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VideoPlayer.OSDItemRectangleAdd method

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Remarks

 

Adds a rectangle as a new graphical item on the On-Screen-Display (OSD).

 

For further details about the use of the embedded video player see the VideoPlayer object section.

For details about video clips rendering refer to the How to play video files through DirectShow tutorial.

 

 

Syntax

 

[Visual Basic]

control.VideoPlayer.OSDItemRectangleAdd (

nPlayer as Integer,

fLeftPos as Single,

fTopPos as Single,

fWidth as Single,

fHeight as Single,

nAlpha as Integer,

nZOrder as Long,

bShow as enumBoolean,

color as OLE_COLOR

) as Long


 

[C++]

long control.VideoPlayer.OSDItemRectangleAdd (

short nPlayer,

float fLeftPos,

float fTopPos,

float fWidth,

float fHeight,

short nAlpha,

long nZOrder,

short bShow,

OLE_COLOR color

);


 

Parameter

Description

 

 

nPlayer

Number representing the zero-based index of the player that will use the video player.

fLeftPos

Horizontal position, expressed in percentage of the On-Screen-Display (OSD) area, where the item will be rendered.

Position can be moved at a later time through the VideoPlayer.OSDItemMove method or through the VideoPlayer.OSDItemRectangleChange method.

fTopPos

Vertical position, expressed in percentage of the On-Screen-Display (OSD) area, where the item will be rendered.

Position can be moved at a later time through the VideoPlayer.OSDItemMove method or through the VideoPlayer.OSDItemRectangleChange method.

fWidth

Width, expressed in percentage of the On-Screen-Display (OSD) area, of the rectangle.

Size can be modified at a later time through the VideoPlayer.OSDItemRectangleChange method..

fHeight

Height, expressed in percentage of the On-Screen-Display (OSD) area, of the rectangle.

Size can be modified at a later time through the VideoPlayer.OSDItemRectangleChange method..

nAlpha

Alpha channel transparency, expressed in percentage, applied to the item when rendered. Values can range from 0 (total opacity) to 100 (total transparency).

The alpha channel transparency of the item can be modified at a later time through the VideoPlayer.OSDItemAlphaSet method.

nZOrder

Z-Order of the item.

Items with a lower Z-Order value will stay on top respect to other Items having a higher Z-Order value; for example, an Item with Z-Order 0 will stay on top of any other Item but, in case two Items should be assigned the same Z-Order, the latest one having got the same Z-Order will be placed on top of the previous one.

The Z-Order of the item can be modified at a later time through the VideoPlayer.OSDItemZOrderSet method.

bShow

Boolean flag that specifies if the item must be initially visible or hidden.

Supported values are the following:

Mnemonic constant

Value

Meaning

BOOL_FALSE

0

The item is initially kept hidden

BOOL_TRUE

1

The item is immediately shown

Visibility can be modified at a later time through the VideoPlayer.OSDItemShow method.

color

Color used to render this item.

This setting can can be modified at a later time through the VideoPlayer.OSDItemRectangleChange method.

 

 

 

Return value

 

Value

Meaning

 

 

0

An error occurred (see the LastError property for further error details)

Other values

Unique identifier of the graphical item: this unique identifier will be used in order to invoke further methods related to the use of this specific item