Video protection

[sammol]

I want to place some Video on web. But I don't want ppl to download it and just see it on web. By not using a streaming server...is there any technology can do it?

 

[webgs]

If you are not using a streaming server, convert the videos to ASF (Active Streaming Format) files and then use an ASX (Windows Media Player Playlist extension) file to reference the video. I use Sonic Foundry's Stream Anywhere (

http://www.sonicfoundry.com)

to create the ASF files from MPG, AVI, WMV and other formats. Most new video editing programs allow you to create ASF's

If you have never used an ASX file, here's how to create one using "your_video.asf" as the video file name:

1) Open up Notepad and enter the following code:

<ASX version = &quot;3.0&quot;>
<Entry>
<Ref href = &quot;your_video.asf&quot; />
</Entry>
</ASX>

3) Save the file as &quot;your_video.asx&quot; in the same directory where the your_video.asf&quot; video files lives.

4) On your web page, use <a href=&quot;your_video.asx&quot;>Your Video</a> as the pointer.

In this example, the web page, the video file (ASF) and the ASX file live in the same directory. You can make the necessary adjustments to your ASX file to point to the correct directories.

That's it.