How to add overlay (image, text message) to exported video (DB format).

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the export sample has overlay on avi format exported video. is there way to include overlay to DB format as well?

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In AVI export the video gets decoded and the encoded anew. In Milestone DB export the video is unaltered. In this the two scenarios are very different.

You can develop a Smart Client plugin that will overlay the images presented.

Such a plugin will be able to function also in an export scenario.

In the exported scenario the Smart Client plugin can no longer read data from the server and it will be necessary for the plugin to export data when being exported and read the data from the exported data when you used in the exported scenario.

A sample that shows how to overlay images - https://doc.developer.milestonesys.com/html/index.html?base=samples/analyticsoverlay_sample.html&tree=tree_1.html

A sample that shows how it can still function after being exported –

https://doc.developer.milestonesys.com/html/index.html?base=samples/rgbvideoenhancement.html&tree=tree_1.html

https://developer.milestonesys.com/s/article/exported-data-playback-and-XProtect-Smart-Client-plugins-2019R1-and-newer

A sample that shows exporting other data –

https://doc.developer.milestonesys.com/html/index.html?base=samples/dataexport.html&tree=tree_1.html

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Thank you Bo! This helps a lot!