Re: [OpenVerse] Fwd: Re: OpenVerse Idea

["drub" <drub@openverse.org>]

I think that if you were to make that plugin, i could figure a way to get it
to work with Windows, I got the webcam one to work(somewhat, only missing
the special effects right now).
there is probably some command line player that I could mess around with.


----- Original Message -----
From: Cruise <cruise@openverse.org>
To: <openverse@openverse.org>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 3:47 PM
Subject: [OpenVerse] Fwd: Re: OpenVerse Idea


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> On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote:
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> > Cruise wrote:
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> > > > What if you could have sounds (i.e. .wav files) that you could make
play
> > > > on everyone's client.  It would be nice.  You could come up with
your own
> > > > sounds, just like the avatars.
> > >
> > > I hope to build a plugin for this but it will only run on Linux.
Possibly on
> > > windows as well if I can get the tcl extension for this working. The
reason it
> > > has to be a plugin is that tcl does not support sound internally. The
core
> > > application needs to be crossplatform so this will not be a part of
the core
> > > application.
> >
> > What if the application were triggered via a MIME type or something.
> > Kinda like how the helpers are triggered in Netscape.  (or if you could
> > just use the same MIME types the browser does.
>
> This would be a good thing to do if sounds only came from a trusted source
(IE,
> the distribution... Noises for leaving, joining, url offers, etc) And I
may opt
> for this route. The issue with this idea is that you cannot put remote
supplied
> information on a command line. Not even a filename. The URL thing using a
> configured program was possible only because it created a safe web page
which
> the browser loads and then refreshes to the actual remotely supplied url.
This
> method completely eliminates any user supplied data on a command line (I
hope)
> If I do opt for the above, I'm limiting sound support within the core to 2
> platforms tops and I really don't like this idea.
>
> Perhaps audio could be streamed directly to a player which comes standard
with
> windows? I'm sure I could figure out how gnome audio and kde sound servers
work
> but then I'm still in the position of creating code for 2 and a half
platforms
> and this is best done using the plugin system.
>
> You'll never catch me claiming to be joe windows user so I could be
totally
> wrong here, maybe using the existing URL functionality really IS
crossplatform,
> but loading up nutscrape just to play a sound is definatly overkill.
>
> Unless someone can convince me otherwise, sound will remain a project for
a
> plugin. I will gladly write the Linux sound plugin cause I really want
this
> feature. If I do write this plugin, it would support KDE, SOX, and NAS
systems.
> (I use NAS, I play MP3s 24-7 and have a seperate server for system sounds
:))
>
> --
> Cruise - My foot smells. Just the left one tho.
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