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jvalero
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Best way to listen for end of video with roVideoPlayer

What is the best/easiest way to listen for the end of a single video in the roVideoPlayer playlist? It seems isFullResult() only fires at the the very end of the playlist. Also how can I gain access to attributes (meta data) of the current item being played?
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jvalero
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Re: Best way to listen for end of video with roVideoPlayer

I figured it out. I was hoping to just use a built in event, but it does not seem that one fires at the end of a video in the playlist. So what I did was:

'// Set Index to 0 to mirror playing from the start of the playList
currentIndex = 0

'// Code to setup roVideoPlayer and Event Loop Here ...

'// Event Listener for Position
If msg.isPlaybackPosition() Then

index = msg.GetIndex()

If index.tostr() = playList[currentIndex].Length

currentIndex = currentIndex + 1

'// Do something

End If

End If
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RokuJoel
Binge Watcher

Re: Best way to listen for end of video with roVideoPlayer

msg.isfullresult() should give you the end of playback.

- Joel
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jvalero
Visitor

Re: Best way to listen for end of video with roVideoPlayer

No, it doesn't seem to fire as expected. I haven't tested it, but I think it will fire at the end of the playlist. I could be wrong, but it does not fire at the end of each item in the playlist.
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TheEndless
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Re: Best way to listen for end of video with roVideoPlayer

I think you should get an "end of stream" status message in the IsStatusMessage() event. There may also be an undocumented IsRequestSucceeded() event. I've found that quite a few of the documented roAudioPlayerEvents are also present in the roVideoPlayer, even though they're not documented as such.
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