Medianonymizer can process an uploaded recording after a livestream ends. It does not redact the live feed. If you are preparing a replay, highlight clip or training video, work on that saved recording before it reaches the next audience.
A later edit cannot remove what viewers saw during the original broadcast. Camera placement, microphones and live access need their own planning. This guide covers the recording you can inspect before republishing, not a live-streaming integration or a guarantee of GDPR compliance.
Decide what belongs in the replay
Start with the intended audience and purpose. A conference replay may need the speaker's presentation but not the audience arriving, questions with personal details or a laptop visible at the edge of the stage. An internal training session may contain names on slides that were appropriate for colleagues but not for a public website.
Make an edited cut before you process it. Remove sections that serve no purpose in the replay. Keep a record of which source and cut you used so another reviewer can identify the version being approved. These are practical review steps; they do not establish a legal basis for the original capture or the later distribution.
Look beyond faces
Watch the cut with the sound on. List the identifiers you need to address: faces, plates, names on badges or screens, spoken details and captions. Consider whether someone could still be recognised by their clothing, role or the surrounding event. A covered face is only one part of that assessment.
Where GDPR applies, purpose limitation and data minimisation are relevant to reusing footage. The EDPB's video-device guidance addresses lawful processing and disclosure to third parties. Use it with the applicable rules for your organisation rather than assuming that an earlier permission covers every new audience. Assess the original broadcast and the intended replay separately.
Process the uploaded recording
Start a video job with the cut you intend to share. Choose the available face, plate, text and audio options needed for that file. Plate processing is optional; enabling faces alone does not select every other identifier. Review detected faces and the configuration before continuing.
Check the amount shown for the job. Medianonymizer uses paid exports; this workflow is not a live service or an unlimited free video tier. Upload constraints and the available choices should be checked in the current interface instead of inferred from a general article.
Automatic processing may miss an identifier. A completed job tells you processing finished, not that a person can no longer be identified by any means. Download the resulting file and review that copy, including any edited audio. Do not treat the preview alone as approval of the final export.
Inspect the moments most likely to need attention
Watch people entering or leaving frame, the first frames after a cut, profiles, reflections and distant faces. Pause where a camera pans across the audience. Check that a person selected to remain visible is the intended person and that people you wanted to redact are covered throughout their appearances.
Listen for names or other details you intended to remove. Check captions and the description you will publish with the video: those can reintroduce information removed from the media file. If a required edit is missing, correct it with an appropriate editing tool or remove that segment before release. Do not publish an export you have not checked simply because detection was automatic.
Approve and retain the right version
Keep a dated note of the source, the settings, the reviewer and any unresolved limitations. Give the publishing team a clearly named final file so it is not confused with the original recording. Decide who can access each version and how long it needs to be kept under your organisation's policy.
For an internal recording being prepared for an external audience, see the corporate video review workflow. The final publication decision remains with the person responsible for that use of the footage.
Frequently asked questions
No. This workflow processes a recording uploaded after capture. It does not redact the feed viewers see during a live broadcast.
