<p>Use a filter to reduce the framerate beforehand</p>

<pre><code>ffmpeg -i in.mpg -vf "fps=24,scale=-2:360,drawtext=timecode='00\:00\:00\:00': r=24" out.mpg
</code></pre>

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2018-06-04T16:07:12.623Z
Thank you @Gyan! Your answers are fast and accurate.

So now I have a followup question: if I were only changing the frame rate, would there be any difference between `-r 24` and `vf fps=24`?
iter
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2018-06-04T16:13:25.737Z
There was a difference in frame selection logic for the first frame but I believe it was fixed recently.
Gyan
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2018-06-04T15:51:19.473Z
Gyan
<p>Following up on this question: <a href="https://video.stackexchange.com/questions/24008/ffmpeg-drawtext-timecode-source-framerate/24009">ffmpeg drawtext timecode source framerate</a></p>

<p>I want to change the frame rate of a file, scale it down and burn the timecode in one operation.</p>

<p><code>ffmpeg -i in.mpg -r 24 -vf "scale=-2:360, drawtext=timecode='00\:00\:00\:00': r=24:" out.mpg</code></p>

<p>When I do this, the timecode is relative to the source frame rate, not the output. So if my input FPS is 59.94, I get this timecode sequence: </p>

<pre><code>00:00:00:02
00:00:00:04
00:00:00:07
00:00:00:09
</code></pre>

<p>How can I tell <code>drawtext</code> to use destination frame numbers instead of source?</p>

<ffmpeg><framerate><timecode>
ffmpeg timecode and -r
iter
# ffmpeg timecode and -r

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-06-04)

Following up on this question: ffmpeg drawtext timecode source framerate
I want to change the frame rate of a file, scale it down and burn the timecode in one operation.
ffmpeg -i in.mpg -r 24 -vf "scale=-2:360, drawtext=timecode='00\:00\:00\:00': r=24:" out.mpg
When I do this, the timecode is relative to the source frame rate, not the output. So if my input FPS is 59.94, I get this timecode sequence: 
00:00:00:02
00:00:00:04
00:00:00:07
00:00:00:09

How can I tell drawtext to use destination frame numbers instead of source?

**Tags:** ffmpeg, framerate, timecode


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-06-04. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Use a filter to reduce the framerate beforehand
ffmpeg -i in.mpg -vf "fps=24,scale=-2:360,drawtext=timecode='00\:00\:00\:00': r=24" out.mpg

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thank you @username_1! Your answers are fast and accurate.  So now I have a followup question: if I were only changing the frame rate, would there be any difference between `-r 24` and `vf fps=24`?  
> **username_1**: There was a difference in frame selection logic for the first frame but I believe it was fixed recently.  

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