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Abbie Taylor: A Suggestion for Sharing Movies and Other Contetn on Forums
I just finished watching a great movie here and wanted to share it on the forum I moderate, Abbie's Alcove. On the PC, since Sero is no longer a browser, F6 to display and copy the link to the movie's page doesn't work.
But I found a round-about way to do it on the iPhone. One of the options on the share sheet is to open in Chrome. As a side note, I'd installed Chrome on my phone years ago, thinking it would be a great way to browse across devices.
Anyway, once I open the movie's page in Chrome, I was able to copy the address, then paste it into a forum message. But what if I didn't have Chrome on my phone? What if I didn't even have a smartphone? Wouldn't it be neat to be able to share a link to a movie you watched or other Sero content on a forum, so others could simply click the link and enjoy it?
I hope the Pneuma Solutions team finds this suggestion helpful. Thank you for considering it.
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trulytechie: Re: A Suggestion for Sharing Movies and Other Contetn on Forums
Awesome idea Ally
TT
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trulytechie: Re: A Suggestion for Sharing Movies and Other Contetn on Forums
My apologies Abby for misspelling your name
TT
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Shawn Bever (Pneuma Solutions Staff): Re: A Suggestion for Sharing Movies and Other Contetn on Forums
Believe it or not, the feature you seek already exists!
When you're watching a TV show or movie, navigate to the "Share" button and click it. Tab or use arrow keys to move to the last item in the list, "Copy to the Clipboard" and click it. The link for the movie will be copied to your clipboard ready for you to paste into a message, email or browser address bar. There are a couple of things to be aware of:
1. When the link is clicked, it will open your default browser. Just below the title of the media, is a link to "Play in Sero". When you click this link, your browser will ask for confirmation that you want to open the link. There is a checkbox to always allow, and I suggest that you click it. tab to the System Access button and click it. This should open Sero to the media player screen for the shared media.
2. If you're one of our users who use Jaws with Sero, you'll need to quit Jaws and open System Access before clicking the link to "Play in Sero".
As an example, I've placed a link in this message for the movie "Heads of State" so you can try this out:
Enjoy!
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Abbie Taylor: Re: A Suggestion for Sharing Movies and Other Contetn on Forums
Thank you, Shawn. I didn't know the movie had to be playing on the PC before the Share button would be visible. I appreciate the tip.
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Snow Bunny: Re: A Suggestion for Sharing Movies and Other Contetn on Forums
Well, if the movie is on my PC and if it is in my Sero downloads, when you hit "Enter", it automatically plays. I paused the movie, found the "Share" button and chose E-mail to send the movie to you, Abbie. Now I will try one which is not in my downloads: This time, nothing played, I just found the "Share" button and chose E-mail. Beth
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