Datetime overlay in a corner about displaycameras HOT 6 CLOSED

On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 5:58 PM, ephestione ***@***.***> wrote: *Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.* My xiaoyi's do not always show the correct time, maybe one of them didn't have internet connection so it starts off from 1970-01-01 0:00, or there's the one that no matter how I set the timezone will always show a time that's 2 hours in the past. *Describe the solution you'd like* A textual, basic configurable (size/color/position) overlay showing the current system date and time *Describe alternatives you've considered* As of now, I have a php script fetching a screenshot of the current display, add an overlay via GD and then returning it to the HTTP request to the server, but it's molasses, naturally *Additional context* Attached is an example of what I get with my PHP script (sorry for the lacking freehand-mouse drawing skills in the censored area) [image: template] <https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/19911280/42910045-5d52bb98-8ae6-11e8-8e65-1ddde85d1d51.jpg> — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#3>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AdGEKbsp_tSfjYI27g65pgedRjhYgHyGks5uH696gaJpZM4VVb55> .

On July 27, 2018 8:02:00 PM GMT+02:00, Anonymousdog ***@***.***> wrote: If you can generate the clock face as a video stream we can play like a camera feed, I believe we can do this with the "layers" branch. On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 5:58 PM, ephestione ***@***.***> wrote: > *Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.* > My xiaoyi's do not always show the correct time, maybe one of them didn't > have internet connection so it starts off from 1970-01-01 0:00, or there's > the one that no matter how I set the timezone will always show a time > that's 2 hours in the past. > > *Describe the solution you'd like* > A textual, basic configurable (size/color/position) overlay showing the > current system date and time > > *Describe alternatives you've considered* > As of now, I have a php script fetching a screenshot of the current > display, add an overlay via GD and then returning it to the HTTP request to > the server, but it's molasses, naturally > > *Additional context* > Attached is an example of what I get with my PHP script (sorry for the > lacking freehand-mouse drawing skills in the censored area) > [image: template] > <https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/19911280/42910045-5d52bb98-8ae6-11e8-8e65-1ddde85d1d51.jpg> > > — > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > <#3>, or mute the > thread > <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AdGEKbsp_tSfjYI27g65pgedRjhYgHyGks5uH696gaJpZM4VVb55> > . >

On Fri, Jul 27, 2018, 5:32 PM ephestione ***@***.***> wrote: When I first got the idea of adding a clock, I did figure that I could generate a rtsp stream of said clock, but I immediately dismissed it as overkill and too much intricate. So you say that having a video stream is the only feasible way to overlay a text clock on the quad display? On July 27, 2018 8:02:00 PM GMT+02:00, Anonymousdog < ***@***.***> wrote: >If you can generate the clock face as a video stream we can play like a >camera feed, I believe we can do this with the "layers" branch. > >On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 5:58 PM, ephestione ***@***.***> >wrote: > >> *Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.* >> My xiaoyi's do not always show the correct time, maybe one of them >didn't >> have internet connection so it starts off from 1970-01-01 0:00, or >there's >> the one that no matter how I set the timezone will always show a time >> that's 2 hours in the past. >> >> *Describe the solution you'd like* >> A textual, basic configurable (size/color/position) overlay showing >the >> current system date and time >> >> *Describe alternatives you've considered* >> As of now, I have a php script fetching a screenshot of the current >> display, add an overlay via GD and then returning it to the HTTP >request to >> the server, but it's molasses, naturally >> >> *Additional context* >> Attached is an example of what I get with my PHP script (sorry for >the >> lacking freehand-mouse drawing skills in the censored area) >> [image: template] >> >< https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/19911280/42910045-5d52bb98-8ae6-11e8-8e65-1ddde85d1d51.jpg > >> >> — >> You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. >> Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub >> <#3>, or mute >the >> thread >> >< https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AdGEKbsp_tSfjYI27g65pgedRjhYgHyGks5uH696gaJpZM4VVb55 > >> . >> — You are receiving this because you were assigned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#3 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AdGEKYWHqIiqnwdY1bAbI8IP4Yr9Gum3ks5uK4b6gaJpZM4VVb55> .