How can I control who is allowed to watch streaming videos on my web pages?

You can make it difficult for unauthorized viewers to watch your videos, but the content will still be viewable to anyone who knows the direct link to the streaming server.

However, you can use standard web server techniques to control access to the web pages with the links to your streaming media. For more information about how to do this at Indiana University, see Controlling Web Page Access.

For more information about security and authorization of streaming media at IU, email Video Conferencing Support.

Note: UITS no longer supports the QuickTime and Real streaming servers. To stream audio and video files, you should instead use the Adobe Flash or Windows Media streaming servers; see Streaming audio and video over the web at IU. To convert QuickTime files to other formats, use Adobe Media Encoder, which is available in Adobe Creative Suite 5 (CS5 and CS5.5) from IUware. To convert Real files to other formats, use the RealPlayer Converter, and follow the RealPlayer Converter guide.

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