Playing loop from folder of images?

Reply to Playing loop from folder of images? on Wed, 09 May 2007 23:52:59 GMT

simon_elliston — Wed, 09 May 2007 23:52:59 GMT

Anyone got any ideas about how to make a slideshow/video loop from a folder of images (.jpgs)?

Maybe using pix_multiimage? Can this play hundreds of images continuously and fast? (ie 10fps)

If images were added to the folder, could this loop be self-updating?

Any suggestions would be wicked...
xx

Reply to Playing loop from folder of images? on Fri, 11 May 2007 13:31:41 GMT

rep — Fri, 11 May 2007 13:31:41 GMT

hello, you can try the 'playlist' object from 'unauthorized', this object allow to visually choose files in a directory or seek them with a number box.
unauthorized : http://ydegoyon.free.fr/software.html
playlist (for linux) : http://ydegoyon.free.fr/playlist.tar.gz

Reply to Playing loop from folder of images? on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:16:52 GMT

kyleklip — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:16:52 GMT

Yes, Playlist is a good choice if you do not want to name your images a generic image_n.jpg. It's nice because it allows you to cycle through the contents of the directory with simple messages.

I use it to run through my video directory, but it would easily work for photos as well.

Reply to Playing loop from folder of images? on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:07:00 GMT

eMTv — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:07:00 GMT

does anyone know of something similar under win?

Reply to Playing loop from folder of images? on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:58:12 GMT

rep — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:58:12 GMT

@eMTv said:

does anyone know of something similar under win?

hello eM
mmm no i don't think [playlist] have an equivalent on win... (i maybe wrong as i don't know very well pd on win...)
but even if you cannot use playlist you can work with [makefilename] and [makesymbol] (objects that allow to build filenames dynamically), which are parts of the zexy external