Let videos being played by premium members only

[simons]

Hello,

I'm about to buy a license of XF. I'd like to know if it's possible to make videos uploaded by members being "playable" just for premium members.

Thanks,
S

 

[Paul B]

There is nothing built in which will do that.

Permissions don't extend to content within posts, only down to the node level.

 

[beerForo]

Create a Videos forum node, or, a Videos category in the Media Gallery, and control access.

 

[nocte]

Create a Videos forum node, or, a Videos category in the Media Gallery, and control access.

Yeah.

I don't know the exact use case, but if the OP wants all registered users to be able to upload videos, but only paying members to watch them, then a (small) addon for the XF Media Gallery would be necessary.

 

[beerForo]

Not really, you can select what media types are uploaded per category.

 

[nocte]

Not really, you can restrict what content types are uploaded per category,.

If you can upload to category X, you can also see all content in it.

Maybe that's not intended:

I'd like to know if it's possible to make videos uploaded by members being "playable" just for premium members.

But as I said:

I don't know the exact use case

 

[beerForo]

Well it would be kinda weird to upload a video and not be able to play it but you never know a use case, so more info would be needed here, yes.

 

[Felipo Antonoff]

This feature would be really interesting.

Including the feature of being able to create permission to release only the upload, but not view videos from other members, as it can be for a paid video Marketplace, where the creator can post and see their video, but cannot see from others only if have paid for it.

Do you intend to implement this feature in the future?

 

[nocte]

Do you intend to implement this feature in the future?

To me it does not sound like a feature that would make it into XFMG Core; tough you can try open a suggestion thread here. But it is really easy to implement this (at least the permissions) via a (sub-)addon for XFMG.

P.S. but I have to add, that videos are not served via PHP (like images), so there is no secure permission check. In other words: If you know the full video URL (which is very long and cannot be guessed), you can watch/download it from anywhere without login.

 

[Felipo Antonoff]

@nocte I understood, good to know that it can be something simple, but about the URL I imagined that too, maybe an integrated video service would be needed for those who want greater security.