About: HostStreamSell

Hi Sam,

Thanks for having a look, and yes absolutely someone with the right know how can download any stream, but rtmpe is best practice at this time, but if there is a fully secure streaming protocol out there I would be interested to know. The main point is though that without purchasing the video, all you can dowload is the trailer which is not a problem as this is the only stream you can access, and this is a totally different file from the full video. The full video stream will never play (even if you know the url) without a valid authenticated token, so it can only be ripped by someone who actually has access to it.

The seller can choose as to whether to allow downloads of the video to paying customers, just like they can put a time limit, bandwidth cap, bitrate playback limit, and even what bitrate version is allowed be downloaded.

I don’t think you can make any stream 100% secure once someone can play it, there is software like you have used as well as screen grabbing software, or even someone recording from an output signal to the likes of a dvd recorder. I think all you can do is secure access to the full video stream, and use best practises to deliver that securely so the majority of people would have difficulty ripping it (assuming you dont just let them download a copy).

Gavin

Anyone? This must be possible given that the IPN message is logged