watermark videos without re-encoding

Marco. wrote on 7/25/2018, 8:57 AM

I'd say this is technically impossible.

Red Prince wrote on 7/25/2018, 10:57 AM

That’s like saying you want to travel to a different country without leaving town. A watermark changes some or all frames of the video, so it has to be re-encoded. If it did not do that (i.e., if it just added some metadata), it would be quite easy to remove the watermark, which would defeat the usual point of having a watermark.

dream wrote on 7/25/2018, 11:11 AM

okey

@Marco. @redprince

you mean to say it is impossible,

okey if its only 5-10 sec im also good .

fr0sty wrote on 7/25/2018, 2:03 PM

The only way this would be technically possible would be to do things that none of the current video formats support. Putting an overlay on a video is technically possible without re-encoding, all you'd have to do is provide the image and then put something in the file's metadata telling the player to overlay the included image on screen, but that would take making a new format and standard that all players would have to adhere to. As it is now, there aren't any formats that do this. So, we're stuck with having to edit it into the actual encoded frames, which = re-encoding.

Musicvid wrote on 7/25/2018, 5:00 PM

You cannot simultaneously change something and keep it the same.

dream wrote on 7/26/2018, 1:34 AM

@musicvid @fr0sty okey if i dont want to keep it same then can i do that in seconds,do you know that software

OldSmoke wrote on 7/26/2018, 6:28 AM

@musicvid @fr0sty okey if i dont want to keep it same then can i do that in seconds,do you know that software

Sure. Vegas can do it and there are even batch render scripts and there is Vegasaur. Render speed very much depends on your encoder, hardware and source files.

dream wrote on 7/26/2018, 7:03 AM

@OldSmoke please explain how, i have latest hardware and softwares and the files are .mp4 just like normal 1080p 30fps.

OldSmoke wrote on 7/26/2018, 7:14 AM

@OldSmoke please explain how, i have latest hardware and softwares and the files are .mp4 just like normal 1080p 30fps.

Look for the batch render script in the script menu and learn how to use it. Also, there is no such things as “normal” mp4 files. Use Mediainfo and post the details here including your intended final render output.

dream wrote on 7/26/2018, 7:28 AM

man i use batch render daily ,its same time consuming, i just want to cut my time and do more things

OldSmoke wrote on 7/26/2018, 7:34 AM

what’s your hardware like?

dream wrote on 7/26/2018, 7:36 AM

i7-8700k gtx1060

OldSmoke wrote on 7/26/2018, 9:22 AM

So you can make use of NVENC encoding. 1080 30p shouldn’t take long to render depending on how you watermark it.

dream wrote on 7/26/2018, 9:27 AM

already using nvenc for 10 min clip it takes 3 min to render, i want this to done in seconds (30sec max)

OldSmoke wrote on 7/26/2018, 9:43 AM

buy better hardware

dream wrote on 7/27/2018, 2:08 AM

buy better hardware

r u kidding me😂

OldSmoke wrote on 7/27/2018, 6:56 AM

buy better hardware

r u kidding me😂

Not at all. If a 10min video rendered in 3mim isn’t fast enough for you than better hardware is the only solution. A i9 CPU at 5HGz and two AMD Vega 64 cards, one for general timeline acceleration and one for VEC encoding, may do the trick; provided you want to use Vegas for the job.

Have you ever searched for such software? How about this https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/video-watermark/9wzdncrdpc0k?activetab=pivot%3aoverviewtab

I am not sure how fast it is but maybe worth a try?