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Disable real player "download this video" button

Forum|Forum|16 years ago
August 24, 2009
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I have been strugling whith real player "download this video" button, but could not find any solution on net, some suggestion on using action script 3 or pass value using HTML are all failed for real player 11.

Now i have found a solution to prevent this button by making the page SSL enabled and calling the flv/swf file with https. using this solution button will still be visible but when clicked it will show error message.

Hope this will help someone having same problem.

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Anonymous

Sorry, but both the:

"Download This Video to Real Player" appears in the FlashPlayer right-click context menu"
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/402/kb402905.html

and the:

"Content creators are currently able to prevent this button from appearing by publishing content as ActionScript 3.0 or by passing FlashVars to the SWF file through HTML. "http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/402/kb402905.html

forum threads give the 404 Error page.

Is it still possible to prevent RealPlayer from downloading any swf???

I'm developing in the Flex 3.5 framework and see this annoying RealPlayer download button.

For me, it's not even a matter of securing my copyrights, but of giving the user a smooth experience. This RealPlayer annoying button just gets in the middle of my navigation buttons, just to say "Video cannot be downloaded"... Apart from bothering my users, it spoils my desing. It's very frustrating.

Thx guys

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deepakpisceanAuthor

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Hi,

I am afraid that the button is rendered at client side, and you cannot do much on hiding/disabling it as a website owner/designer. I wish that someone from Adobe is looking into this discussion and in future version of flash player they should add a property like "AllowDownloadButton=false".

Regards,
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Anonymous

Deepak, thank you for your reply.

Two comments:

1. Supposedly some people managed to solve the problem, because there were two threads on those solutions (now dead). I wish I could at least re-read those posts.

2. Although that button is rendered at client-side, so are the swf that one's writing, as well as the javascript on the html. At least these two latter can communicate between themselves.

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Still, if someone has a solution, it'll be welcome.

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jimmyneutron84000

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I just tested with a install of Real Player 12 (Real Player SP).
I tested both Firefox and Internet Explorer for Windows, it doesn't work.
The "download this video" button appear always.

thanks for help

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Marc_Blitz

Inspiring

+Ive got the realplayer as well, and it has nothing to do with my

problems, which I solved, (post to come)

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01261562

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thnkyeuo

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Anonymous

There's been a technote on this topic for a few years now:

""Download This Video to Real Player" appears in the FlashPlayer right-click context menu"

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/402/kb402905.html

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deepakpisceanAuthor

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Yes i am aware about the article, but the solution provided doesn't work with Real player 11.

And as per my perception the reason it doesn’t work now, just because it was provided years back.

I have added this post for current strugling programmers.

Anyways thanks.

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Anonymous

I just re-tested these steps with a fresh install of Real Player 11.

I tested both Firefox and Internet Explorer for Windows, and the steps correctly remove the Real Player info from the Flash Player context menu for me.

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