[Opensim-users] triggering videos

[Kyle Hamilton]

What I'm seeing in the OP's problem statement is:

"I have video files that already exist that need to be played when
people approach my prims.  I can do this either with a browser or by
playing inside OpenSim, and I would like to know which is easier."

I seem to recall that, at one point, there was only one texture per
parcel that could play a video stream, and that stream would be
obtained from a specific URL set up by the land owner?

This is rather tedious and error-prone, as it was an afterthought by
Linden and needed to allow users to interface via the client, not any
other mechanism.  It might be possible to change the URL dynamically
via a script, but then the URL change will affect all viewers of that
texture simultaneously.

The better bet is probably to trigger an external browser.  This
allows you to keep all of your URLs in a script, and update them at
once rather than one at a time.  It also allows you to control your
users' experience much more closely.

-Kyle H

On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-10-17 at 12:13 +0200, Marc Stürmer wrote:
>> Am 17.10.2010 09:20, schrieb Ric Moore:
>>
>> > I've been looking for a way to deliver video content from within
>> > OpenSim. What is easiest? Handing it off to a browser or from within
>> > Opensim? Looking for some easy how-to's, as I'm just getting started.
>>
>> If you want to make videos for a streaming platform like Youtube and so
>> an, you should take a look at Fraps! or the WeGame client. The latter
>> comes for free.
>>
>> If you intend to make a live stream, you could give Ustream or
>> Livestream a try.
>
> We have educational video files stored on the server. I want to trigger
> those videos from within opensim by the client. Either touching an
> object or by proximity to a place. Then the content gets delivered to
> the client. What I'm trying to get a handle on is how to do that and if
> the content is better off being passed to the user's browser or played
> within opensim. Thanx! If someone knows of a good up-to-date primer on
> that I would much appreciate the whereabouts of it. Thanks again for the
> response. Ric
>
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