ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "drawtext=text='Hello World':fontsize=48:fontcolor=white:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=(h-text_h)/2" output.mp4

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ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "drawtext=text='Hello World':fontsize=48:fontcolor=white:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=(h-text_h)/2" output.mp4

Burn text onto a video

Burns centered white text onto the video with the drawtext filter; x=(w-text_w)/2 centers it horizontally. Needs libass and fontconfig built into ffmpeg, and the filter must be quoted because it contains special characters. Change the text, size, and color freely.
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