Disable 'Download This Video' Real Player Button In Browser

Question

Is there any way to disable the "Download This Video" button from RealPlayer. It seems that when users have RealPlayer installed on their machines, it automatically adds a "Download This Video" button to any SWF that loads an FLV.

Edit: My intention isn't to prevent someone from downloading the SWF or FLV, I would just like to remove the ugly button that RealPlayer adds on top of my Flash content.

Answer 1

This is a pointless attempt to control something that can easily be circumvented. This is the same argument as "how can I prevent people from saving the images off my site".

There's always a way.

For example: http://www.downloadhelper.net/

Answer 2

After you embed the Flash content, remove the following attribute from the embedding tag:

type="application/x-shockwave-flash"

You will notice that the download button will disappears because it can't tell what exactly the content is. But this is only a hack, not the best practice of getting the task done.

Answer 3

there is an easy way of removing that download video thing from chrome and I found it. Click on it, then click the wheel to open the settings for Real Player, then just turn it off.

it took me a while, as no one has ever answered that question before.