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The authenticity and integrity of recordings have emerged as paramount concerns. Incorporating watermarks into video footage from surveillance cameras is imperative for maintaining security and accountability. Watermarks are an indispensable tool in fortifying the reliability and credibility of surveillance recordings, from deterring tampering and ensuring evidentiary integrity to enhancing traceability and legal admissibility.
A watermark can be added to any camera with a Capture video task configured. Click the camera title to expand the tasks underneath. Click the Capture video task. Click the Watermark sub-task in the bottom right corner. After successfully adding the Watermark task, you can edit its configuration options and run/stop/delete it.
Configuration options
Configuration options
Value
Required?
Description
Default
Restart on failure
Yes
Restart mode upon catching an error:
Stop on failure - not restarted until triggered manually.
Immediately - tries to restart automatically immediately after catching an error.
10 sec - tries to restart automatically with a 10-seconds delay after catching an error.
30 sec - tries to restart automatically with a 30-seconds delay after catching an error.
1 min - tries to restart automatically with a 1-minute delay after catching an error.
10 sec
Place
Yes
Position of the watermark on the video.
Show source
No
Show the video source. This will be the name of the camera.
Show timestamp
No
Show date and time.
Show time zone
No
Show time zone.
Show details
No
Show image size and FPS.
Custom text
No
Any text. This can be a description of the camera view or the company name.
Date format
Yes
Date format.
Invert color
No
Invert the text colour depending on the background colour.
Font
Yes
Font of the watermark text. Yes, we know they all look unfamiliar.
Font scale
Yes
Font size. If video resolution does not allow displaying the selected scale of the watermark font, the watermark task will stop with an error. In this case, decrease the font size.
Font thickness
Yes
Font thickness.
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