Encrypting content

Encrypting FLV and F4V content involves the use of a MediaEncrypter object. You can also package FLV and F4V files that contain only audio tracks. When encrypting H.264 content for lower-end devices, it may be practical to apply only partial encryption to improve performance. In such cases, an F4V file may be partially encrypted using the F4VDRMParameters.setVideoEncryptionLevelmethod.

To encrypt an FLV or an F4V file by using the Java API, perform the following steps:

1. Set up your development environment and include all of the JAR files mentioned in Setting up the development environment within your project.
2. Create a ServerCredential instance to load the credentials needed for signing.
3. Create a MediaEncrypter instance. Use a MediaEncryperFactory if you do not know what type of file you have. Otherwise you can create an FLVEncrypter or F4VEncrypter directly.
4. Specify the encryption options by using a DRMParameters object.
5. Set the signature options using a SignatureParameters object and pass the ServerCredential instance to its setServerCredentials method.
6. Set the key and license information using an V2KeyParameters object. Set the policies using the setPolicies method. Set the information needed by the client to contact the license server by calling the setLicenseServerUrl and setLicenseServerTransportCertificate methods. Set the CEK encryption options using the setKeyProtectionOptions method, and its custom properties using the setCustomProperties method. Finally, depending on the type of encryption used, cast the DRMKeyParameters object to one of VideoDRMParameters, AudioDRMParameters, FLVDRMParameters, or F4VDRMParameters, and set the encryption options.
7. Encrypt the content by passing the input and output files and encryption options to the MediaEncrypter.encryptContent method.

For sample code demonstrating how to encrypt content, see com.adobe.flashaccess.samples.mediapackager.EncryptContent in the Reference Implementation Command Line Tools “samples” directory.