Whenever I enable loop on any layout, it doesn’t actually loop.
Loop on regions isn’t yet supported on Windows Players - we intended to add a notice on the from where it is set, but forgot to do that in 1.7.1 - this will be added in 1.7.2.
The loop functionality can usually be achieved via other means - can you let us know what you are trying to do and we might be able to make some suggestions.
I have three separate regions of video. One is a countdown, the other two are announcements.
Region 1: 5 minute countdown (Duration: 303 seconds)
Region 2: Announcement (Duration: 92 seconds)
Region 3: Flip Clock (No Duraiton)
If I increase the duration on Region 2, it does not loop via the timeline.
If I select options for the region and enable “Loop: If only one item is in the timeline”, it still does not loop.
I am assuming, the only thing that can be done is to add the same video to the timeline multiple times.
I will need to test if the duration of the overall video will follow the schedule Duration of 303 seconds. If not, the Region 1 video will play out before the schedule ends.
If you added the video in region 2 twice it would do what you want - ie it will show it repeatedly over and over until the longest-running region plays through once.
That is my problem. The longest region has priority. If I add Region 2 enough times, it will continue to play beyond the time Region 1 is finished.
I only want my overall Layout to display for the length of time the countdown is for, 303 seconds. Region 2, 3, etc. just needs to run until Region 1 is finished. If I add multiple times, my understanding is that the longest region will keep the layout active it is finished.
Example:
Layout “Countdown” has a schedule beginning at 11:55am and ending at 12:00pm. It is set to All Layouts and has a attribute of "Priority"
Within the Layout, Region 1 is 70% of the layout. It contains the countdown video with a duration of 303 seconds.
Region 2, is just a flip-clock
Region 3, has a video announcement with a duration of 90 seconds. If you add the video 4 times, it will have an overall duration of 360 seconds.
The problem is, once Region one is complete, it will show black, and the Layout will continue to play until Region 3 is complete. Roughly 1 minute of 70% black screen while the bottom 30% runs a video.
Did I explain it right?
So you just need to add the announcement video twice in region 3. Because
there are two items in that region it will then alternate between them as
you expect until region 1 finishes playing. You definitely don’t want or
need it in there four times.
For clarity - if you have 2 items in region 3 and they play through once each, that region is then expired - they may start playing again if the other regions haven’t finished yet, but they will be cut off once the other regions have finished.