Protecting files against download

Right now, if someone types in mySite.com/myFlv.flv, a popup window comes up asking if they want to download the file.
How can I prevent this?
I want my swf files (I'm building a site on the Gaia flash framework) to have access to all of my flv's/videos, but I don't want people to be able to download them.
I know there's a checkbox in the Flash IDE to 'protect' your swfs (though I know there are ways around that) - but for flv's do those have to go in some type of special folder with a .htaccess file to protect them - and if so, how do I let my swf's communicate with the flv's and load them when necessary.
Thanks

Are these files available for viewing or just downloading? If just download, then an htaccess file could require a username/password to access the folder.
If viewer can download the file, you don't have to have your file names out in the open... even without encryption you can "hide" the exact path.
So when you say "mySite.com/myFlv.flv" where is that file name coming from? is it shown explicitely in the source code? if so, where? in your Flash vars? So why not use an xml file as a playlist and in the xml file, itself give only part of the path...and in the actionscript, you use just a part of the path name when you "push" the files names into the array:
urls.push("thumbs/" + ss[i].attributes.url);
then in the xml file, you use only a part of the entire path, leaving out the "thumbs" folder name. Viewer would not know that the name "thumbs" must be added to the path to find the .flv
Or just describe the entire path name in the actionscript.
For example. what is the file name of the .flv playing on this page?
http://www.cataractvideo.com/
File name is not out in the open...
But it's really pretty easy to figure out...
So trying to protect the file name of a video that the Web browser can play... seems pretty futile... since it's so easy to get around.
Best wishes,
Adninjastrator

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