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Jeffrey Gomez
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Join date: 11 Jun 2004
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03-09-2005 08:07
As of 1.6, Quicktime support on prims allows users to not only display movies on prims, but text (and XML!) as well. For those of you that didn't know, this has been a long-sought-after feature.
To do this: Create a text (or XML) file. Note any carriage returns in raw text files will be converted to different "frames" of a movie. Upload your file, set it as media URL, and play it. It's that simple! I can't wait to see what people do with this functionality.  Edit: Any file format that Quicktime does not understand will be automatically read in using this text functionality. This is a problem, as it can lag the client to death on large files. Please fix?  _____________________
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Unhygienix Gullwing
I banged Pandastrong
Join date: 26 Jun 2004
Posts: 728
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03-09-2005 08:11
Holy demon dogs!
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blaze Spinnaker
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Join date: 12 Aug 2004
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03-09-2005 09:12
Got an example URL? Not entirely working for me..
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Cienna Rand
Inside Joke
Join date: 20 Sep 2003
Posts: 489
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03-09-2005 09:32
The Apple tutorial on text tracks. I have yet to try this in SL, but it works on the standalone Quicktime player.
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Adam Zaius
Deus
Join date: 9 Jan 2004
Posts: 1,483
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03-09-2005 10:24
Another slightly more complex way (but more powerfull in the end) would be to have:
www.site.com/image.php?arguments Use GD or ImageMagick to return a PNG from it. -Adam _____________________
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Olmy Seraph
Valued Member
Join date: 1 Nov 2004
Posts: 502
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03-09-2005 14:46
All well and good, but this means you have to expose a URL to other users. If there isn't a public one for them to use, you'd have to use one from your own site, which could be an issue for people concerned about privacy.
Maybe LL could provide such a URL for customers to use for their builds. That would negate any privacy concerns. If LL is concerned about phishing or other bogus uses of that URL, they could restrict access to the http: URL to only those IP addresses that have connected SL clients. _____________________
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Jeffrey Gomez
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Join date: 11 Jun 2004
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03-09-2005 17:32
Duly noted, Olmy. +1 point for persistant storage.
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blaze Spinnaker
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Join date: 12 Aug 2004
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03-09-2005 18:14
Did anyone get this to work? Is there a particular version of QT you need?
I tried using some stuff from the text tracks but it gave me a bunch of errors, even when I tried to load it up in QT itself. _____________________
Taken from The last paragraph on pg. 16 of Cory Ondrejka's paper "Changing Realities: User Creation, Communication, and Innovation in Digital Worlds :
"User-created content takes the idea of leveraging player opinions a step further by allowing them to effectively prototype new ideas and features. Developers can then measure which new concepts most improve the products and incorporate them into the game in future patches." |
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Rysidian Rubio
Ruby Red Head
Join date: 14 Jan 2004
Posts: 263
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03-09-2005 18:34
Has anyone actually tried this in SL and it worked? Just curious..
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Iron Perth
Registered User
Join date: 9 Mar 2005
Posts: 802
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03-09-2005 18:36
I did a bit, but I got a very rudimentary font.
Apparently, with Text Tracks you can configure it a lot more precisely, with interesting effects. Unfortunately I was not able to get it to work. |
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Jeffrey Gomez
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Join date: 11 Jun 2004
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03-09-2005 18:43
Has anyone actually tried this in SL and it worked? Just curious.. Yes. Several times in fact, using my own webspace. Remember to get the latest version of Quicktime. _____________________
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Rysidian Rubio
Ruby Red Head
Join date: 14 Jan 2004
Posts: 263
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03-09-2005 21:58
I just tested this and also used some of the Text Descriptors from the Quicktime website and it worked great.
The only problem was that my SL client was extrememly slow while this 'video' was playing, with the {antialias: on}, but with it off it worked flawlessly. _____________________
"Bad News is - I cant script a thing....
Good News is - I buy less asprin than those who can " -Rosa Gardner |