre> <p>(Same command just multiple lines only for readability)</p> <pre><code>ffmpeg.exe -i video1.mp4 -i video2.mp4 -i video3.mp4 -i video4.mp4 -filter_complex "[0:0]scale=iw/2:ih/2,pad=iw*2:ih*2[a];[1:0]scale=iw/2:ih/2[b]; [2:0]scale=iw/2:ih/2[c];[3:0]scale=iw/2:ih/2[d];[a][b]overlay=w[x]; [x][c]overlay=0:h[y];[y][d]overlay=w:h,drawtext=fontsize=12:fontcolor=white: fontfile=/Windows/Fonts/arial.ttf:text='vid1':x=35:y=35,drawtext=fontsize=12: fontcolor=white:fontfile=/Windows/Fonts/arial.ttf:text='vid2':x=(w/2)+35:y=35,drawtext=fontsize=12:fontcolor=white: fontfile=/Windows/Fonts/arial.ttf:text='vid3':x=35 :y=(h/2)+35,drawtext=fontsize=12:fontcolor=white: fontfile=/Windows/Fonts/arial.ttf:text='vid4':x=(w/2)+35:y=(h/2)+35" output.mp4 </code></pre> <p>I had trouble adding the 2 other movies, I know you add this</p> <pre><code>ffmpeg.exe -i video1.mp4 -i video2.mp4 -i video3.mp4 -i video4.mp4 -i video5.mp4 -i video6.mp4 </code></pre> <p>and this </p> <pre><code>-filter_complex "[0:0]scale=iw/2:ih/2,pad=iw*3:ih*2[a]; </code></pre> <p>but positioning the last 2 movies and text is where I am lost</p> <p>image per request [edit] of what I want to do in organizing the overlays</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/1SOUq.png" alt="overlay of 6 videos 3x2 with text on top"></p>

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