projector and multiple images script

[aht1981]

Hi so earlier this week I had a brainwave for an event I'm working on to use a script I have that lets you input the uuid for images and it will switch the image in the light part of a prim for a projector. I made a little seamless video and input my 16 frames and set it to play and amazingly it worked - until I noticed the glitching. Which somebody seemed to identify as being loading issues. I've played about a bit and reduced the frames to 10 and it seemed maybe to be a bit better, but my fear is anther user or multiple users at the same time will end up with a glitching sequence. Is there a way to project a series of images (so its like a animation) so it runs smoothly through a projector. Or alternatives!?

[Quistess Alpha]

If you're uploading the images yourself, try 512x512 or 256x256 resolution, If it didn't have to be projected, I'd suggest Media-on-a-prim or parcel media.

(IIRC parcel media movies work on particles but not as projector lights.)

Edited April 10, 2023 by Quistess Alpha

[KT Kingsley]

You could try "preloading" the images by placing them on some object faces in the vicinity of the main display, so that they're already loaded into viewer cache before they're projected, and you could try setting the transparency of those faces to 100%, or colouring them black, so that they're not too intrusive.

[aht1981]

ah Quistess I tried lower image sizes but still got glithing. KT's idea worked! Thank you both!