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MP3 Security using XML files

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  mantis569
  on 15/1/11
  Hi,
  
  I have downloaded the free MP3 player but I have a problem. I am creating xml files on the fly and I have to put the url of the mp3 file into the file. Does anyone know how to stop people from viewing the file urls in the xml file. This must be a common problem that someone else has. Please help!!!!

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• corneliu.chitanu
  on 17/1/11

  Hello,
  
  Thank you for downloading our player. To hide the paths from the XML, I don't think it's possible. This could be done using some PHP files that could make some requests from a database which will return the path to the actual mp3 file path.
  
  But to make the player work, it will need some logic in the code to be changed. Maybe you're interested in our team helping you implement this. If so, please send us a message at office@vuzum.com. We'd be happy to respond to every question you have about this.
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  mantis569
  on 24/7/11
  Thanks for coming back to me. Can you please let me know what logic will need to be changed in order for the php scripts to serve the mp3 paths directly yo the player?

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• corneliu.chitanu
  on 25/7/11

  I was thinking about setting just an ID number for the song, in the XML file, the player would read that ID and, based on it, it will request a database to get the mp3 file.
  
  Note that, this won't protect your files completely. Using simple and popular developer tools (like Firebug on Firefox) anyone can find the path to the files that the flash component requests. You can hide the path in the XML files, but there isn't a way to protect your mp3 files. Anyone could download them, just like anyone can download Youtube videos.
  
  Last edit: on 25/7/11

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