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Lordrea
10-21-2006, 10:33 PM
Hello,
I am looking for a way to protect .wmv files (or any video file I suppose). Currently, the site uses no real set method.

Are there any ways that would make it so you can only stream a file, instead of download it? It doesn't have to be 100% secure, just so most people wouldn't be able to do it. The current system limits the people to only IE, while we want them to be able to use any Browser.

Thanks,
Michael
marek_mar
10-21-2006, 11:23 PM
Streaming is downloading...
Lordrea
10-22-2006, 12:48 AM
Not true.

One way you could do it is have an ASX file.... so you end up with something like: http://www.site.com/multimedia/video123.asx?ac555666sphr&code=xyz&nowcode=zyx

Only problem is, that you can just plug that directly into a download and get the file. However, you can't just take the file unless you have the extra variables.

I'm looking for a more secure way where you CAN'T get the media.
Mwnciau
10-22-2006, 02:02 PM
You could create some sort of flash player which takes the string from the url and converts it to the file name and then plays it.
Crowds
10-22-2006, 02:42 PM
If your not too hot on flash there are commercial products out there.
Google for wimpyav or wimpyplayer. Demos available.

Crowds
Lordrea
10-22-2006, 06:16 PM
arn't there many extentions for FireFox that download those movies? I was thinking of doing the flash approch, but I'd want them to be as close to impossible to get as ... well, possible.
marek_mar
10-22-2006, 07:49 PM
I'm afraid you'll have to accept the statement in my previous post.
Lordrea
10-22-2006, 09:13 PM
I'm afraid you'll have to accept the statement in my previous post.I'm afraid you'll have to accept the statement in my responce.
4xz
10-23-2006, 02:12 PM
You can use DRM in combination with for example Windows Media Server (there's also other software available) for protection.
_Aerospace_Eng_
10-23-2006, 04:46 PM
What type of server are you on? I guess you could use htaccess if you were on an apache server. This would at least prevent hotlinking.
GJay
10-23-2006, 07:05 PM
marek_mar is correct, if the file is online and is available for streaming, then there are any number of ways by which it can be downloaded by someone who wants to.
There are methods of stopping my grandma from getting it, but then are the people most likely to be watching video online not likely to be those who have the know-how (or the google-fu) to be able to get the source.
croatiankid
10-23-2006, 08:58 PM
o0o0o0 a hijack! i want in!
downloading is taking data from a server to your computer (client). streaming is data, and it is downloaded, otherwise you couldn't view it (it has to come to your computer to be able to view it)! ha! by the way, taking streaming content and flash content can be very easy, by using notepad to open the external url, and saving it as the correct file type!