[Opensim-users] triggering videos

[Ric Moore]

On Sun, 2010-10-17 at 14:24 -0700, Kyle Hamilton wrote:
> 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.

You hit the nail on the head, thank you. That is the point to control
the "experience". As we're using this as a prison rehab tool, and the
main purpose is to direct the "client" towards instructional videos,
sending the "client" to a video in a browser would take load off of the
server? I would think so. Do you know where I can find a how-to, written
simply, to teach me how to do this? I will be forever in your debt.  Ric

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