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[jvalero]

I've had mixed success trying to setup custom remote actions using isRemoteKeyPressed() on my roImageCanvas object that is running underneath my roVideoPlayer object. I am able to successfully register remote key presses, I've been able to set <LEFT> to restart from the beginning of the video using

position = 0
player.Seek(position)

However, I'm having trouble with the other three actions I am trying to setup.

For <RIGHT> I want to skip to the next item in the Video Player playlist. As I haven't been able to find a built in function to do this for me, I've tried the following:

position = playList[currentIndex].Length.toInt()
player.Seek(position * 1000)

This does seem to jump forward, but for some reason it won't jump to the end of the video like I want it to. And I've checked to make sure the values are lining up by printing them to the console.

See the following log snippet:

Playlist #:  0
Current Position:  0
Current Video Length: 25
msg =  | index =  1
Playlist #:  0
Current Position:  1
Current Video Length: 25
Remote button pressed: 5
Button Length: 25

Current Length = The length in seconds that the current video playing is.
Button Length = The value in seconds that the the forward press should be using to determine Seek() position e.g. player.Seek(25 * 1000)

As you can see these values are the same, but for some reason it does not jump to the end. It seemingly jumps to a random position on each video, but jumps to the same position if I press more than once on same video.

For the <FFWD> and <REV> I have the following:

Else If index = 8  '// <REV>
                    
    position = m.position - 5
    player.Seek(position * 1000)
                    
Else If index = 9  '// <FWD>
                   
       position = m.position + 5
       player.Seek(position * 1000)

As you can see I am trying to increment + or - 5 seconds for each push. However, <REV> starts from the beginning of the video and <FFWD> again jumps to random position for each video.

For clarity sake here is my entire Event Loop

'// Listen For Events On Message Port
    While True
    
        msg = wait(0, messagePort)
        
        '// Image Canvas Events
        If Type(msg) = "roImageCanvasEvent" Then
        
            '// Listen For Remote Keys
            If msg.isRemoteKeyPressed()
            
                index = msg.GetIndex()
                
                Print "Remote button pressed: " + index.toStr()
                
                If index = 4 '// <LEFT>
                    
                    '// Jump To Start Of Video
                    m.position = 0
                    player.Seek(m.position)
                
                Else If index = 5 '// <RIGHT>
                     
                    Print "Button Length: "; m.playList[m.currentIndex].Length
                    '// Jump To Next Video
                    position = m.playList[m.currentIndex].Length.toInt()
                    player.Seek((position - 1) * 1000)
                
                Else If index = 8  '// <REV>
                    
                    position = m.position - 5
                    player.Seek(position * 1000)
                    
                Else If index = 9  '// <FWD>
                   
                    position = m.position + 5
                    player.Seek(position * 1000)
                    
                End If
            
            End If
        
        End If
        
        '// Video Player Events
        If Type(msg) = "roVideoPlayerEvent" Then
            
            '// Output Status Message
            Print "msg = "; msg.GetMessage() " | index = "; msg.GetIndex()
            Print "Playlist #: "; m.currentIndex
            
            If msg.isStreamStarted()
            
                Print "Stream Started"
            
            Else If msg.isScreenClosed()
                
                '// Output Message And Exit Loop
                Print "Screen Closed"
                Exit While

            Else If msg.isRequestFailed()
                
                Print "Video request failure: "; msg.GetIndex(); " " msg.GetData() 
                
            Else If msg.isStatusMessage()
                
                Print "Video status: "; msg.GetIndex(); " " msg.GetData() 
            
            Else If msg.isPlaybackPosition() Then
                
                m.position = msg.GetIndex()
                checkPosition = m.position
                
                Print "Current Position: "; m.position
                Print "Current Video Length: "; m.playList[m.currentIndex].Length
                
                If checkPosition.toStr() = m.playList[m.currentIndex].Length
                    
                    m.currentIndex = m.currentIndex + 1
                    playAd(m.acudeoPolicyId)
                    
                End If    
            
            Else
                
                Print "Unexpected event type: "; msg.GetType()
            
            End If
            
        End If
        
    End While

[TheEndless]

To jump to the next video, you should be able to call SetNext(nextIndex) followed by Play(). You can get the nextIndex by tracking the IsListItemSelected() event, which I don't think is documented for the roVideoPlayer, but it's the same as for roAudioPlayer.

[jvalero]

Thanks, that did the trick. I had a feeling there was some undocumented items with some of the components. Appreciate all of the help. 🙂