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Player: embedding a watermark / logo into a live video stream
This guide explains how to embed a watermark into your live broadcasts in order to strengthen your brand image and protect your content against copying or hacking.
There are two ways to embed your logo into your broadcasts:
- Superimposing a logo via the player (free): the logo is superimposed on the video and will not be visible if the stream is integrated without the player.
- Embedding the logo via transcoding (pay option): the logo is embedded in the video and will be visible in every case. This case requires full re-encoding of the stream(s) by a transcoding server, which explains the cost of this method.
In both cases, it is possible to customise the following settings:
- Position of the logo (in one of the four corners of the player, spacing from the edge, etc.).
- Size of the logo (e.g., a logo at 50% will be half the size).
- We recommned you use the native size to optimise the loading and quality of the result.
- In the case of video transcoding, the size of the logo is calculated according to the source video (or maximum quality). The logo will be automatically resized if lower qualities are present in order to maintain an identical ratio.
- Opacity of the logo.
Superimposing a logo via the player (free)
- open the Manager (manager.infomaniak.com)
- go to Video streaming
- click on the stream concerned
- click on Integration then on Players in the menu to the left
- click on the player to be customised
- go to the Appearence tab
- add the desired logo in png, jpg or gif (inanimate) format
Enabling the watermark option (pay option)
- open the Manager (manager.infomaniak.com)
- go to Video streaming
- click on the stream concerned
- click on Settings and then on Options in the menu to the left
- enable the Watermark option
- add the desired logo in png, jpg or gif (inanimate) format
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