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Originally Posted by k0nr4d
If I'm not mistaken what they are doing is loading a php file that gets the mp4 location from the source site (ie xvideos or something) and hotlinks directly to that. I've had people ask us about doing this. This works great, right up until someone blocks your server's ip (or your hosts entire ip block) when it's making 50k requests for video pages a day - it's the server making the request for the video page and not the user. I know some of the bigger tubes already block OVH network completely, and some sites throttle requests (so you get something else rather then the video page if you make too many requests too fast).
You're safer embedding videos using their player and maybe making a 'grid' of <div> containers floating overtop of the iframe that go somewhere onclick. |
Great reply! That's what I wanted to know.
I don't think surfers would like a site they began to frequent, then all the videos were blocked. On top of that, I don't think it's right to be a site stealing content/bandwidth.
Surely someone will note that some tubes are packed with stolen IP and they deserve it. That may be so, but it doesn't mean stealing bandwidth is the solution.