Video Blackout
Video Redaction
Permanently redact video on your Windows PC. Auto-detect faces and plates, draw extra boxes by hand, mute audio on ranges you mark, export hard-coded H.264 — no cloud upload.
Video Blackout
Hard-coded MP4 export
100% local processing
Hard-coded MP4 export
Built for compliance teams
Video redaction is the process of permanently covering identifying information in a video so the released copy cannot reveal those identities. Video Blackout is desktop video redaction software for teams that must do that work before a public records release, a DSAR response, or an internal review. Processing stays on the machine that opened the file. This site (videoredaction.io) does not accept uploads.
What Video Blackout redacts
Faces and license plates support auto-detect and manual boxes. Audio supports manual time ranges only (mute or beep) — there is no speech-to-text. Other on-screen identifiers (badges, screens, paperwork) are drawn by the operator.
Video Blackout capabilities
| Identifier | Auto-detect | Manual |
|---|---|---|
| Faces | Yes — on-device detector | Yes — draw or adjust boxes; keep or redact per person |
| License plates | Yes — on-device detector | Yes — draw or track boxes |
| Other on-screen PII | No | Yes — static or tracked regions (badges, screens, paperwork) |
| Audio | No — no speech recognition | Yes — operator marks time ranges; mute or beep on export |
100% Offline Video Redaction
Cloud editors ask you to upload evidence. That is the opposite of what counsel, records officers, and school administrators can accept. Video Blackout runs as a Windows application: open a local file, mark regions, export a new MP4 with mosaics burned into pixels and selected audio rewritten.
No Internet Required
After install and license activation, you can redact on an air-gapped PC. There is no in-browser trial and no “upload to redact” button on this site. If you need the deployment story, read offline and on-premise video redaction.
How a typical job runs
- Install on Windows 10/11. Sign in with Google or email. Bind a device license.
- Open a local file. Run face and/or plate detection. Review every box.
- Draw extra boxes where detection missed. Mark audio ranges that must not be heard.
- Export hard-coded H.264. Keep the original as the system of record.
What you can redact (pages)
- Face redaction — auto-detect plus manual boxes
- Blur license plates — auto-detect plus manual boxes
- Audio redaction — manual ranges only
- PII video redaction for badges, screens, and other identifiers
Who uses it
- Bodycam redaction software for law enforcement
- CCTV redaction for schools and facilities
- FOIA video redaction and public records
- GDPR video compliance and DSAR responses
Procurement comparing tools should start with the video redaction software brief. Research groups that search for anonymisation can use the video anonymization page. Assisted detection is documented as AI video redaction.