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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 4 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 at left lower corner and containing the text of “Office View“ together with current date. The
date would be automatically changing every day, according to camera’s date and time settings.
The result of the example configuration would look like this (Live View page, 1:1 scale):