Media Screen


A TV screen for Sandbox that everyone on the server watches together, in sync. Spawn one, paste a link, and play videos with your friends.

Features

  • Plays YouTube, Twitch, Kick and other media links, plus live streams and plain video files (mp4, webm).
  • Paste a link to play it right away, or add it to the queue. A Recent list brings back earlier links.
  • Seek, pause, skip and set the volume.
  • Pick your own quality, from 144p up to 4K where the video offers it.
  • Switch between 3D positional audio and flat 2D audio.
  • On-screen controls appear when you look at the screen and fade out on their own.
  • Physics object: grab it with the physgun and resize it with the tool gun. A bigger screen is heard from further away.
  • Works with a controller.

How to use

  1. Press Q, open Entities -> Fun (or search "Media") and spawn Media Screen.
  2. Look at it and press E to open the remote.
  3. Paste a link and press Play now or Queue. Press E or the X to close the remote.
  4. While it plays, point at the screen to see its controls, and press E on a button to use it.

Anyone can play, pause and queue, and everyone sees the same video in sync.

Source and issues: https://github.com/Claw256/sbox-bimp-addon
Built on the BIMP media player library: https://github.com/Claw256/sbox-bimp