Start
Cooperative mode plugin now is a part of DM-OSV program and to run it, please, run DM-OSV. You'll see:
Local storage root folders
Before using cooperative mode plugin, please, specify local storage root folders. Click right mouse button on 'Local Storage' and press on 'Select root folder':
Then, specify folders where the media that you want to show and discuss is placed. You can specify several folders with media:
Then press 'OK' button.
New user registration
Press 'Sign Up' button and fill all fields in an appeared form:
Then press OK and you'll be registered on cooperative mode server.
Login
If you registered earlier, click 'Sign In' and enter your registration email and password.
Cooperative mode plugin panel
After logging in you should see cooperative mode plugin panel:
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Open and share media via cooperative mode plugin
To open media (movie, image or 3d-model), please, select in menu 'File' > 'Load Data' and select media using standart file dialog. Then you should see you media in central program widget.
To show and discuss the media with other users you can create new virtual room with this media or change media in existing virtual room.
Create new virtual room
Click on (2) button and fill room name field:
Press OK and you'll see new room in room list:
Room creator automatically gets master role in the room.
Invite users to virtual room
To invite other users to a virtual room, you should:
- Select the room in room list (9).
- Enter the user email to field (10):
- Press button (11).
You should see invited user in room user list:
You can also invite to room unregistered users. They will be shown in room user list in italics:
Change virtual room media
To change media in a virtual room, do following steps:
- Connect to a virtual room (see below).
- Take master role in this room (button (8)).
- Open new media (File > Load Data) in another tab:
- Click on button (5).
Instead of two tabs you should see one tab with new media:
Connect to and disconnect from a virtual room
To enter to a virtual room and open its media you should do double mouse click on room name in room list (9).
An asterisk next to the name of the room shows that you is connected to the virtual room:
You can disconnect from a virtual room by two ways:
Way 1 - close associated with room tab.
Way 2 - select room in room list (9) and press button (4).
Work with media in a virtual room
- Only entered to a virtual room user with master role can change media state.
- Only one user can have master role at any time in the virtual room.
- Users with one of 'Listener' or 'Master' role will share their mouse cursor positions over movie or image to other online room users:
Media state now consists of:
- for movies:
- movie frames view mode in mono (left, right, both)
- movie split type (mono, side-by-side, frames shift, over/under)
- shift between frames in 'frames shift' split mode
- enabled/disabled swapping left/right frames mode
- enabled/disabled round (looped) mode
- enabled/disabled half time mode
- FPS
- current frame index
- on/off playing movie
- enabled/disabled stereo mode
- playing direction (forward/backward)
- for 3d-models:
- rotation
- zoom
Change virtual room name
Every virtual room user can change its name. Select room in room list (9) and after a while, press left mouse button again:
Insert new room name and press 'Enter' key.
Delete virtual room from room list
You can remove yourself from virtual room by doing next steps:
- Select the room in the room list (9)
- Press 'Delete' key on keyboard.
The virtual room will not be removed from cooperative server. Other room users can continue work in the room.