How can I prevent/make it hard to download my flash video?

Question

I want to at least prevent normal users to download my flash video.

What\'s the best way to do it?

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Answer 1

The only way to do this is with a trusted client, DRM and an encrypted source.

Your player opens up a connection, the user has a connection to the stream, you perform some magic authentication with their token and then transmite the encrypted data to them.

If you don't do this then anyone can download your video and save it out.

However with all that aside, someone can run screen capture, then save your video and do it again. This is again where the DRM comes in as one of the key features of the DRM in windows clients is that the buffer cannot be sniffed as it's on the protected media pathway.

I guess its a question of how to protect your revenue but dealing with pirates is always going to be a problem for software devs no matter what their business is.