# Creating Media surface

### Creating Media Surface

Media surfaces allow you to play web content in your scene using [Chromium Embedded Framework](https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef), meaning that you can display most content that could normally be displayed in a web browser. Each scene can support one media URL at a time, but can be displayed on multiple objects.

Web content is currently not interactive; visual media playback, such as an embedded YouTube video, is shown on objects that are uploaded with the [**Media Surface** shader](/latest/creating-in-sansar/shaders-and-materials/shaders-information.md). Audio from the media plays back separately, from a position designated in [media surface scene settings](https://help.sansar.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003259666).

You can create media surfaces yourself, or you can purchase one from another creator on the [Sansar Store](https://www.sansar.com/store).

<figure><img src="/files/nmeKae6pq8IFOpzqf1Qa" alt=""><figcaption><p>An avatar watching a YouTube video on a media surface.</p></figcaption></figure>

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**Creating a media surface**

Any object can be used as a media surface, but flat planes are typically most suitable for video and web playback. To upload an object as a media surface while in edit mode:

1. Click **Import > 3D Model**.
2. Click **Browse** under **3D model file** and choose a suitable model (.fbx) from your computer. [Here is a 16x9 screen that we have provided](https://help.sansar.com/hc/article_attachments/360000304063/16x9.fbx).
3. Click **Materials Settings** to open the Materials Settings panel.
4. From the **Use shader** dropdown, choose **Media Surface**.
5. (Optional) Choose an **Albedo Map**, **Normal Map**, **Roughness Map**, **Metalness Map**, and/or **Emissive Map** to apply to your media surface. Note that these maps can potentially interfere with media playback if they are not designed to look like part of a media screen.
6. Click **Save Settings** to close the Materials Settings panel.
7. Click **Upload** to upload your media surface.
8. Drag your media surface from your inventory to the scene in order to place it in your scene.

To set a media stream for your media surface, see [using and previewing media streams](/latest/creating-in-sansar/working-with-audio-and-video/using-media-streams.md).

**Note:** To display side-by-side 3D content, choose the **Media Surface + Stereographic** shader. For more details on this shader and how to properly align side-by-side 3D content using the Media Surface + Stereographic shader, see [Materials editing and shaders](/latest/creating-in-sansar/shaders-and-materials/shaders-information.md).

Tips

Here are some suggested settings for setting up a media surface:

* In the Materials Settings panel, under the **Media Surface** shader:
  * Set **Emissive intensity** to 0.25 for optimal results. The higher this scale, the more "glowy" the media surface becomes. Try to keep this setting below 1.0.
  * Set **UV scale** to 1.0, unless you want the video to be duplicated across the surface.
  * Set **Tint** to white (255, 255, 255) or gray (127, 127, 127).

Download links

* [16x9 media surface screen](https://help.sansar.com/hc/article_attachments/360000304063/16x9.fbx)

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