AB folder selection video player
Hi,
I hope someone can point me in the right direction here.
I want to make a video player for an installation.
The player will play videos from two folders and alternate between the two in an ABABAB pattern.
I want the videos to play randomly, but I don't want them to repeat.
Ideally, I would like to play a specific video: "start.mov" first and "end.mov" last before repeating the whole pattern.
If anyone can help, I'd be very grateful.
To get you started:
To alternate between folder, a simple
bangto a trigger will alternate between zero and one - Useselect 0 1to choose which folderFor random play, use a
collto store an index and the name of the video files except the start and end video.Play
start.movPick randomly from your
collthe next file (randomon the length of thecoll)When the
collis empty, playend.mov
Thanks! I’ll give this a shot
So I had a go. I struggled to get anywhere with the suggestions, but it did get me started.
I have something that works, except for playing the end.mp4 file.
If anyone has any advice on how to make this work or how to make it a bit more streamlined I'd love to hear it.
buddy bangs after both urns run to the end
Thanks, this helps clean things up a bit but I think it often causes the final file in the urn list to play twice.
I need a way to signal when the end.mp4 finishes playing and then play start.mp4 and begin the sequence again.
Currently, I'm using loopnotify, but this triggers the end and starts files simultaneously, so I only see start.mp4.
then observe clip named end.mp4 to open gate for actions you need
actually you don't use random A/B selection,
it is allways A B A B ... or B A B A ...
first urn which outputs done bang will do to reset the cycle
Wow, this works so nicely. Thanks you for taking the time, still a lot to learn for me!