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Hey guys,
today a potential customer asked if there is a software which makes it possible to choose text to run across a video...
I googled a bit and did not find anything.(at least not without remastering the video)

My try with livecode ended up in frustration, as it does not support text above the player.
Maybe someone has good advice?

download the video to the same place where you place the stack (attached)
https://archive.org/download/Windows7Wi ... _512kb.mp4
regards, Viro

Hi Viro,

If you create a card with a white background, set the ink of the player control to addMin, create a field with a black or otherwise dark coloured text, set the alwaysBuffer of the player to true, and put the field behind the player control, you can display text "in front of" the player.

You can also do the same but with a black card, white text and the ink of the player control set to addMax.

If the player control is smaller than the card, you can use a graphic control with a black rectangle behind the player control and the field.

Kind regards,

Mark

Another approach is to set the alwaysBuffer of the player object to true. In the property inspector, you can do that by checking the "buffer" checkbox in the Basic pane. That will allow you to place other objects on top of the video, including a text field.

The disadvantage of this is that the controller will not work, you will have to control the playback with scripts instead. If you want users to control playback you can make your own "start" and "stop" buttons to do that.

I never knew about this so I was playing around with it yesterday.
Use 2 fields 1 opaque black with blend set to about 50% and on top of that another field not opaque with the white text.

Looks good.

Simon