HI!!!!
i want to play videos in my application(C# window Application) and videos are playing fine.
But I want to maintain security of these videos such that when I give
my application to any user as setup file,then how can i include videos
in the exe file such that user cannot copy the videos.The user could
only play videos when running the application............
Is it possible, if yes then kindly tell me how can i do this........?
VibhorG 0 Junior Poster in Training
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Jump to Postthere is no fool proof way, but you could embed the videos into the application, when you needed to play them create a memory stream from the resource and play it from there, or copy it to temp, play it then delete it afterwards.
the only tactical way would …
Jump to PostOh and be sure to keep in mind that .NET assemblies can be decompiled using reflector. That being said you need to hide what you are doing with the encryption:
* Put the initialization vector and keys in two different classes, located in two different files.
* Use
Jump to PostI couldn't have said it better myself sknake! I think the best practice would be, if you are scared someone will copy your video, put a watermark on it. that way if someone does copy it, its obvious, and everyone knows where it came from, that's one of the many …
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kvprajapati commented: Very good suggestion. +6
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kvprajapati commented: Well said. +6
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