Display user ID and IP address to deter copyright

Hi Shez,

This function is interesting, but the protection it offers is not very reliable, since the watermark layer can be easily turned off in the browser console (see the attached image), so it wont do much help in terms of protecting the content from screen capturing.

The Pro version of our player allows you to add a custom logo. This is a similar feature, although it lacks the dynamic data. You can set your own image as logo overlay and select a position in one of the corners.

Thanks,
Eduard

dynamic-overlay-watermark

Hi Shez,

Thak you for these ideas. I’ll bring it up to our programming department and we’ll definitely discuss this.

Thanks,
Eduard

Hi Shez,

Thanks for your initiative and forward looking ideas in this area. DRM is an area I think about often as well. There is an issue with your solution:

For the time being, I would like to be able to display the users ID and IP address in such a way that says, “this video is being viewed by ******” and then display their IP address as well and the date.

It’s simple enough to just disable this display in CSS via inspect element. Of course someone needs to have some expertise in web development or at least HTML to do so but it really only annoys paying users.

That said, I’m willing to implement exactly what you requested if you have $200 to throw at the solution.

Cordial regards, Alec

PS. The worst kind of DRM and licensing inconveniences the paying users and doesn’t stop pirates. We work really hard at Foliovision that our own licensing doesn’t get in the way of paying users (you’ll notice that the upgrade to FV Player Pro is almost completely automatic – we plan to start recording domain ahead of time so it’s fully automatic).

We’ll work towards a Widevine solution (Google and Netflix) in 2017.

Hi Shez,

Great. Buy a five site license and we’ll add the feature within the next two weeks.

Alec

Hi Shez,

The immediate fix with ID/IP address. The Widevine support will take us a while but it will come eventually no matter what.

Thanks!

Hi Shez,

That’s super. I’ve checked your license. It went to your Paypal address: m….m…@hotmail.com. We’ve been having some delivery issues to hotmail addresses in the last month (should not be a problem with our SendGrid sends but who knows).

Could you check that hotmail address (and if it’s not in the Inbox, please check spambox). I’ll authorise your Gmail address for that account as well.

Thanks!

Alec

Hello Shez,

we are putting it into the FV Player Pro Beta release now. Should be available for your to use later today.

Thanks,
Martin

Hello Shez,

the feature is in FV Player Pro 0.8.1 once you switch to Beta as described here: https://foliovision.com/2016/06/switching-pro-player-to-beta

Please let us know how it works for you, we are planning to add more settings for it which will allow you to make it much more visible etc.

Thanks,
Martin

Hello Shez,

thank you for the feedback, we will put in the user login name instead, as then it’s obvious which use it is. You would have to look up the user ID in database or install some plugin to show it, so let’s make it easier.

Thanks,
Martin

Hello Vito,

Yes, it’s available for the users of FV Player Pro. You can read more about it here – Protecting Videos With DRM Text.

Thanks,
Eduard

Hi recai,

Thank you for asking!

Of course. The DRM Text feature is available for the FV Player Pro users, and you can read more about how the feature works and looks like in action here: Protecting Videos With DRM Text.

We are constantly working on new improvements, so recently we also added the option of setting the DRM Text to visible at all times: DRM Text Can Now Be Set to Be Visible at All Times and we released a fix which disables the Picture-in-Picture option for videos with DRM Text that was bypassing it.

Thanks,
Chiara

Hello Recai,

currently we do not offer these settings, but you can get there if you know a bit of PHP. Please look for fv_player_pro_drm_text in our
Programmer’s Guide: https://foliovision.com/player/advanced/api-programming

There is a code sample which you should find helpful. You can use it in your functions.php, but let us know if you have no experience with PHP.

Thanks,
Martin

Hello Recai,

we will add the settings checkboxes to choose the individual pieces of information to show for DRM text.

Thanks,
Martin

Hello Recai,

we have worked on this improvement.

Please reinstall FV Player Pro by deactivating and deleting the FV Player Pro plugin you are using, then hit “Install Pro extension” at the top of the wp-admin -> Settings -> FV Player screen and the YouTube embeds will use youtube-nocookie.com domain.

However you will have to switch to Beta: https://foliovision.com/player/basic-setup/switching-fv-player-pro-to-beta

Then you will see the checkboxes in wp-admin -> Settings -> FV Player Pro -> DRM Text.

Thanks,
Martin

Hello Recai,

the additional DRM Text settings became a part of the release version in the meantime, so you should not have any issues finding them in wp-admin -> Settings -> FV Player Pro -> DRM Text.

You might try reinstalling the plugin, as Martin pointed out in his last reply and see, if that helps.

Thanks,
Maria

Hello Recai,

yes, currently these items can be added or removed from the DRM Text:

IP
Email
Name
Date
Site name

You can choose any combination of these by checking the boxes in wp-admin -> Settings -> FV Player Pro -> DRM Text

Thanks,
Maria

Hello Recai,

we don’t actively plan on adding new items to the DRM Text. Current available items fit the needs of most of our users, and we would not like for the settings to be needlessly cluttered with too many items to choose from.

Would it be viable for you to use User Name instead of ID and then, if needed, search for the user’s phone number in your database based on their user name?

Alternatively, we could offer you the addition as a paid custom development. Let me know, if you are interested.

Thanks,
Maria

Hello Ahmet,

if you know a bit of PHP you can use the WordPress filter function to adjust what’s in the DRM text. Please check here: https://foliovision.com/player/advanced/api-programming -> fv_player_pro_drm_text

Thanks,
Martin