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Version: V11

How to Perform Signature Detection in VIDIZMO

Signature detection identifies and locates signatures in your content. VIDIZMO Vision Indexer allows you to perform signature detection on the files uploaded to your Portal.

Once detected, the generated signature metadata can be used to redact signatures to help ensure privacy and security, or to enable a search for content in your Portal that contains signatures.

This article outlines how to perform signature detection using VIDIZMO Vision Indexer, including automatic and on-demand processing, and redaction of detected signatures.

Pre-requisites​

  • Ensure the VIDIZMO Vision Indexer is configured and enabled for Signature Detection. For configuration instructions, refer to Configuring VIDIZMO Vision Indexer for Object Detection

  • You need to be part of a group with feature permissions for Signature Detection and the necessary permissions for processing your content, such as Upload and Manage My Content. For more information about feature permissions, see Enable Features in the VIDIZMO Portal

  • To redact detected signatures, you must have the Redaction or Bulk Redaction feature permissions.  

  • To perform on-demand processing during upload, Custom Upload must be enabled. Refer to How to Custom Upload Media for more details.

Signature Detection via Automatic Processing​

Automatic processing in VIDIZMO is the analysis of content added to your Portal based on the detection types configured in the VIDIZMO Vision Indexer.

If Signature Detection is enabled in your VIDIZMO Vision Indexer configuration, it will automatically process any newly added content for signature detection. If signatures are detected in the content, they will be added as detected objects or insights that you can access on your content's playback page.

Automatic signature detection occurs in the following scenarios:

  • When content is uploaded to your portal.
  • When content is ingested.
  • When a copy of the content is created.
  • When a VIDIZMO Live session is saved and published as a recording.

The following steps show how automatic signature detection runs:

  1. Click the + Add New button and select Upload Media to upload new content.

  1. After the file uploads, processing for signature detection starts automatically.

  1. After the content is processed, select it to open its playback page.

  1. The detected signatures appear in the Insights tab. In cases of videos, you can select these detections to jump to their timestamp.

Note: You can search for content that contains signatures. Type signature in the search bar. For more information, see Understanding Search in VIDIZMO.

Signature Detection via On-Demand Processing​

In addition to automatic processing, you can perform on-demand signature detection during upload or via the process modal.

On-Demand Processing During Upload​

  1. Ensure that Custom Upload is enabled on your Portal and upload your content. The interface varies depending on which Portal you are using. EnterpriseTube users get the Process tab, while DEMS or Redaction users get Advanced Upload.

  1. Once the file is uploaded, switch to the Process tab.
  2. Click on Generate AI Insights
  3. Add Signature Detection to the Insights field. You can also add other detection types if needed.
  4. Click Save and Process to begin processing the file for the selected insights.

  1. Back in your Portal library, the file undergoes Processing.

  1. After processing completes, open the Playback page to see detected signatures.

On-Demand Processing from the Process Modal​

  1. To process content already in your Portal library, click Process from its overflow menu.
  2. You can also perform bulk processing by selecting multiple files and using the Process option from the header menu.

  1. On the process modal, select Generate AI Insights.
  2. Add Signature Detection to the Insights field. You can include other insights as needed.
  3. Click Start to begin processing the selected content.

  1. When processing finishes, open the file to view the playback page to see the detected signatures.

Redaction of Signatures​

Once signatures are detected, you may need to redact them to ensure privacy and compliance with security policies. VIDIZMO enables you to perform redaction in the following ways:

1. Automatic Redaction of Visual Insights​

2. Manual Redaction in Studio Space​

You can perform manual or selective redaction of detected signatures using Studio Space. This allows you to redact specific signature instances from your content.

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