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== Parcel media ==
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"Parcel media" refers to playing music, movies, webpages, & more on your land parcel(s) in Second Life. Once you learn how, it's easy to do.
 
We have a helpful selection of articles in our '''[http://support.secondlife.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=4417 Knowledge Base]''' detailing how you can play parcel media. In particular, see:
 
* '''[http://support.secondlife.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=4417&task=knowledge&questionID=4215 How to play streaming music in Second Life]'''
* '''[http://support.secondlife.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=4417&task=knowledge&questionID=5046 Media on a parcel]'''
 
You can also '''[[Video_Tutorials#PARCEL_MEDIA|watch video tutorials]]''' like this:
 
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=== What will play? ===
Any format that '''[http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ QuickTime]''' supports should work inworld, as well as standard webpages. So a good general rule is to try to play URLs in QuickTime Player or your web browser.
 
Formats like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_video Flash video] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Media Windows Media] aren't supported at this time.
 
== Play media outside of Second Life ==
Media streams used inworld can also be played in external players, depending on what formats they support. '''iTunes''' and '''Winamp''' for audio, and '''QuickTime Player''' and '''VLC''' for audio ''and'' video are among the more popular ones. Since these are 3rd-party programs, Linden Lab doesn't support them, but here's basically how to make media streams work.
 
Once you have a media URL:
 
=== [http://www.apple.com/itunes/ iTunes] ===
iTunes runs on Windows and Mac.
* Use Advanced menu > Open Stream.
* Paste the URL and click OK.
[[Image:Itunes.png|256px|none]]
 
=== [http://www.winamp.com/ Winamp] ===
Winamp only runs on Windows.
* Use File menu > Play URL.
* Paste the URL and click Open.
[[Image:Winamp.png|256px|none]]
 
=== [http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ QuickTime Player] ===
QuickTime runs on Windows and Mac.
* Use File menu > Open URL.
* Paste the URL and click OK.
[[Image:Quicktime.png|256px|none]]
 
=== [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC] ===
VLC runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
* Use File menu > Network stream.
* From the Network tab, select an option — using the above example, "HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/MMS", paste the URL, and click OK.
[[Image:Vlc.png|256px|none]]

Latest revision as of 08:26, 8 December 2011

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