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I have the same problem using the mp4 codec
Is there a solution ??

Hi ,

I have just downloaded vlc 0.9.2 to upgrade my old version
I am not able to display the time on the video with this new version

with th 0.8.x version the options were :

sout-transcode-sfilter=time
time-format=%d-%m-%Y %H:%M:%S

it doesn't work with the new version


thanks for your help

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You are missing quotes around your sout command.

thanks a lot, it is working fine now

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hi everyone,

I know it is possible to add an overlay displaying hour and date on the video.
I need to incrust this timestamping on the video I am saving.

Is there a way to do that ?

thx.
agussi