Palette:moviePlaylist
Summary
The moviePlaylist is able to loop over images or movies selected via a folder or specified via a Table DAT given as an input. It offers some control over playback, blend- and end- behaviour.
Parameters - Player Page
Playlist Controls
Help
Help
- Opens this page.
Version
Version
- The current version of the component.
Mediafolder
Mediafolder
- Specify the folder on disc containing the media that should be played. This is ignored if a playlist is specified via the DAT input.
Media Type
Mediatype
- ⊞ - Select what kind of media can be played.
- All
all
- Play movies and images.
- Movies
movies
- Play movies only.
- Images
images
- Play images only.
Initialize
Initialize
- Reset the moviePlaylist to it's start condition.
Start
Start
- Start the playback.
Pause
Pause
- Pause the playback.
Speed
Speed
- Control the speed of the playback. All asset durations and blendtimes are effected by this.
Still Image Duration sec
Imagedur
- In case of playing images, specify the number of seconds an image should be displayed.
Blend Behavior
Blend
- ⊞ - Specify how the moviePlaylist should blend between playlist items.
- Crossfade
cross
- A crossfade between 2 assets.
- Blend Over Color
color
- The current playlist item will fade out to the background color before the next playlist item fades in.
Fade In Out Time
Fadetime
- ⊞ - Duration of the fade in and out time at the start and the end of the playlist. The fade out is only utilized when fading to color at the end.
- Fade In Out Time
Fadetime1
- Duration of the fade in at the start of the playlist.
- Fade In Out Time
Fadetime2
- Duration of the fade out at the end of the playlist. Only used ifOn Done
is set toFade to Color
.
Blend Time
Crosstime
- Duration of the blend between playlist items.
Next Movie ID
Nextid
- Specify the next playlist id for use when using the Go to Movie
pulse parameter.
Background Color
Bgcolor
- ⊞ - Specify the background color of the playlist. This is used if assets have transparency and/or Blend Over Color
is the selected blend behavior and/or Fade to Color
is the selected end condition.
- Background Color
Bgcolorr
- Red
- Background Color
Bgcolorg
- Green
- Background Color
Bgcolorb
- Blue
- Background Color
Bgcolora
- Alpha
Go to Fade Time
Gotofade
- ⊞ - Blendtime used when manually controlling the playlist.
- Go to Fade Time
Gotofade1
-
- Go to Fade Time
Gotofade2
-
Go to Movie
Gotomov
- Switch to the playlist item specified under Next Movie ID
.
Go to Previous
Gotoprev
- Go to the previous playlist item. This has looping behavior at the start of the playlist.
Go to Next
Gotonext
- Go to the next playlist item. This has looping behavior at the end of the playlist.
On Done
Ondone
- ⊞ - Specify what should happen at the end of the playlist.
- Cycle Last Clip
cyclelast
- Loop the last playlist item.
- Hold Last Frame
hold
- Hold the last frame of the playlist.
- Fade to Color
color
- Fade to background color.
Parameters - Resolution Page
Use Input
Useinput
- If enabled the playlist will output the resolution of the currently playling item. If playlist items have varying resolution, the output will vary in resolution as well.
Output Resolution
Outputres
- ⊞ - Specify the output resolution if not using the input resolution.
- Output Resolution
Outputresw
- Width.
- Output Resolution
Outputresh
- Height.
Fit
Fit
- ⊞ - When specifying a resolution, this determines how the playlist item is mapped onto the output canvas size.
- Fill
fill
- The item is stretched/squashed to fill the output resolution and aspect ratio.
- Fit Horizontal
fithorz
- The item is stretched/squashed to fit the output resolution horizontally.
- Fit Vertical
fitvert
- The item is stretched/squashed to fit the output resolution vertically.
- Fit Best
fitbest
- The item is stretched/squashed to fit the output resolution using the best possible match that does not crop the item. The aspect ration is maintained.
- Fit Outside
fitoutside
- The item is stretched/squashed to fit the output resolution using the worst possible match as a opposite to Best Fit. The aspect ration is maintained.
- Native Resolution
nativeres
- The item is not stretched or squashed but cropped to the output resolution.
Parameters - Tune Page
Pre-Read Frames
Prereadframes
-
Frame Timeout
Frametimeout
-
Open Timeout
Opentimeout
-
Parameters - Audio Page
Active
Active
-
Driver
Driver
- ⊞ -
- default (DirectSound/CoreAudio)
default
-
- ASIO
asio
-
Device
Device
-
Volume
Volume
-
Operator Inputs
- Input 0: Playlist definition. - A Table DAT containing the paths to the playlist items in order that they should appear using the column header
path
. Further parameters that can be specified via header:Imagedur
,Fadetime1
,Fadetime2
,Blend
,Crosstime
,Bgcolorr
,Bgcolorg
,Bgcolorb
,Bgcolora
. - Input 1: Blend Mask - A blendmask using the luminance to blend between two playlist items. You can use the output
matteValue
to control the blend behavior.