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    21 juin 2013, par

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    16 avril 2011, par

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  • CRF/CQP is incompatible with 2pass. FFmpeg error

    22 juillet 2020, par user12129980

    This is my command :

    



    ..\ffmpeg -y -i "D:\FFMPEG\ffmpeg-20200129-de1b2aa-win64-static\bin\test\aa_start_with_BAGAN.mp4" -c:v libx264 -preset ultrafast -maxrate 3000k -bufsize 6000k -g 50 -c:a aac -b:a 128k -ac 2 -ar 44100 -an -pass 1 -f mp4 NUL   && ..\ffmpeg -i "D:\FFMPEG\ffmpeg-20200129-de1b2aa-win64-static\bin\test\aa_start_with_BAGAN.mp4" -c:v libx264 -s 1280x720 -preset ultrafast -maxrate 500k -bufsize 1000k -vf "scale=1280:-1,format=yuv420p" -g 50 -c:a aac -b:a 128k -ac 2 -ar 44100 -an -pass 2 aa_start_with_BAGAN.mp4_ultrafast_500.mp4


    



    in the output I get CRF/CQP is incompatible with 2pass, but I didnt use the cfr/-q option in the command at all, why do I get this error ?
Add the full metadata of FFMpeg maybe someone can help me with this ?
(-g 50 because the default fps is 25 base on the documentation)

    



    `ffmpeg version git-2020-01-29-de1b2aa Copyright (c) 2000-2020 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 9.2.1 (GCC) 20200122
  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-sdl2 --enable-fontconfig --enable-gnutls --enable-iconv --enable-libass --enable-libdav1d --enable-libbluray --enable-libfreetype --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libzimg --enable-lzma --enable-zlib --enable-gmp --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libmysofa --enable-libspeex --enable-libxvid --enable-libaom --enable-libmfx --enable-ffnvcodec --enable-cuvid --enable-d3d11va --enable-nvenc --enable-nvdec --enable-dxva2 --enable-avisynth --enable-libopenmpt --enable-amf
  libavutil      56. 38.100 / 56. 38.100
  libavcodec     58. 67.100 / 58. 67.100
  libavformat    58. 36.100 / 58. 36.100
  libavdevice    58.  9.103 / 58.  9.103
  libavfilter     7. 71.100 /  7. 71.100
  libswscale      5.  6.100 /  5.  6.100
  libswresample   3.  6.100 /  3.  6.100
  libpostproc    55.  6.100 / 55.  6.100
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'D:\FFMPEG\ffmpeg-20200129-de1b2aa-win64-static\bin\test\aa_start_with_BAGAN.mp4':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : M4V
    minor_version   : 1
    compatible_brands: M4V mp42isom
    creation_time   : 2018-04-24T18:21:09.000000Z
  Duration: 00:35:54.00, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1057 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (Baseline) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(tv), 640x480 [SAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], 929 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 50k tbn, 50 tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2018-04-24T18:21:09.000000Z
      handler_name    : Mainconcept MP4 Video Media Handler
      encoder         : AVC Coding
    Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 125 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2018-04-24T18:21:09.000000Z
      handler_name    : Mainconcept MP4 Sound Media Handler
Codec AVOption b (set bitrate (in bits/s)) specified for output file #0 (NUL) has not been used for any stream. The most likely reason is either wrong type (e.g. a video option with no video streams) or that it is a private option of some encoder which was not actually used for any stream.
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 (native) -> h264 (libx264))
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
[libx264 @ 0000024ec2de0f80] using SAR=1/1
[libx264 @ 0000024ec2de0f80] using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX FMA3 BMI2 AVX2
[libx264 @ 0000024ec2de0f80] profile Constrained Baseline, level 3.0, 4:2:0, 8-bit
[libx264 @ 0000024ec2de0f80] 264 - core 159 - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec - Copyleft 2003-2019 - http://www.videolan.org/x264.html - options: cabac=0 ref=1 deblock=0:0:0 analyse=0:0 me=dia subme=0 psy=1 psy_rd=1.00:0.00 mixed_ref=0 me_range=16 chroma_me=1 trellis=0 8x8dct=0 cqm=0 deadzone=21,11 fast_pskip=1 chroma_qp_offset=0 threads=12 lookahead_threads=2 sliced_threads=0 nr=0 decimate=1 interlaced=0 bluray_compat=0 constrained_intra=0 bframes=0 weightp=0 keyint=50 keyint_min=5 scenecut=0 intra_refresh=0 rc_lookahead=0 rc=crf mbtree=0 crf=23.0 qcomp=0.60 qpmin=0 qpmax=69 qpstep=4 vbv_maxrate=3000 vbv_bufsize=6000 crf_max=0.0 nal_hrd=none filler=0 ip_ratio=1.40 aq=0
Output #0, mp4, to 'NUL':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : M4V
    minor_version   : 1
    compatible_brands: M4V mp42isom
    encoder         : Lavf58.36.100
    Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (libx264) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 640x480 [SAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], q=-1--1, 25 fps, 12800 tbn, 25 tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2018-04-24T18:21:09.000000Z
      handler_name    : Mainconcept MP4 Video Media Handler
      encoder         : Lavc58.67.100 libx264
    Side data:
      cpb: bitrate max/min/avg: 3000000/0/0 buffer size: 6000000 vbv_delay: N/A
frame=53849 fps=999 q=-1.0 Lsize=  496489kB time=00:35:53.92 bitrate=1888.3kbits/s speed=39.9x
video:496266kB audio:0kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: 0.044919%
[libx264 @ 0000024ec2de0f80] frame I:1077  Avg QP:20.39  size: 38800
[libx264 @ 0000024ec2de0f80] frame P:52772 Avg QP:23.39  size:  8838
[libx264 @ 0000024ec2de0f80] mb I  I16..4: 100.0%  0.0%  0.0%
[libx264 @ 0000024ec2de0f80] mb P  I16..4:  8.4%  0.0%  0.0%  P16..4: 51.8%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:39.8%
[libx264 @ 0000024ec2de0f80] coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 44.8% 54.5% 18.3% inter: 30.2% 22.0% 2.0%
[libx264 @ 0000024ec2de0f80] i16 v,h,dc,p: 39% 25% 16% 19%
[libx264 @ 0000024ec2de0f80] i8c dc,h,v,p: 35% 23% 24% 17%
[libx264 @ 0000024ec2de0f80] kb/s:1887.41
ffmpeg version git-2020-01-29-de1b2aa Copyright (c) 2000-2020 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 9.2.1 (GCC) 20200122
  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-sdl2 --enable-fontconfig --enable-gnutls --enable-iconv --enable-libass --enable-libdav1d --enable-libbluray --enable-libfreetype --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libzimg --enable-lzma --enable-zlib --enable-gmp --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libmysofa --enable-libspeex --enable-libxvid --enable-libaom --enable-libmfx --enable-ffnvcodec --enable-cuvid --enable-d3d11va --enable-nvenc --enable-nvdec --enable-dxva2 --enable-avisynth --enable-libopenmpt --enable-amf
  libavutil      56. 38.100 / 56. 38.100
  libavcodec     58. 67.100 / 58. 67.100
  libavformat    58. 36.100 / 58. 36.100
  libavdevice    58.  9.103 / 58.  9.103
  libavfilter     7. 71.100 /  7. 71.100
  libswscale      5.  6.100 /  5.  6.100
  libswresample   3.  6.100 /  3.  6.100
  libpostproc    55.  6.100 / 55.  6.100
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'D:\FFMPEG\ffmpeg-20200129-de1b2aa-win64-static\bin\test\aa_start_with_BAGAN.mp4':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : M4V
    minor_version   : 1
    compatible_brands: M4V mp42isom
    creation_time   : 2018-04-24T18:21:09.000000Z
  Duration: 00:35:54.00, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1057 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (Baseline) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(tv), 640x480 [SAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], 929 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 50k tbn, 50 tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2018-04-24T18:21:09.000000Z
      handler_name    : Mainconcept MP4 Video Media Handler
      encoder         : AVC Coding
    Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 125 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2018-04-24T18:21:09.000000Z
      handler_name    : Mainconcept MP4 Sound Media Handler
Codec AVOption b (set bitrate (in bits/s)) specified for output file #0 (aa_start_with_BAGAN.mp4_ultrafast_500.mp4) has not been used for any stream. The most likely reason is either wrong type (e.g. a video option with no video streams) or that it is a private option of some encoder which was not actually used for any stream.
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 (native) -> h264 (libx264))
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
[libx264 @ 0000013691fbda00] using SAR=3/4
[libx264 @ 0000013691fbda00] using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX FMA3 BMI2 AVX2
[libx264 @ 0000013691fbda00] CRF/CQP is incompatible with 2pass.
Error initializing output stream 0:0 -- Error while opening encoder for output stream #0:0 - maybe incorrect parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height
Conversion failed!`


    


  • FFMPEG Audio/video out of sync after cutting and concatonating even after transcoding

    4 mai 2020, par Ham789

    I am attempting to take cuts from a set of videos and concatonate them together with the concat demuxer.

    



    However, the audio is out of sync of the video in the output. The audio seems to drift further out of sync as the video progresses. Interestingly, if I click to seek another time in the video with the progress bar on the player, the audio becomes synced up with the video but then gradually drifts out of sync again. Seeking to a new time in the player seems to reset the audio/video. It is like they are being played back at different rates or something. I get this behaviour in both Quicktime and VLC players.

    



    For each video, I decode it, trim a clip from it and then encode it to 4k resolution at 25 fps with its audio :

    



    ffmpeg -ss 0.5 -t 0.5 -i input_video1.mp4 -r 25 -vf scale=3840:2160 output_video1.mp4

    



    I then take each of these videos and concatonate them together with the concat demuxer :

    



    ffmpeg -f concat -safe 0 -i cut_videos.txt -c copy -y output.mp4

    



    I am taking short cuts of each video (approximately 0.5s)

    



    I am using Python's subprocess to automate the cutting and concatonating of the videos.

    



    I am not sure if this happens because of the trimming or concatenation steps but when I play back the intermediate cut video files (output_video1.mp4 in the above command), there seems to be some silence before the audio comes in at the start of the video.

    



    When I concatonate the videos, I sometimes get a lot of these warnings however the audio still becomes out of sync even when I do not get them :

    



    [mp4 @ 0000021a252ce080] Non-monotonous DTS in output stream 0:1; previous: 51792, current: 50009; changing to 51793. This may result in incorrect timestamps in the output file.

    



    From this post, it seems to be a problem with cutting the videos and their timestamps. The solution proposed in the post is to decode, cut and then encode the video however I am already doing that.

    



    How can I ensure the audio and video are in sync ? Am I transcoding incorrectly ? This seems to be the only solution I can find online however it does not seem to work.

    



    UPDATE :

    



    I took inspiration from this post and seperated the audio and video from output_video1.mp4 using :

    



    ffmpeg -i output_video1.mp4 -acodec copy -vn video.mp4

    



    and

    



    ffmpeg -i output_video1.mp4 -vcodec copy -an audio.mp4

    



    I then compared the durations of video.mp4 and audio.mp4 and got 0.57s and 0.52s respectively. Since the video is longer, this explains why there is a period of silence in the videos. The post then suggests transcoding is the solution however as you can see from the code above that does not work for me.

    



    Sample Output Log for the Trim Command

    



      built with Apple LLVM version 10.0.0 (clang-1000.11.45.5)
  configuration: --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/4.2.2 --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable-version3 --enable-avresample --cc=clang --host-cflags='-I/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-13.0.1.jdk/Contents/Home/include -I/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-13.0.1.jdk/Contents/Home/include/darwin' --host-ldflags= --enable-ffplay --enable-gnutls --enable-gpl --enable-libaom --enable-libbluray --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-librubberband --enable-libsnappy --enable-libtesseract --enable-libtheora --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxvid --enable-lzma --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-frei0r --enable-libass --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-librtmp --enable-libspeex --enable-libsoxr --enable-videotoolbox --disable-libjack --disable-indev=jack
  libavutil      56. 31.100 / 56. 31.100
  libavcodec     58. 54.100 / 58. 54.100
  libavformat    58. 29.100 / 58. 29.100
  libavdevice    58.  8.100 / 58.  8.100
  libavfilter     7. 57.100 /  7. 57.100
  libavresample   4.  0.  0 /  4.  0.  0
  libswscale      5.  5.100 /  5.  5.100
  libswresample   3.  5.100 /  3.  5.100
  libpostproc    55.  5.100 / 55.  5.100
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'input_video1.mp4':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : isom
    minor_version   : 512
    compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
    encoder         : Lavf58.29.100
  Duration: 00:00:04.06, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 14266 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 3840x2160, 14268 kb/s, 30 fps, 30 tbr, 15360 tbn, 60 tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : Core Media Video
    Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz, mono, fltp, 94 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : Core Media Audio
File 'output_video1.mp4' already exists. Overwrite ? [y/N] y
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 (native) -> h264 (libx264))
  Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (aac (native) -> aac (native))
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
[libx264 @ 0x7fcae4001e00] using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX FMA3 BMI2 AVX2
[libx264 @ 0x7fcae4001e00] profile High, level 5.1
[libx264 @ 0x7fcae4001e00] 264 - core 155 r2917 0a84d98 - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec - Copyleft 2003-2018 - http://www.videolan.org/x264.html - options: cabac=1 ref=3 deblock=1:0:0 analyse=0x3:0x113 me=hex subme=7 psy=1 psy_rd=1.00:0.00 mixed_ref=1 me_range=16 chroma_me=1 trellis=1 8x8dct=1 cqm=0 deadzone=21,11 fast_pskip=1 chroma_qp_offset=-2 threads=12 lookahead_threads=2 sliced_threads=0 nr=0 decimate=1 interlaced=0 bluray_compat=0 constrained_intra=0 bframes=3 b_pyramid=2 b_adapt=1 b_bias=0 direct=1 weightb=1 open_gop=0 weightp=2 keyint=250 keyint_min=25 scenecut=40 intra_refresh=0 rc_lookahead=40 rc=crf mbtree=1 crf=23.0 qcomp=0.60 qpmin=0 qpmax=69 qpstep=4 ip_ratio=1.40 aq=1:1.00
Output #0, mp4, to 'output_video1.mp4':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : isom
    minor_version   : 512
    compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
    encoder         : Lavf58.29.100
    Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (libx264) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 3840x2160, q=-1--1, 25 fps, 12800 tbn, 25 tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : Core Media Video
      encoder         : Lavc58.54.100 libx264
    Side data:
      cpb: bitrate max/min/avg: 0/0/0 buffer size: 0 vbv_delay: -1
    Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz, mono, fltp, 69 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : Core Media Audio
      encoder         : Lavc58.54.100 aac
frame=   14 fps=7.0 q=-1.0 Lsize=     928kB time=00:00:00.51 bitrate=14884.2kbits/s dup=0 drop=1 speed=0.255x    
video:922kB audio:5kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: 0.194501%
[libx264 @ 0x7fcae4001e00] frame I:1     Avg QP:21.06  size:228519
[libx264 @ 0x7fcae4001e00] frame P:4     Avg QP:22.03  size: 85228
[libx264 @ 0x7fcae4001e00] frame B:9     Avg QP:22.88  size: 41537
[libx264 @ 0x7fcae4001e00] consecutive B-frames: 14.3%  0.0%  0.0% 85.7%
[libx264 @ 0x7fcae4001e00] mb I  I16..4: 27.6% 64.3%  8.1%
[libx264 @ 0x7fcae4001e00] mb P  I16..4:  9.1% 10.7%  0.2%  P16..4: 48.5%  7.3%  3.9%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:20.2%
[libx264 @ 0x7fcae4001e00] mb B  I16..4:  1.1%  1.0%  0.0%  B16..8: 44.5%  2.9%  0.2%  direct: 8.3%  skip:42.0%  L0:45.6% L1:53.2% BI: 1.2%
[libx264 @ 0x7fcae4001e00] 8x8 transform intra:58.2% inter:93.4%
[libx264 @ 0x7fcae4001e00] coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 31.4% 62.2% 5.2% inter: 11.4% 30.9% 0.0%
[libx264 @ 0x7fcae4001e00] i16 v,h,dc,p: 15% 52% 12% 21%
[libx264 @ 0x7fcae4001e00] i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 19% 33% 32%  2%  2%  2%  4%  2%  4%
[libx264 @ 0x7fcae4001e00] i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 20% 39%  9%  3%  4%  4% 12%  3%  4%
[libx264 @ 0x7fcae4001e00] i8c dc,h,v,p: 43% 36% 18%  3%
[libx264 @ 0x7fcae4001e00] Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.0% UV:0.0%
[libx264 @ 0x7fcae4001e00] ref P L0: 69.3%  8.0% 14.8%  7.9%
[libx264 @ 0x7fcae4001e00] ref B L0: 88.1%  9.2%  2.6%
[libx264 @ 0x7fcae4001e00] ref B L1: 90.2%  9.8%
[libx264 @ 0x7fcae4001e00] kb/s:13475.29
[aac @ 0x7fcae4012400] Qavg: 125.000```


    


  • What is data anonymization in web analytics ?

    11 février 2020, par Joselyn Khor — Analytics Tips, Privacy

    Collecting information via web analytics platforms is needed to help a website grow and improve. When doing so, it’s best to strike a balance between getting valuable insights, and keeping the trust of your users by protecting their privacy.

    This means not collecting or processing any personally identifiable information (PII). But what if your organisation requires you to collect PII ?

    That’s where data anonymization comes in.

    What is data anonymization ?

    Data anonymization makes identifiable information unidentifiable. This is done through data processing techniques which remove or modify PII data. So data becomes anonymous and can’t be linked to any individual.

    In the context of web analytics, data anonymization is handy because you can collect useful data while protecting the privacy of website visitors.

    Why is data anonymization important ?

    Through modern threats of identity theft, credit card fraud and the like, data anonymization is a way to protect the identity and privacy of individuals. As well as protect private and sensitive information of organisations. 

    Data anonymization lets you follow the many laws around the world which protect user privacy. These laws provide safeguards around collecting personal data or personally identifiable information (PII), so data anonymization is a good solution to ensure you’re not processing such sensitive information.

    In some cases, implementing data anonymization techniques means you can avoid having to show your users a consent screen. Which means you may not need to ask for consent in order to track data. This is a bonus as consent screens can annoy and stop people from engaging with your site.

    GDPR and data anonymization

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    The GDPR is a law in the EU that limits the collection and processing of personal data. The aim is to give people more control over their online personal information. Which is why website owners need to follow certain rules to become GDPR compliant and protect user privacy. According to the GDPR, you can be fined up to 4% of your yearly revenue for data breaches or non-compliance. 

    In the case of web analytics, tools can be easily made compliant by following a number of steps

    This is why anonymizing data is a big deal.

    Anonymized data isn’t personal data according to the GDPR : 

    “The principles of data protection should therefore not apply to anonymous information, namely information which does not relate to an identified or identifiable natural person or to personal data rendered anonymous in such a manner that the data subject is not or no longer identifiable.”

    This means, you still get the best of both worlds. By anonymizing data, you’re still able to collect useful information like visitor behavioural data.

    US privacy laws and data anonymization

    In the US, there isn’t one single law that governs the protection of personal data, called personally identifiable information (PII). There are hundreds of federal and state laws that protect the personal data of US residents. As well as, industry-specific statutes related to data privacy, like the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

    Website owners in the US need to know exactly what laws govern their area of business in order to follow them.

    A general guideline is to protect user privacy regardless of whether you are or aren’t allowed to collect PII. This means anonymizing identifiable information so your website users aren’t put at risk.

    Data anonymization techniques in Matomo Analytics

    If you carry these out, you won’t need to ask your website visitors for tracking consent since anonymized data is no longer considered personal data under the GDPR.

    The techniques listed above make it easy for you when using a tool like Matomo, as they are automatically anonymized.

    Tools like Google Analytics on the other hand don’t provide some of the privacy options and leave it up to you to take on the burden of implementation without providing steps.

    Data anonymization tools

    If you’re a website owner who wants to grow your business or learn more about your website visitors, privacy-friendly tools like Matomo Analytics are a great option. By following the easy steps to be GDPR compliant, you can anonymize all data that could put your visitors at risk.