[Opensim-users] A Way To "Physically" or "Locally" Embed A Video?

[len at lenwbrown.com]

Thank you Justin for the reply.  I sort of figured that would be the 
case.  Interestingly though, I usually run XAMPP Lite for OpenSim, and 
generally start Apache when I start MySQL, though I know Apache is 
unnecessary for normal OpenSim access and usage.

I might look into serving them from the Apache server, since it is part 
of the whole package I use.  I hadn't thought about the fact my 
configuration has its own http server.  :)

You are right though, it would place a bit more stress on the overall 
system.

I'd planned to use a much more lightweight solution than XAMPP, but the 
light bulb over my head wants to experiment with serving up the video 
from localhost...
I appreciate the feedback.

- Len

On 02/22/2013 17:31, Justin Clark-Casey wrote:
> I'm afraid the only way you can reference video, afaik, is via URL.
>
> In principle, one could possibly allow OpenSimulator to serve files
> from a directory using its built-in C# webserver (like Apache, etc.).
> One could then add an extra section to an OAR which could contain
> files that would automatically uncompress to that directory.  Scripts
> could then simply reference that simulator's public network address 
> in
> URLs.
>
> This would be simpler than having to set up an additional webserver
> but would place more stress on the simulator, which is a very
> significant tradeoff.
>
> On 21/02/13 08:33, len at lenwbrown.com wrote:
>> Unless I'm mistaken, I know I cannot "import" a video to be used 
>> in-world, but...
>>
>> I've used video-on-a-prim for years and always used a referral URL 
>> for the video file called from my own hosted
>> website.  However, I'm working on a project that has some short 
>> video clips along with slides and the usual fluff for an
>> interactive in-world tutorial.
>>
>> I'd like the video clips to be embedded somehow so they are not 
>> called from a web-based URL.
>>
>> Is there a way for me to place these video clips locally within an 
>> OpenSim folder, for example, and have them called
>> from there to play in-world?  I understand that I can't include the 
>> video clips themselves in an OAR, unless I'm
>> mistaken.  But if I can at least include them in a pre-configured 
>> OpenSim folder (like Diva Distro) and offer that as a
>> zip file it would be really great.
>>
>> The video files themselves are small and only add about 30 megs max 
>> to the overall size of the final product if I can
>> get this to work.  I just don't want them hosted elsewhere in the 
>> event there's a future issue with that host, thereby
>> making them inaccessible in-world.
>>
>> Thanks for any suggestions.
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