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Question/request: Include looping video for a specified amount of time on a playlist #47

Closed lukestein closed 8 months ago

lukestein commented 9 months ago

Hi. I am wondering if it is (or could be) possible to include a piece of video content in a playlist and have it loop for a fixed amount of time rather than play only once. This from the documentation suggests it isn't currently possible (and I can't find it in the UI):

During the cycle, each content is resolved to only a single file, image or stream. This is then played for a set amount of seconds (except for audio files, video files and moving RSS messages, which are always played for their full length)

milan-fabian commented 9 months ago

@lukestein It is not possible to directly set the amount of time or looping, but I would suggest a workaround:

  1. Create separate Content for the video and for the other media (e.g. upload it to different folders in File manager, then right-click the folder - Create new content)
  2. Create a new Playlist through menu Playlists
  3. Add the Video Content to this Playlist multiple times, one time after another (e.g. 5 lines if you would like to play the video five times)
  4. Add the Other media content to this Playlist, at the end
lukestein commented 9 months ago

Thank you. This is where I'd wound up, too.