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jkard's avatar
jkard
Visitor
14 years ago

Is it possible to "watermark" a video?

Hey All,

Is it possible to have a "watermark" over a video while it plays? I saw this post by a co-worker viewtopic.php?f=34&t=43578 that says that the customvideoplayer project does this, but I took a look at the project, and there is no "watermark" to speak of (or maybe I'm just not seeing it).

Has anyone ever created a watermark on a video that's playing? If so, can you share your thoughts?

Regards
Jay
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  • RokuChris's avatar
    RokuChris
    Roku Employee
    14 years ago
    customvideoplayer uses roImageCanvas and roVideoPlayer to put video and a static image on the screen at the same time. It isn't a watermark, but the same principles can be used to do what you're trying to do.
  • brocker's avatar
    brocker
    Visitor
    14 years ago
    Ah, ok, I'll go back and take a look at the code now that I know it is indeed what I want to do. Thanks Chris.

    Jay
  • brocker's avatar
    brocker
    Visitor
    14 years ago
    Oh, one more thing, can I make this work with the roVideoScreen?
  • destruk's avatar
    destruk
    Streaming Star
    14 years ago
    You could re-encode the video with the watermark present. flaskmpeg does that easily, and then the watermark will be there no matter what plays it (iPhone, PC, Roku, etc etc etc)
    As for rovideoscreen with an roimagecanvas on top, I haven't tried that so I don't know.
  • jkard's avatar
    jkard
    Visitor
    14 years ago
    Yeah, unfortunately burning into the encode won't work as I have to watermark the video specific to the user viewing so it has to be dynamic.

    Good thought though
  • jkard's avatar
    jkard
    Visitor
    14 years ago
    Hey Chris, we were just wondering if this method would also work with a roVideoScreen?

    Thanks!
    Jay
  • RokuChris's avatar
    RokuChris
    Roku Employee
    14 years ago
    "jkard" wrote:
    Hey Chris, we were just wondering if this method would also work with a roVideoScreen?


    You can experiment with it, but I don't think so. You can lay a roImageCanvas over a roVideoScreen, but with the canvas on top, remote key presses will be caught by the canvas instead of the video screen, so trick play will not work. There may be a creative workaround, but the recommended method is roVideoPlayer.