[ANSWERED] Not repeat a random video

Scott

Hey all! I am trying to randomly play from a collection of videos, but I don't want to repeat a previously played video. I can use the Random, Limit-Scale Value, and Float to Integer to create the random video selection, but how can I create a patch that won't repeat a number? Or is there another way to accomplish this? Thanks for any thoughts!

Notdoc

@scott

i get good results for this with the Shuffle Actor

Skulpture

@notdoc said:

<p>@scott</p><p>i get good results for this with the Shuffle Actor</p>

Yup this is 100% the shuffle actor. It's amazing!

Woland

@scott

This might be helpful: https://troikatronix.com/add-ons/random-media-random-duration/

Video Architect

@skulpture Having found this thread, I have created an actor that will shuffle the video's [theoretically] infinitely. And I am currently using it for a show Murten Licht Festival (CH) with much success. But there is a behaviour of the movie player that seems to upset the process.

It seems that if the last 'card' played is the same as the first 'card played after a "shuffle" then the shuffle actor returns the same value twice, the movie is not triggered to start again and the 'loop' stalls. I have found a work around with a comparator actor, but there are other instances where it would be useful to have more control over the behaviour of the Movie player actor. Is this possible.

Woland

@video-architect said:

It seems that if the last 'card' played is the same as the first 'card played after a "shuffle" then the shuffle actor returns the same value twice, the movie is not triggered to start again and the 'loop' stalls. I have found a work around with a comparator actor, but there are other instances where it would be useful to have more control over the behaviour of the Movie player actor. Is this possible.

Try this

Video Architect

@woland. "Voila" - so much simpler.... thanx