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Kai
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Hello,

I’m currently stuck. The aim is to have two pinned videos in a panorama that are positioned directly on top of each other. The first ID is "startava-a". This video is covered by a second embedded video with the ID "startava-b", which has repeat=1.

The first video features an avatar that just moves a bit to bring her to alive. The second video features the same avatar, but this time it delivers its dialogue.

The idea is for the video startava-a to run in a continuous loop (repeat -1). When you click on this video (or a separate Hotspot), it should be replaced by startava-b, which plays on top and then is hidden again. At that point, the first video becomes visible again in its endless loop.

I’ve tried various approaches in the skin, but I haven’t managed to get it working.

Does someone have any idea how to get this working?
Do I have any access to the pinned videos from the skin at all?

Thank you very much.
Kai
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Joined: Tue Sep 11, 2018 12:15 pm

Finally, I was able to solve it. The trick is a counter with an initial value set to -1, which represents the 'sleeping mode'.

When the hotspot is clicked, the counter is set to 0 and begins to increment. The value of the counter controls the actions (which only run when the counter is within a certain range >=0 to <=77 or reaches a specific value >=78).

At the same time, actions also influence the counter (e.g., at the end, once all actions have run and the counter exceeds a certain value, it resets all videos, hotspots, and sets itself to -1). The loop is ready.
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Hopki
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Hi Kai,
What you could have done is stack the videos as you suggested.

Have the video startava-a set to loop 0, loop forever.
Then startava-b loop -1 so does not auto start statcked ontop of each other.

Add a seekbar element and connect it with startava-b and give it the actions:
• Config Loaded to hide startava-b (this hides the video startava-b so only startava-a shows)
• Activate, show startava-b
• Activate, hide startava-a
• Deactivate, hide startava-b
• Deactivate, show startava-a

The Hotspot just needs a play action for startava-b, when it starts to play the seekbar swaps teh videos, when its stopped, deactivates, it swaps them back.
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Kai
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Hi Hopki,

great, that is perfect! Many thanks. Kai
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