This guide explains how to insert a logo or watermark on your videos in the Infomaniak VOD space to strengthen your brand image and protect your content from unauthorized use.

Introduction

• There are two distinct methods for displaying an image in your media:
  1. by configuring a Player
  2. or via the rules of an Import Folder.
• These two technologies are independent: if you activate them simultaneously, the Player logo will be superimposed on the logo already embedded in the video.

1. Overlay via the Video Player

When managing a Player, the selected logo is added as an overlay during playback:

• Advantages: great flexibility.
  • You can modify or remove the logo at any time without modifying the source file.
  • The same media can be broadcast via different Players with distinct logos.
• Limitation: if a user accesses the video's source stream directly (direct URL), the logo will not be visible.

2. Embedding via an Import Folder

In the configuration of a folder (root or subfolder), the image is directly embedded in the video stream during the encoding process:

• Advantage: maximum security.
  • The logo is an integral part of the video file (burn-in).
  • It remains present regardless of the playback or download method.
• Disadvantage: lack of flexibility.
  • Once the video has been processed, the logo can no longer be modified or removed.
  • Any subsequent changes require a new import of the media.