Randomised Video and Caption

ginmare

Hallo everyone,

I am a beginner and I am trying to have a sketch which basically plays an amount of videos and then have underneath a scrolling text (stored in the data folder as .txt file). What I have right now is 10 videos playing one after the other, with each having a specific text. Is there any way where I can have a simpler code and having both randomised, in a continuous stream? Below is the sketch.

Very highly appreciate any help! Thanks.

Canny

(sorry i dont really know how to format the code to copy paste it in the right format)

ginmare

import processing.video.*;
Movie myMovie1, myMovie2, myMovie3, myMovie4, myMovie5, myMovie6, myMovie7, myMovie8, myMovie9, myMovie10, myMovie11;
boolean playMovie1=true;
boolean playMovie2=false;
boolean playMovie3=false;
boolean playMovie4=false;
boolean playMovie5=false;
boolean playMovie6=false;
boolean playMovie7=false;
boolean playMovie8=false;
boolean playMovie9=false;
boolean playMovie10=false;
boolean playMovie11=false;
float movieEndDuration = 1.029719;
int x, y;
String[] sub1;
String[] sub2;
String[] sub3;
int mSub1ID = 0;
int mSub2ID = 0;
int mSub3ID = 0;
int fps = 25;


void setup() {
  size(800, 600);
  frameRate(fps);
  x = width;
  y = 200;



  textFont(createFont("BentonSansComp-Black", 60));
  textAlign(CENTER);
  fill(0);
  sub1 = loadStrings("sub1.txt");
  sub2 = loadStrings("sub2.txt");
  sub3 = loadStrings("sub3.txt");

  myMovie1 = new Movie(this, "vid2.mp4");
  myMovie2 = new Movie(this, "vid1.mp4");
  myMovie3 = new Movie(this, "vid3.mp4");
  myMovie4 = new Movie(this, "vid4.mp4");
  myMovie5 = new Movie(this, "vid5.mp4");
  myMovie6 = new Movie(this, "vid6.mp4");
  myMovie7 = new Movie(this, "vid7.mp4");
  myMovie8 = new Movie(this, "vid8.mp4");
  myMovie9 = new Movie(this, "vid9.mp4");
  myMovie10 = new Movie(this, "vid10.mp4");
  myMovie11 = new Movie(this, "vid11.mp4");
}

void draw() {
  background(0);
  fill(255);
  myMovie1.volume(0); 
  myMovie2.volume(0); 
  myMovie3.volume(0); 
  myMovie4.volume(0); 
  myMovie5.volume(0); 
  myMovie6.volume(0);
  myMovie7.volume(0); 
  myMovie8.volume(0); 
  myMovie9.volume(0); 
  myMovie10.volume(0); 
  myMovie11.volume(0); 


  if (playMovie1==true) {
    myMovie1.play();

    image(myMovie1, 0, 0, 800, 480);


    if (x < 0) {
      text((sub1[mSub1ID]), x + textWidth(sub1[mSub1ID]) + 50, 550);
    }
    text(sub1[mSub1ID], x, 550);
    x=x-7;
  }


  if ((myMovie1.time() + movieEndDuration) >= myMovie1.duration()) {
    {
      myMovie1.stop();
      playMovie1=false;
      playMovie2=true;
    }
  }


  if (playMovie2==true) {

    myMovie2.play();
    image(myMovie2, 0, 0);
    if (x < 0) {
      text((sub2[mSub2ID]), x + textWidth(sub2[mSub2ID]) + 50, 550);
    }
    text(sub2[mSub2ID], x, 550);
    x=x-7;

    if ((myMovie2.time() + movieEndDuration) >= myMovie2.duration()) {
      {
        myMovie2.stop();
        playMovie2=false;
        playMovie3=true;
      }
    }
  }

  if (playMovie3==true) {

    myMovie3.play();
    image(myMovie3, 0, 0 );

    if (x < 0) {
      text((sub3[mSub3ID]), x + textWidth(sub3[mSub3ID]) + 50, 550);
    }
    text(sub3[mSub3ID], x, 550);
    x=x-7;

    if ((myMovie3.time() + movieEndDuration) >= myMovie3.duration()) {
      {
        myMovie3.stop();
        playMovie3=false;
        playMovie4=true;
      }
    }
  }

  if (playMovie4==true) {

    myMovie4.play();
    image(myMovie4, 0, 0);
    if ((myMovie4.time() + movieEndDuration) >= myMovie4.duration()) {
      {
        myMovie4.stop();
        playMovie4=false;
        playMovie5=true;
      }
    }
  }

  if (playMovie5==true) {

    myMovie5.play();
    image(myMovie5, 0, 0);
    if ((myMovie5.time() + movieEndDuration) >= myMovie5.duration()) {
      {
        myMovie5.stop();
        playMovie5=false;
        playMovie6=true;
      }
    }
  }

  if (playMovie6==true) {

    myMovie6.play();
    image(myMovie6, 0, 0);
    if ((myMovie6.time() + movieEndDuration) >= myMovie6.duration()) {
      {
        myMovie6.stop();
        playMovie6=false;
        playMovie7=true;
      }
    }
  }


  if (playMovie7==true) {

    myMovie7.play();
    image(myMovie7, 0, 0);
    if ((myMovie7.time() + movieEndDuration) >= myMovie7.duration()) {
      {
        myMovie7.stop();
        playMovie7=false;
        playMovie8=true;
      }
    }
  }


  if (playMovie8==true) {

    myMovie8.play();
    image(myMovie8, 0, 0);
    if ((myMovie8.time() + movieEndDuration) >= myMovie8.duration()) {
      {
        myMovie8.stop();
        playMovie8=false;
        playMovie9=true;
      }
    }
  }

  if (playMovie9==true) {

    myMovie9.play();
    image(myMovie9, 0, 0);
    if ((myMovie9.time() + movieEndDuration) >= myMovie9.duration()) {
      {
        myMovie9.stop();
        playMovie9=false;
        playMovie10=true;
      }
    }
  }

  if (playMovie10==true) {

    myMovie9.play();
    image(myMovie10, 0, 0);
    if ((myMovie9.time() + movieEndDuration) >= myMovie10.duration()) {
      {
        myMovie10.stop();
        playMovie10=false;
        playMovie11=true;
      }
    }
  }


  if (playMovie11==true) {
    myMovie11.play();
    image(myMovie11, 0, 0);

    if ((myMovie11.time() + movieEndDuration) >= myMovie11.duration()) {
      {
        playMovie11=false;
        playMovie1=true;
      }
    }
  }
}


void movieEvent(Movie m) {
  m.read();
}

koogs

please highlight code, press ctrl-o to format

ginmare

Ah thank you! so now it's fomatted

koogs

ctrl-t in the processing editor to indent it nicely. makes the world of difference to readability.

ginmare

Righto, done!

GoToLoop

https://processing.org/reference/Array.html
https://processing.org/reference/arrayaccess.html

https://forum.Processing.org/two/discussion/8082/from-several-variables-to-arrays

ginmare

Hello all, the problem is solved with a help from a pro with a bit of tutorial for arrays.... below is the final code :) Thank you

ginmare

    import processing.video.*;
    Movie myMovie1, myMovie2, myMovie3, myMovie4;


    int randomMovie;
    int randomSub;
    int amountOfMovies = 4; // amount of videos & text
    Movie[] myMovie = new Movie[amountOfMovies];
    float movieEndDuration = 1.029719;
    int x, y;


    String[][] sub;
    int fps = 25;


    void setup() {
      size(448, 336);
      frameRate(fps);
      x = width;
      y = 200;



      textFont(createFont("Courier-Bold", 60));
      textAlign(CENTER);
      fill(0);

      sub = new String[amountOfMovies][0];

      for (int i=0; i<myMovie.length; i++) {
        int num = i+1;
        myMovie[i] = new Movie(this, "vid"+num+".mp4");
        sub[i] = loadStrings("sub"+num+".txt");
      }


      randomMovie = int(random(0, amountOfMovies));
      randomSub = int(random(0, amountOfMovies));
    }

    void draw() {

      background(0);
      fill(255);

      myMovie[randomMovie].play();
      image(myMovie[randomMovie], 0, 0, 448, 336);

      if (x < 0) {
        text((sub[randomSub][0]), x + textWidth(sub[randomSub][0]) + 50, 300);
      }
      text(sub[randomSub][0], x, 300);
      x=x-9;

      if ((myMovie[randomMovie].time() + movieEndDuration) >= myMovie[randomMovie].duration()) {

        myMovie[randomMovie].stop();
        nextMovie(randomMovie, randomSub);
      }
    }

    void nextMovie(int lastMovie, int lastSub) {
      while (randomMovie == lastMovie) {
        randomMovie = int(random(0, amountOfMovies));
      }
      while (randomSub == lastSub) {
        randomSub = int(random(0, amountOfMovies));
      }
    }

    void movieEvent(Movie m) {
      m.read();
    }