13
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 29 May 2025
13 points (74.1% liked)
Ask Lemmy
31912 readers
2095 users here now
A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions
Rules: (interactive)
1) Be nice and; have fun
Doxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, and toxicity are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them
2) All posts must end with a '?'
This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?
3) No spam
Please do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.
4) NSFW is okay, within reason
Just remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either [email protected] or [email protected].
NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].
5) This is not a support community.
It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions.
If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email [email protected]. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.
6) No US Politics.
Please don't post about current US Politics. If you need to do this, try [email protected] or [email protected]
Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.
Partnered Communities:
Logo design credit goes to: tubbadu
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Have 2 files? The encrypted full version, and the 15min version with a frozen image tacked on at the end of the video for X amount of time.
I was thinking having the same 1 file can only play the first 15 min through a usual player as well as playable in full with another configured way
I know you want one file, but sometime the "workaround" is the way to go. At least, that is how I would solve the issue.
I'm not really sure what your end goal is, I imagine you have a website with a 15min preview and a screen at the end end to say "enter access code now". If the code is entered you point to a second video and set to start at the 15min marker.
Thank you for your pointers; I appreciate them very much.
I'd like to have the option for video files , partially locked at the same time able to be viewable whether is stored at hard disk/PC or cloud), if I could (for security & privacy reasons)
I'm happy that I have started the discussion on the subject to generate some good brainstorming, which may lead to a quick hack that I can implement myself, rather than opting for expensive solutions, if any
What's the purpose of the partially locked portion? To share with others? To quickly preview the contents?
Like others have said, the trouble with coming up with a one-file partial lock is compatibility. If its just local on your machine, that could theoretically be figured out. But the cloud web player is another issue. Unless you happen to be a webdev for your cloud company or write a plugin to replace the default player, you're not going to have that "feature" supported.
That leads me to a two file solution. In a folder you'd have a the short unlock version, and the encrypted version.
The trouble with that is, yes it's encrypted but you need to download the file to decrypt it and then destroy the local copy when your done. I'm unaware of any cloud service that supports decrypting video files on the fly, not that I've looked.
the purpose of the partially locked portion is To share with others selectively and To let everyone to quickly preview the contents The reason I mentioned the cloud is not necessarily get the support of the cloud system, I store the files on the cloud. so ideally viewer runs the file on his/her computer via link with a video player to be able to see the preview whereas another person viewing the same file in full via some sort of password, I don't care if a decrypted file is kept in the authorized guest computer or deleted