FV Flowplayer Default Expiry Time isn’t working no matter what I set it to.

Hello rayzorg,

the minimal expiration time is 900 seconds (15 minutes). This can be changed using fv_flowplayer_amazon_expires filter. It works as any other WordPress filter.

Here’s a code which changes the expiration to 10 minutes for all videos: https://gist.github.com/foliovision/3dc5db291f0216df2eb7

Thanks,
Martin

Hello rayzorg,

check if your WordPress pages are served with the Expires or Cache control HTTP headers.

If you use a WP cache plugin (or any caching mechanism which might cause the links in HTML to expire), you need to force set the default expiry time: https://foliovision.com/player/secure-amazon-s3-guide#wp-cache

If you buy our license, you will get FV Player Pro extension plugin which lets you use CloudFront signed URLs. These are generated on play – so the issue with HTML caching is solved that way.

Thanks,
Martin

Hi Raylene,

You should set your S3 protected content expiry settings in the FV Player settings page (under Amazon S3 Protected Content).

Presumably as it’s protected content you might want to leave our default of 20 minutes in there (if the content is longer we allow longer expiry times automatically).

W3 Total Cache affects your S3 Protected Content as users might get old link if they get cached HTML. So set it to more than 2 hours which you have for W3 Total Cache HTML cache timeout. Or lower that to achieve better protection.

Let us know how it goes.

Making the web work for you, Alec

Hi Raylene,

Try setting the default timeout value higher (say 60 minutes). We have our own set much higher. We’re not that worried about piracy and I’m not sure a short timeout number makes much of a difference anyway – with S3 a pirate can download your whole video within whatever window you give. You only inconvenience the honest user who may stop and start your longer video several times before finishing it.

Let us know how if a longer default expiry time works.

Thanks!

Alec