Html5 video secure streaming

htmlvideovideo streaming

Does html5 allow me to do secure streaming video? And by this, I mean token authentication. I want to be able to stream media only to those people who are authorised to view it.

I can do this currently with Flash Media Server hosted by Akamai – they have a custom mechanism where I send them a token as part of the player connection handshake. Does html5 allow for this, and has anyone implemented this with a hosting service such as Akamai?

Thanks
Matt

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Assuming you mean that users have to be logged on and allowed to view a particular piece of content then html5 by itself does not do this.

One way is to have the server check details before serving the video, the easiest being a script (php/etc.) that checks if a user is allowed and then streams the file to the user.

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