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Originally Posted by Transmogrify
Hey guys,
I assume we can point the relative or actual path of the .flv file to be anywhere on the server, or is this not the case?
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Yes that's true. Are you using the FLVPlayback component, if so you can use,
Code:
FLVPlayback.load();
To specify your URL.
However (and someone correct me if I'm wrong) as far as I understand it, even if you place the flv is outside of the htdocs folder the user is still going to be able to access it, as the location/file will have to be made accessable to the public for it to work with your site. I've seen many similar discussions about "hiding" MP3 files, there are ways to make it more difficult but they seem quite involved and require certain server permissions that I know I don't have access to on many of the servers I work on.
If you're using progressive download the user is always going to have access to the file no matter how you cut it as it is essentially downloaded to their system. The only true way around it is to use streaming servers.
If you do find a way around it let me know, could come in very useful.