Securing Videos with Password Protection

This guide explains how to password protect imported videos on an Infomaniak VOD service.

Playing a video within a player configured on the VOD service will require a password without which viewing will not be possible. It is not possible to specify multiple different passwords for the same video.

Protecting a video with a password

Password protection can be configured in different ways.

1. Password at the import folder level

If the password is set once and for all at the destination folder level, all new media imports will automatically include this password for playback. However, it is still possible to modify the visibility of each individual video (see below). To configure this folder:

1. Log in to the Infomaniak Manager (manager.infomaniak.com) from a web browser like Brave or Edge
2. Click on the icon in the top right corner of the interface (or navigate through the left sidebar menu, for example)
3. Choose VOD/AOD (Streaming universe)
4. Click on the name of the relevant object in the displayed table
5. Click on Media in the left sidebar menu
6. Click on Media management in the left sidebar menu
7. Click on the icon to create a New folder
   
8. Give a name to the folder
9. Click the blue button to Create folder
10. Click on Configuration
    
11. Choose the encoding rules for the videos that will be imported and proceed to the next step
12. Configure the folder options in step 2 and proceed to the next step
13. Set the password that must be entered to view a protected video
    
14. Click the blue button once the desired restrictions have been configured
15. Upload new videos to this folder to have them password protected during playback

2. Password manually set on each video

To change the visibility of a video on a VOD service:

1. Log in to the Infomaniak Manager (manager.infomaniak.com) from a web browser like Brave or Edge
2. Click on the icon in the top right corner of the interface (or navigate through the left sidebar menu, for example)
3. Choose VOD/AOD (Streaming universe)
4. Click on the name of the relevant object in the displayed table
5. Click on Media in the left sidebar menu
6. Click on Media management in the left sidebar menu
7. Click on the relevant video
   
8. Click on Edit in the Status section
9. Click on Password, set a password
10. Click the blue button to Change status
    
11. The video becomes password protected:
    

Other access restrictions can be enabled and concern file access: token + geoip.