Thank you, that is the ideal solution I appreciate very much I’m afraid I cannot create my own player or format with my limited knowledge I’m kind of searching a kind of player + a small hack to achieve such goal

the purpose of the partially locked portion is To share with others selectively and To let everyone to quickly preview the contents The reason I mentioned the cloud is not necessarily get the support of the cloud system, I store the files on the cloud. so ideally viewer runs the file on his/her computer via link with a video player to be able to see the preview whereas another person viewing the same file in full via some sort of password, I don’t care if a decrypted file is kept in the authorized guest computer or deleted

dilemma is to create only 1 video file -stored at hard disk or cloud) can be normally viewed partially as well as in full only with a password etc

Thank you for your pointers; I appreciate them very much.

I’d like to have the option for video files , partially locked at the same time able to be viewable whether is stored at hard disk/PC or cloud), if I could (for security & privacy reasons)

I’m happy that I have started the discussion on the subject to generate some good brainstorming, which may lead to a quick hack that I can implement myself, rather than opting for expensive solutions, if any

I was thinking having the same 1 file can only play the first 15 min through a usual player as well as playable in full with another configured way

Thank you again.

I’m afraid I have no knowledge of Python or any scripting languages.

I hope this is just a beginner’s brainstorming session, and that someone can guide me as if I were five years old.

low security is ok, how can I go about it? any software or anything else I need to know

I’d like to do the following: for the first 15 minutes, I want to play the video normally and then either not show the rest or display a frozen image instead.

I occasionally encounter corrupted videos that only show certain parts and not the entire content.

I was wondering if I could replicate such a situation based on my selection. However, I would also like the option to view the entire video normally if I choose to do so through an alternative method

I’d like to do the following: for the first 15 minutes, I want to play the video normally and then either not show the rest or display a frozen image instead.

I occasionally encounter corrupted videos that only show certain parts and not the entire content.

I was wondering if I could replicate such a situation based on my selection. However, I would also like the option to view the entire video normally if I choose to do so through an alternative method

I’d like to do the following: for the first 15 minutes, I want to play the video normally and then either not show the rest or display a frozen image instead.

I occasionally encounter corrupted videos that only show certain parts and not the entire content.

I was wondering if I could replicate such a situation based on my selection. However, I would also like the option to view the entire video normally if I choose to do so through an alternative method

I’d like to do the following: for the first 15 minutes, I want to play the video normally and then either not show the rest or display a frozen image instead.

I occasionally encounter corrupted videos that only show certain parts and not the entire content.

I was wondering if I could replicate such a situation based on my selection. However, I would also like the option to view the entire video normally if I choose to do so through an alternative method

I have been testing it and not sure if I want to move email account It sometimes cannot connect to their server to sync via thunderbird (PC & Android) and I have to try few times on occasions It looks like their server capacity is not as good as the major ones

I’ve got a free account to test it for now. I could get another free one if I delete the first one according to the help files. I have a domain name already if I set the email through my domain host to infomaniak, will I be charged for that or having one email would still be free?

that’s a good point I have already been using a similar one https://duckduckgo.com/email/

Thanks for the heads up!

I also reached out to support and got a pretty generic reply: “If your question is different, please reply.” So I did, but still no response.

Adding or editing the calendar on Infomaniak through Thunderbird can be hit or miss—sometimes the server is down or just busy. It seems to be working fine now, though.

I already moved my Google Calendar and deleted the calendar on my Google account

I found a bunch of complaints -several pages- from other users about Infomaniak, but then I stopped collecting them. I can share them here if you’re interested!

Most entertaining info : “We never share your personal data with third parties without good reason” https://www.infomaniak.com/en/legal/confidentiality-policy

Thank you “Nextcloud offers a free account for home users” would be a very good option I have started testing infomaniak at present although nextcloud would also be good choice best

thank you I did that joined free version of infomaniak works on thunderbird

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Thanks a lot

I have asked: "free replacement for Gmail free Google Calendar alternative that works well on both Android and via Thunderbird Windows "

Recommended by the members here: “have you tried infomaniak? They also have a calendar and an online office suite… and their free plan is nice”

Then I picked “infomaniak”

My latest UPDATE: " just started a free account with infomaniak so far happy with infomaniak except the free email extensions like @ik.me @etik.com or @ikmail.com addresses whether will be accepted / recognized by institutions like banks etc" ___>>

UPDATE just started a free account with infomaniak so far happy with infomaniak except the free email extensions like @ik.me @etik.com or @ikmail.com addresses whether will be accepted / recognized by institutions like banks etc