# Overlay image auto update option not working

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/overlay-image-auto-update-option-not-working/38132>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [July 20, 2016, 7:17am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/overlay-image-auto-update-option-not-working/38132 "2016-07-20T07:17:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Yoann\_Constant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c68b51/32.png) [@Yoann\_Constant](https://community.wowza.com/u/Yoann_Constant)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 7:17am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/overlay-image-auto-update-option-not-working/38132/1 "2016-07-20T07:17:13Z")

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hello

i’ve tried the auto update overlay image option, but this option seems to be not working

if the Update option is ticked, when fonction apply

the result is:

Image Options

X Update overlay image when source image updates

does anyone make this work?

Thanks a lot

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**Author:** ![Paul\_Shields](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/paul_shields/32/390_2.png) [@Paul\_Shields](https://community.wowza.com/u/Paul_Shields)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/overlay-image-auto-update-option-not-working/38132/2 "2016-08-24T15:56:03Z")

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Hi,

It’s difficult to tell from your description. You should find that the overlay on the stream updates if the source image file changes. Is this not what you are seeing? You may want to [open a support ticket](https://www.wowza.com/support/open-ticket) if you still find it’s not working. Include a copy of your /conf and /logs and /transcoder as well as your source image.

Regards,

Paul

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**Author:** ![Alex\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Alex\_C](https://community.wowza.com/u/Alex_C)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/overlay-image-auto-update-option-not-working/38132/3 "2016-12-17T19:05:05Z")

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Hello Nejc,

I am not able to reproduce this issue.

I have created a folder in the content/ folder and dropped a test.png file. Then started the stream and verify that there is overlay. Then pasted an edited version of the test.png, once the copy process completed the image updated in the stream. I then repeated the process to get back to the original test.png.

I am using the latest version of Wowza Streaming Engine 4.6.0.01

More information on that update [here](https://www.wowza.com/docs/wowza-streaming-engine-software-updates).

You may want to [contact our support department](https://www.wowza.com/support/open-ticket), we would want the following files from your Wowza system zipped and shared: /conf and /logs and /transcoder as well as your source image.

Regards,

Alex

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**Author:** ![Nejc\_Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/258eb7/32.png) [@Nejc\_Smid](https://community.wowza.com/u/Nejc_Smid)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 11:27am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/overlay-image-auto-update-option-not-working/38132/4 "2016-11-03T11:27:30Z")

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Hi,

I also detected the above-described problem. The overlay image is not a changed if I changed overlay source image path (enabled option “Update overlay image when source image updates”). Has anyone confirmed this bug? Any solution? Overlay image changes if I disable and then enable transcoder. I use 4.5.0.03 (build 19252) Wowza.

Thanks for the reply.

Regards,

Nejc