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VirtualDriveIn — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:04:34 CST

1. QUICK TIME PRO SETTINGS Standard Video Compression Settings Compression Type: MPEG-4 Video Frame Rate: 30 fps Key Frames: Every 24 frames Data Rate: Restrict to 436 kbits/sec Optimized for: Download Compressor Quality: Best Sound Settings Format: AAC Channels: Stereo (L R) Rate: 44.100 kHz Render Settings: Quality: Best AAC Encoder Settings: Target Bit Rate: 64 kbps Movie Settings Video Compression: MPEG-4 Video Quality: Best Bitrate: 436 kbits / sec Dimensions: 320 x 240 Sound Format: AAC Sample Rate: 44.100 kHz Channels: Stereo (L R) Bit Rate: 64 kbps

2. Basic Video Display Script Link: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/How_To_Show_Video_in_SL> The following script will run but you will soon find it inconvenient to use. It is to illustrate these commands:

llParcelMediaQuery()	Get Land parcel media settings for video
llSetPrimitiveParams()	To display the video on a surface making the device appears to turn on and off.
llParcelMediaCommandList()	To control activating the media stream through the device.

Code: Basic video display script

// This script would be used in the prim that will show the video on surface zero.
// Touching the prim will start or stop the video display set in Land Media: Video.

// Global Variable declarations
key DefTexture;
vector DefColor;
list data;
key texture;
integer IsPlaying;

default {
state_entry() {
DefTexture = llGetTexture(0); // Save default texture set on prim surface zero.
DefColor = llGetColor(0); // Save default color of prim surface zero
IsPlaying = FALSE; // Set playing flag to FALSE.
}

touch_start(integer total_number) {
// Read land parcel media settings
data = llParcelMediaQuery([PARCEL_MEDIA_COMMAND_TEXTURE, PARCEL_MEDIA_COMMAND_URL]);
texture = (key) llList2String(data, 0); // Get texture for parcel to display
if (IsPlaying) { // Player has video active
llParcelMediaCommandList([PARCEL_MEDIA_COMMAND_STOP]); // Stop streaming to the device.
llSetPrimitiveParams([PRIM_TEXTURE,0,DefTexture,<1,1,0>,ZERO_VECTOR,0.0,PRIM_COLOR,0,DefColor,1.0,PRIM_FULLBRIGHT,0,TRUE]);
IsPlaying = FALSE;
}
else { // Check if Parcel Video is available
if (llList2String(data, 0) == "") { // Not a landowner or land group member error display
key ErrTexture = llGetInventoryKey("ErrMsg"); // Get texture by name from inventory
llSetPrimitiveParams([PRIM_TEXTURE,0,ErrTexture,<1,1,0>,ZERO_VECTOR,0.0,PRIM_COLOR,0,<1,1,1>,1.0,PRIM_FULLBRIGHT,0,TRUE]);
}
else { // Set texture
llSetPrimitiveParams([PRIM_TEXTURE,0,texture,<1,1,0>,ZERO_VECTOR,0.0,PRIM_COLOR,0,<1,1,1>,1.0,PRIM_FULLBRIGHT,0,TRUE]);
llParcelMediaCommandList([PARCEL_MEDIA_COMMAND_PLAY]); // Start media playing to this device
IsPlaying = TRUE;
}
}
}
}

Integrating the media into the screen

VirtualDriveIn — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:02:23 CST

Integrating the media into the screen

NOTE: The following steps are the typical way of embedding video into Second Life

NOTE: Now that you already have a screen and you have your media’s URL ready. The following are the typical ways of embedding video into a screen

Scripting the screen

Set the land’s media

NOTE: Let us will explain how to set the land’s media. If you are interested in scripting the screen, there is a sample code under Appendix A that will get you going, but you might check the link for more information Steps to embed video

1. Right click on your land

2. Click on the about land

3. On the pop up window titled about land click media

4. Click set

5. Copy and paste the URL of your video in the space provided

6. Click ok

Getting the screen

VirtualDriveIn — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:59:07 CST

Getting the Screen

This is one of the easiest parts of the process. There are a lot of ways by which you can get the media screen. The following are the typical ways by which you can get a screen in Second Life. · You might find a resident that is willing to give you a television · You can buy it from stores or get it from a freebie store on Second Life.

TIP: a good example is free View it is a hassle free video player that will work you can get it from this website http://shop.onrez.com/item/234430 · You can create your own screen.

NOTE: In order to keep the cost down we will be talking about how to create your own media Screen. You must own land or at list have administrative privilege. Build privilege alone is not enough and may cause you media not to show properly.

How to Create Your Own Screen

NOTE: This is just the basics of creating the screen. You can customize it to fit your need The following steps will guide you as you create your media screen.

1. Right click the land and select create

2. On the pop up(building tool) click create tab

3. Select cube

4. Click the ground to create a cube

5. We need more option so click on the more button if the options are not already expanded

6. Click on the object tab

7. Select the stretch radio button

8. Enter the value you want the X side to be, for example 10.00 meters

9. Enter the value you want the Z side to be, for example 7.5 meters

10. now you can click on the Texture tab

11. check the Full Bright option

12. click on texture

NOTE: you should use the same unique texture as you media texture. Anything on your land with the media texture will also play the media

TIP: you can find out what your media texture is by right clicking on the land and clicking about land, on the about land pop up, click media. You should use the same texture as the one used in there.

13. Find and replace the texture with the right media texture for you land

14. Now your new screen in the right position on your plan

TIP: make sure you attain the optimum viewing from every position. You can increase the size if there is the need

Getting the media

VirtualDriveIn — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:42:10 CST

Getting The Media

NOTES: Now that you have the screen and you have it in the right location. The next thing is how to get your videos on the media screen. This is even simpler than creating the screen, but it can be a bit complicated if you want to.

NOTE: The following are the procedures you might want to follow in order to ensure that your media shows on your screen.

NOTE: what you need ultimately is a URL of your media Here is how you will get your media to work on Second Life.

1. If the media is not yet converted into computer file form, you will need to do some encoding. There are several kinds of encoding software, but the standard one that using is called QuickTime® pro. This program will produce a .MOV file

NOTE: Any file that QuickTime player plays should play on Second Life

NOTE: you can check the standard configuration of QuickTime pro in Appendix A

2. Now if your media is not yet hosted on a web site or server, you need to upload it to the server and obtain the URL.

NOTE: make sure that the web server allows HTTP access

TIP: you can host you media, videos to be specific on the following web servers for free; youtube.com, yourfilehost.com

3. Now that you have the URL you can return to Second Life

Buying them

VirtualDriveIn — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:41:39 CST

Buying Them

You can buy different cars at freebie stores and also in some auto mall, make sure you get them at reasonable prices if you are purchasing them.

NOTE: You can choose to have the cars be mock up’s; otherwise having them non operational. If you just want them to be accessible by your guest you will need to remove all the script that came with it if you got the car readymade.

How to remove the script

1. Open your inventory

2. Locate the car

3. Drag and drop it unto you land

4. Right click on the car

5. Click Edit

6. Click the more option button

7. Click content

8. Delete everything in there that has to do with moving the car.

Getting them for free

VirtualDriveIn — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:41:02 CST

Getting them for free

Playing the media

VirtualDriveIn — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:38:29 CST

Playing the Media

Note: The following procedures assumes that you created your screen and you did not script it In order to play the media content on your screen, just click the play button located at the lower right corner of your Second Life screen.

Guide to the Screen

VirtualDriveIn — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:37:09 CST

Guide to the Screen

NOTE: By now you already have a location and also a plan. Getting the screen is a critical part of the business, because you have to show your media content on it.

Here is a video guide of how to create the screen

http://www.virtualworldsvideo.com/video/PARCEL-MEDIA-Make-your-own-me

Setting up the location

VirtualDriveIn — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:31:05 CST

Setting up the location

NOTE: Assuming that you now have a location for your theater, you now need to set it up in order to archive the optimum view that your guest will appreciate. NOTE: The following are the things you might need to do in order to set up the best drive-in theater.

1. You need a useful floor plan. Having a floor plan is good Second Life etiquette. No matter how shabby you are at making plans you need to decide where what will be. From where the cars will be parked, to where the screen is. TIP: Making the floor plan is as easy as having a sketch of your land on a paper and you draw out where you want the objects to be.

2. After you have made the plan, you need to level off the landscape. Using your build tools in Second Life you can edit the landscape. TIP: you want to make sure that the landscape is kind of slant towards where the media screen will be. Like a fifteen to thirty degree angle in order to create the optimum viewing positions.

3. For your next steps you will need to get the screen and the media content, you need to get the cars. This steps will be covered later in this manual 4. The next step of your set up is the design. Using your creative skills, you can place various objects, such as old model cars, among other things to kind of create a theme. TIP: you can create different themes for each movie you show.

How to be a premium member

VirtualDriveIn — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:28:50 CST

How to be a Premimum Member

. Becoming a premium member is easy, which also makes owning your own piece or tier of the virtual word easy. With the basic membership you have little administrative privilege compared to a premium member. Upgrading to a premium membership is as easy as a click of the button. Please follow the following steps to upgrade to premium membership.
1. Type http://secondlife.com/ in your web browser and hit Go
2. When the page load click on login on the upper right corner of the page, this will take you to a page titled “My Account: Login”

3. Assuming that you have registered for the basic membership type your Second Life first name, Second Life last name and also your password is the respective fields. Then hit submit or push enter. NOTE: If you are not a resident, click on the link that says “create a FREE basic account today!”

4. If you entered the correct credentials, and there are no server errors you should be at the account summary page, under the “your current plan “ tab you should see a hyper text link that says “Upgrade to premium today!”, click on that

5. Then you pick the plan option that best soothes you. NOTE: you will have to start paying if you option any for the premium plan.

6. Click on Save Changes TIP: For pricing and sizes, and ownership cost, you can check out this website http://secondlife.com/land/

Building your cars

VirtualDriveIn — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:24:40 CST

Buiding Your Cars

Building your cars You can find tutorials on how to build a car on youtube.com, here is the URL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWcrVVwmNi4&feature=related by http://www.heatonresearch.com/

TIP: You can build different types of cars for different themes of videos that you want to show.

There are three main steps for creating a car in Second Life, you will have to follow these steps in order to get a working car.

1. Creating the root prim

2. Creating the wheels

3. Attaching the scripts to the car

NOTE: Not all of the following steps are compulsory, but not all of them are necessary for this project.

1. Creating the root prim - The root prim is the object that the cars controls will be based upon - This root prim is also the place that the avatar will sit on

1. Right click on the ground and click create

2. Create any object that you want

TIP: Although this can be any shape it is more preferable to use cube

3. Change the color your desired color

4. Change the texture to your desired texture

5. Change the size appropriately

6. Create the other parts of the vehicle

TIP: Be creative; create the body and other part, excluding the wheels

7. Push and hold the shift key while you select all the objects you have created.

NOTE: Select the first object you created last.

8. Release the shift key

9. Click on Tools

10. Click on link

TIP: Press the Ctrl and L key together.

11. Creating the wheels

NOTE: You need to create the wheels separately because of its texture

Create any object you want to the wheels to be

TIP: Cylinders and other curved objects are preferable

2. Change the color to the desired color

3. Change the texture to blank

4. Change the material to glass

NOTE: Glass as a very low friction with most surfaces in Second Life

TIP: You might want to try out some other materials

5. Position the wheels at the correct location on the vehicle

6. Press and hold shift while you select the wheels and the car’s body

7. Release the shift key

8. Click on Tools

9. Click on link

3. Attaching the scripts to the car

1. Click the vehicle

2. Click content tab

3. Click new script

4. Enter your script

NOTE: you have to be in edit mode in order to be able to select the content tab.

TIP: you can search for car scripts if you don’t know how to do the scripting. Copy and paste it to the new script

NOTE: you don’t have to script the car

Guide to the Cars

VirtualDriveIn — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:22:44 CST

Guide to the Cars

NOTES: In order to complete the package of a full drive-in theater, the next major things you might need are the cars that will be placed in the parking lot of the theater. You might not need to, but in order to accommodate your guests without cars you can give them free cars in the lot. To have a uniform theater look, make sure that you scale the cars into average proportion. You might want to have the cars of the same size. You can get cars in Second Life in the following ways ·
Build your cars ·
Get them for free ·
Buy them

Where and how to get to a location

VirtualDriveIn — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:14:14 CST

Where and how to get to location

NOTE: Now that you have in mind what you are looking for, you will need to get the place, and we will guide you through this process First let us start from the beginning process of getting the best location for your Drive-In Theater; which is to actually find a virtual location for it within Second Life. There are different ways by which you can attain the location you want in Second Life. These are the following methods:

First if you are able to make friends with residents who are willing to share their land with you

Purchasing the land. It is possible to buy land from auctions which are held every day 24/7 on various websites. An example is the land auction on Second Life website at http://usd.auctions.secondlife.com/. Here you can find varieties of land that might be best for a Drive-In Theater.

Another option is to become a premium member of Second Life.

Guide to the Location

VirtualDriveIn — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:11:18 CST

Guide to the Location

To start you will need a location for this theater. While you search for the best location it will be best location if you consider the following factors as you make your decision.

1. You want a large space area; big enough to accommodate you guest.

2. You want a location that is accessible by the vehicle as these are your main concerns

3. You want the landscape to be leveled at list level enough that your guests will see the movies that you are showing. Keep this in mind “Optimum Viewing.” 4. You might consider owning your own piece of land. This will allow you to have full access to all the media properties that will ease the implementation of your theater. These points will be covered broadly later in this manual

Introduction

VirtualDriveIn — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:08:11 CST

The Virtual world of Second Life is a world of avatars and virtual landscapes where anything can happen. Whether you’re a student taking online classes or just want to explore this world for fun and various hobbies that you can enjoy with likeminded people. We will show you how to get started with Second Life and some overall basics. There are two account types which are called basic and premium. The basic is the free one; while you have to pay when you upgrade to the premium account. People get around in Second Life with their virtual bodies also known as avatars. You can alter your appearance however you like with a huge amount of options. In Second Life you can walk, run, fly or teleport to different locals. You communicate with others by instant messaging, text, or even voice chat using a microphone. Second Life has its own currency called “Linden Dollars”. Several online resources allow residents to convert Linden Dollars into US Dollars and vice-versa. Rates fluctuate based on supply and demand, but over the last few years they have remained fairly stable at approximately 250 Linden Dollars (L$) to the US Dollar. With that you can purchase cars, houses, clothes, and accessories, you name it. Inside Second Life fellow users run and build everything thus making it that much more user friendly. So now that you have got a quick idea. We will present you with a more step by step method on how to get started in Second Life.

Go to www.SecondLife.com and click the “Get Started!” button.

Choose your avatar name
Choose a last name from the drop down list then type in a first name. Click the check name for availability link to see whether the name you choose is available.
Fill in the rest of the information and be sure to include a valid e-mail address.
Select your initial avatar (you can make changes later so no worries)
Fill in your Real Life information (it’s recommended that you choose a strong password with a mixture of numbers and letters.
Choose the free First Basic account type. (Premium is for initial land owning purposes) You will then see a welcome screen showing you the e-mail address you inputted and that a confirmation was sent.

When you receive the con formation e-mail, click the link to confirm your account. (a window will open up prompting to download the software).

Click the orange download button next to the platform you use. (i.e. Windows, Mac, or Linux).

Choose your download location. after the download completes, double click the program to install it.

NOTE: For Internet Explorer Click the Save File button to begin the download. When the download is finished you will be prompted to install the software, click yes and the software will begin to install. After the installation is finished you will be prompted to start your program!

Site Map

VirtualDriveIn — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:39:53 CST

Home

Preface

Introduction

Guide to the Location

Guide to the Screen

Guide to the Cars

APPENDIX
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About site

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Group Name: Virtual Drive-In

Group Members:

Omar Cruz (Fawkes Rexen)
Olabode Oladokun (Ola scarmon)
Aliaksei Shostak (ShAl Shelman)

APPENDIX

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VirtualDriveIn — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:54:46 CST

Our Guide to a Drive-In Theater In Second Life

Preface

VirtualDriveIn — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:42:55 CST

Who should use this manual?

Beginning or intermediate users who are interested in what Second Life is about. Users who are interested in film media and sharing their favorite films/media amongst other’s within Second Life users. Users who are nostalgic about the “Drive- In Movies” of old and wish to see it recreated in a virtual setting.

What product, procedure, or system does the manual describe? The manual describes the process of signing up for Second Life and the initial steps of what that entails. It’s also describes how a user would go about interacting with the virtual drive in movies experience by creating their own car, renting out the space needed, and uploading movies/media for other Second Life users to see.

What is the manual’s purpose? The manual’s purpose to inform, teach and enlighten users how to integrate their virtual personas into Second Life and especially out Drive in Movie experience. Whether they want to be spectators at the drive in or wish to create their own drive in for others users to see.

What are the manual’s major components? The major components are the first steps of becoming a Second Life user, the actual steps of creating a car, renting the space and the approximate way to upload movies/media into Second Life.

How should the manual be used? It should be used as a method for acquiring informative information followed by a series of steps that are a user’s guide into Second Life and the Drive- In experience.