FLV Hotlinking Protection & File Management Help

A.J. Angel · 2010-01-17, 11:07 AM

Hey everyone,

I would like to ask for help on two things, especially to those who own tube sites and those who have video galleries.

The first one being if you guys know of a simple and effective way to protect myself from leechers hotlinking my FLV files to avoid bandwidth issues. Please note that I'm not a geek so I'm looking something easy to understand and implement.

The second being, if there is a recommended way to sort the FLV files. I have seen some sites having their FLV in the same directory as their gallery or on a dedicated directory or subdomain for FLV files.

For the moment I only have around 150 videos with around 20-25 being more than 10Mb. Most of them are trailers but there are quite a few that are samples taken from FHG. Among them, about 50-75 are hosted FLV files offered by sponsors.

I would highly appreciate any pointers and directions on what to do and how to do.

2010-01-17, 11:07 AM	#1
A.J. Angel And Lord, we are especially thankful for nuclear power, the cleanest, safest energy source there is. Except for solar, which is just a pipe dream Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 229	FLV Hotlinking Protection & File Management Help Hey everyone, I would like to ask for help on two things, especially to those who own tube sites and those who have video galleries. The first one being if you guys know of a simple and effective way to protect myself from leechers hotlinking my FLV files to avoid bandwidth issues. Please note that I'm not a geek so I'm looking something easy to understand and implement. The second being, if there is a recommended way to sort the FLV files. I have seen some sites having their FLV in the same directory as their gallery or on a dedicated directory or subdomain for FLV files. For the moment I only have around 150 videos with around 20-25 being more than 10Mb. Most of them are trailers but there are quite a few that are samples taken from FHG. Among them, about 50-75 are hosted FLV files offered by sponsors. I would highly appreciate any pointers and directions on what to do and how to do.