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Amazon S3 Expiring Links - How?

by gb44
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Sorry for all of the video questions lately, and thanks for all of the
replies (this is a great forum).

My new question involves how to set up each of my videos with
the "expiring links" function I keep reading about.

Can anyone help?

I do have Easy Video Player if that has anything to do with it.

Sam
#amazon #expiring #links
  • Profile picture of the author Drez
    What is it you're trying to accomplish?

    Do you want someone (like a subscriber) to have access to a video for a specific amount of time - then deny access or have the link vanish? (yet still allow others to continue to see it?)

    Or do you want a link to disappear or just go dead to everyone?
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    • Profile picture of the author gb44
      Originally Posted by Drez View Post

      What is it you're trying to accomplish?

      Do you want someone (like a subscriber) to have access to a video for a specific amount of time - then deny access or have the link vanish? (yet still allow others to continue to see it?)

      Or do you want a link to disappear or just go dead to everyone?
      Hi and thanks for chiming in to help.

      All videos are going to be posted to my forum (private paid members
      only) inside the posts.

      I want those videos to always be active for the forum members.

      I read that easy video player and Amazon S3 can utilize the expiring links
      so that "if someone shares the video somewhere else then the links can
      expire and they will not be able to view it afterwards."

      Sam
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      • Profile picture of the author gb44
        So basically I'm trying to figure out how to take the video file
        from my hard drive and into a forum post, with the expiring
        links protection - by using Easy Video Player

        Would love some instructions, not too tech savvy

        Sam
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  • Profile picture of the author Drez
    EZS3 also lets you do this too.

    You can specify the specific domain for the player to work on (or any domain).

    This way people (generally) can't copy the video.
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    • Profile picture of the author gb44
      Jeff and Drez, thank you very much for your time and
      information.

      I do appreciate it!

      In the morning I'll try to understand the "lock" feature in
      EVP and come back here for more help if need be.

      Thanks for helping out an old guy with all of this tech stuff

      Sam
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  • Profile picture of the author gb44
    Originally Posted by Jeff Hope View Post

    Hi Sam,

    With EVP you can "lock" the videos to display only from domains you specify.

    If you lock them to your domain, and then place them behind your members area, that should be all you need.

    EVP doesn't display the actual links - but even if someone copies the code, the video won't play since you've locked it to your domain.

    There are ways around anything, but that setup will stop all but the most determined.

    Jeff
    So Jeff, it's basically as simple as clicking on the Security tab inside
    easy video player, and choosing both of the following options
    to "YES":

    * Use Rotating links.

    * Enable Site Restriction

    Then I'm as good as I can get, correct?

    Sam
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    • Profile picture of the author WillR
      Originally Posted by Jeff Hope View Post

      Hi Sam,

      With EVP you can "lock" the videos to display only from domains you specify.

      If you lock them to your domain, and then place them behind your members area, that should be all you need.

      EVP doesn't display the actual links - but even if someone copies the code, the video won't play since you've locked it to your domain.

      There are ways around anything, but that setup will stop all but the most determined.

      Jeff
      Originally Posted by Drez View Post

      EZS3 also lets you do this too.

      You can specify the specific domain for the player to work on (or any domain).

      This way people (generally) can't copy the video.
      This doesn't stop people from downloading the video file. I can still look at the page activity, download the video file, and then post it somewhere for other people to download.

      OP, the product you are looking for is:
      Amazon S3 Secure Video Streaming – S3FlowShield
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