Has anyone ever seen "media on a prim"?

[Macy Verlaine]

Is it a good thing? A great thing?

I was advised to keep media turned off for privacy reasons, so I have never seen it.

Are there videos of media on a prim being used, so I could see what it looks like?

[Dilbert Dilweg]

Media On a Prim is awesome. If you have land You can easily stream videos in world.

Kick back with your Boyfriend or Something and enjoy a movie together in world.. Lots of fun

[Celestiall Nightfire]

 

It's a good thing.   I experimented with putting media on a prim as soon as it was available, but I didn't take a video of it.

 

But, there are numerous good videos that show media on a prim.  Here are a few:

 

 

 

 

[Peewee Musytari]

There is a great video of it by the most awesome Torley on here: http://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Shared-Media/ta-p/700145

[PeterCanessa Oh]

Most people have media turned off most of the time thanks to some 'questionable' practices by a few residents.

When you are in a place you know, or that is owned/run by someone you trust, it is perfectly fine to turn it on though.  It does everything it claims to - the web in SL, rather than the other way around.

The other comments about streaming are a bit odd though.  If you own land or have parcel permissions you can use parcel media (audio and/or video) to stream content, so you don't need shared media for that

[Macy Verlaine]

Thanks, everyone. I was curious to see what I'm missing. I looked at Torley's video. It seems like a small but useful thing with possibilities.

[Void Singer]

if you do not have any other accounts, or do not care if they are known, then the only "risk" is that someone would be able to know your IP address. this is no different than the risk of cookies tracking your web browsing habits or invisible single pixel images in web pages and forums linked to outside servers grabbing your IP Address, with the exception that they can link the IP Address (which is something that will likely change from time to time) to your avatar account.

 

if those risks are acceptable, or unimportant to you, flip your media on and enjoy =)

[Macy Verlaine]

That makes sense. I don't mind for myself, but I feel there is a principle at stake.