Watermarking your Playlists

Watermarking your Playlists

There are four primary ways to Watermark your Playlists in DISCO:

• from the Watermarking page
• from Playlist Settings
• when saving a Playlist
• when sharing a Playlist

Note that this is a premium feature not available on all subscription plans.

From the Watermarking page:

1. On the left sidebar, under Tools, select Watermarking.
   
2. From the Playlists tab, click Watermark Playlist.
   
3. Search for or choose a Playlist from the drop-down.
4. Click Watermark playlist.

5. Watermarked playlists will appear under the Playlists tab and have blue WATERMARKED labels in the Status column.
   

From Playlist Settings:

1. Open the Playlist menu (⋮).

2. Select Playlist Settings.
   

3. From the Playlist Info tab, under Security Settings, set the Watermark playlist toggle to ON (it should appear green).
4. Click Save Playlist.
   

5. You will see green P and PROCESSING labels on the Playlist indicating the Watermarking is in progress. Allow a few moments for this to process.
   

6. Once it is done processing, the playlist will have blue W and WATERMARKED labels.
   

When saving a Playlist:

1. Upload or drag tracks into the Playlist Creator.
2. Click Save.
   
3. In the Save Playlist menu, from the Playlist Info tab, under Security Settings, set the Watermark playlist toggle to ON (it should appear green).
4. Click Save Playlist.
   
5. The Playlist will be removed from the Playlist Creator. In the Browse section, you will see a green P label on the Playlist indicating the Watermarking is in progress. Allow a few moments for this to process.
   
6. Once it is done processing, the playlist will have a blue W label.
   

When sharing a Playlist:

1. Open the Playlist menu (⋮).

2. Select Share.
   

3. From the Security tab, set the Watermark playlist toggle to ON (it should appear green). Allow a few moments for this to process.

4. Once it is done processing, the playlist will have a blue W label.
   

Remove Watermarking from your Playlists

To remove Watermarking from your Playlists:

1. On the left sidebar, under Tools, select Watermarking.
   
2. From the Playlists tab, open the ACTIONS menu next to the Playlist and select Remove watermarking from playlist.
   

Alternatively, from either the Playlist Settings menu, the Save Playlist menu, or the Share Playlist menu, set the Watermark playlist toggle to OFF (it should appear gray).

Share a Watermarked Playlist

To ensure that the watermarked files will be able to be traced back to individual recipients, we recommend emailing the playlist directly or assigning a URL to each of your recipients. 

Open the Share Area

• Email playlist directly or Assign a URL to each recipient
• Unique Watermarks are assigned to each recipient for leak tracing
• Copy the URL and send to each contact directly

For sending to large groups of people, we recommend utilizing the DISCO Email Creator which will automatically assign Watermarks to each contact on the blast.

Trace a leaked file

While the presence of DISCOs watermarks should discourage file leaking, we have you covered if a leak should occur. 

• Download the leaked file from the source (the pirate bay etc)
• Open the Leak tracing tab in the Watermarking Dashboard
• Click the "Trace a leak" button

Upload the leaked file on the pop up and submit.

• The file is processed and appears in the list of traced files
• View the Track name and Playlist that it was shared in
• The "Shared With" column shows who the watermark was assigned to
• The "Shared By" column show who shared the playlist from your DISCO

To learn more about how to optimize your watermarking workflow visit DISCO Watermarking 101.