Compile or build flowplayer or jwplayer to create secure token for wowza server

I think you already read our last article for wowza mediasecurity addon package

There are 2 methods to put secure token for video players like flowplayer or jwplayer…

1. Token inside javascript code (shared secret)
2. Token inside flowplayer or jwplayer source code (compile the token inside the plugin)

The shared secret known by the server and the client only. If you really want to keep this secret you need to follow 2nd option 😉

We need to install following software in order to work on Flowplayer Flash plugins:

Flex SDK

Java Development Kit (JDK) & Apache Ant


Flow Player

You can find all steps to compile Flow Player with secure plugin here
http://flowplayer.org/documentation/developer/development-environment.html

flowplayer.core/build.properties

# you need to adjust following to point to your Flex SDK
flex3dir=D:/flex_sdk

# change following to point to .exe files when running on Windows
mxmlc_bin= D:/flex_sdk/bin/mxmlc.exe
compc_bin= D:/flex_sdk/bin/compc.exe
asdoc_bin= D:/flex_sdk/bin/asdoc.exe

devkit-dir=../flowplayer.devkit
plugins.dir=../

site.dir=D:/flowplayer/deploy
js.deploy.dir=${site.dir}/deploy/js
deploy.dir=${site.dir}/content/swf

Modify Secure Token here… flowplayer.securestreaming/src/actionscript/org/flowplayer/securestreaming/Config.as

private var _token:String = “#hv%h0#s@1”; // token that used for wowza server security 😉

Building the player
CD (change directory) to the flowplayer.core and execute ant at the command prompt:

> ant

If you see “BUILD SUCCESSFUL”, the build was successful and you have a working player located at flowplayer.core/build/flowplayer.swf.

Get more help here…
http://flowplayer.org/documentation/developer/building-in-plugins.html
http://flowplayer.org/documentation/developer/writing-flash-plugins.html


JW Player

You can find all steps to compile JW Player with secure token here http://developer.longtailvideo.com/trac/browser/trunk/fl5/README.txt


So, now the question is how to protect SWF (with token) files from hotlink, theft, download and Leech

Contact us to add SecureToken protection to JWPlayer and FlowPlayer for Wowza, Red5, FMS media files.

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