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Text overlay

The block adds the text overlay on top of the video stream.

Block info

Name: TextOverlayBlock.

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 textOverlay = new TextOverlayBlock(new TextOverlaySettings("Hello world!"));
pipeline.Connect(fileSource.VideoOutput, textOverlay.Input);

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

await pipeline.StartAsync();

Platforms

Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android.