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Old 09-13-2018
How to escape colon sign from variable in shell?
Hello,
Below script works fine when I manually enter required information for each file. When it comes to shell in auto mode, it gives various errors.
I am under ubuntu 14.04 / trusty.

manual_run.sh:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
/usr/bin/ffmpeg -start_at_zero -copyts -i nicki.mp4 -c:v mpeg2video \
-b:v 500k -minrate 500k -maxrate 500k \
-vf "[in]drawtext=fontsize=12:fontcolor=White:fontfile='/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSerif.ttf':\
text='%{pts\:gmtime\:0\:%M\\\\\:%S}':x=60:y=20, \
drawtext=fontsize=12:fontcolor=Yellow:fontfile='/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSerif.ttf':\
text='nicki':x=360:y=20,\
drawtext=fontsize=12:fontcolor=White:fontfile='/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSerif.ttf':\
text='00\:05\:22.22':x=660:y=20:[out]" \
-metadata service_provider="stream" -metadata service_name="Info Kanalen" -f mpegts \
 /var/www/html/output.mp4

auto_sh:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
while read -r COL1 COL2
do
/usr/bin/ffmpeg -start_at_zero -copyts -i "$COL1" -c:v mpeg2video \
-b:v 500k -minrate 500k -maxrate 500k \
-vf "[in]drawtext=fontsize=12:fontcolor=White:fontfile='/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSerif.ttf':\
text='%{pts\:gmtime\:0\:%M\\\\\:%S}':x=60:y=20, \
drawtext=fontsize=12:fontcolor=Yellow:fontfile='/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSerif.ttf':\
text='"$COL1"':x=360:y=20,\
drawtext=fontsize=12:fontcolor=White:fontfile='/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSerif.ttf':\
text='"$COL2"':x=660:y=20:[out]" \
-metadata service_provider="stream" -metadata service_name="Info Kanalen" -f mpegts \
/var/www/html/$(basename "${COL1/.mp4}")_t.mp4
done < duration

duration:
Code:
restaurant.mp4 00:02:30.51
nicki.mp4 00:05:22.22

The difference between manual and auto sh files are subjected to column2. Seems like I am unable to escape colon ( : ) sign as it was assigned to a variable.

output_error1:
Code:
[Parsed_drawtext_2 @ 0x286de80] Could not load font "02": cannot open resource
[AVFilterGraph @ 0x266a400] Error initializing filter 'drawtext' with args 'fontsize=12:fontcolor=White:fontfile=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSerif.ttf:text=00:02:30.51:x=660:y=20:'
Error reinitializing filters!
Failed to inject frame into filter network: Invalid argument
Error while processing the decoded data for stream #0:0

output_error2:
Code:
icki.mp4: No such file or directory

Also, I do not understand why it gives no file found error, why the letter n for nicki is missed etc ..


I'd kindly appreciate your help

Many thanks
Boris
# 2  
Old 09-13-2018
That missing n could indicate some non-printing control char in your input file. Sure there's none? How did you create that file?


If you need the colons in your input file escaped, you could use

- "process substitution" for your input file, like done < <(sed 's/:/\\:/g' duration)
- "parameter expansion" for the COL2 variable, like inserting COL2=${COL2//:/\\:}; before the ffmpeg command.
This User Gave Thanks to RudiC For This Post:
baris35
# 3  
Old 09-13-2018
Dear Rudic,
Thanks for your answer. You saved my time.
Lesson learnt:
- New notation for me: done < <(sed 's/:/\\:/g' duration)
-vf is not supported while loop

Kind regards
Boris




Many thanks
Boris
# 4  
Old 09-13-2018
There's no particular reason -vf shouldn't work in a while loop. It's just very tricky to get all the quoting and escaping right. Shove printf "\t%s\n" in front of ffmpeg to see what its really doing - it will print each separate argument on its own line. You'll be able to tell if your quotes broke somewhere.
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