-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 05/28/2014 08:41 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 10:22 PM, Andrei POPESCU > <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Mi, 28 mai 14, 21:57:32, Chris Angelico wrote: >>> Also: I just ran VLC on a directoryful of jpgs, and it happily >>> played me a slideshow with ten seconds per frame. Mixing up media >>> types seems to work fine: >> >> [...] >> >>> Randomizing is left as an exercise for the reader, though. >> >> vlc has a lot of command-line options, -Z/--random seems >> interesting ;) > > ... wow. So it is. Andrei, I hope you parked Guido's time machine > back in its proper place, he might need it again. > > I expect all readers to get an A+ on this exercise. > > So, uhh... Here's my recommendation: Use "vlc -Z some-directory/*", > job done! :) Hmm. The OP claimed that VLC didn't seem to do what he needs, which is one reason I didn't investigate it more closely; possibly he just didn't check out all the options closely enough? > Interestingly, the playlist still seems to be in the order the > arguments were provided (on my system, that means sorted by bash, > since bash does the glob expansion), but at the end of each track, > VLC goes to a random track rather than to the next one. It does seem > to be consistent, though; hitting 'n' a few times jumps around and > then loops, and finally repeats the same sequence. That's the "right way" to do random play, IMO, though I've yet to devise an algorithm for doing it properly that seems both clean and functional to my eye. - -- The Wanderer Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny. A government exists to serve its citizens, not to control them. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJThdpdAAoJEASpNY00KDJrV0IQAK6Vgr3QWDL4Tgbe6f0iWPLM dR8Rtgx3etxBunCH0sFJB8sLcFjawzGNZftJnCvzpF8reGYFmQeK/tfT0qehZH8S oONl9Xi6KJRI3SGmi9Fkex/OJyuF6tI/rHhqLnN7SKOuli6wGIxMUmW7YH5IQ2DF PWA0ESAPtzEq3gpWa8z0oaTpaKcTKlR/io/DZXsqV1xbQzpnc4iyyHMx8Tz8f0hC z9X3GIJPffJZFLlSZ2thdjsBCng/a1teq9O3iwKBOrHOIpmV+3VzYGHi+10rap5X 40x4WKYDJNKSzTHZzOzv6QR1ksoox/fIJE6ozIiicazmqNXbOMPgxjfwkId/aZKP FDkc97iLukbNNScEgOipF6BstcZlRqY37MzXsld4qO8Y+3/mH2AvPvDnVWYk1xWk iZX8ZkIMyhhVUqKYIElpYmthHpPf7xnMA83dkmaNWxjrRDXFJNDY5ScgLKXqfQjq nIA7yaeYvlAVf8iRSXcvFOktPMZyR7tDRGxw/NykAAZLhYhZfDd8D75u/YLadaC+ HGcQlQ06Upb6zER48i3SJW6E4bH169re5K77ju1SEUhj26xMAvH4K/oYwaRqFsTg Xsfo729BNZZCy4hziDnN6WL+n9xaxqmpg5JZGbEFB7QuZOujlwrpDrP6PnSP/1T0 0J3+24CBq6U5YQ4EaqQP =2LhM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5385da5d.7090...@fastmail.fm
