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How to protect streaming video from downloading


I want the videos that I played on my site to be broadcast, but not to be available for downloading software. Is it possible to protect the video from downloading so that no one can record them.
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Is it possible to protect the video from downloading so that no one can record them?

Short answer: No

Longer answer: it is impossible to protect anything from loading unless you want someone to watch it. Remember: if they see it, they can record it.

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Of course, just don't serve them. By definition, they must download it to watch online video. There is absolutely no way around this without forcing them to use the remote desktop viewer. Once the bytes leave your server, you have absolutely no control over what happens to them.

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The answer to your question is no.

Why? No matter what protection you put on the actual file, it must be somehow transferred to the client computer. And if you put some kind of DRM in a file so that only someone who has allowed to download the file can view it, you still need to view it. This means that an entrepreneurial person can intercept the actual values ​​displayed in some way and store them elsewhere. This can be as time consuming as taking a screenshot of each frame and then stitching it together to create a movie.

If you don’t want people to upload your videos, don’t post them on public servers.

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