parcel media/ media on prim options?

[TIRRMHguy]

 

Hello everyone, reposting in this section as recommended from a different user.  

I'm currently trying to set up a room where audio (ideally video) can be played to a group of approximately less than 15.  Just in like in real life, I'd like to be able to use an avatar to play a video/track to a group of people, pause it if needed, but essentially let it play on until the end of the track/video is completed.  I did some research, but am struggling to find something that would work. 

I've tried media on a prim - Where I split up the audio of a music track into 10-second intervals using Audicity (3rd party software) and used a script that loops the audio sequentially until the track finishes playing out.  I was hopeful using this route, unfortunately, the track isn't consistent.  The track plays out, but the sequence in between the 10-second intervals is not consistent, pauses, or is out of sync and makes it very distracting (obvious it is chopped up).  

I also tried using media on a prim, where I placed an embedded url from youtube and made the prim into a nice movie screen.  This will work, but when I tried it out with other users, they do not see the same thing I see at the same time or there is a delay.  

I found another option using a media texture (not sure if that is the current term), displaying a specific texture on a side of a prim, where it will show the source of audio/media wherever that specific texture is displayed throughout a parcel of land.  I just didn't have any luck with this one! :-(   

Lastly, I did find some information about possibly using winamp with a shoutcast DSP plugin???? Not sure exactly how to do this, but its next on my list to try out.

I've been trying to follow tutorials on youtube to teach myself but am struggling.  Based on the age of the videos (over 6 - 9 years old), my guess is that there are different options or these are no longer the best practices as they have been replaced with different alternatives?  My next step is pursuing the winamp /shoucast DSP plugin, but I'm not sure if it will only allow me to play media from their online radio stations and not let me choose a specific track.   

 

Does anybody have any ideas or different options that may be helpful?   Please send them my way and thanks in advance!  :-)

[Rolig Loon]

Response in the original post at 

I did not recommend re-posting.

Edited March 28, 2018 by Rolig Loon

[Xiija]

You could mebbe try a youtube livestream.. not sure if people will

all see the same time frame or not .. hmmm

How to Live Stream on Youtube

you could use OBS to set it up...

Open Broadcaster Software

 

OBS is pretty easy... here is a vid i made with it in SL...

OBS example

Edited March 28, 2018 by Xiija

[TIRRMHguy]

Thanks for the suggestions and providing the links Xiija!  I'll take a look.  

[Wulfie Reanimator]

I'm a bit confused about what you're trying to do exactly. (What is the real use-case, besides just "playing audio or video?")
In any case, there isn't a real way to do either of those things synchronously to different avatars in SL.

Playing 10-second sound clips can be made almost seamless, but it's tricky, not really synchronous, can't do video, and uploading the clips can get costly.

Using prim-media is the better choice, but all it does is load a URL for each avatar separately. It does not show the same page to all avatars, meaning that just like with sound clips, each avatar's bandwidth affects what they get, and any avatar can pause the video for themselves while the other avatars continue watching/listening. (Although, loading an actual livestream like Xilja suggested is probably your best bet for keeping things in sync even if someone wants to pause.)

If you go into more detail on what you're actually trying to make, we might be able to give better suggestions on what you could do.

Edited March 29, 2018 by Wulfie Reanimator

[TIRRMHguy]

Hi Wulfie!  I'm working on a project with a group of participants that will meet in SL to attend weekly sessions.  At the end of the sessions we do a quick activity (2-5 minutes).  For two of the sessions, we are trying to do a relaxation exercise similar to guided meditation.  The ideal situation would be a video.  There are a lot of short videos on youtube that would work, but the problem with prim media as you mentioned is the audio and video isn't synchronous.  

I do plan on using prim media if a participant of the group would like to go back independently in a different region of the island.   They can control and pause the video as they wish. We could always ask a facilitator of the group to simply play audio and narrate on her mic, but I am hopeful I can find a way to do this using the tools available in SL (although based on responses I may be a bit naive lol).  

My next step is to investigate the livestream as Xiija mentioned in the previous response. 

 

[Wulfie Reanimator]

2 hours ago, TIRRMHguy said:

There are a lot of short videos on youtube that would work, but the problem with prim media as you mentioned is the audio and video isn't synchronous.  

If you're playing video through prim-media, then the audio and video work just fine.
When I say "not synchronous," I mean between different avatars. Not everybody might be on the same part of the video at the same time.

Edited March 30, 2018 by Wulfie Reanimator