Video timestamp software for Windows
If you need to burn a date and time onto a video — and you are weighing the handful of Windows tools that do it — here is exactly what Video Stamp does, and how to try it on your own footage in a couple of minutes.
What Video Stamp does
- Burns a running date and time into the video — it ticks forward with the footage, second by second, not a single fixed label.
- Reads the real start time for you. For phone video, drones, camcorders and many
.dav/.264DVR and CCTV exports, it finds the recording time inside the file and handles UTC, daylight saving and midnight automatically. - Lets you fix a wrong clock. When the camera or recorder time was off, set a corrected start time, or shift every added video by whole hours at once.
- Works with more than 50 video formats in one app — no separate tool for each kind of camera.
- Runs entirely on your PC. Your video is never uploaded anywhere, which matters for case and evidence work.
- Never changes your original. The original is opened read-only and the stamp is written to a new copy.
- You control the look — size, color and position, with the time on one line and the date below.
Comparing your options?
There are a handful of Windows date/time stamping tools. Whichever you look at, these are the questions worth asking of any of them — and what Video Stamp was built to answer:
- Does it read the time out of the file, or make you type it in every time? Video Stamp reads it automatically whenever the file carries a reliable time.
- Does it handle DVR/CCTV exports and modern phone video, or only basic MP4/MOV? Video Stamp handles
.dav,.264and HEVC/HDR phone clips, not just the easy formats. - Does everything stay on your computer? Video Stamp never uploads your footage.
- Does it leave the original untouched? Video Stamp always writes a new, stamped copy.
- Is it one app for every camera, or a different program per format? Video Stamp is one app.
The best way to compare is on your own footage — the free trial below is the full app, so you can see the result before you decide.
Common questions
Is there a free way to add a timestamp to a video?
Yes. FFmpeg is free and open source and can burn a timestamp into a video from the command line, if you are comfortable with that. Video Stamp is for people who would rather do it in a few clicks, have the start time read automatically, and keep the original file safe.
Does it upload my video anywhere?
No. Everything runs on your own PC and your video is never uploaded.
Will it change my original file?
No. The original is opened read-only and the stamp is always written to a new copy.
What video formats does it work with?
More than 50 formats in one app, including phone video (HEVC/HDR), drones, dashcams, camcorders and DVR/CCTV exports such as .dav and .264.
See it on your own footage
The free trial is the full app with no time limit. Stamped copies carry a “TRIAL” watermark until you add a license ($79 per PC, or $299 for 5 PCs).
Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit). Questions? msimpson@914studiogroup.com