Playing random short clips from a collection of movies
I'm hosting a party, and I want to play random sequences from a collection of movies in the background. I don't want to sit and edit together five hours of footage by hand though. Ideally I would:
Play x minutes from a random point in one random movie, then play x minutes from a random point in another random movie, and so on. Any sensible scheme is fine though.
If you have any suggestions on where to start, either on Linux (preferable) or on Windows, I'd appreciate some ideas. I'm happy to script this in almost any language if needed.
windows-7 linux vlc-media-player video-editing video-streaming
asked Sep 28 '11 at 13:33
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I'm hosting a party, and I want to play random sequences from a collection of movies in the background. I don't want to sit and edit together five hours of footage by hand though. Ideally I would:
Play x minutes from a random point in one random movie, then play x minutes from a random point in another random movie, and so on. Any sensible scheme is fine though.
If you have any suggestions on where to start, either on Linux (preferable) or on Windows, I'd appreciate some ideas. I'm happy to script this in almost any language if needed.
windows-7 linux vlc-media-player video-editing video-streaming
asked Sep 28 '11 at 13:33
YXD
1165
add a comment |
I'm hosting a party, and I want to play random sequences from a collection of movies in the background. I don't want to sit and edit together five hours of footage by hand though. Ideally I would:
Play x minutes from a random point in one random movie, then play x minutes from a random point in another random movie, and so on. Any sensible scheme is fine though.
If you have any suggestions on where to start, either on Linux (preferable) or on Windows, I'd appreciate some ideas. I'm happy to script this in almost any language if needed.
windows-7 linux vlc-media-player video-editing video-streaming
asked Sep 28 '11 at 13:33
YXD
1165
I'm hosting a party, and I want to play random sequences from a collection of movies in the background. I don't want to sit and edit together five hours of footage by hand though. Ideally I would:
Play x minutes from a random point in one random movie, then play x minutes from a random point in another random movie, and so on. Any sensible scheme is fine though.
If you have any suggestions on where to start, either on Linux (preferable) or on Windows, I'd appreciate some ideas. I'm happy to script this in almost any language if needed.
windows-7 linux vlc-media-player video-editing video-streaming
windows-7 linux vlc-media-player video-editing video-streaming
asked Sep 28 '11 at 13:33
YXD
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asked Sep 28 '11 at 13:33
YXD
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asked Sep 28 '11 at 13:33
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Make a script that adds your movies in a playlist and play it in VLC.
You can add start- and stop-time like this:
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:1000,movie-clip-1.avi
#EXTVLCOPT:start-time=100
#EXTVLCOPT:stop-time=110
movie-clip-1.avi
#EXTINF:500,movie-clip-1.avi
#EXTVLCOPT:start-time=440
#EXTVLCOPT:stop-time=450
movie-clip-2.avi
The EXTINF-value is the movie length in seconds. VLC will add that for you if you save a playlist of all your movies.
Something like
stop-time=$[RANDOM%$length+$x]
start-time=$stop-time-$x
in a bash-script should do it.
answered Sep 28 '11 at 23:42
micke
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Under Windows 7 you could alternatively use this Python script:
https://github.com/niknow/vlc-random-videoclip
answered Feb 9 '16 at 21:07
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Make a script that adds your movies in a playlist and play it in VLC.
You can add start- and stop-time like this:
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:1000,movie-clip-1.avi
#EXTVLCOPT:start-time=100
#EXTVLCOPT:stop-time=110
movie-clip-1.avi
#EXTINF:500,movie-clip-1.avi
#EXTVLCOPT:start-time=440
#EXTVLCOPT:stop-time=450
movie-clip-2.avi
The EXTINF-value is the movie length in seconds. VLC will add that for you if you save a playlist of all your movies.
Something like
stop-time=$[RANDOM%$length+$x]
start-time=$stop-time-$x
in a bash-script should do it.
answered Sep 28 '11 at 23:42
micke
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Make a script that adds your movies in a playlist and play it in VLC.
You can add start- and stop-time like this:
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:1000,movie-clip-1.avi
#EXTVLCOPT:start-time=100
#EXTVLCOPT:stop-time=110
movie-clip-1.avi
#EXTINF:500,movie-clip-1.avi
#EXTVLCOPT:start-time=440
#EXTVLCOPT:stop-time=450
movie-clip-2.avi
The EXTINF-value is the movie length in seconds. VLC will add that for you if you save a playlist of all your movies.
Something like
stop-time=$[RANDOM%$length+$x]
start-time=$stop-time-$x
in a bash-script should do it.
answered Sep 28 '11 at 23:42
micke
2,8061123
add a comment |
Make a script that adds your movies in a playlist and play it in VLC.
You can add start- and stop-time like this:
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:1000,movie-clip-1.avi
#EXTVLCOPT:start-time=100
#EXTVLCOPT:stop-time=110
movie-clip-1.avi
#EXTINF:500,movie-clip-1.avi
#EXTVLCOPT:start-time=440
#EXTVLCOPT:stop-time=450
movie-clip-2.avi
The EXTINF-value is the movie length in seconds. VLC will add that for you if you save a playlist of all your movies.
Something like
stop-time=$[RANDOM%$length+$x]
start-time=$stop-time-$x
in a bash-script should do it.
answered Sep 28 '11 at 23:42
micke
2,8061123
Make a script that adds your movies in a playlist and play it in VLC.
You can add start- and stop-time like this:
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:1000,movie-clip-1.avi
#EXTVLCOPT:start-time=100
#EXTVLCOPT:stop-time=110
movie-clip-1.avi
#EXTINF:500,movie-clip-1.avi
#EXTVLCOPT:start-time=440
#EXTVLCOPT:stop-time=450
movie-clip-2.avi
The EXTINF-value is the movie length in seconds. VLC will add that for you if you save a playlist of all your movies.
Something like
stop-time=$[RANDOM%$length+$x]
start-time=$stop-time-$x
in a bash-script should do it.
answered Sep 28 '11 at 23:42
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Under Windows 7 you could alternatively use this Python script:
https://github.com/niknow/vlc-random-videoclip
answered Feb 9 '16 at 21:07
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Under Windows 7 you could alternatively use this Python script:
https://github.com/niknow/vlc-random-videoclip
answered Feb 9 '16 at 21:07
Meneldur
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Under Windows 7 you could alternatively use this Python script:
https://github.com/niknow/vlc-random-videoclip
answered Feb 9 '16 at 21:07
Meneldur
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Under Windows 7 you could alternatively use this Python script:
https://github.com/niknow/vlc-random-videoclip
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