Prevent hotlinking via .htaccess (Apache):
Whether you are hosting home videos for family or serve as the backbone for a small streaming site, the principles remain the same: If you follow the advice in this guide, your myserver.com will become a reliable media hub rather than a broken download link. Need to test your setup? Use curl -I http://myserver.com/file.mkv to inspect headers. Look for Accept-Ranges: bytes and Content-Length . If they are missing, revisit Part 2 of this guide. http- myserver.com file.mkv
Ensure your server recognizes .mkv correctly. Add this to your configuration: Prevent hotlinking via
video/x-matroska mkv To reduce server load, set caching for MKV files: set caching for MKV files: