I am displaying a video onscreen with omxplayer using '--l 0'
Is it possible to run a python program and set it's screen layer to > 0
Expanded info :-
I am running omxplayer from within a python thread using a command line request to display an mp4 video as - omxplayer --l 0 fred.mp4
The python program is using pygame to render transparent surfaces that I wish to overlay on top of the video.
I have tried various methods, but non really allow me to use python to create the overlays. The python program does a lot of other DB work to gather the data for the overlay.
I currently have it working by restricting the video size in the omxplayer call. This allow the 'overlay' stuff to be displayed, as the video does not overwrite it.
omxplayercam be used directly on the framebuffer, or within a GUI desktop session. The answer here depends on that information. You also need to explain what the python program is (Something that runs in a terminal? A GUI app? Something else?). Please try to include and not exclude details. – goldilocks♦ Oct 22 '19 at 13:45