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I have MP4 videos that people log in online to access. I need the videos to be playable/accessible on an iPad/iPhone, but still have some very basic protection on them. How can I do that?

I'm aware that putting the videos in a htaccess password-protected folder makes them inaccessible to iPad users, and even using htaccess to block hotlinking/direct-linking causes the videos to be inaccessible to an iPad user, even if the videos are in the same directory the users are currently in.

I understand that the videos can be downloaded by anyone using a Downloader plugin, and I'm not trying to have unrealistic bullet-proof security, I just don't want someone to be able to link directly to my videos saying, "Hey, you can watch those videos she's selling for free by clicking here: ww w.mysite.com/private/video1.mp4 (that's not a real link, just an example)

I would think a lot of people have similar issues (wanting to protect online video in some way but still have them playable on an iPad/tablet/iPhone). Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Ken Y-N
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  • this may be of help, there's no definite way to stop someone from downloading as you already know, however you can make it harder, using html5, and if I remember right, ipads and iphone's can play html5 video. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9756837/prevent-html5-video-from-being-downloaded-right-click-saved – SorryEh Oct 24 '13 at 00:10

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