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Media command // WishlistbowenAug 15, 2004, 12:22am
How about a way to mute/stop media via the settings? Kinda annoying
when you have sound turned off, and not to download and you still have background noise because of the media command. tony mAug 15, 2004, 12:39am
bowenAug 15, 2004, 12:49am
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> Look at the very bottom of the "Downloads" tab in the "Settings" dialog.
Well to be honest, if you're going to make a feature similar to other features you should at least include a design in the settings to mimic them. As to not have me think that I would need to explicitly click it (as what I read that as when I first saw it). tony mAug 15, 2004, 2:40am
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Er, sorry, I'm not quite understanding you. Do you mean to say it should be in the "General" tab? Then I somewhat agree, as even I missed it when I went to look for it.
chrispegAug 15, 2004, 12:19pm
"bowen" <bowen at andras.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:411ec8c9$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com... > How about a way to mute/stop media via the settings? Kinda annoying > when you have sound turned off, and not to download and you still have > background noise because of the media command. Example: create sign, name=stream; activate media url=... To mute (equals to set volume to zero): activate media set vol=0 name=stream To stop, either click the media sign itsself or: activate media stop name=stream For advanced examples look at AW 32743N 15000E. Enjoy it! Chris chrispegAug 15, 2004, 12:19pm
Or, you might mean:
Menu/Options/Settings/Downloads - checkmark 'Disable media urls'. Chris "bowen" <bowen at andras.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:411ec8c9$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com... > How about a way to mute/stop media via the settings? Kinda annoying > when you have sound turned off, and not to download and you still have > background noise because of the media command. bowenAug 15, 2004, 2:11pm
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Yes that's what I mean. You might want to give users the ability to
limit the size of what they want to download. Also the formats as well. Some people may not want movies, but want sounds. chrispegAug 15, 2004, 3:12pm
"bowen" <bowen at andras.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:411f8b3c$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com... [View Quote] When we talk about streaming media, the amount of data downloaded depends on the stream content and quality itsself, and even may vary during the time the stream is running. Unlike the sound command, the media command does not download the file into the browser's cache because the content actually may change, in particular if the feed is broadcasted live. The purpose of the media command is not to replace the sound command, which has differnt features and purposes. Even the media command has capabilities to play files and formats which could be used by the sound and the noise command too, the usage of the media command is focused to support a wide varity of streaming (non-caching) audio and video formats the from the internet ( from the web or from media servers). A file's extension does not tell you the actually used format in many cases, in particular not if streaming from a media server using the mss:// prefix. Also, one may call a file .wav for example, containing a mpg formated stream for example, where the stream still will display the video. Chris bowenAug 15, 2004, 3:46pm
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Well, you're looking at it from entirely the wrong contect then. You're
obviously looking at it like we know everything ahead of time, when we don't. When you limit things, you can stop it at _any_ time. This includes mid download. This isn't exactly the best thing, but some people want such things (like me). As for differentiating between movies and sounds, you need only determine if it's on an object that can show it. You have to be intuitive about things too. ;) Again, they're optional data for people who want to conserve bandwidth and save their eyes... without completely limiting what they can do with it. |