RenderableVideoPlane

Inherits Renderable

Members

Name

Documentation

Type

Description

Optional

Size

This value specifies the size of the plane in meters

Double, or Vector2<double>

Value of type ‘Double’, or Value of type ‘Vector2

No

Video

This should point to the video file that should be played.

String

Value of type ‘String’

No

Billboard

This value specifies whether the plane is a billboard, which means that it is always facing the camera. If this is false, it can be oriented using other transformations

Boolean

Value of type ‘Boolean’

Yes

BlendMode

This determines the blending mode that is applied to this plane

String

In list { Normal, Additive }

Yes

EndTime

The date and time that the video should end in the format ‘YYYY MM DD hh:mm:ss’.

Date and time

Value of type ‘Date and time’

Yes

LoopVideo

If checked, the video is continues playing from the start when it reaches the end of the video.

Boolean

Value of type ‘Boolean’

Yes

MirrorBackside

If this value is set to false, the image plane will not be mirrored when looking from the backside. This is usually desirable when the image shows data at a specific location, but not if it is displaying text for example

Boolean

Value of type ‘Boolean’

Yes

MultiplyColor

If set, the plane’s texture is multiplied with this color. Useful for applying a color grayscale images

Color3

Value of type ‘Color3’

Yes

PlayAudio

Play audio

Boolean

Value of type ‘Boolean’

Yes

PlaybackMode

The mode of how the video should be played back. Default is video is played back according to the set start and end times.

String

In list { MapToSimulationTime, RealTimeLoop }

Yes

StartTime

The date and time that the video should start in the format ‘YYYY MM DD hh:mm:ss’.

Date and time

Value of type ‘Date and time’

Yes

Inherited members from Renderable

Name

Documentation

Type

Description

Optional

DimInAtmosphere

Enables/Disables if the object should be dimmed when the camera is in the sunny part of an atmosphere

Boolean

Value of type ‘Boolean’

Yes

Enabled

This setting determines whether this object will be visible or not

Boolean

Value of type ‘Boolean’

Yes

Opacity

This value determines the opacity of this renderable. A value of 0 means completely transparent

Double

In range: ( 0,1 )

Yes

RenderBinMode

This value specifies if the renderable should be rendered in the Background,Opaque, Pre/PostDeferredTransparency, or Overlay rendering step

String

In list { Background, Opaque, PreDeferredTransparent, PostDeferredTransparent, Overlay }

Yes

Tag

A single tag or a list of tags that this renderable will respond to when setting properties

Table, or String

Value of type ‘Table’, or Value of type ‘String’

Yes

Type

This tells the type of the renderable

String

Value of type ‘String’

Yes

Asset Examples

 1-- To learn how you can include your own video, see the wiki
 2-- http://wiki.openspaceproject.com/docs/builders/assets/resources.html
 3
 4local transforms = asset.require("scene/solarsystem/planets/earth/transforms")
 5
 6
 7
 8local Plane = {
 9  Identifier = "VideoPlaneExample",
10  Parent = transforms.EarthCenter.Identifier,
11  Transform = {
12    Translation = {
13      Type = "StaticTranslation",
14      Position = { 0.0, -11E7, 0.0 }
15    }
16  },
17  Renderable = {
18    Type = "RenderableVideoPlane",
19    MirrorBackside = true,
20    Size = 3E7,
21    Video = asset.resource("examplevideo.mp4"),
22  },
23  GUI = {
24    Name = "Video Plane Example",
25    Path = "/Other/Planes"
26  }
27}
28
29
30asset.onInitialize(function()
31  openspace.addSceneGraphNode(Plane)
32end)
33
34asset.onDeinitialize(function()
35  openspace.removeSceneGraphNode(Plane)
36end)
37
38asset.export(Plane)
39
40
41
42asset.meta = {
43  Name = "Video Plane Example",
44  Version = "1.0",
45  Description = "An example asset that shows how to include a video on a plane.",
46  Author = "OpenSpace Team",
47  URL = "https://openspaceproject.com",
48  License = "MIT"
49}