clockoverlay: GStreamer Base Plugins 1.0 Plugins Reference Manual

## clockoverlay clockoverlay |

## Properties

gchar * | time-format | Read / Write

## Types and Values

struct | GstClockOverlay

## Object Hierarchy

        GObject
        ╰── GInitiallyUnowned
            ╰── GstObject
                ╰── GstElement
                    ╰── GstBaseTextOverlay
                        ╰── GstClockOverlay

## Description

This element overlays the current clock time on top of a video stream. You can position the text and configure the font details using the properties of the GstBaseTextOverlay class. By default, the time is displayed in the top left corner of the picture, with some padding to the left and to the top.

### Example launch lines

    1
    gst-launch-1.0 -v videotestsrc ! clockoverlay ! autovideosink

Display the current wall clock time in the top left corner of the video picture

    1
    gst-launch-1.0 -v videotestsrc ! clockoverlay halignment=right valignment=bottom text="Edge City" shaded-background=true font-desc="Sans, 36" ! videoconvert ! autovideosink

Another pipeline that displays the current time with some leading text in the bottom right corner of the video picture, with the background of the text being shaded in order to make it more legible on top of a bright video background.

## Synopsis

### Element Information

plugin | pango
author | Tim-Philipp Müller <tim@centricular.net>
class | Filter/Editor/Video

### Element Pads

name | video_sink
direction | sink
presence | always
details | video/x-raw, format=(string){ BGRx, RGBx, xRGB, xBGR, RGBA, BGRA, ARGB, ABGR, RGB, BGR, I420, YV12, AYUV, YUY2, UYVY, v308, Y41B, Y42B, Y444, NV12, NV21, A420, YUV9, YVU9, IYU1, GRAY8 }, width=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], height=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], framerate=(fraction)[ 0/1, 2147483647/1 ]
| video/x-raw(ANY), format=(string){ I420, YV12, YUY2, UYVY, AYUV, RGBx, BGRx, xRGB, xBGR, RGBA, BGRA, ARGB, ABGR, RGB, BGR, Y41B, Y42B, YVYU, Y444, v210, v216, NV12, NV21, NV16, NV61, NV24, GRAY8, GRAY16_BE, GRAY16_LE, v308, IYU2, RGB16, BGR16, RGB15, BGR15, UYVP, A420, RGB8P, YUV9, YVU9, IYU1, ARGB64, AYUV64, r210, I420_10LE, I420_10BE, I422_10LE, I422_10BE, Y444_10LE, Y444_10BE, GBR, GBR_10LE, GBR_10BE, NV12_64Z32, A420_10LE, A420_10BE, A422_10LE, A422_10BE, A444_10LE, A444_10BE, P010_10LE, P010_10BE }, width=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], height=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], framerate=(fraction)[ 0/1, 2147483647/1 ]

name | src
direction | source
presence | always
details | video/x-raw, format=(string){ BGRx, RGBx, xRGB, xBGR, RGBA, BGRA, ARGB, ABGR, RGB, BGR, I420, YV12, AYUV, YUY2, UYVY, v308, Y41B, Y42B, Y444, NV12, NV21, A420, YUV9, YVU9, IYU1, GRAY8 }, width=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], height=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], framerate=(fraction)[ 0/1, 2147483647/1 ]
| video/x-raw(ANY), format=(string){ I420, YV12, YUY2, UYVY, AYUV, RGBx, BGRx, xRGB, xBGR, RGBA, BGRA, ARGB, ABGR, RGB, BGR, Y41B, Y42B, YVYU, Y444, v210, v216, NV12, NV21, NV16, NV61, NV24, GRAY8, GRAY16_BE, GRAY16_LE, v308, IYU2, RGB16, BGR16, RGB15, BGR15, UYVP, A420, RGB8P, YUV9, YVU9, IYU1, ARGB64, AYUV64, r210, I420_10LE, I420_10BE, I422_10LE, I422_10BE, Y444_10LE, Y444_10BE, GBR, GBR_10LE, GBR_10BE, NV12_64Z32, A420_10LE, A420_10BE, A422_10LE, A422_10BE, A444_10LE, A444_10BE, P010_10LE, P010_10BE }, width=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], height=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], framerate=(fraction)[ 0/1, 2147483647/1 ]

## Functions

## Types and Values

### struct GstClockOverlay

    struct GstClockOverlay;

Opaque clockoverlay data structure.

## Property Details

### The `“time-format”` property

      “time-format”              gchar *

Format to use for time and date value, as in strftime.

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: "%H:%M:%S"

## See Also

GstBaseTextOverlay, GstTimeOverlay