Using Id to open MPG and Real Audio Files?

netline5000

I want each of the video and audio files to have unique id's so that users can only request files through a request script and file id. Hence users cannot know the actual location of the file and cannot request it directly.

An example of what I want to do is done by Yahoo:
http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?SID=3318212

This link opens a Real Audio file in the Real Audio plug-in.
If the user doesn't have a plugin, it loads the Save As dialog box.
As a result users cannot request the files directly because the user does not know the location of the file, as the url displayed stays the same.

Hence I want users to be able to only access the video/file directly through a script like:
http://www.myWebsite.com/getvideo.php?id=12334

How is this done or how can it be done?

jc94062

Keep all of the video and audio files in one directory.

Then use an htaccess to deny access to that directory from everyone, except, the IP of the site.

That way, only when people request it via a script, will the request come from the site, and so be approved.

Its just an idea though, I'm not guaranteeing that it'll work.

.htaccess

<Limit GET POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
</Limit>

where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the sites IP (which can probably be gotten from phpinfo())

Hope that works.