
Software User’s Manual Ver.A1D-502-V8.03.30-NB
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5-6-5-5 OSD
The section OSD (or OSD / Privacy Mask as shown in some cameras) allows
users to add text to the upper or lower left corner of the video. This function is
called Text Overlay or On-Screen Display (OSD). It is possible to display the camera
name, date and time, IP address or any custom text as Text Overlay. The text is kept
as small as possible and is not resizable. The text can be read normally when the
video is enlarged on the display to 1:1 ratio. The purpose of having the text so small is
to provide sufficient legal evidence while blocking the smallest possible area of the
video to avoid valuable video evidence being blocked by text overlay. The text will be
embedded into video and cannot be removed later upon playback or export.
It is possible to define up to 3 regions of text. If more than 1 region of text is enabled
and positioned in the same location, then the texts will appear one below another, row
by row.
In the example above, one region of text was enabled with blue color and 50%
transparency, located on the lower left corner and containing the text of
“
Office
View
“
together with current date. The date would automatically change every day,
according to the camera date and time settings. The result of the example configuration
would look like this (Live View page, 1:1 scale):