Jolene Merlin

As the subject says, I am wondering just how much Vram does Second Life really take advantage of? I can't imagine it maxing out a 2GB Video card, so for that matter would a 4GB Video Card actually make much difference within SL? For that matter, does anyone here actually have a 4GB Video Card who can provide any thoughts on this?

My god Nymph... Stand your ground on this, and DEMAND he cough up proof of his book and copyright claims! I still have the first skin I bought in all of SL back in 2007, which I bought from YOU and its one of your still gorgeous Shadow Demon skins! So keep up your good work, and stand your ground against this loser!

Peggy Paperdoll wrote: I had a TV card 10 years ago...........I threw it away. I do know what TV cards are and their worth. I know what they are capable of and what they do. I also know what it takes to stream video via a host site to SL (or anywhere else on the Internet) and the TV cards will not do any of that. Yes you are correct. Nor do I want a TV Card that will do that... Peggy Paperdoll wrote: You've bought into some sales hype............I hope you didn't spend much real money on a basic digital to analog converter. You can get a stand alone for less than $30 USD at Wal-Mart............and the quality will be greater than that TV card. Actually,, I got mine for FREE, from my ISP... and it hooks up directly to the Tuner Card.. which by the way gives me excellent crystal clear 1080p picture... Sure beats buying a $500+ 720p LCD television at Walmart... Peggy Paperdoll wrote: With your technical knowledge you shoud be telling me how to play your Blue Ray DVD to SL direct.............but, you can't, can you? I don't believe you one bit. Yes, you are correct. I do not know how to link my BLURAY Drive, to Second Life... Specifically, because I DO NOT KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT SECOND LIFE ITSELF, to do it...nor can I find a Video Player within Second Life that will support it... I can build an entire sim, and in fact have built one... But when it comes to multimedia within Second Life itself... I am very much a "newbie" on the matter... as my personal RL business has little to do with Second Life and its technical aspects. I spent my days dealing with sales from ASI Partner, Maxgroup, Eastern Data, Tech Data; and catering to Doctors and Lawyers who whip around town in their $60,000 Mercedes Benz's; and complain when their office LAN goes down for less then 30 seconds, making me go rush out and push the Rest Button, on their Router, and then charge them $100 to do it... Hence, why I came here, looking for someone useful (which you are not) with some useful information on the matter that could help me learn more about what I can do with MY Second Life experience... I want to put a TV, in my House.. in my Sim, and have it play the LIVE BROADCAST, from MY Hardware, on my computer; the Live Signal from my Comcast ISP... If you don't know how to do it, or don't know of anyone who actually sells a TV, In-world, that CAN do it... Then please stop replying because you're just not helping... 

Hmm.. Apparently you dont know anything about having TV Tuners Cards in a computer, nor their worth or value. Welcome to the new digital broadband MULTIMEDIA Age! I recieve full Digital Broadband Television from Comcast; over 200 channels, some in HD, on my Windows Media Center... on a large Widescreen LCD with full 300 watts of Dolby 5.1 Surround...all for free, as part of a package deal from bundling my services... So why would I want to go buy an old analog TV, or RF cables or whatever... or "subscribe" to or pay for, something as useless as Hulu; when I get it for free already? For that matter, why would I want my TV Tuner to play a DVD? I have a DVD/Bluray Player to do that. A 10 year old "gimmick" ? Apparently you're not as well versed in the IT/PC industry.. because I build them for a living, and I assure you, that such is very much In-Demand on Multimedia based computers, and I suppose you don't realize that they are currently selling for upwards of $100 - $150, for a PCI-Express model, and not $10... Here, go buy one on ebay yourself and check it out... I gaurantee you'll pay a whole lot more then $10 for it though! Hauppauge Dual Hybrid PCI-E HVR 2250 TV Tuner Sure, there are some cheaper ones, but the driver/software support on them is not great, and Windows Media Center will not work on all of them, especially not with Windows Vista or Windows 7... of course, when Windows 8 comes out sometime late next year to replace Windows 7, that will be a different matter... What I want, is a TV within Second Life, that can use the signal from that Card the same way as my Windows Media Center uses it; but use it within Second Life. Oh, and yes I know how to host a website, I am hosting several... But I do not want to stream., from a hosted service... Thats much too slow anyway compared to utilizing a signal right off your own hardware...

I have seen a lot of "TV's" available throughout Second Life... Most of them advertise things like streaming YouTube videos, etc... What I want to know though, is how can I use my TV Tuner Card that is installed into my computer which plays TV on my Windows Media Centerr; or use my DVD/BluRay Drive for that matter... to play on one of these In-world Televisions? Does anyone know of any TV's out there, that will do this? I think it could be fun to put a DVD into my Drive and play a movie that my friends in SL can watch with me... or even link it with my Tuner Card when my computer is on.