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My goal is to prevent downloading our videos with the IDM-tool.
So I aim at creating encrypted HLS videos.
My first step is to create a non-encrypted HLS video.
I am doing the encoding on AWS Mediaconvert, it seems to be successfully encoded but it does not play.
The (misleading?) console error message is 403 forbidden: GET https://meru-encoded.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/free/test-one.m3u8 403 (Forbidden)
The admin checker shows this:Admin: Video OK Analysis of https://meru-encoded.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/free/test-one.m3u8?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAI5WOQ6LU6FKM3WDA%2F20221114%2Feu-west-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20221114T141031Z&X-Amz-Expires=900&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=f5c58a446624e0b2d102e1c5a3dc1fcce97ecc5850f69d312a6a71ec87da569a Mime Type: application/vnd.apple.mpegurl crossdomain.xml: Warning: crossdomain.xml not found - won't play in IE 11 and below, see our guide here Compatibility: CORS headers foundTo check if the read permissions are ok, I uploaded a mp4 video into the same s3 folder, and it plays nicely. (What confuses me is that the console shows the same 403 error as above).
I also tried to put the root access key into the fv player settings, but no change.
I also tried to encode the video with constant bitrate instead of the default QVBR, but no change.
The webpage is https://merucourses.com/test13/ if it helps.
For your help I would be very grateful!
Greetings from the Netherlands,
Michael
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Hello Girish,
if you use URL tokens for HLS streams, please enable Stream Loader. Please refer to this guide: https://foliovision.com/player/video-security/video-protection-methods/signed-urls-hls-protection
For easy drag&drop video encoding and encryption we recommend using FV Player Coconut: https://foliovision.com/player/video-security/encoding/encrypted-hls-coconut
Thanks,
Martin
Hello Martin,
I succeeded to set up Cloudfront and to play an (unencrypted) mp4 video via Cloudfront using signed URLs from an AWS S3 bucket.
Surprisingly I still can download the mp4 video with the IDM tool.I see that your demo video on the documentation page of signed URLs is not downloadable, so I guess that I need to use HLS videos. This is where I experience problems. The Content-Type of my manifest file is application/vnd.apple.mpegurl, can this be the problem?
Thank you for your time!
Hello Girish,
the way to defeat these video downloading tools is the video encryption. The HLS streams can be encrypted, with FV Player Coconut it’s all a simple drag&drop operation. With AWS it’s more difficult.
Based on what you posted it seems like you really only have to enable the Stream Loader in FV Player Pro.
Thanks,
Martin
Thank you for your help, the video encryption was successful in making it difficult to download the content!
