Adding an expiration date on an Adobe Flash video

[KRSH]

I have created several training videos using Camtasia Studio 5.0, and I need to add an expiration date to them, so that they will only play for about one week and then expire.

I have looked into DVD options, but they have turned up limited capabilities. Does anyone know if there are DVD's that expire after a certain amount of time?

Does anyone have any other ideas? I can produce it other ways but prefer to use the flash. Camtasia only offers their table of contents feature with that option.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Baldrick]

Standard DVD doesn't support any expire time. I haven't seen any flash that expires but it maybe is possible to make a custom player...but I think it wouldn't be that tricky to extract the video from the flash.

WMV with DRM supports expiration dates, http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/drm/faq.aspx

[KRSH]

Thanks for the help.

If I use DRM can I put the video on a DVD and still have the expiration date apply?

[Brainiac]

ProShow Gold can build an executable file that you can set to expire after X days or X runs. It accepts some video formats, but not flash. Try the demo to see if it meets your needs.

Brainiac

[KRSH]

Thanks, I'll give it a try.