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Originally Posted by raymor
I got bored of reading this thread halfway through the second page, but did
anyone mention that the "protection" people are talking about only protects
your content from a few morons? Using an embed tag to stream your video
or using Flash only makes it take about 6 seconds longer to save - you aren't
protecting a damn thing. What it does do is make it a pain in ass for legit
customers. There still isn't a Flash player for 64 bit systems just yet, though
there is a beta which crashes your browser. 64 bit systems are now $500 at
Wal-Mart, so anyone with a recent system can't see your fucking Flash without
downloading it and using another program to convert it. Then same thing with
Microsoft DRM - one version, I think it was the latest, was hacked before it was
officially released, so it doesn't protect anything. It does, however, mean that
if I want to use any player other than Microsoft's I have to convert the video
before I can watch it. People who don't use Microsoft's player include all Mac
and Linux users, of course. So that's why you get bad reviews - because
your site is a hassle for a lot of people, for no gain - your not protecting
yourself against anyone who has done it before, only from clueless newbies.
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You should have read through the rest of the thread. Recording HD encrypted streams isn't really an issue. It comes out pretty trashed. And you can add extra crap, like the IP address of the user embedded into the steam. The list goes on.
These players, like what is on Hulu work across Macs, Windows and Linux. And with Hulu and even YouTube, the average user, hell the above average user, can't figure out how to save the files, let alone install a group of complex software to record the stream.
MS DRM has also come a long ways, and with packaged solutions you can convert to mp4 for macs. They also have streaming solutions. And it is proven to work, even though it can be ripped it still protects from the other 99% of the people.
You lock your house/car up, not for the 1% that will break into it anyway. But because when I leave the keys in the car, doors open, with all my shit laying in the seat, the other 99% become thieves too, and that's who I'm really trying to keep out.