Thanks so much for this! The timing was perfect ;) Of course, I do need to show a video on group land, which you alluded was more complicated. Is there a good link to a how-to for that?

It’s not too hard to get video working on group land. basically the object/script that is controlling the video must be owned by the same group as the land. This means Deeding the object to the group, which sometimes has to be done by an officer of the group.

You can find the Deed to Group option while editing an object. If you can’t deed it yourself then you’ll ahve to give a copy to an officer and have them give it to the group. Sometimes a video screen that you buy will have a separate Group Land Remote that can be deeded to the group and will work with the video screen.

If you are not using a scripted object and are changing the media URL manually, then an officer of the Group should be able to change the media settings in about land. depends on the permissions set in the Group.

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So…it is possible! and you have shown us how in a
relaxed and informative way. It was a pleasure to visit your site.
I look forward to hearing how to upload my own videos in SL
Many Thanks

Great video! THanks so much! I couldn’t find anything else on the web to explain how to do this.

I am a teacher and want to put the videos I’ve made about art history in a building. But I am confused about just one thing — how do I show different videos on one parcel of land — can you only set one url for each parcel?

Probably a silly question!

Hi Beth,

Yes, you can only have 1 video showing at one time per parcel of land. Of course you could have a scripted video screen that allows the viewer to choose between several different videos, but they can only watch one at a time. Also, switching a parcels video stream will change the video being viewed for anyone who is already watching something.

If you need several different avs to be watching different videos simultaneously, you would need to divide your land into smaller parcels. But remember that you cannot see the video showing on another parcel from a neighboring parcel. The avatar must be located within a parcel to see the video associated with that parcel.

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I can’t get any video links to work in the media url link! I’ve tried and tried but all I get is either a picture of the web page it’s located on or a blank screen! I even tried uploading a video to a web site I host so I could try a direct video link from my web site, and that won’t work no matter what I change the file extension to. Any suggestions?

I bought a youtube tv in SL, so I can watch youtube videos in SL. Comes in handy cause putting a link to a youtube video into the media link doesn’t work. The tv came with a script where I can make a list of as many youtube video links as I want, and people can select them from a menu, and to keep people from changing the channel on each other, hide the control tv, and have many copies of the media play image so everyone can see.

I really want to be able to use my media url feature though, so what file types work, and what am I doing wrong?

Great video…. It is clear and concise… It is just too bad that I do not own a land in SL. I am dying to try what you said out …

The internet archive is another great suggestion. It is like the cherry on top of the sundae.

Thanks.

Hey i just got a new TV and the landlord set it up so I can use it but.. well I can hear the music (my friends did some youtube search) but I can’t see the video. I already have audioi&video enabled and downloaded quicktime player.. all my friends can use the TV but me :( tried relog and everything.. i do get the menu of the TV when i touch it and I can type the request but stil not able to watch it… any suggestions??? TY!!!!

That video was painfully slow. I suggest a quick summary in writing.
Thanks anyways.