watermarking vcd's

[likkletree]

does watermarking put some sort of protection on your vcd to stop anyone copying it ?

[sullen]

No. It just puts whatever logo you want either below or on top of the picture.

[grouch]

Or if you wanted to be a real PEEN you can put your mark right in the middle of the screen.

[johare]

Why do people feel the need to watermark videos anyway? Seems rather childish to me...

btw: Is there a way to automatically remove watermarks from videos during the encoding process? Seems like it wouldn't be too tough to look for some constant high contrast characters in the picture and blend them out using the surrounding data.

[sakkie]

Virtualdub has a logo filter that does just that.

/Sakkie

[P@iNKilleR]

yeah U can stop normal I know nothing people coping your vcd, use clonecd to make a second copy & it cant be read with most cd writing software its a pain for the people not in the know who want to make quick money out of U.

Kev!

[johare]

I find it funny that it bothers someone that somebody would rip off a copy of something that they ripped off in the first place?!? If it was ok for the original ripper to copy and sell something which 100's of people put months of effort into then why isn't it ok for someone to copy that persons work when they probably only have a few hours invested into it.

[likkletree]

To johare Its just to p*** people off ! I also heard that by cancelling the lead out , it renders the disc uncopyable but is it true ! And another thing Johare i did indeed invest hours ripping and the rest so why should i be happy that someone should sit back , let me do all the work and then they reap the benefits ? I should start copyrighting my stuff !!! (Tongue firmly in cheek)

[rayjr13]

this is like that scene in Gone in 60 Seconds. Where the guy comes up to the car that the two blk guys have stolen and tries to steal it from them...Through him gettin his ass whooped I learned that if ur going steal sumthin do it the "right way" steal it urself, or u'll get ur ass whooped...