I'm thinkin on a couple of ideas for this. Dont know if will come right away with v 2.0, but probably a bit later with v2.1 or something like that

I have an idea, I don't know if it will work of not but here we go...

The concept is to password protect the music folder and then on the backend to put the password in the module and plugin. both Plugin and module can act as a bridge or a specific user.

I would suggest not having the files within the web server at all. Typically best to have them off the server, or at the very least outside of the web root. The only downside of this is that the player wants a web address and not a file path.

One way that most streaming apps do this is by storing all the file paths within the database and then calling it via the url. That way the flash player can still play files as it would be referencing a file location within the database. For example, mysite.com/music/songid.php?id=1 Some will even add a session id to the end of that so that the link will expire and not always be available. One could even add authentication to the link as well. That way the true paths of the files are never revealed and the files are not openly out there for anyone to grab.

Something like this also makes it really easy for an automated script to record where the files are. The locations in the database can be saved as c:\\music or \\\\fileserver\\music or /var/www/ or what not and since the app would convert that to a web address that references the location in the database, it could be used to easily play in the flash player or streamed to a 3rd party local music player.

yes, this is being studies by us.

this will NOT be avaialble on v2.0, because the system is not that mature, but will probably be included on 2.1

best,
Germi

Awesome, good to here!