Format of the Text Overlay

Setting Method Description

%YYYY Year in four digits. For example, 2008

%YY Year in two digits. For example, 08

%MM Month in two digits. For example, 01 for January, 12 for December

%DD date in two digits. 01~31

%hh hour in two digit. 00~23. Note that, we just support 24-hour indication.

%mm minutes in two digits. 00~59

%ss seconds in two digits. 00~59

%H a hyphen, "-"

%C a colon, ":"

%X a slash, "/"

%N show Camera Name (It might be truncated if maximum OSD length reaches)

Setting Method	Description
%YYYY	Year in four digits. For example, 2008
%YY	Year in two digits. For example, 08
%MM	Month in two digits. For example, 01 for January, 12 for December
%DD	date in two digits. 01~31
%hh	hour in two digit. 00~23. Note that, we just support 24-hour indication.
%mm	minutes in two digits. 00~59
%ss	seconds in two digits. 00~59
%H	a hyphen, "-"
%C	a colon, ":"
%X	a slash, "/"
%N	show Camera Name (It might be truncated if maximum OSD length reaches)

Examples

Show date/time yyyy/mm/dd hh-mm-ss on the video

Format of text overlay is %YYYY/%MM/%DD %hh-%mm-%ss or %YYYY%X%MM%X%DD %hh%H%mm%H%ss.

Show camera name with pre-defined texts on the video

Assume the camera name is MyCamera and the expected texts on the video image is MyCamera-ABCD123
Format of text overlay is %N-ABCD123 or %N%HABCD123