Repeat each Video x-times before the next random Video

[Phil-Tone]

Hi,

thanks for this great plugin!

But if you only have very short videos, switching between the different videos is very, very fast. So it would be a wonderful thing if you had the option during installation to specify how many times a video should be repeated before the next random video appears.

[jaredcat]

It can be done but I feel like it's kind of a werid thing to include and that most people don't need this.

Im a but curious on you're use-case and why you would want videos to repeat?

[Phil-Tone]

I can't tell if many people will need it, but I'm happy to explain why this function would be useful in my case:

I play various animations in the background, each only 20-30 seconds long, but designed to loop endlessly with no visible beginning or end.

If each animation is replaced by another animation after only one run (ie after 20-30 seconds at the most), this change seems very hectic. It would be more harmonious if you could just say because of the short duration of the individual videos: play each video X times before you jump to the next random video.

[jaredcat]

Ah, that makes sense now.
I feel like this is a bit of an XY problem and it might be better to try to find some software that's a better fit for your use case. Have you looked into some VJ software?

I don't think this is something I really want to include in this project (unless I get a few more requests) but you can modify the outputted HTML file fairly easily to do what you want.

[MechanicalWhispers]

Personally, I would just re-export the animations so they loop in one clip for as long as you see appropriate. So a 20 second animation could be exported to loop 3 times to make the clip one minute long. Then you don't need to rely on any additional feature to do it for you.

[jaredcat]

Yea, the simplest solution is usually the best. Make the video you want loop that many times or again, modifying the html/js that was output wouldn't be too hard either. Anything that's not solved by either solution probably means this project isn't a great fit for some dynamically changing looping behavior.