Encrypt Videos

[Milad]

I'm using Autoplay Media Studio 4.0 and i've created an application, contains some video files. I'm looking for a software, so that I can encrypt the video files, so that they can be played, only with the application i've created. So that when the user be unable to open the files from the distribution folder.

Any solution for this ???????

[RodB]

Hi
I dont think you can do what you want with windows media files , but you could set something up if you used Flash video FLV , like a stop on the first frame and a check with your application before it would go past the stop and play .

Rod

[Daniel TM]

You can upgrade to version 6.0, wait until next release or get the Crypto plugin. If you want to minimize costs I suggest you to get the Crypto plugin. With the Crypto plugin you can encrypt a video, decrypt it, save the decrypted file to the temp folder or any other folder, play the decrypted video and delete it once your application closes or when the video finishes.

[Milad]

Well, I am able to buy or upgrade to version 6. but this version (and also version 5) had some problems . Like we're not able to have a media player,(as we did in version 4) or such things.

[Daniel TM]

AMS60 comes with two templates, one is an iPod, it plays audio and the other one is a laptop, it plays videos. You can make a media player that plays audio and video all in one application with AMS60.

[Corey]

There are no problems in version 5.0 or version 6.0 creating your own media player, it's easy to do.

[azmanar]

There are no problems in version 5.0 or version 6.0 creating your own media player, it's easy to do.

ECHOs Corey.............

[hmza]

hi can any one put here sample of how can i protect my video files

[Roboblue]

hi can any one put here sample of how can i protect my video files

One of the simplest ways would be to put them in the AutoPlay/Videos directory.
Then, when you build your project to a directory (not a web/email exe), check the rename resource file box and type in a new name. If the video files are referenced anywhere in the project script, they will be renamed and put into the dat01 directory. If someone investigates the dat01 directory, they may figure out how to get the files back out, but for the casual or inexperienced user, it's pretty safe.

[hmza]

thanks for replay but the file *.dat can work

and it not protect the file

[rhosk]

Try encasing it in an executable, then use a secret commandline argument to launch the file.

[hmza]

thanks can you make to me sample

[vfr750]

ANother solution for it that I use is to zip the video files with your secret pass and rename them to something than *.zip. When your user want to play the video (click play etc.) the command unzips the file with the secret pass to any folder that you want in users computer, plays the video and deletes it after the stop or finalization.

During the play of video it is impossible to copy or move the video file if any case the user find the place of unzipped file. If user stop the video it deletes itself with the File.Delete command.

If you like you can also rename the video than .mpg or .avi to anything, the AMS will recognize if it is video or not while play command.

The disadvantage is the time taken to unzip the video file if they are huge, but maybe someone can advise a progress bar code which is not showing the place of unziping operation but only the progress bar while unzipping in order to return user something than an empty screen.

[hmza]

hi can i get a sample for this tip