[Opensim-users] Streaming Media Question

[Paul Fishwick]

Robert Klein wrote:
> I am fairly familiar with the mechanics of dealing with media in SL 
> and to some extent OpenSim. I can get Quicktime files to play on a 
> media texture by placing the URL in the Media URL: field so I know it 
> works. I grabbed the Freeview code, placed it on a prim and it runs 
> just fine for the most part. The only problem is it plays or controls 
> just the parcel media stream. It does not respond to playing any other 
> streams, Quicktime or otherwise. Any thoughts? Is Quicktime the only 
> supported video format so far?
When you say "does not respond to any other streams", are you using
this: http://lslwiki.net/lslwiki/wakka.php?wakka=llParcelMediaCommandList  ?

So far as I know, Quicktime is the only supported video format
for the LL viewer. The Rex viewer supports additional formats such
as Flash: http://community.rexdeveloper.org/. The Rex team are working
on a region module (modrex) to make it so that their viewer can be used
on existing opensim content.
>  
> Here are a couple of other questions:
> How can we play YouTube videos in OpenSim or does that work yet?
You would need to first convert them to mp4. Try: http://www.zamzar.com/
> If I have a local file (mov, qt, flv, swf, mp4, etc.) in the 
> opensim/bin directory can I access it without streaming it from 
> another server?
Not that I know: the viewer (client) is seeking a URL. I see you have 
Ubuntu, so
I suggest installing Apache (if not already installed) and serve it from 
your machine.
You would need to place the movie URL in a path supported by Apache (i.e.,
under /var/www or from your home directory).

-p
>  
> Thanks so much for any advice/help you can provide.
>  
> Running 7632 in Ubuntu 8.10
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