RTMP Stream: The Technology Real Time Messaging Protocol is used to stream multimedia data - audio and video - between Flash Media Server and Flash Player. The chief utility of RTMP stream is in the optimization of the audio and video data transfer between the server and player. Its major use comes in Dynamic live streaming, and because of the encryption service RTMPE (which, despite of its security flaws, has a wide use) . In this blog post I expand upon - Use as Streaming protocol - How RTMP evolved as a widely used real time streaming protocol Differences from other…
Secure video streaming
VdoCipher package Workflow and demo – Secure video streaming
Here is a brief video detailing the features that we offer at VdoCipher, supplemented by screen demos. Here is our statistical research on the prevalence of piracy - we studied usage of piracy tools worldwide in terms of number of unique downloads from video hosting sites. Every 4th computer seems to be using video download tool to pirate content from video streaming sites. Register for a free full version secure video streaming trial at VdoCipher.
How many use easy video download piracy tools ?
[caption id="attachment_1415" align="aligncenter" width="303"] How much is your video content at risk?[/caption] In this blog I present statistics about the popularity of freely available video download tools. These downloader tools enable piracy of your proprietary video content. These tools in the form of software, plugins, sites and extensions are available quite freely across the web. These tools work against non secure video streaming sites to encourage easy video downloads. Number of users of video download piracy tools I have included the link to sources from where I have obtained the relevant numbers for the video download tools. For sites, I have taken the estimated…
Business Video Alternative to Vimeo and YouTube
Why not to host videos on Vimeo and YouTube ? Vimeo and YouTube have a free offering to help consumers and businesses host videos on either their own platform or on Vimeo/ YouTube directly. Still, many times businesses tend to choose options other than Vimeo and YouTube to better fulfill their requirements and make large revenues. 7 Reasons to choose VdoCipher instead of YouTube or Vimeo ? Secure Video Streaming Viewers can easily download videos from Vimeo and from YouTube, using so many free tools, downloaders, plugins and hacks. VdoCipher encrypted video streaming ensures 100% download protection from piracy. Customers & Testimonials Ease of…
Encrypted Video Streaming: VdoCipher & Others
The main encrypted video streaming protocols in use by most streaming providers are: HTTP Live Streaming - HLS Encryption with AES-128 Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTPS - DASH Real Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) and RTMP Encrypted (RTMPE) HLS encryption, with AES-128 bit encrypted streaming is widely marketed as a secure streaming protocol. Indeed, certain security features have been built into these streaming protocols. However, by themselves, HLS Encrypted, DASH and RTMPE are not sufficient to protect your content. Their security flaws lie in: Partial encryption of streaming content Open key exchange mechanism for decryption The encryption that these protocols offer…
The many limits of HTML5 & Why Flash is not going anytime soon?
Famously or infamously, Steve Jobs showed his disregard for Flash in 2010, it has been 5 years and Flash has been running since. Flash was never a major player for mobiles ever nor it is expected to change in near future. It is expected to stay a lot longer on desktops because of the various functionalities which It handles at ease and has made a legacy since start. I will point out key technical details, statistics and live examples to describe the limitations of HTML 5 for video related purposes and the efficiency of flash in handling the same. Firstly,…