Ah, I apologize Jonne, I forgot to mention that the mpeg4 media I am trying to stream is from a webcam.
It's an AXIS camera that supports mjpg and mpeg-4. Thank you, Evan On Oct 15, 10:43 am, Jonne Nauha <[email protected]> wrote: > The MediaPlayer uses libVLC to play media. This means if you can open the > file with the stand alone vlc playerhttp://www.videolan.org/vlc/it should > also be able to play it in Tundra. However note that not all media support > streaming (codecs, containers etc, i dont know the tech side of it). This is > why I made the "allow streaming" boolean attribute in the component. Another > reason is to preload the whole media file for the client before playing, > meaning you will not get "buffering" pauses while you play it, for me this > makes for a smoother user experience at least for slow internet connections. > > I said to you to but streaming allowed true because you were talking about a > web cam stream on web, this kind of "media" cannot be really downloaded, you > need to stream it. But if you do have a normal video file on the web, I > would suggest setting streaming allowed false and reconnect to the server to > start the asset download. You should see "Downloading media..." text and a > icon on the center of the objects submesh you are rendering the video. > > Keep me updated how it goes. > > Best regards, > Jonne Nauha > Adminotech developer > > > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 6:01 PM, Evan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Jonne! > > > I got the xml files sorted and the media player into the scene. > > > However, I'm trying to connect to a streaming mpeg4 using rtsp. > > When I hit play, the video doesn't appear, do I perhaps need to > > install the mpeg4 codec onto my server? > > > Thank you, > > > Evan > > > On Oct 14, 3:35 pm, Jonne Nauha <[email protected]> wrote: > > > You need to have the plugin loaded also on the server. I think recently > > the > > > xml configs got nuked and its propably not in the default server plugin > > xml > > > anymore (plugin.xml is loaded if you dont pass --config option). Add the > > > VlcPlugin to the server config also and you should be fine. You can see > > and > > > copy the exact line from viewer-browser.xml. > > > > Best regards, > > > Jonne Nauha > > > Adminotech developer > > > > On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 8:22 PM, Evan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Toni, > > > > > I put in the components via the client and saved the scene. > > > > > I then ran the new scene and got the errors: > > > > Error: Cannot create component for type "EC_MediaPlayer" - no > > > > factory exists! > > > > Error: Failed to create a component of type "EC_MediaPlayer" and > > > > name "" to Entity "MediaPlayer" (ID: 7) > > > > > Below is the snippet from the .txml with http:// locations omitted: > > > > > <entity id="7" sync="1"> > > > > <component type="EC_Name" sync="1"> > > > > <attribute value="MediaPlayer" name="name"/> > > > > <attribute value="" name="description"/> > > > > </component> > > > > <component type="EC_Placeable" sync="1"> > > > > <attribute value="0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1" name="Transform"/> > > > > <attribute value="false" name="Show bounding box"/> > > > > <attribute value="true" name="Visible"/> > > > > <attribute value="1" name="Selection layer"/> > > > > <attribute value="" name="Parent entity ref"/> > > > > <attribute value="" name="Parent bone name"/> > > > > </component> > > > > <component type="EC_Mesh" sync="1"> > > > > <attribute value="0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1" name="Transform"/> > > > > <attribute value="http://"; name="Mesh ref"/> > > > > <attribute value="" name="Skeleton ref"/> > > > > <attribute value="" name="Mesh materials"/> > > > > <attribute value="0" name="Draw distance"/> > > > > <attribute value="false" name="Cast shadows"/> > > > > </component> > > > > <component type="EC_MediaPlayer" sync="1"> > > > > <attribute value="http://"; name="Media Source"/> > > > > <attribute value="0" name="Render Submesh"/> > > > > <attribute value="true" name="Enabled"/> > > > > <attribute value="true" name="Illuminating"/> > > > > <attribute value="true" name="Interactive"/> > > > > <attribute value="true" name="Streaming Allowed"/> > > > > </component> > > > > </entity> > > > > > The "Media Source" is a streaming mjpg if that makes a difference. > > > > > Thank you very much, > > > > > Evan > > > > > On Oct 14, 11:57 am, Toni Alatalo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Oct 14, 2011, at 7:17 PM, Evan wrote: > > > > > > > possibly help me with the syntax for the Entity, Component and > > > > > > Attributes for implementing the EC_MediaPlayer into the .txml file? > > > > > > You don't usually edit the XML by hand - instead, use the scene & > > entity > > > > editing GUI, for example: > > > > > > - open scenestruct (shift-s or menu -> view -> scene) > > > > > - right-click on the entity where you want to show a video stream > > > > > - choose 'add component' > > > > > - select MediaPlayer in the dropdown dialog > > > > > - after adding the component, doubleclick on the entity to get it > > open in > > > > EC-editor and set the params > > > > > * they are update live, not only to you but to only clients > > > > > - save the scene from scene-window - rightclick - 'save scene as' > > when > > > > done. > > > > > > > Evan > > > > > > ~Toni > > > > > > > On Oct 14, 10:40 am, Jonne Nauha <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> That webcam module I made wont help you get image from web or > > share > > > > you > > > > > >> webcam to others. It was only meant for local viewing of webcam, > > which > > > > is > > > > > >> not very useful tbh. > > > > > > >> We do however have EC_MediaPlayer that can play video streams. So > > just > > > > get > > > > > >> the webcams stream url and put it to the ECs media ref and hit > > play, > > > > see > > > > > >> what happens. Remember to keep the streaming allowed boolean true > > (the > > > > > >> default). Make some mesh, then apply EC_MediaPlayer to the same > > > > entity. > > > > > >> Check interactive true, youll get a menu when you click the screen > > to > > > > > >> play/pause/show 2D player widget. > > > > > > >> Best regards, > > > > > >> Jonne Nauha > > > > > >> Adminotech developer > > > > > > >> On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Evan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >>> Heyall, > > > > > > >>> I see mention of a web cam at > > > > > >>>http://wiki.realxtend.org/index.php/Getting_Started_with_Tundra > > > > > >>> under 1.0.6 features and am wondering if there's a way to > > implement > > > > it > > > > > >>> in Tundra 2.1.1. > > > > > > >>> I'd like to be able to view a webcam I have setup remotely. > > > > > > >>> Thank you ever again, > > > > > > >>> Evan > > > > > > >>> -- > > > > > >>>http://groups.google.com/group/realxtend > > > > > >>>http://www.realxtend.org > > > > > > > -- > > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/realxtend > > > > > >http://www.realxtend.org > > > > > -- > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/realxtend > > > >http://www.realxtend.org > > > -- > >http://groups.google.com/group/realxtend > >http://www.realxtend.org -- http://groups.google.com/group/realxtend http://www.realxtend.org
