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I have followed the article on how to encrypt HLS streams using AWS MediaConvert (I have not managed to get a HLS encrypted video to play, I get an infinite loading loop btw). So I have been reading around and found out that an AES-128 encryption key can be obtained with a tcpdump, that discovery has led me to DRM services, AWS gives you the choice of using a third party DRM provider but I haven’t seen any way of implementing it in the FV player itself.
How could I implement third party DRM and have it protect my videos using FV Player?
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Hello Francesco,
thank you for reaching out to us!
We do not currently support any of third-party DRM services. However, we’ve been actively discussing it. Proprietary DRM is not a low-budget pursuit. You would have to be prepared for at least a $200/month fee just for encoding and playback support.
I’d suggest backing off a bit on the protection and saving your budget. We have an advanced DRM option at $1000/year which does not require special encoding or special hosting or any additional costs. Our advanced DRM provides two levels of watermarking and makes it very difficult for a hacker to discover the video stream, let alone decrypt it. It doesn’t stop screen recording though.
Alternatively, you might be happy with the protection the DRM Text feature included in FV Player Pro has to offer: https://foliovision.com/player/securing-your-video/protecting-videos-with-drm-text
Nonetheless, thank you for letting us know about the SPEKE option. I will forward your inquiry to my team to see, if they want to comment on this further.
As for your playback issues, please see use the built-in video checker: https://foliovision.com/player/basic-setup/how-to-use-video-checker The way the video checker works, is that you need to be logged in as admin. Then see, if it shows any errors and let us know, or send us a report about the video.
Making the web work for you,
MariaThanks for the info. I wasn’t aware DRM services were that costly.
Unencrypted HLS videos play just fine.
when I encrypt them is when I run into issues, as you can see in the images I have set up an encryption test.
but I haven’t managed to get it to play.
is there anything you can do to help me out?
Hello Francesco,
please, try going over the process of encrypting again and pay close attention to step 6. which is output path URL. https://foliovision.com/player/securing-your-video/mediaconvert-end-user-guide
Let us know, how it went.
Thanks,
MariaI have managed to get it to work, it seems I was pointing to the wrong .m3u8, I didn´t know how HLS playlists really worked so I pointed to one of the output files and not the master playlist that defines what quality is going to be played depending on the network performance.
Thanks for all the help!
Hello Francesco,
we are glad to hear you were able to resolve your issue.
Thanks,
MariaHello Francesco,
I checked SPEKE briefly and I see it’s an AWS feature. In general AWS is too complex.
We were considering adding support for BuyDRM or EasyDRM into a special version of FV Player Coconut.
Thanks,
Martin
