ReProStream’s global watermarking feature helps protect your content by embedding a visual watermark directly into video streams during transcoding. This ensures that every adaptive bitrate (ABR) rendition—regardless of quality—carries a persistent, tamper-resistant overlay.

Global watermarking is applied during the transcoding pipeline. The watermark is not added during playback, but is permanently encoded into each video output. Whether viewers receive a high or low bitrate stream, the watermark remains visible and consistent.

This baked-in approach ensures watermark persistence across:

• Screen recording

• HDMI or SDI capture

• Any playback device or platform

To maintain security across all content delivery, ReProStream allows administrators to enforce watermarking globally at the project level.

• Non-transcoded protocols (e.g., SRT passthrough) do not include watermarks by default.

• These protocols can be disabled to ensure that only transcoded, watermarked versions are available to end users.

This ensures there are no loopholes—every stream delivered carries the watermark.

Global watermarking is recommended for:

• Studio environments.

• Editorial reviews.

• Live broadcast workflows where redistribution risk exists.

It integrates seamlessly with ReProStream’s existing video workflows, providing studio-grade security without compromising on performance.

For teams requiring individual user traceability, ReProStream also supports client ID forensic watermarking. This can be used alongside global watermarking for an additional layer of accountability.