Prevent Hot linking of video

**leki** · 12-12-2007, 08:40 AM

also make sure the file isn't in your cache....you a different browser to test on a video you have not opened

http://www.foxxytheater.com/cinema/flvi ... 548850.flv

redirects to vshare.in ....that what u set it to?

**Foxxy** · 12-12-2007, 08:49 AM

Ah, I see. I was planning to install opera tomorrow, so maybe that will give me something to do when playing around with the browser.

No, I didn't set it to do that. I think there is something in the player.inc that calls that. I'll look into it tomorrow since it's nearly 3am here.

**grynmoors** · 03-24-2008, 10:03 PM

To prevent hotlinking of certain file types, you need to include the extention in the .htaccess in this line:

Code:

RewriteRule \.(flv|swf|png|bmp)$ /cinema/include/contenttheif.jpg [L,NC]

However I too tried the setup wizard and my video played as well so not sure why this isn't working like it's supposed to....

I put "deny from all' and the videos don't play on my site.

UPDATE: The code needs to be in the .htaccess in the root directory (not the flvideo directory). I added this bit of code to the main .htaccess AND the logo was displayed instead!!!! Yay!!!! To get the image to be displayed, I just needed to remove the first "slash" so that it was like this (notice the missing slash from infront of "cinema"):

Code:

RewriteRule \.(flv|swf|png|bmp)$ cinema/include/contenttheif.jpg [L,NC]

**hoque** · 05-04-2008, 09:56 AM

Hi, How to stop hotlinking in IIS6?
because I am using ftv server to host my FLV files. I noticed lately my bandwidth consumption is very high its highly likely its due to hotlinking. I think .httaccess dont work in IIS. How can i use .httaccess in IIS or is there any other way to do what .httaccess does in IIS?

**grynmoors** · 05-04-2008, 10:45 AM

create .htaccess and put this in it and upload to your flvideo folder

Code:

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?yourdomain.com(/)?.*$ [NC]

RewriteRule \.(gif|jpe?g|png|bmp|flv)$ templates/images/logo.jpg [L,NC]

If that still doesn't work, another thing you can do is rename the flv file in admin panel (that's why it's there).
or try this: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=pr ... gle+Search

Please do post your findings if someone else here doesn't answer first.

**chris1972** · 08-03-2008, 11:05 PM

posting a link here to see if this works

http://www.rudeathome.com/flvideo/12174 ... 778892.flv

http://www.rudeathome.com/view/297/pierced-msn-girl/

Thanks for the help this seems to work fine for me

**grynmoors** · 08-03-2008, 11:08 PM

Nice. What I do, and this is just a suggestion, is have it link to your site LOGO instead of a "bandwidth theft" notice..this way it appears more like an ad banner (like free advertising for you!!). :D

**chris1972** · 08-03-2008, 11:13 PM

now thats a good idea

**grynmoors** · 12-20-2009, 10:07 PM

Here's some additional suggestions for preventing FLV hotlinking that I ran across using Google Search Engine:

Flowplayer Anti-leeching - Rob A's (Im)personal Blog

http://forums.buyscripts.in/template...ing-video.html

Media Hotlink Protection

Here's a little something from JW Player: http://www.longtailvideo.com/support...m-With-FireFox

Scroll down to the comment by GORDON, he mentions something about headers not sending out referrers in FireFox which renders .htaccess obsolete and recommends using the media Hotlink protection I posted above.