hi

I need to stream mp3 files but I want to protect them against downloading using browser plugins (like DownloadHelper) I know that it is impossible to provide 100% of protection against downloading the audio but the browser plugin protection is good enough for me.

any idea how to do that from my linode?

Thank you

R.

drm?

What are you using to play the audio on the client side?

Flash-based media players such as FlowPlayer can be fully manipulated using JavaScript. This means you don't need to include the full path to the mp3 file anywhere in your web page. You can include some bits and pieces of the path in the document, assemble the rest of it using JavaScript, and pass the result to the Flash-based player. (For example, you can store "dQw4w9WgXcQ" in some variable, and use it to assemble the full path.) Most browser plugins won't be able to detect that.

FlowPlayer also has a secure streaming plugin. I haven't used it, but it might provide some sort of DRM facility.

But of course, none of this will prevent a savvy user from ripping your audio.

that sounds good to me. I'll try that




I guess there is no 100% protection from ripping any audio that comp would play. What do you think? Use can always record it from the speakers...

Thank you for your suggestions.

R.

Or they can just set a recording app on the stereo mix to get a perfect digital copy. There's no point in protecting an audio stream, it's trivial to record it. Heck, all you need to do is just open the default windows sound recorder app.

Protecting streaming video is less futile, since recording that off the screen is difficult and has potential performance issues, but audio is trivial.

Don't bother.

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