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Video Text Overlay

This block adds customizable text captions or titles to videos, with control over positioning, timing, and styling.

Video Text Overlay

What it is

Add text overlay/caption to video

How it works

The block uses MoviePy's TextClip and CompositeVideoClip to render text onto video frames. The text is created as a separate clip with configurable font size, color, and optional background color, then composited over the video at the specified position. Timing can be controlled to show text only during specific portions of the video. Position options include center alignments (top, center, bottom) and corner positions (top-left, top-right, bottom-left, bottom-right). The output is encoded with H.264 video codec and AAC audio codec.

Inputs

Input Description Type Required
video_in Input video (URL, data URI, or local path) str (file) Yes
text Text to overlay on video str Yes
position Position of text on screen "top" | "center" | "bottom" | "top-left" | "top-right" | "bottom-left" | "bottom-right" No
start_time When to show text (seconds). None = entire video float No
end_time When to hide text (seconds). None = until end float No
font_size Font size int No
font_color Font color (hex or name) str No
bg_color Background color behind text (None for transparent) str No

Outputs

Output Description Type
error Error message if the operation failed str
video_out Video with text overlay (path or data URI) str (file)

Possible use case

  • Adding titles or chapter headings to video content
  • Creating lower-thirds with speaker names or captions
  • Watermarking videos with branding text
  • Adding call-to-action text at specific moments in a video