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Forensic Watermarking Partners

DoveRunner Forensic Watermarking (FWM) is seamlessly pre-integrated across a wide ecosystem of leading encoding vendors and Content Delivery Networks (CDNs). This ensures smooth deployment of A/B variant watermarking without disrupting your existing media workflows.

Pre-integrated Encoders

Section titled “Pre-integrated Encoders”

These encoding and cloud transcoding solutions support the generation of the A/B video variants required for DoveRunner’s forensic watermarking preprocessing.

1. MediaExcel

Section titled “1. MediaExcel”
  • Support Contact: support@mediaexcel.com
  • Details: Offers robust hardware and software transcoders configured to handle the precise frame and GOP structures required for FWM preprocessing.

2. Wowza

Section titled “2. Wowza”
  • Support Contact: customerservice@wowza.com
  • Details: Integrated streaming engine capabilities to manage and package watermarked video segments dynamically.

3. Dolby’s Hybrik Cloud Transcoding

Section titled “3. Dolby’s Hybrik Cloud Transcoding”
  • Documentation: FWM Hybrik Preprocessor Guide
  • Details: Leverages the Dolby Hybrik media processing service to run Docker-based preprocessor plugins (public.ecr.aws/pallycon/wm_plugin_pub:latest) directly inside your cloud transcoding pipeline.

CDN Integration & Edge Embedding

Section titled “CDN Integration & Edge Embedding”

To deliver customized watermarks to end-users in real time, DoveRunner integrates with edge computing features across major CDNs. These embedders validate tokens issued by the Session Manager and dynamically stitch the correct A/B segments.

1. Amazon CloudFront

Section titled “1. Amazon CloudFront”
  • Documentation: CloudFront Embedder Guide
  • Details: Utilizes edge triggers to parse watermark session data and serve the customized variant manifest seamlessly to the viewer.

2. Cloudflare

Section titled “2. Cloudflare”
  • Documentation: CDN Embedder with Cloudflare Workers
  • Details: Powered by Cloudflare Workers and R2 storage configurations (wrangler.jsonc) to validate AES/JWT watermark tokens and fetch appropriate segments directly at the edge.

3. Akamai

Section titled “3. Akamai”
  • Documentation: Akamai CDN Integration Guide
  • Details: Leverages Akamai’s edge platform capabilities (such as Watermark Token verification) to execute real-time variant switching based on user identity.