I don't have the EC_MediaPlayer on there anymore, just the EC_WebView. In-world the webpage doesn't display on the object, but it works in a separate window when I click 'show'.
The object itself just turns grey and flickers. -Evan On Oct 17, 10:41 pm, Jonne Nauha <[email protected]> wrote: > You dont need a material, the webview/mediaplayer will generate one and > replace any material that is in the target submesh index. However do not > have both EC_MediaPlayer and EC_WebView in the same entity enabled at the > same time. There is boolean "Enabled" in both, check it disabled from the > one you dont want to show. Otherwise they will "fight" who gets to replace > the material in the submesh, and you wont really know which is enabled. > > I suggest only keeping one of these components in a entity at a time, if you > dont have some script logic to keep only one enabled at one time. The & > should not be afaik a problem in txml, is the full url in there if you look > at the txml but not in the component when the scene loads? > > Best regards, > Jonne Nauha > Adminotech developer > > > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Evan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Jonne, > > > I've determined that I can't get the mpeg4 stream to play on the > > EC_MediaPlayer, so I'm trying the mjpg player through the EC_WebView. > > > It seems I'm having trouble parsing a url to the View URL path, would > > a '&' in the url cause some sort of problem in the .txml to cause it > > to function improperly? > > > Also, I can't seem to get the site to appear in-world on the media > > object. I don't have a material assigned to this mesh, would that > > matter? > > > Thank you, > > > Evan > > > On Oct 15, 12:10 pm, Jonne Nauha <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Try it out with normal VLC. If that doesn't work then it wont work in > > Tundra > > > either. Your next option then would be to make a web page that has the > > > streamed video somehow playing, then make a EC_WebView that points to > > that > > > page, then set render fps to 25. Also set the EC_WebView size as small as > > > you can (eg. just the video size). This will help keep performance good > > even > > > with 25 fps rendering rate. A full image blit from big web pages are very > > > expensive. > > > > Best regards, > > > Jonne Nauha > > > Adminotech developer > > > > On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Evan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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/itshould > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > >>> -- > > ... > > read more » -- http://groups.google.com/group/realxtend http://www.realxtend.org
