# Dynamic Transcoder Overlays
**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/dynamic-transcoder-overlays/36906
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine
**Created:** [March 27, 2012, 12:37pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/dynamic-transcoder-overlays/36906 "2012-03-27T12:37:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Maanas\_Royy](https://community.wowza.com/u/Maanas_Royy)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/dynamic-transcoder-overlays/36906/21 "2012-04-24T00:05:35Z")
Thanx Richard,
Does it do a full transcode of the video while streaming or just add a layer.
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### Author:  [@Maanas\_Royy](https://community.wowza.com/u/Maanas_Royy)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2012, 11:36am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/dynamic-transcoder-overlays/36906/22 "2012-05-02T11:36:22Z")
Thanks Lisa,
This would me much awaited add on as this will reduce the load substantially for transcoding.
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### Author:  [@Maanas\_Royy](https://community.wowza.com/u/Maanas_Royy)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2013, 10:21am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/dynamic-transcoder-overlays/36906/23 "2013-03-11T10:21:23Z")
Any update to dynamic overlay without transcoding the whole video for display text, ticker logos
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### Author:  [@Todd\_Conley](https://community.wowza.com/u/Todd_Conley)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2012, 12:04pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/dynamic-transcoder-overlays/36906/24 "2012-09-15T12:04:19Z")
What’s the status of an API or method to dynamically update overlays? This thread seems old, but I can’t find anything relevant on the wowza website. Has this been released?
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### Author:  [@sal\_jefferson](https://community.wowza.com/u/sal_jefferson)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/dynamic-transcoder-overlays/36906/25 "2013-05-26T18:00:20Z")
Hi Dragelec,
Have you read through this guide?
[How to add graphic overlays to live streams with Wowza Transcoder AddOn](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-add-graphic-overlays-to-live-streams-with-wowza-transcoder)
And here is the section for how to add image overlay to video:
[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-add-graphic-overlays-to-live-streams-with-wowza-transcoder#createimage](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-add-graphic-overlays-to-live-streams-with-wowza-transcoder#createimage)
Salvadore
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### Author:  [@sal\_jefferson](https://community.wowza.com/u/sal_jefferson)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/dynamic-transcoder-overlays/36906/26 "2013-05-27T15:05:11Z")
Hi Dragelec,
Yes, this should work to get the Wowza logo image overlaid on your video, but if you want to use your own images, you would need to set the path to the location of your image.
And if you set the to true, you can make changes to the image and the Transcoder will update the image.
Salvadore
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### Author:  [@sal\_jefferson](https://community.wowza.com/u/sal_jefferson)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2013, 10:21am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/dynamic-transcoder-overlays/36906/27 "2013-05-28T10:21:42Z")
Hi Dragelec,
You have to follow the tutorial very carefully, there is no room for error with these guides. Without knowing how much you have configured it is hard to tell why it is not working.
I suggest starting from the top and working through the tutorial very closely and don’t skip any steps.
Salvadore
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### Author:  [@PHIPHAT\_PHOEMSUK](https://community.wowza.com/u/PHIPHAT_PHOEMSUK)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/dynamic-transcoder-overlays/36906/28 "2017-05-11T15:30:06Z")
how long available for used ?
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