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Mobility Mod for vShare FAQ
Below are a list of FAQ's for the Mobility Mod for vShare. If you have a question that isn't answered here, please use the contact link above and let us know.
What is the Mobility Mod for vShare?
What are the Included Features?
What are the Mod's Requirements?
What is Mod Auth Token?
Does the Mod Support Lighttpd?
Does the Mod Support Streaming?
Does the Mod Support vShare 2.8?
Is the Source Code to the Mod Provided?
Is there an Online Demo of the Mod?
How can I Order This Mod?
The Mobility Mod for vShare is an enhancement to vShare which allows for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad users the ability to view and use your vShare site without the need for Adobe Flash. The mod comes with a feature rich Webkit interface (called iPhone vShare) which is designed for the smaller screen of the iPhone and iPod Touch. For iPad users, a feature called iPad vShare is included which allows for iPad users to be able to browse your existing full site and still be able to watch the videos without the need for Adobe Flash.
What are the Included Features?
iPhone vShare Features Include:
- Apple Web-SDK Based Webkit Interface
- Browse, Search, and Video Viewing Capability
- Ability read and post comments (admin configurable)
- Spaces for mobile advertising (admin defined)
- Site login and paid package support
- Video Security to help prevent scraping robots
- Mod Auth Token Support (for Enhanced Video Security)
iPad vShare Features Include:
- Full site capability without the need for template modifications
- Special advertising sections for targeted advertising to iPads
- Video viewing capability similar to using a regular browser
- Video security to help prevent scraping robots
- Mod Auth Token Support (for Enhanced Video Security)
What are the Mod's Requirements?
In order to use the Mobility Mod for vShare, your site must have the following requirements installed:
- vShare 2.7
- Ioncube, Zend Guard, and/or phpSHIELD Loaders (can be provided as a runtime if not installed)
- ffmpeg w/H.264 (x264) installed
- AtomicParsley*
- Mod Auth Token**
* - AtomicParsley is not required to be installed, but is highly recommended. AtomicParsley will help to ensure that encoded videos play and stream properly on iDevices.
** - Only required if you want to use the enhanced security features. Basic security does not require Mod Auth Token
What is Mod Auth Token?
Mod Auth Token is an Apache module that works very similar to mod_secdownload that is found in lighttpd. It allows for you to generate time-limited links to your videos (as opposed to static, permanent links). After a set period of time, the links expire and are no longer valid for downloading. Unlike mod_secdownload, Mod Auth Token allows for links to be limited against both time and the user's IP. This helps to ensure that the link can only be viewed by the person that is watching the video and cannot be shared or hotlinked to for others to see. Note that Mod Auth Token does not prevent a person from downloading a video (a streaming server would be required to prevent that). It does, however, prevent people from linking to your videos, wasting your precious bandwidth.
Does the Mod Support Lighttpd?
Yes and no. Yes, the mod will work with a server that is running lighttpd (or any web-server for that matter). No, the mod does not support lighttpd's mod_secdownload feature. There are no plans to support mod_secdownload as it does not offer the same feature set that you can get from Mod Auth Token. Further, if your site is already running Apache, there is no need to take up extra CPU cycles just for link security.
Does the Mod Support Streaming?
No, the mod does not support streaming servers. Normal HTTP-based streaming is supported.
Yes. For information on the Mobility Mod for vShare 2.8, click here.
Is the Source Code to the Mod Provided?
No. The Mobility Mod for vShare is licensed software and is not open source.
Is there an Online Demo of the Mod?
Yes, an online demo of the mod is available. You can visit http://vscdemo.vsharesolutions.com from your browser, iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad.
How Can I Order This Mod?
To Order, visit http://www.vsharesolutions.com/services.html.