How To Crack Password Protected Videos
Mina Delahoussaye
Besides setting a simple passcode, you can also create expiration dates for viewing your video and limit the number of times it can be viewed. You even have the ability to generate multiple passwords.
There are a variety of other security features like password gates, video encryption, access codes, and domain whitelisting which all add layers of security to your video content. With your videos uploaded ,sharing them securely is as easy as sending a link.
The best and most straightforward option is to not use Youtube at all and use a video player that comes with a built-in password protection feature. Spotlightr offers one with its video hosting and marketing platform.
This is useful when you want to share a video of your product development meeting with your internal team. Or, when you want to house premium video content or resources, such as paid training videos for your clients. Adding a password will help ensure that only the people you want to see your videos can see them.
However Vimeo further allows videos to be password protected. But when playing via the Player SDK, Vimeo always prompts the user for password which basically defeats the whole purpose of password protection. We have paid content videos and if we share password with one user; there's nothing preventing the user from distributing the password further.
I would have assumed Vimeo's oEmbed API would have enabled us to sending the password for the video from our server and then vimeo returns a one-time playback link for the video which we could have rendered on the web using the Vimeo's Player SDK. Thus providing even better protection for paid content/commercial videos.
So is anyone aware of an option where a Vimeo password-protected video can be embedded on the page of a whitelisted domain and the password transparently shared with Vimeo by our server so the user does not need to input the password in the video itself?
I want to build a private video library embedded in a Webflow site. It will host tutorial videos that are meant for a small group. I would like to use CMS to handle the posting/adding of the videos, and whatever video backend (Youtube, Vimeo, whatever). A single password to protect the pages is fine.
We are developing a site where users will be able to watch and download videos that they've recorded of themselves in a public event. The videos will be password protected, and will be available only to users who have paid for them at the event...
...But on the other hand, we also want users to share those videos on social media, since they will be an attractive publicity for our events. Having people log into our site with their password, download the video and then re-upload it to Youtube/Facebook will be too cumbersome, and I suspect that few users will be willing to do that. So the obvious alternative is to have one of those convenient "share" buttons, but the problem with that approach will be that:
The idea of using YouTube is a good one and there are only a few alternatives to protect yourself against viral bandwidth costs but all of them are paid solutions past a certain point (I'm specifically thinking of Vimeo here) and you may or may not have factored that into the project budget. I'm trying to get my head around the whole "password protected yet publicly shareable and visible" aspect though.
If the user pays to get the video, why do you need to password protect it past that point? Either the user can choose to keep it private or toggle an option to make it public and you could upload it to your YouTube channel at that time and enable the sharing buttons. If the user only wants to selectively share it with friends then that is an appropriate time to create a token-based login bypass link that can be sent by email or Twitter and just expire the token after X time to protect against abuse.
If you add a nonpublic (Anyone, Password, Hide from Vimeo, or Private) video to a password-protected showcase, anyone with the password to the showcase will be able to watch it unless the embed privacy setting of the video doesn't allow it to be shown on your showcase's domain. This setting allows you to share groups of nonpublic videos with a specific audience.
There is a need to share a video, but also have it require a password for viewership. There are a few potential ways of doing this, but none that are great, and today they all leave the underlying video open when Panopto is used to host the video.
I agree with this request. Other vendors have this feature. This feature is useful when sharing videos with external entities. For example, we have a Professional Sales competition, students record their sales pitches. The instructor shares the links with external users, and they have requested the ability to add a password as an extra level of security.
@Dave Hannan I really appreciate the reply and the suggestion. I have had the email invitation feature that you mentioned on for a while (where you can send a unique link that allows "Anyone with the link" access even if the folder/session are set another way), and it does work well but for this purpose we needed it to go a bit further. In the case that drove the request, there was a large list of people who needed to be able to share a few videos, but not edit, and a larger list of people who needed access at a moments notice. The vendor who was providing the content also wanted these materials to be behind a password; not a requirement but a suggestion.
They are not confidential materials, but they are somewhat graphic. The department wanted to have them obscured a bit more than just a link. My idea was to use the email invitation to give each office their own link to share, and if there was a password we could add to that link, it would've been a great solution.
It would be perfect if we could generate unique links, just like how the email invitation works, but without the need to send it via an automated email from Panopto. With that change, it would be good to be able to add things like availability windows, passwords, and groups to specific links. Similar to how Office 365 works. I think also having the ability to set a password across the board for a session/folder for any viewership would be good.
Share via email -> If the user doesn't have an account in our Panopto instance -> When they click they link Panopto creates their account and forces them to set a password. This would require the use of Panopto local accounts and we would need the login screen to display Panopto local accounts, but it would be pretty easy.
Like Elaine, we have created accounts for external users. We have a Professional Sales competition that is judged by several external experts. We create accounts for them and then share the folder(s) with them. Once the competition is over we change the passwords.
Agree. There are some instances in which we need to have a second level of access protection. This is a good "optional" feature to have. However, it needs to be balanced with the access rights - if someone has access to the video, should him/her need to enter the password? Maybe add a "mandatory" option so everyone must enter the password.
To password-protect your photos and videos, first launch the Photos application and then find the photo or video you want to keep private. You can do this individually, for a single photo or video, or use the Select button at the top to select multiple photos and videos at once. Once your photos and videos are selected, tap the three-dot menu icon and hit Hide.
Hi I bought a 500GB WD My Passport portable drive. It is working as expected when plugged in to my PC or MAC. I added some videos in the portable drive but when I plugged it into my Samsung LED Smart TV, the portable drive does not appear in one of the external sources list. I think this is because the drive is password protected and there is no option in the TV to enter the password and unlock the drive.
With StreamingVideoProvider, you can also live stream on a public site. In this case, you can use the Dynamic Watermark feature to deter pirates from recording your content. A Dynamic Watermark is like a corner bug but, instead of a logo, it shows personal viewer information (location, name, email address and even password of the current viewer) and changes its position every few seconds.
The internet has been a driving force behind the major shift in the way that we consume media. Online video streaming is growing more popular by the day. Hackers, pirates, and other people with poor intentions are taking advantage of opportunities to cash in on unsecured streaming setups. That is why it is so important to have password protected video hosting.
Using the appropriate security measures is essential if you want to keep your content out of the wrong hands. In situations where privacy is a concern, password-protected video hosting is a must. This can be achieved by using a private video hosting service.
We will also cover when to use password-protected video hosting and alternative video security measures that can be used alongside password protection. You will have all the tools you need to keep your video content safe.
Some more extreme instances of infiltration are when somebody hacks your stream and actually takes over with their own source. With someone else in control of your stream, your audience may be exposed to inappropriate or offensive content, which will look bad for you and your brand. Avoiding this requires secure hosting rather than just a protected HTML5 video player.
Password-protected video hosting is when you add a password to your online video player to restrict access from unauthorized viewers. Password-protected video streaming is more of a privacy tool than a security tool, but it still plays a part in keeping your content in front of the intended audience.
Some video platforms use a login approach as opposed to basic password protection. This requires users to sign in with a unique username and password to access video content. This is common for schools and businesses with internal viewers.
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