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Image overlay

The block overlays an image loaded from a file onto a video stream.

You can set an image position and optional alpha value. 32-bit images with alpha-channel are supported.

Block info

Name: ImageOverlayBlock.

Pin directionMedia typePins count
InputUncompressed video1
OutputUncompressed video1

The sample pipeline

Sample code

var pipeline = new MediaBlocksPipeline(false);

var filename = "test.mp4";
var fileSource = new UniversalSourceBlock(await UniversalSourceSettings.CreateAsync(new Uri(filename)));

var imageOverlay = new ImageOverlayBlock(@"logo.png");
pipeline.Connect(fileSource.VideoOutput, imageOverlay.Input);

var videoRenderer = new VideoRendererBlock(pipeline, VideoView1);
pipeline.Connect(imageOverlay.Output, videoRenderer.Input);

await pipeline.StartAsync();

Platforms

Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android.