Sorry about that... (darn emailer!) Anyway, I was going to suggest that depending on the size of the movie, you could keep it compressed on the CD with a different file extension and decompress it to play it. This way, although it might be accessible, (a) it doesn't look like anything anyone would want, and (b) even if they did "copy" it, the wouldn't know what to do with it (unless they're a real expert and can look at the first bytes of the file to determine it's a .gz file).
Just my $.02, Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Gaskin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 1:16 PM Subject: Re: [OT] invisible files on Windows > Scott Rossi wrote: > > > Recently, "Richard Gaskin" wrote: > > > >> I can turn a file invisible on Mac OS and OS X, but how do I make a file > >> invisible on Windows? I need to be able to do this for a cross-platform CD. > > > > INVISIBLE FILES? YOU? Mr. "I never hide files from the user" Gaskin??? > > > > (just kidding :-) > > Only on a CD; never on the user's system (at least not in my office). > > > I am not a Windows expert, nor do I play one on TV. That being said, I > > think you will run into a problem with simply making the file invisible due > > to the "Do not show hidden files" preference under the Folder Options menu. > > That seems to be the case. > > Any other tips for preventing the copying of QT media from a CD? It doesn't > have to be capable of stopping an experienced hacker type, just enough to > make it at least inconvenient or unobvious for the average user. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Media Corporation > Developer of WebMerge 2.1: Publish any database on any site > ___________________________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com > Tel: 323-225-3717 AIM: FourthWorldInc > > _______________________________________________ > metacard mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard > _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
