Text & Graphics Overlay
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DirectShow filter for overlaying text and images over a video stream. (Discontinued, please see Character Generator DirectShow Filter).
Overview
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This product has been replaced with the new Character Generator.
This text overlay and image mixing filter is a professional solution for almost any image and text display tasks in your multimedia application.
This product is also available as a Windows Media Encoder plugin.
Possible Uses
- Live titling of a video stream.
- Adding watermarks to a video stream or file.
- Creating crawl lines.
- Displaying on-screen information like channel number or programming information.
Features
Guaranteed Performance
MediaLooks guarantees unmatched performance of this product. If you find a solution with lower processor usage, we will either tune our software or return your money.
Titling Features
- Unlimited number of text items to mix.
- Text font, color & background selection.
- Alpha blending.
- Outlined text support. Color and width of the outline can be selected.
- Automated crawl line support.
- Special text items for displaying current time, date, frame number, SMPTE timecode (Drop Frame / Non-Drop Frame).
- Fade-in / fade-out.
- Squize feature.
Image Overlay Features
- Supported file formats: BMP, JPEG, TGA.
- Unlimited number of images to mix.
- Alpha blending.
- Extended color-key support.
- Fade-in / fade-out.
Video Features
- HD Ready.
- Supports and is optimized for RGB24, RGB32, YV12, YUY2, UYVY, YVYU color spaces.
Future Features
- Support for GIF, TNG and PNG files.
- Support for subtitle files on input.
Need a new feature? Please contact us.
Sample Applications
- Playout SDK: Sample Applications - shows how to use Text & Graphics Overlay with C#, Delphi and VB6.
Downloads
Release Notes
Further Reading
- Text & Graphics Overlay: FAQ
- Text & Graphics Overlay: Usage Hints
- Text & Graphics Overlay: Documentation
See Also
Licensing
If you are interested in licensing this product please contact us through the link below or call one of the authorized resellers.
