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Eldrich Babeli
Registered User
Join date: 4 Apr 2006
Posts: 6
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12-10-2006 08:47
I am pretty new to SL video, but I am a video producer and I bought a lil webserver and am looking forward to streaming some movies for friends to come over and watch. I am wondering how do I get it so it is playing in sync for everyone in the room? Is it even possible?
-eldrich
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Joseph Worthington
The Suntan Mega-Man
Join date: 29 Jul 2006
Posts: 563
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12-11-2006 00:48
It's possible, because internet television does it. But what they do (as far as I know) is broadcasts their feed 24/7, instead of on call. How they do this I haven't the foggiest as I'm not technically adept in that department in the least bit. I assure you however it's possible.
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Kitty Barnett
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Join date: 10 May 2006
Posts: 5,586
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12-11-2006 03:56
Joseph mostly answered the question  . If you want everyone to see the same thing at the same thing (buffering might throw this off by a few seconds) then you'll need a live stream instead of an on-demand one. One (somewhat clumsy) other way is to pause and restart the stream at a certain time index for everyone watching if someone watching looses the stream for some reason from within SL through a script. |
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Ricky Lucero
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Join date: 25 Jul 2006
Posts: 122
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12-11-2006 10:43
Exactly. SL can easily start a video for 10 people, and keep them all in sync through it, but it's best to stream a video live. If one of the people in your party has a buffer underrun during a non live stream, they are officially out of sync from everyone else.
Great example is Shaft Jackson's movies have a great video syncing feature. I am also working on finishing up scripting a video syncing tool for my new store. IT's not too difficult, but not simple either.
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