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Question about movies in game

Sweet Sakai
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Join date: 16 Oct 2006
Posts: 9
09-14-2008 09:10
Not sure where to post my question but I hope this is right/ok. If not, I apologize. I only ever come to these forums when I am in dire need of help so I am a relative noob.

I have been renting DvDs in game from Shaft for a long time. They used to always work just fine for me till I took a break from the game. When I came back recently I started having trouble getting movies to play.

I have asked for help in group and they all said the same thing which is something I already did.....update quicktime.

I have the most up to date version of SL (1.20.15 or whatever), Quicktime (7.5.5 or whatever with itunes), and even mediaplayer (11) since I wasnt sure what the problem was or what all I needed to fix it hehe.

Here is the deal:

I rent land and am in a 'public' group. By that I mean the landowner runs the group, it is not mine. I DID keep my group tag on the whole time I was trying to play the movie since I wasnt sure if it was a requirement or not.

I rented the movie and went thru the steps to set it out, deed it to the proper group, load, sync, and play it.

Everything was done properly as far as I know since I have done all this before in the past and got movies to work fine. And the movie started playing for my partner who was there with me. However, it would not play for me. For me, the TV screen went completely white with a small black box in the center.

I have done everything I can think of and everyone I know and in my group can think of. All my options are set properly as far as we can see (I CAN see the TV fine. It works great, so I know it isnt that and we know it isnt the movie I guess since it works for my partner).

Is there something we all are missing or not thinking of? Has anyone else ever had this problem? If so, how do you fix it?? After paying $600L for this movie, I would really like the chance to watch it lol.

Thanks and I appreciate any help!
Sweet Sakai
Registered User
Join date: 16 Oct 2006
Posts: 9
09-14-2008 12:16
Anyone have any ideas? I have done EVERYTHING I can think of and I still cant get this movie to work.

I removed SL and re-installed, I have checked QT and it works out of SL and in SL in different areas.It works just fine when playing my TV.

All my preferences are set up properly. The land is working just fine and is showing all the proper textures. I have my group tag on lol......I can access the remote's menu just fine.

Everything works till the 'movie' starts playing.....the screen goes black for a second like it is starting, then goes blank white and has a small black box in the center of the screen.

Pausing and replaying does NOT work, I have tried every little fix I can find here on the forums and nothing is helping. I have been at this for hours and have ruled out everything me and my friends can possibly think of.

Yet obviously we are missing something lol or it would work. It works for my partner just fine. It just wont work for me. :(
Ordinal Malaprop
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Join date: 9 Sep 2005
Posts: 4,607
09-14-2008 12:18
Have you contacted whoever it was you paid money to?

(Incidentally, unless you are "renting" very old films this is almost certainly entirely illegal, but ssshh.)
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