About: ryan

What about running the resulting javascript through a packer/obfuscater? Granted this will not “encrypt” the URIs but will make it less accessible to most views. For those really determined it will increase the time it take them to “find” the URIs, further decreasing the likelihood that one would be able to DL the video before the expiration of the TTL.

Something like Packer JavaScript for PHP (http://joliclic.free.fr/php/javascript-packer/en/).

I did not spend much time looking at s3flowshield, it might do something similar.

Hi guys,

Thank you for all of the follow ups. I will likely need to implement the isolation that Jason outlined above, but right now I’m focused on making the insertion of videos (with S3/CloudFront) a bit more user-friendly.

Below is my first attempt at a shortcode function that take the perimeters of video file, width, height, and title and builds the code block. Alas, I’m having a bit of an issue with the retuned PHP — the PHP sections are not being processed as PHP. Any thoughts on what I have done wrong and what I could do differently?

add_shortcode('fdnVideo_embed', function ($atts){
	$atts = shortcode_atts(
		array(
			'src' 	=>	'',
			'width' =>	'600',
			'height'=>	'338',
			'title' =>	''
	), $atts);
	

	return '
		<div id="jw-container">JW Player® appears here.</div>
		<script type="text/javascript" src="/jwplayer/jwplayer.js"></script>

		<?php 
			/* A direct URL to the RTMP source; counting the file against the current User in real-time. */
			$cfg = array ("file_download" => "'. $atts['src'] .'", "url_to_storage_source" => true, "count_against_user" => true); 
		?>

		<?php 
			/* API Function `s2member_file_download_url()` returns false if access is denied to the current User. */
			if (($mp4 = s2member_file_download_url ($cfg, "get-streamer-array"))) { 
		?>

		    <script type="text/javascript">
        		jwplayer("jw-container").setup({modes: /* JW Player®. */
        		[
            		/* First try real-time streaming with Flash® player. */
		            {type: "flash", provider: "rtmp", src: "/jwplayer/player.swf",
						config: {streamer: "<?php echo $mp4["streamer"]; ?>", file: "<?php echo $mp4["file"]; ?>"}},
        
		        /* Else, try an HTML5 video tag. */
		            {type: "html5", provider: "video",
        		        config: {file: "<?php echo $mp4["url"]; ?>"}},
        
            		/* Else, this is a safe fallback. */
		            {type: "download", /* Download the file. */
		                config: {file: "<?php echo $mp4["url"]; ?>"}}
				],
        		/* Set video dimensions. */ 
        		width: '. $atts['width'] .', height: '. $atts['height'] .'
        		});
   			</script>

		<?php } else /* Access is denied to the current User. */ { ?>
		Sorry, you do NOT have access to this file.
		<?php }?>
		';
     	 
});

Next I’d like to include perimeters to include HTML5 and DL option with in the shortcode, should one want to make those available on-the-fly.

Cheers,
Ryan

P.S. This code takes advantage of the PHP 5.3’s anonymous functions; so it will only work (as is) on systems running PHP 5.3.

• This reply was modified 4 years, 10 months ago by  ryan.

Hi Cristián,

Thank you for the follow up. Could you help refresh my memory and tell me where this section is in the documentation?

Cheers,
Ryan

OK… I think I have resolved the issue.

JWPlayer doesn’t necessarily go in the root of your WP directory, at least not if you just copy the example code. The example code references the root of web directory (i.e. “/jwplayer/jwplayer.js”). So, the issue was PEBKAC all along!

ryan

Another “data point;” if I try to viewing the post via the “Preview Changes” button within the edit window nothing is displayed, not even the black “place holder.” However, if I “View” the page the “place holder” is displayed.

I am guessing this points to an issue with the “compiling” the code on the page. To confirm I have “Raw HTML” installed and all four of the check boxes are selected. I also have “Exec-PHP” installed; I have “Execute PHP code in text widgets” selected, and have “Disable the visual editor when writing” selected.

Cheers,
Ryan

Hi,

In the dark here… literally.

@Jason that is a great video that you put together and just in time; thanks. However, I’m having a bit of an issue; after following along with you I end up with just a black box where the video should be. I have tested multiple browsers and the all produce the same result — except for Firefox it produces a white/blank area.

I have tested the URL, http://site.com/?s2member_file_download=example-file.zip, and I’m able to download the file. I have checked the source code and I was able to download the file using (the HTML5) URL.

Any thoughts on what I might be doning wrong?

Cheers,
Ryan