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AWS Alternatives for Encrypted HLS? KeyCDN?

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  • Michel 5 years, 10 months ago

    Hi,

    Are there other alternative video hosting providers besides AWS that provide encrypted HLS streams that work with the FV player pro for WordPress?

    Someone mentioned KeyCDN, but they said it doesn’t provide any encryption only protection. That was posted a few years ago, so maybe that changed. I don’t know if that means KeyCDN is not a good solution to use for a video streaming solution to combat against direct downloading.

    Thanks!

    Michel

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  • Martin 6 years ago

    Hello Michel,

    couple of notes from top of my head –

    There is Wowza, but the user interface is even harder than AWS. On the other hand it seems to be easier to use for programmers.

    Another option is Coconut – we had one user try that out and it worked. But the problem was that the audio and video tracks were separate and they both required the decryption key, which made it less secure. If there is a way of unifying that audio and video stream into one, it would work fine. It’s also for developers.

    Then there is Vzaar which is a nice video platform for which we built the video upload tool as well. I tested the video encryption feature in it and it works nicely, but since the decryption key is hard-linked in the video stream and not delivered by FV Player it’s not much more secure than a bare HLS stream. There would have to be a way of pointing the licence acquisition URL for such encrypted video to your website. I asked Vzaar support about it.

    That’s why AWS is the clear winner for now.

    Thanks,
    Martin

    Michel 6 years ago

    Thanks Martin. I knew about Vzaar (which is now Dacast), but the pricing I felt was much higher.

    Looks like AWS is the obvious choice, I just don’t like their user interface for setting up HLS encrypted streams.

    Thanks again!

    Michel

    Alec Kinnear 6 years ago
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    Hi Michel,

    I’d be surprised if Vzaar pricing is higher for any substantial amount of secure video hosting than Amazon Cloudfront. Vzaar should be less expensive once you reach the minimum package thresholds. AWS hosting is shockingly expensive when costed out.

    I’d love to see your numbers which show Vzaar as more expensive.

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