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Concealing video stream

         

StarLion

11:57 pm on Feb 18, 2010 (gmt 0)

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Yes, i'm sure it's been discussed before, but the threads i've seen dont quite match the question.

I have a PHP driven website, which uses forms to log users in.
Once logged in (via session management), they can access a page which embeds a .swf.
The SWF is basically a one-frame movie, a FLVPlayback object, which calls an external .flv file to play. (The FLV is huge, which is why it's external rather than internal).

I've looked at several threads that use the Rewrite rules to try and shield the SWF from being hotlinked; with varying degrees of success. The FLV however would have to also be shielded; is this possible without preventing it from playing in the webpage? I'm assuming the worst case scenario (That neither the SWF or FLV have a Referrer tag), because i dont have access to the httpd logs.

jdMorgan

1:14 am on Feb 19, 2010 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



Set a cookie on authorization, then use a script to pipe the protected content through to the client only if the cookie is set. Unfortunately, this means that not only will the flv need to be local, you will also have to read it into the script and send it to the client as well.

But that seems to be your only choice...

Jim