MovieSafe - movie copy protection.

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MovieSafe is an internet copy protection solution for a variety of movie file formats. It works by encapsulating the movie file inside a Java applet:

Movies can be run only from a designated website
Movies can't be retrieved from the cache and won't run locally or on another server
Movies are further compressed inside the applet
Quicktime movies don't need Quicktime installed as a 275K movie player can be included in the applet
Embedded Quicktime movie player can run with any Java 1.1 or better Java VM
MPEG and AVI formats are supported but are best suited to intranets since they require a browser plugin
A view-by date can be specified after which the movies will no longer run
Movies can open another URL when clicked on. This allows repeating quicktime movie advertisements to be embedded into web pages
Try before you buy!

Links for MovieSafe are:

Download the product
Example Quicktime movie with an embedded QT player in the applet (752K)
Sun's Java Media Framework download
Purchase (14.95USD)

Supported codecs

The file formats supported can be found in the accompanying table. The first column shows those formats which can be played without resorting to the JMF plugin.

The Java Media Framework - what you need to know

Moviesafe is based around the Java Media Framework (JMF) which is a free standard Java extension from SUN. It is necessary to have the the free Java 2 runtime installed as well as the free Sun JMF to create MovieSafe applets (but not to run the applets). It is best to select the JMF "performance pack" for your particular platform (eg. for Windows) otherwise use the cross-platform (ie. pure Java) JMF.

Applets can have the JMF player for Quicktime included inside the applet which means the target browser doesn't need to have the JMF plugin installed. This is a good solution for Quicktime however this won't work for MPEG. MPEG requires that the target browser have the JMF plugin installed.

MovieSafe and HTML editors

A lot of page authoring is now done with HTML editors like Frontpage. Some users may find it tricky to cut and paste the HTML of an MovieSafe applet so MovieSafe provides the option for the correct HTML to be put directly into the system clipboard. Once there, clicking the Windows right mouse button and doing a paste operation can move the HTML directly into the HTML editor's "insert HTML" dialog.

What about Sorenson?

The Quicktime Sorenson codec is a proprietary format that is only available in Apple products. It is therefore not supported in MovieSafe.