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hi i want a plugin that play the video but users can not download the video just can view the video on live online web , Can I use this plugin for such purpose??
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Hi Codefirst,
The best solution our player currently offers is an encrypted HLS stream delivered via Amazon CloudFront. As you can see for yourself in this demo, the video is very hard to download and even if someone manages to do that, it will require the decryption key even when viewed offline.
The stream itself is compatible with almost all devices and browsers and adjusts quality automatically. Here is our guide about HLS streaming, in case you wanted to learn more about this format – Using HLS With FV Player.
This setup requires FV Player Pro and Amazon S3, CloudFront and using the AWS Elastic Transcoder. Here is a guide on how to set it up – How to setup encrypted HLS stream with Amazon Elastic Transcoder.
If you want to know more about video security in general, you can read our article Protecting Video from Downloading.
Thanks,
Eduard
Perfect. I need exactly that.
What I did not understand is the price of Amazon Elastic Trasncoder.I saw you charge per minute.
But does this account for each time the video is watched or for the duration of the video file?
If it is for the length of the video file, is there also a charge for GB bandwidth from CloudFront?
Can you please clarify how this works.
Thank you.
Hi Gabriel!
We are providing the player that lets you use Amazon services. We ourselves do not charge any fees or provide this service so unfortunately we cant guarantee or calculate you exact price.
I’d be happy to give you guidance and explanation. Amazon Elastic Transcoder helps you get/transcode a video in the right format. In this case encrypted HLS file. So you will pay for the minute of video being transcoded. Pricing also depends what quality you choose. For example you want to provide for each video mobile, SD and HD quality – you will pay two times (fee x minute of a video) for transcoding video in SD quality and one time for transcoding video in HD quality. This charge is to create a file not to play file.
For storing videos you will need Amazon S3 bucket. Depending on the region you choose (we recommend picking closest one to your main user base) you pay a fee per GB of data stored. Plus some small fees on actions with your data. Amazon Cloudfront is a content delivery system that lets you serve a video no matter where your viewer is. Using just play from your storage from Amazon S3 would be too slow (high latency and low transfer speed). Here you pay for the amount of data transferred in GB (depends on the region) per month – in other words how much in GB your viewers watched videos in a month. Here is some simplified calculator.
Hope it helps. Have a nice weekend.
Lucia
