Media on a prim and the web browser¶
Media on a prim¶
Objects can show web pages, videos and other media on their surfaces: TV screens, information boards, in-world games. This is often called MOAP (media on a prim).
- Click the surface to start the media or interact with it. Depending on Media first-interact (Me → Preferences → Sound & Media), the first click may only focus it.
- While you're pointing at media, a control bar appears: back, forward, home, reload, stop, play/pause, the address, a progress bar for videos, Mute This Media, a volume slider, Zoom into media (fills your view with it; Zoom Back returns) and Open URL in browser.
- The play button at the top right of the screen (Start/Stop All Media) starts or stops all media, music and web pages at once.
To put media on your own object: select a face in the Build window, go to the Texture tab, set Material to Media and click Choose…. The media settings let you set the Home Page, Auto Loop, Auto Zoom, Auto Play Media (people can override this), Auto Scale Media on Face of Object and the size in pixels.
The relevant viewer settings are in Me → Preferences → Sound & Media (auto-play, media on other avatars, HUD media) and the parcel's settings in World → About land → Media; see Land, music and parcel media.
The built-in web browser¶
Some links (profiles, search results, help pages) open in Slipstream's own browser window, with back, forward, reload and an address bar. Open current URL in your desktop browser sends the page to your normal browser.
Which links open where is set in Me → Preferences → Setup:
- Use the default system browser for all links,
- Use the built-in browser for Second Life links only, or
- Use the built-in browser for all links.
Enable Javascript there must stay on for profiles, search and most websites to work.