[FFmpeg-user] Watermarking vs. Lossy compression (Was: coding video for some old Sony)

[Henning Thielemann]

On Wed, 14 Aug 2019, Ulf Zibis wrote:

> Am 14.08.19 um 10:11 schrieb Moritz Barsnick:
>
>> A lot of waste of engineering energy, better invested into e.g. better
>> security or saving the planet, if you ask me. ;-)
>
> Fine statement, I like it!

Maybe on the first glance. However, if the watermarkers find a way to 
subvert the lossy compressor then this points the compression developers 
to new compression opportunities.