The easiest and faster way to add a watermark in my video

[morsino]

Hi,

What is The easiest and faster way to add a watermark (Text in the footer ) on my (mp4, FLV) videos, what applications should I use ?

THANKS

[guns1inger]

The fastest way is to not do it. It annoys viewers and reduces the quality of your files.

If you must then you must re-encode you files. Fast then becomes a function of your computer speed (raw CPU grunt) and the codec settings. There is a Logo filter for virtualdub, which might be the simplest option.

What format do you want your video to be output in ?

[morsino]

I don't care about the format in output since i upload my video in facebook, i want to add the watermark without any compression to not reduse quality

[hech54]

i want to add the watermark without any compression to not reduse quality

Not going to happen.

[SatStorm]

You need to re-encode your source and add a jpg or bmp file as a logo.
Both Virtualdub and Avidemux can do this. Avidemux has the filter built in and also can re-encode your source to a new file with the logo.

[morsino]

Ok, how about merging my mp4 video with subtitle(having my texual watermark) on vlc player

[guns1inger]

You still have to transcode (re-encode) to make it permanent, and you have less control over the encoder in VLC than in other tools. I guess it depends if quality is important or not.

[morsino]

thanks, but, i found quicktime pro 7 that make the watermarking easier of my mp4 video (without re-encoding) , i have done it with succes

that's a description http://www.geniusdv.com/weblog/archives/including_watermarks_on_videos_with_quicktime_pro_7.php

[hech54]

without re-encoding

It re-encoded the video.

[morsino]

Yes it re-encoded the video while exporting the video