Adding a text box before the start of a video

[dtmf1313]

I'm converting old 90's VHS to MP4 flawlesly with OBS. I'd like to add a descriptive box on existing videos that will read what's in this video. A static box that runs for a few seconds before the actual video starts. Please help

 

[Blackink]

Animated Lower Thirds will do what you want.
Animated Lower Thirds

and this guy has some great videos on installing Animated Lower Thirds in OBS as well as videos in how to fix Animated Lower Thirds when it doesn't want to work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg_CwgwWmGA

 

[dtmf1313]

Great info on lower third thanks, I will be able to insert my text when doing a new video, but how to add it to an existing mp4?

 

[qhobbes]

You can create a new video (same resolution and frame rate) with just text using the Text Source in OBS and then join the 2 using MP4Joiner. If you just want to add text before a video, add a text source below the video source and hide the video with the eye icon. Record with just the text on the screen and and then show the video source by clicking on the eye icon. You really don't need a plug in to do that.

If you wanted to add the lower thirds on-top of an existing video, you would need to re-encode the video. This is generally not recommended.