Playing media

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Parcel media

"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 Knowledge Base detailing how you can play parcel media. In particular, see:

You can also watch video tutorials like this:

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What will play?

Any format that 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 Flash video and 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:

iTunes

iTunes runs on Windows and Mac. It can't play RTSP/RTP, but QuickTime Player can.

  • Use Advanced menu > Open Stream.
  • Paste the URL and click OK.
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Winamp

Winamp only runs on Windows. It doesn't play

  • Use File menu > Play URL.
  • Paste the URL and click Open.
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QuickTime Player

QuickTime Player runs on Windows and Mac.

  • Use File menu > Open URL.
  • Paste the URL and click OK.
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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.
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Related resources

  • Streaming Music - Learn how to broadcast your own audio stream into SL, and more.