What are OSD effects?

On-Screen Display (OSD) is used to display images and text on the screen, overlaying the video stream. Each stream supports multiple OSD areas, and each area can be configured to support text, scrolling text, images, time, etc.You can easily add the required images, text, time, and other visual elements directly to the corresponding locations and channels. The time will automatically align with your computer's local time, the time of the recorder on the local area network, or the time calibrated over the public network. OSD effects will automatically adjust the time accordingly.

How do I add it?

Click OSD Special Effects in the backend side menu of the device to open the OSD Special Effects interface. In this interface, you can see the detailed allocation of OSD special effects for each channel. The OSD mainly sets up to add fixed pictures, text, time, etc. Select the corresponding special effects you need to add. On the right, you can mark the added special effects for convenient layout; it also supports customization through XY coordinates.

Mainly supported types

text overlay

Supports adding fixed text content to the video screen, such as device name, channel name, location information, contact information, project name, etc. The text content can be customized and edited, and the display position can be adjusted to ensure that key screen content is not blocked.

time display

Supports real-time display of system time in the video screen. The device can automatically synchronize computer time, LAN NTP server time or Internet standard time server time to ensure accurate and reliable time information. Time display is widely used in security monitoring, law enforcement evidence collection, production records and other scenarios.

Picture overlay

Supports uploading custom pictures as watermarks to be displayed on the video screen, such as corporate LOGO, brand identity, project logo, safety prompt icons, etc. Through the image overlay function, you can effectively increase brand exposure while enhancing the professionalism and credibility of video content.

mosaic

Mosaic can be used to block some private information or records or information that need to be hidden, such as the school's intranet IP, recording personnel's information, computer usage and other information

Typical application scenarios

1.Security monitoring: Display monitoring point name, timestamp and device number;
2.Webcast: Add brand LOGO, event name and promotional information;
3.IPTV system: displays channel name, operator logo and notification announcements;
4.Educational recording and broadcasting: display course name, teacher information and recording time;
5.Industrial monitoring: display equipment status, production information and alarm prompts;
6.Remote operation and maintenance: Display device IP, operating status and project identification.

Summarize

By properly configuring OSD special effects, users can add more valuable information to the video screen without affecting the video transmission quality, making the video content more professional, standardized and easy to manage.