fader12

i was wondering if anyone could help me with a jitter issue

i want to load a whole folder full of small QT .mov files that will play back in order or randomly

can anyone point me in the right direction?

loading-a-whole-folder-of-movies

have a look at the [folder] object in conjunction with [umenu].

from here it should be easy to either walk through your [umenu] or generate some random numbers to trigger random files - check the right outlet of [folder] 

there was a great example of using this in conjunction with poly~ a few years ago.

https://cycling74.com/forums/index.php?t=msg&goto=123471&rid=3061

here:https://cycling74.com/forums/index.php?t=msg&goto=123471&rid=3061


from here it should be easy to either walk through your [umenu] or generate some random numbers to trigger random files - check the right outlet of [folder]

i cant seem to connect this to my jit.qt.movie object i am a little confused.

MIB wrote on Wed, 13 May 2009 02:39have a look at the [folder] object in conjunction with [umenu].

i cant seem to connect this to my jit.qt.movie object i am a little confused.


all you need is a [prepend read] and you are golden...

here's a simple option someone passed on to me when i had a similar request recently.

sorry about the format - wasn't sure how to save it as text in the usual forum way.

            "box" :             {

                "maxclass" : "outlet",

                "numoutlets" : 0,

                "id" : "obj-2",

                "patching_rect" : [ 189.0, 503.0, 25.0, 25.0 ],

                "numinlets" : 1,

                "comment" : ""

                "maxclass" : "newobj",

                "text" : "tosymbol",

                "fontsize" : 12.0,

                "numoutlets" : 1,

                "outlettype" : [ "" ],

                "fontname" : "Arial",

                "id" : "obj-10",

                "patching_rect" : [ 189.0, 350.0, 59.0, 20.0 ],

                "numinlets" : 1

                "maxclass" : "message",

                "text" : "read $1",

                "id" : "obj-17",

                "patching_rect" : [ 189.0, 420.0, 51.0, 18.0 ],

                "numinlets" : 2

                "maxclass" : "button",

                "outlettype" : [ "bang" ],

                "id" : "obj-15",

                "patching_rect" : [ 169.0, 210.0, 36.0, 36.0 ],

                "text" : "random",

                "outlettype" : [ "int" ],

                "id" : "obj-8",

                "patching_rect" : [ 169.0, 256.0, 51.0, 20.0 ],

                "text" : "route populate",

                "numoutlets" : 2,

                "outlettype" : [ "", "" ],

                "id" : "obj-6",

                "patching_rect" : [ 229.0, 310.0, 87.0, 20.0 ],

                "text" : "prepend prefix",

                "id" : "obj-3",

                "patching_rect" : [ 148.0, 183.0, 87.0, 20.0 ],

                "maxclass" : "dropfile",

                "types" : [ ],

                "id" : "obj-19",

                "patching_rect" : [ 148.0, 72.0, 141.0, 87.0 ],

                "maxclass" : "umenu",

                "autopopulate" : 1,

                "numoutlets" : 3,

                "prefix" : "Macintosh HD:/Users/joshginsburg/Documents/[Michaelis] /[Projects]/[Private Language]/[VIDEO library]/",

                "outlettype" : [ "int", "", "" ],

                "items" : [ "all the while 2.mov", ",", "beach bats.MP4", ",", "colllage sketch vid 09-03-26.MP4", ",", "elephant 2.MP4", ",", "groove bot1.3gp", ",", "lion fucking.MP4", ",", "MOV00160.MP4", ",", "MOV00204.MP4", ",", "MOV00206.MP4", ",", "MOV00209.MP4", ",", "pools 2.MP4", ",", "spider.JPG" ],

                "id" : "obj-1",

                "patching_rect" : [ 148.0, 283.0, 100.0, 20.0 ],

            "patchline" :             {

                "source" : [ "obj-19", 0 ],

                "destination" : [ "obj-3", 0 ],

                "hidden" : 0,

                "midpoints" : [ ]

                "source" : [ "obj-6", 0 ],

                "destination" : [ "obj-8", 1 ],

                "midpoints" : [ 238.5, 337.0, 323.0, 337.0, 323.0, 237.0, 210.5, 237.0 ]

                "source" : [ "obj-8", 0 ],

                "destination" : [ "obj-1", 0 ],

                "midpoints" : [ 178.5, 278.0, 157.5, 278.0 ]

                "source" : [ "obj-15", 0 ],

                "destination" : [ "obj-8", 0 ],

                "source" : [ "obj-1", 2 ],

                "destination" : [ "obj-6", 0 ],

                "source" : [ "obj-3", 0 ],

                "source" : [ "obj-1", 1 ],

                "destination" : [ "obj-10", 0 ],

                "source" : [ "obj-10", 0 ],

                "destination" : [ "obj-17", 0 ],

                "source" : [ "obj-17", 0 ],

                "destination" : [ "obj-2", 0 ],

here's a simple option someone passed on to me when i had a similar request recently. 

sorry about the format - wasn't sure how to save it as text in the usual forum way. 

{
	"boxes" : [ 		{
			"box" : 			{
				"maxclass" : "outlet",
				"numoutlets" : 0,
				"id" : "obj-2",
				"patching_rect" : [ 189.0, 503.0, 25.0, 25.0 ],
				"numinlets" : 1,
				"comment" : ""
			}

		}
, 		{
			"box" : 			{
				"maxclass" : "newobj",
				"text" : "tosymbol",
				"fontsize" : 12.0,
				"numoutlets" : 1,
				"outlettype" : [ "" ],
				"fontname" : "Arial",
				"id" : "obj-10",
				"patching_rect" : [ 189.0, 350.0, 59.0, 20.0 ],
				"numinlets" : 1
			}

		}
, 		{
			"box" : 			{
				"maxclass" : "message",
				"text" : "read $1",
				"fontsize" : 12.0,
				"numoutlets" : 1,
				"outlettype" : [ "" ],
				"fontname" : "Arial",
				"id" : "obj-17",
				"patching_rect" : [ 189.0, 420.0, 51.0, 18.0 ],
				"numinlets" : 2
			}

		}
, 		{
			"box" : 			{
				"maxclass" : "button",
				"numoutlets" : 1,
				"outlettype" : [ "bang" ],
				"id" : "obj-15",
				"patching_rect" : [ 169.0, 210.0, 36.0, 36.0 ],
				"numinlets" : 1
			}

		}
, 		{
			"box" : 			{
				"maxclass" : "newobj",
				"text" : "random",
				"fontsize" : 12.0,
				"numoutlets" : 1,
				"outlettype" : [ "int" ],
				"fontname" : "Arial",
				"id" : "obj-8",
				"patching_rect" : [ 169.0, 256.0, 51.0, 20.0 ],
				"numinlets" : 2
			}

		}
, 		{
			"box" : 			{
				"maxclass" : "newobj",
				"text" : "route populate",
				"fontsize" : 12.0,
				"numoutlets" : 2,
				"outlettype" : [ "", "" ],
				"fontname" : "Arial",
				"id" : "obj-6",
				"patching_rect" : [ 229.0, 310.0, 87.0, 20.0 ],
				"numinlets" : 1
			}

		}
, 		{
			"box" : 			{
				"maxclass" : "newobj",
				"text" : "prepend prefix",
				"fontsize" : 12.0,
				"numoutlets" : 1,
				"outlettype" : [ "" ],
				"fontname" : "Arial",
				"id" : "obj-3",
				"patching_rect" : [ 148.0, 183.0, 87.0, 20.0 ],
				"numinlets" : 1
			}

		}
, 		{
			"box" : 			{
				"maxclass" : "dropfile",
				"numoutlets" : 2,
				"outlettype" : [ "", "" ],
				"types" : [  ],
				"id" : "obj-19",
				"patching_rect" : [ 148.0, 72.0, 141.0, 87.0 ],
				"numinlets" : 1
			}

		}
, 		{
			"box" : 			{
				"maxclass" : "umenu",
				"autopopulate" : 1,
				"fontsize" : 12.0,
				"numoutlets" : 3,
				"prefix" : "Macintosh HD:/Users/joshginsburg/Documents/[Michaelis] /[Projects]/[Private Language]/[VIDEO library]/",
				"outlettype" : [ "int", "", "" ],
				"items" : [ "all the while 2.mov", ",", "beach bats.MP4", ",", "colllage sketch vid 09-03-26.MP4", ",", "elephant 2.MP4", ",", "groove bot1.3gp", ",", "lion fucking.MP4", ",", "MOV00160.MP4", ",", "MOV00204.MP4", ",", "MOV00206.MP4", ",", "MOV00209.MP4", ",", "pools 2.MP4", ",", "spider.JPG" ],
				"types" : [  ],
				"fontname" : "Arial",
				"id" : "obj-1",
				"patching_rect" : [ 148.0, 283.0, 100.0, 20.0 ],
				"numinlets" : 1
			}

		}
 ],
	"lines" : [ 		{
			"patchline" : 			{
				"source" : [ "obj-19", 0 ],
				"destination" : [ "obj-3", 0 ],
				"hidden" : 0,
				"midpoints" : [  ]
			}

		}
, 		{
			"patchline" : 			{
				"source" : [ "obj-6", 0 ],
				"destination" : [ "obj-8", 1 ],
				"hidden" : 0,
				"midpoints" : [ 238.5, 337.0, 323.0, 337.0, 323.0, 237.0, 210.5, 237.0 ]
			}

		}
, 		{
			"patchline" : 			{
				"source" : [ "obj-8", 0 ],
				"destination" : [ "obj-1", 0 ],
				"hidden" : 0,
				"midpoints" : [ 178.5, 278.0, 157.5, 278.0 ]
			}

		}
, 		{
			"patchline" : 			{
				"source" : [ "obj-15", 0 ],
				"destination" : [ "obj-8", 0 ],
				"hidden" : 0,
				"midpoints" : [  ]
			}

		}
, 		{
			"patchline" : 			{
				"source" : [ "obj-1", 2 ],
				"destination" : [ "obj-6", 0 ],
				"hidden" : 0,
				"midpoints" : [  ]
			}

		}
, 		{
			"patchline" : 			{
				"source" : [ "obj-3", 0 ],
				"destination" : [ "obj-1", 0 ],
				"hidden" : 0,
				"midpoints" : [  ]
			}

		}
, 		{
			"patchline" : 			{
				"source" : [ "obj-1", 1 ],
				"destination" : [ "obj-10", 0 ],
				"hidden" : 0,
				"midpoints" : [  ]
			}

		}
, 		{
			"patchline" : 			{
				"source" : [ "obj-10", 0 ],
				"destination" : [ "obj-17", 0 ],
				"hidden" : 0,
				"midpoints" : [  ]
			}

		}
, 		{
			"patchline" : 			{
				"source" : [ "obj-17", 0 ],
				"destination" : [ "obj-2", 0 ],
				"hidden" : 0,
				"midpoints" : [  ]
			}

Loading a whole folder of movies