FFmpeg Overlay - Picture in Picture

Video overlay is a technique that displays a foreground video or image on the (usually bigger) background video or image

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FFmpeg Command structure for overlay

ffmpeg -i input1 -i input2 -filter_complex overlay=x:y output

ffmpeg -i pair.mp4 -i logo.png -filter_complex overlay pair1.mp4

ffmpeg -i pair.mp4 -i logo.png -filter_complex overlay=W-w pair2.mp4

ffmpeg -i video_with_timer.mp4 -itsoffset 5 -i logo.png ^
-filter_complex overlay timer_with_logo.mp4