AvideMux - Is there a filter for adding a watermark / logo?

[Jynks]

Is there a easy way to add a watermark or a logo in avidemux? I can not see a filter for it.. but was wondering if there is a archive of addition filters people have made... I might have though that adding a watermark or logo might be a common need...

Anyway.. if there is a simple "bitmap load" type filter for avidemux please let me know

Thanks in advance
--Jynks

[LoRd_MuldeR]

There used to be a "Logo" filter, but it somehow got lost when all the video filters were transformed into plugins.

(If you look into the source tree, you'll see the code is there. It just isn't enabled in the latest Win32 builds for some reason - may be broken)

[Jynks]

ahh ok... that must be why i see all these google results saying use the logo filter in misc but i can not find it.. i thought there might be a site with other plugins for it or something....... I'll guess I'll have to wait untill this feature turns up again.

You wouldn't happen to know what the last version this filter worked in was? There is older versions on its download site.

[LoRd_MuldeR]

Would be something before 2.5, I guess. So probably 2.4.4 will do the job:
http://avidemux.razorbyte.com.au/binaries/2.4/Milestone/

(Be aware that such old version will almost certainly exhibit other problems and the included encoder libraries are outdated - I'd not recommend using 2.4.4 for anything serious nowadays)

[Jynks]

Would be something before 2.5, I guess. So probably 2.4.4 will do the job:
http://avidemux.razorbyte.com.au/binaries/2.4/Milestone/

(Be aware that such old version will almost certainly exhibit other problems and the included encoder libraries are outdated - I'd not recommend using 2.4.4 for anything serious nowadays)

ok... fair enough... so is there any other way to do this in AvideMux?

[LoRd_MuldeR]

Use Avisynth input via AVS Proxy (http://avidemux.org/admForum/viewtopic.php?id=4397). This allows you to use arbitrary Avisynth filters, such as the Overlay() (http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/Overlay) function.

[Jynks]

Use Avisynth input via AVS Proxy (http://avidemux.org/admForum/viewtopic.php?id=4397). This allows you to use arbitrary Avisynth filters, such as the Overlay() (http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/Overlay) function.

hmm i tried this but have no idea what to do....

It says i need a few dlls in the avisynth plug in dir. and give me download links.. but one leads to "MatroskaSplitter" witch u can unzip but all the files have .new at the end.. so for teh dll avss.dll I just renamed it from avss.dll.new.. is that right?

So now what....

Do i run the "avsproxy_gui" or avidmux?

I can not see what i am meant to do there is nothing that looks like a browser for a image overlay type thing.

[LoRd_MuldeR]

hmm i tried this but have no idea what to do....

If you never used Avisynth before, you should start here to understand the basics:
http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/Main_Page#What_is_AviSynth.3F

It says i need a few dlls in the avisynth plug in dir. and give me download links.. but one leads to "MatroskaSplitter" witch u can unzip but all the files have .new at the end.. so for teh dll avss.dll I just renamed it from avss.dll.new.. is that right?

Yes, right. But for FFMS2 to deal properly with TS files, you need to install Haali Splitter anyway.

So I suggest to install Haali Media Splitter and just copy over the 'avss.dll' from the Haali install folder to the Avisynth Plugins folder.


So now what....

Do i run the "avsproxy_gui" or avidmux?

First you run AVS Proxy GUI and create/start the AVS Proxy. Once the proxy is up and running, you start Avidemux and let it connect to the Proxy.

Note that AVS Proxy GUI can automatically launch Avidemux for you...


I can not see what i am meant to do there is nothing that looks like a browser for a image overlay type thing.

If you want to use Avisynth Filters, you must write a custom script!

Please see the Tutorial (http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/First_script) for a basic guide on how to create your first Avisynth script. It's pretty easy, believe me ;)

Once you got the basics, look here on how to use the Overlay() filter in your script:
http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/Overlay


A simple script might look like this:
video = FFVideoSource("C:\Some Folder\Some Video.avi")
logo = ImageSource("C:\Another Folder\Logo.jpg")
return video.Overlay(logo)

[Jynks]

Thanks so much for you time mate.. I'll read that tutorial and give this a go.. cheers...

I hope avidMux put that logo plugin back in though.. I'm just a serial youtube blogger.. not a hardcore film back up guy like many here.. I use avidmux as it is so easy for nubs like me.

Anyway.. thanks again.. I'll give it a go and see what happens.