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Overlaying an image on a VOD media
This guide explains how to insert an image, logo, watermark, or watermark on the videos of your VOD service to enhance your brand image and protect your content against copying or potential misuse.
Adding the Image to the Media
You have the option to add an image that will appear on your video:
- either from the rules specific to an import folder
- or from the configuration of a video player
1. Import Folder
In the management section of an import folder, embedding the selected image is effectively what its name suggests: a direct integration into the video. This method is less flexible because once the logo is embedded, no further modifications are possible. It is therefore important to consider that any changes to the logo in the future could pose a problem, making this approach less adaptable in the long run.
2. Video Player
In the management section of a Player, the selected logo is overlaid on the video, appearing only at playback time. This approach offers the flexibility to change the logo at any time, thus allowing the use of multiple players pointing to the same video without any difficulty. However, one drawback to consider is that if a visitor manages to retrieve the actual address of the video, it will be broadcast without the logo. Despite this drawback, this method is recommended for its ease of use and adaptability.
These two technologies are different and do not work at the same time, so if you activate them simultaneously, you will get the player's logo above the embedded logo.