Client tired of getting tutorial movies stolen and distributed on PTP networks.

client wants:

"For 1.99 user can get a time limited password to a non saveable movie file"

"user can watch the tutorial movie for 2 days for $1.99"

How could this be implemented? Payloadz issues temporary links to paying users but users download content. I need to know how to issue time limited links to movie segments and hopefully something automated so I dont have to administer every sale.

Would it be easier with flash,mov,WMP,Real?

flash mx doesnt require any progamming but it takes some getting used to

First thing you need to do is put the movie into a file format that streams but doesn't download. Second part you could achieve by having a database store passwords and password protect the indavidual pages. It would take some designing, but when I get more time tonight I can send you an email with my idea of how to do it. PM me with your email address and I'll email you my idea.

Ya that sounds like the best way to do it. All you need to do is have the user create a username and password. That is stored in your DB. You will need to have some coding that executes on your site nightly or whatever time you want to disc them. Probably midnight or something like that. Basically write a query on your DB that searches for a username older than a specific period of time (in your case 2 days). All that it finds it changes a flag from yes to no for active. This way you keep their information, but just deactivate their account. When the log in you will need to run a check to make sure that the active flag is set to Y. Sounds simple talking about it, but there is quite a bit of work doing this. The hardest part is running the code every night. Good luck with this.

What about using



acp

Though that software may work I am undure of it does time dated logins. I would call the vendor and ask them about that.