Video Protection Software

Question: How will I be charged? Any maintenance or recurring charges?

ANS: There is a one time charge only as mentioned later in this document. Once you pay that charge, the software becomes yours for ever; you can encrypt as many videos as you like, and sell to as many customers, at whatever price as you like.

There are no recurring charges. Nor are any maintenance charges. There are no hidden charges. The only amount[full and final] that you have to pay is mentioned later in this document.

Since this is a simple software, with a single objective, and it is a very old software, the code is already widely tested, debugged and checked across various customers and end-users, this software is not expected to need any updates[there have been since the last 4 years]; hence we assure you that there are no annual or maintenance charges of any kind. This software works from Windows XP onwards. In fact, we do not deliberately make any changes to this software, because any software that runs well on earlier windows, runs even faster on newer windows versions. Similarly, the Android version of this softare has been there since Android 2.3 version, and it runs even more efficiently on later and current versions of the Android OS.

But no one knows about tomorrow. We cannot make any commitments nor guarantee that these players will continue to work on next generation Windows and Android based devices. No one can do that. But all we can assure is that we will try our best to see that we help you to the best of our abilities at minimum costs. There is no need to worry for that eventuality, because as per our past experience, nothing of this sort has ever happend - C++ softwares that worked on Windows 98, continue to work with Windows 10 also. SyPlay[also called ZPlay] is a pure C++ software that works closely with the core of the Windows APIs - and these APIs cannot change.

Question: Will anti virus see it as malware and delete the installation?

ANS: Nothing of this type has been reported by our customers. ZPlay is used by distributors from education and pornographic industry alike, no problems of this type reported till today. But... about 5-7% of your customers will report that ZPlay cannot run on their computers. The problem is due to worms, viruses or trogens on their infected computers. If a user cannot play ZPlay video then advising such users to run as administrator has helped.
About the same percentage(5-7%) of users will face problems while installing simple softwares like Microsoft Office on their machines, so generally, ZPlay buyers(i.e. video distributors) do not find this issue much of a nuiscance.

Question: Can I sell videos one at a time?

ANS: Yes. You can sell videos one at a time - singly - and also as package of a large number of videos.

Question: What is this SyPlay and What is this ZPlay?

ANS: This software has so many names that we ask our customers to tell us the name of their choice so that they can use their own brand name with this software. That's why someone at Hoven called it SyPlay, and another team called it ZPlay. Both the names refer to the same software - there are no differences at all.

Question: What is the maximum video size supported?

ANS: People have used ZPlay upto about 500MB sizes, but practical size would be about 200MB because your end-users may not have that capable computers. If your videos are of larger sizes, you will have to split your larger files into smaller ones - Part 1, Part 2, and so on. It will be easier for you to distribute them on DVD/CD[lesser burning time, and burning accuracy]. It will be easier also for your users to download over the internet if you want to allow them a download of the video files from your website.

Question: What is the format supported?

ANS: All formats like AVI, MP4, WMV formats are supported, but there are always slight codec differences in videos, even if they are of the same type. We recommend using MP4 because it is a compressed AVI and universal format that works across platforms. We'll cooperate fully with you to ensure that your videos are converted to the most optimal format without any loss of clarity. We'll provide converters free of cost so that you can bring the size of your videos to as small as possible.

Question: Any limits on the number of videos I can encrypt? Will this software be mine for all times to come?

ANS: You can encrypt as many videos as you like. The software becomes yours for ever. But you are entirely responsible for the content you serve through this software. We advise that this software should not be used for distribution of videos meant for any illegal activities that go against the law of your land or of international treaties.

Question: Is the android verson secured against screen recording?

ANS: Android OS has inbuilt DRM protection, and our android player makes use of it. Screenshots should appear black, and no video recording should be possible through the video recording options available in the phone. Our demo version will also prevent screen recording. But... there are so many screencast softwares available on Google Play Store, so it is impossible to stop screen recording. Moreover, there are so many BlueStacks like softwares that run android on Windows, and from there screen capturing can easily be done through Camtasia. BUT ZPlay IS PROTECTED AGAINST BlueStacks. This is a limit not of ZPlay but of any android based software.

When we tell our customers about this limitation, about 50% decide not to buy the Android based ZPlay.

Question: What is the 3-month period mentioned at the top of this page?

ANS: The period of 3 months that we have mentioned is for making the remaining payment(after subtracting the advance payment of USD $20 or Rs. 1000). We ask $20(Rs. 1000) so that we can know that a customer is really serious. Then we give a period of 3 months so that he/she can arrange necessary funds during that time. This is just a goodwill period which helps us win the confidence of our customer.