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 -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 _______________________________________________ Opensim-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users
