Image overlays from own analysis

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Hello, I have been tasked to integrate our analysis software into the Milestone client, and what we wanted to achieve now is that we have a constant overlays over the image (for example bounding boxes on found objects), not only when an alarm is raised (via MAD packet). I have looked through the MIP SDK, but am not wiser as to what is possible and what is not possible.

Is there a reasonable way to overlay image information on the video stream within the application?

I can use a C++ or C# interface, both would work. Maybe having a small application run that accepts the metadata stream from an external source and then forward it to the Milestone Platform, but I have not found information on how to do that.

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The Smart Client Overlay on Event sample does use alarms ao. to update overlay, you should consider changing the mechanism for updating the overlay.

The Analytics Overlay sample does not use alarms but uses some timed methods.

If you want a static overlay it should be simpler even than the samples.

Try to explore these mentioned samples.

If I have misunderstood what the overlay should be and it is not static but coming from some external source perhaps you can describe the nature of the source and the data.

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Your own analysis.. I guess it is not static.. Could you please try the Bounding Box Metadata Provider sample and tell if this is closer to the functionality you seek?