Clipmoth practice mode Lesson 4 of 4 — encrypted streams
https://mothacademy.example/course/video-basics/1
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01 · Orientation
02 · First steps
03 · Going deeper
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AES-128Lesson 01 — Orientation

This stream is encrypted, as course sites and members-only platforms often do. It still plays, and Clipmoth can still save it.
LESSON 4 — MEMBERS-ONLY & COURSE SITES

Encrypted HLS: Clipmoth decrypts while saving

  1. Play the course video (it's AES-128 encrypted).
  2. The popup shows an HLS entry — same as lesson 2.
  3. Save it. Clipmoth fetches the key, decrypts every chunk, and writes one playable file.
Expected item: HLS Decryption: automatic DRM (Widevine etc.) is different: see the guide

AES-128 encryption (a shared key the player downloads) is not the same as DRM (hardware-locked). Clipmoth handles the former and refuses the latter.

That's all four lessons.

These four patterns cover how most of the web delivers video and audio. The guide shows which pattern real sites use.