This is done using Opera Unite, a service on the Opera Web Broswer. Opera Unite turns your Computer (PC or Mac) into a Server, allowing you to share files, videos, music, photos online with friends, family or colleagues without having to upload your files to a service like facebook, YouTube, Flickr or a Web host.
To share the videos or files you will need to install the opera web browser on your computer. Your friends or colleagues watching your videos will not need to install Opera on their computer.
Step 1. First step is to Download and Install the Opera Web Browser v10.10. Download it from here;
http://unite.opera.com/
Step 2. Then launch the Opera Web Browser
Start the Opera Unite Service in the Browser from the Main Menu ->Tools ->Opera Unite Server -> Enable Opera Unite
Step 3. To use Opera Unite, You need to log into your Opera Account, you can use your my.opera.com account to log in. If you don't have an account click "I do not have an account" to create a new account.
Step 4. Create an Opera Account if you don't already have one
Choose a name for this computer. This name will be used to identify this computer among your other computers running Opera Unite. Just choose home as computer name if in doubt.
You have now started the Opera Unite Service.
Next step is to install the Stream Media application . Stream Media is the application that allows you to stream videos,music and pictures from your hard drive to anywhere on the web (including SL).
You can download and install the Stream Media Application from here:http://unite.opera.com/application/322/
After you install Stream Media Application, You will be prompted to Select a folder on your computer you would like to use for Sharing videos and music. This folder will contain the media files you want to Stream or share in SL. Select the folder you want to share and click OK.
The Stream Media Service is now running. You can copy the Stream Media URL and give to your friends to use for accessing the videos shared on your computer. They can open the URL anywhere on the web with any web browser Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari or Opera. This is also the URL you use for playing the videos inside SL. Below shows steps for playing the shared videos inside SL. For the videos to work in SL the they have to be shared as Public without password as shown in the picture above.
Playing the videos in SL Using Web TV
Step 1. Open Web TV from your @home TV. Click on your TV Main Menu -> Web TV Button -> Open the web page
Step 2. Click on the Channels Tab on the web page.
Step 3. This takes you to the Channels and TV SHOWS page. Scroll down the right sidebar on that page to Apps, You will find Stream Media listed under Apps. Click on Stream Media.
Step 4. This takes you to the Stream Media page. Copy and Paste your Stream Media URL here.
The stream Media URL is found here, its the same your URL you give to your friends to open on their browser to access the videos/mp3s you share using the Opera Unite Stream Media App.
Step 4: After the Stream Media URL is submitted the shared videos on your computer will be loaded on the webtv website. You can click Play in-world to play them with your TV inside SL directly.
Playing the videos with the My Playlist Notecard
You can also copy the direct url of the video files provided by Stream media and add them to the myplaylist notecard inside the @home TV.
To get the direct URL of a video, First open the Stream Media URL on any browser and
right-click on the name of the video you want to add to the notecard and Select "Copy Link Location" or "Copy Link Address" varies by Browser.
You can also get the direct URL of a Stream Media video from the webTV page that loads the lists of videos, by right-clicking on Watch on browser and select Copy Link Location.
You can add the direct URL in the myplaylist notecard in your @home TV or on any SL TV that supports notecards. You can also add the url direct to your SL parcel's About Land -> Media Tab -> Media URL section.
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