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Securing .MP4 Video Files

Hi, I have to provide a training course made up of .mp4 video files to students in a secure format. By "secure format", I mean in a way that they cannot play them on any video player - other than the one that I'm providing to them for the course. (Its a custom application with a video player).

So, I provide my students the custom video player App and then I would like them to play the courseware videos on that custom player App.

My question is - how can I prevent them from viewing the .mp4 files on any other player? Is there a way for me to prevent them from using QuickTime or Windows Media Player?

Is there a way for me to use some custom or special sort of codec, so that my video files play ONLY on my custom video player?

Thank you for your help!

Fulano

btan

I am thinking instead of controlling if the player and to maintain it, we can adopt the Secure delivery and restrict of downloading etc. See this

How is my video/audio secure?

CloudPlayer Pro offers several options for securing the multi-media content that it displays on your website. We can't explain all of the technical details of how we do things, but we can offer some general information about how we do it. If your videos are stored on a server that doesn't have secure streaming built in, we use encryption to contact the server and send connection and streaming commands to it.

If you examine the source code of any of the pages that are using CloudPlayer to play media streams, you will see one long string of uncrackable, encrypted code that is being sent to our servers, which in turn send commands to your video storage servers. No one can tell what the location of your files might be or how to connect to them.

Can your plugin to protect files from downloading?

Yes, that is the main purpose of the plugin. That is what we mean when we say 'secure' streaming. We prevent downloading of your content.

http://cloudplayer.pro/streaming-mp4-securely/

There can be tool to DRM the files but that involves having to run a DRM server and etc. The concept is there are keys that encrypt the files and keys tbat the player can be the only one to open and process the files.

While DRM is the most secure form of content protection, it’s really only suitable for large organizations, owing to its cost and complexity. DRM solutions use special cryptographic algorithms when encoding to ensure that only individuals with the proper credentials are able to decrypt and view the content, and often only after being authenticated by a DRM server or for a specified period of time. Not surprisingly, vendors charge a pretty penny for the software ($40,000+ in licensing fees are not uncommon), and this says nothing about the cost of maintaining and running the necessary server hardware.

Mr_Fulano

ASKER

Hi BTan, thank you, but this solution seems to be "server based", which will not work for me. I need something that they can use off-line, hence my custom App for viewing.

What I need is a way to lock the video files so ONLY my player can use them.

Thanks,
Fulano

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