Can StreamSec trace a screen recording?

Yes, that's what it's built for. The watermark lives in the picture itself, not in the file or the link, so it's designed to survive screen recording and re-encoding. How well it holds up against heavy cropping or a phone pointed at a screen depends on how much of the picture survives, which is why every result comes with a confidence level.

How much of the video does a trace need?

Each segment of the video carries one part of the watermark, so a trace needs enough segments to read the full sequence. Very short clips may not be traceable. We'll publish the minimum length when StreamSec opens.

Does the watermark change video quality?

No. The A and B versions of every segment look identical to viewers, and nothing is added on screen.

Do my viewers need a StreamSec account?

No. Viewers watch inside your site or app. You identify them with your own user IDs, and that's the ID a trace gives back to you.

What if a viewer shares their login?

A trace identifies the playback session a copy came from, and the account that session was issued to. If someone shared their login, it points to the account holder.

DRM (Widevine, FairPlay and PlayReady) is coming soon. It blocks download tools; the watermark traces the screen recordings DRM can't stop. They work together.

Forensic watermarking for on-demand video

Every stream is marked. Every leak is traceable.

StreamSec delivers your videos with an invisible watermark that's unique to every viewer. If a copy leaks, upload it and we'll tell you which viewer it came from.

The problem

Protection stops at the screen

Paid courses, internal all-hands and pre-release screeners all leak the same way: someone presses record.

DRM blocks downloads, not recordings
Encryption stops ripping tools. A screen recorder, or a phone pointed at the monitor, still gets a clean copy.
Visible watermarks get cropped
A name in the corner deters casual sharing, but it can be cropped, blurred or covered in seconds.
Without a name, leaks repeat
If you can't tell who leaked a video, nobody faces a consequence, so it happens again.

How it works

One video, a different fingerprint for every viewer

StreamSec uses A/B forensic watermarking, the technique studios use to protect pre-release films, delivered as an API.

1
Deliver
Upload your video. When a viewer presses play, your backend asks our API for a playback token tied to their user ID, and your site embeds our player with it.
2
Mark
Every video is prepared in two invisibly different versions, A and B. Each playback session receives its own sequence of A and B segments, so no two viewers get the same stream.
3
Trace
Found a leaked copy? Upload it to the dashboard. We read the sequence back, match it to the playback session and give you the viewer ID, with an evidence report.

usr_7Hq2Lm9

usr_K2p9Xw1

usr_Q8v3Nd5

The same video, streamed to three viewers. Each gets its own sequence of A and B segments.

Leak tracing

From a leaked file to a viewer ID

Every trace ends in an evidence report you can hand to HR or legal.

The trace result

Viewer ID: The ID your platform gave the viewer, so you know exactly which account it was.
Playback session: Which video was streamed, and when the session started.
Confidence: How certain the match is. A weak match is never presented as certain.

The evidence report

A hash of the leaked file you submitted
The extraction method and its version
The matched playback session and viewer ID
The confidence level and timestamps

What a trace needs

Enough of the video to read the full watermark, so very short clips may not be traceable. Tracing works on video delivered through StreamSec, not on copies taken from your own source files.

Features

Access control, watermarking and tracing in one API

Access control
Short-lived playback tokens for one viewer and one video, with expiry and allowed domains.
Forensic A/B watermarking
An invisible mark that's unique to every playback session. Quality stays the same.
Leak tracing
Upload a leaked file or link in the dashboard and get the viewer it came from.
Evidence reports
A downloadable record of every trace: file hash, method, result and confidence.
Embed and API
Embed our player in your site or app. Everything the dashboard does, the API does too.
DRM
Widevine, FairPlay and PlayReady on top of watermarking, to block download tools as well.
Coming soon

Use cases

For video that can't afford to leak

Course creators and edtech
Find the student who recorded and resold your course, and revoke their access.
See how it works
Enterprise internal video
Know which employee leaked the all-hands, with evidence HR and legal can act on.
See how it works
Media and entertainment
Trace a leaked screener or pre-release cut back to the recipient whose stream it came from.
See how it works

FAQ

Questions, answered plainly

Early access

Find out who leaked it

StreamSec is in development. Join the waitlist and we'll email you when it opens.

Every stream is marked. Every leak is traceable.

Protection stops at the screen

DRM blocks downloads, not recordings

Visible watermarks get cropped

Without a name, leaks repeat

One video, a different fingerprint for every viewer

Deliver

Mark

Trace

From a leaked file to a viewer ID

The trace result

The evidence report

Access control, watermarking and tracing in one API

Access control

Forensic A/B watermarking

Leak tracing

Evidence reports

Embed and API

DRM

For video that can't afford to leak

Course creators and edtech

Enterprise internal video

Media and entertainment