The basics of using MovieSafe

Creating applets

The interface for MovieSafe consists of basically two parts. The left side is a tabbed set of options which represent the security options to be applied to the movie or movies you are going to protect The right hand side consists of an movie file chooser. When the movie you want to protect is selected, press the "Create applet" button. This encapsulates the movie in an applet "JAR" file and MovieSafe saves this file plus an HTML file to run it.

Maximum movie protection

It is highly recommended that the "Server prefix" is specified to ensure applets can't run locally on another server

The destination directory

The applet created will be placed in the directory currently specified at the top right in the "Destination directory" box. MovieSafe always creates the applet as a single ".jar" file which is accompanied by an HTML file that runs the applet. The name of the HTML file and the ".jar" file are always the same as the original movie file. The HTML file title caption is also set as the movie file name.

Mutiple movies on a single page

There's no problem putting multiple MovieSafe applets on a single page. To do this the HTML between the "Applet........./Applet" tags must be pasted into the new page. The JAR files stay separate, one for each movie. See the HTML issues page for more on this.

Creating applets in batches

Multiple selections of movie files can be made either by (on Windows) holding down the "Ctrl" key while clicking selections or by using the "Select all" button. Overwriting of existing applets with the same name always requires confirmation.

Saving settings

The settings are always saved between MovieSafe sessions so there is no need to re-enter all the options.