The Video Playlist Widget is an advanced Widget. It plays back video clips based on a JSON file. It handles the preloading of clips so that when any clip is 50% complete, the Widget will start loading the next clip in the cue into the browsers memory.
To learn how to add a Widget to your Composition, click here. Remember, any underlined widget properties can be connected to a Control Node or a Data Node.
Important
The Video Background Widget does not support audio.
Note
Video files cannot be uploaded to your Singular Dashboard. If you need to host your own files, you can set up your own web server or use Amazon S3 cloud storage.
Properties
As seen above, select the "Video Playlist" tab in the Property Panel to update this widget's following property types:
Background Image - Option to add a background image behind your videos. You can either paste an image URL into the field or select the square area to grab an image from your Dashboard.
Object-Fit - Fit of the background image within the widget's Bounding Box.
Shift - Adjust the position of the video within the widget bounding box when the aspect ratio of the widget doesn't match the aspect ratio of the video.
Use Loader Image - Option to use the predefined "loader" image when video is loading.
Volume - Video volume
Playback Buttons - Video playback buttons including Restart and Stop.
Check the "Use" box to activate these properties.
Effect - Transition effect options such as fadeIn, rotateIn, zoomIn and many more.
Duration - The time it takes for the set transition Effect to occur.
JSON Box - Area to enter in JSON for video playlist.
Example JSON for Video Playlist Widget:
[
{
"type": "video",
"url": "https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/singular-dev-1/DemoVideoClips/DFB/GoalArea_01.mp4",
"duration": 8,
"transition": {
"effect": "fade",
"duration": 1.0
}
},
{
"type": "video",
"url": "https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/singular-dev-1/DemoVideoClips/DFB/Pitch_01.mp4",
"duration": 8,
"transition": {
"effect": "fade",
"duration": 1.0
}
}
]
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