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low security is ok, how can I go about it? any software or anything else I need to know
I suppose it's simple enough for a python script. I don't know about video formats but I don't think it would be really hard.
Thank you again.
I’m afraid I have no knowledge of Python or any scripting languages.
I hope this is just a beginner's brainstorming session, and that someone can guide me as if I were five years old.
You will have to do some work yourself (or hire someone to code the solution for you).
If the intended use is on linux, you could also write a bash script for it. If the position in the file (as in exact number of bytes till that position) is known, then you could use dd to cut the video file in two pieces, use gpg to encrypt the second part and then probably also use dd to put both pieces together again.
A video player like VLC should still be able to play the first part of the file (though other players might have bigger problems with such a file). To play the full file, you need to use your script to again seperate the two pieces, use gpg to decrypt the second part and put them back together.
You can also do this in python. Doing it cross platform (Linux, Mac and Windows) will be more difficult.