Creating A Video Playlist that LOOPS!

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Creating A Video Playlist that LOOPS!

Apple TV Question: Is it possible to create a video playlist that loops continuously? I want to use the Apple TV as a video server and loop three commercials over and over seamlessly without control. How can I accomplish this?

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Nov 20, 2008 7:42 PM

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Winston Churchill

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Nov 20, 2008 7:48 PM in response to tmoore813

Welcome to the  Discussion Forums

You can play video in playlists sequentially and you can loop individual videos but not both together. You would need to edit your 3 videos into a single file and then add the looping flag in quicktime, before adding the file to itunes.

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tmoore813 Author

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Nov 20, 2008 9:52 PM in response to Winston Churchill

I was afraid of that. Well now I have another question for you. How do you add the looping flag in quicktime?

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Alley_Cat

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Nov 20, 2008 10:50 PM in response to tmoore813

follow this link:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8092366&#8092366

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Nov 21, 2008 10:13 AM in response to tmoore813

The "Repeat Music" setting in "Audio & Video" settings will also control video playlists. Just switch it to "On" and your video playlists should loop.

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Alley_Cat

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Nov 21, 2008 10:21 AM in response to Thomas Madden

Thomas Madden wrote:
The "Repeat Music" setting in "Audio & Video" settings will also control video playlists. Just switch it to "On" and your video playlists should loop.

Is that a new option or just one I've glossed over before.

Not done the 2.3 upgrade yet.

AC

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Nov 21, 2008 10:27 AM in response to Alley_Cat

It was in previous versions - but for music and music videos only.

2.3 makes it useful for movies since it adds the playlists menu item to "My Movies". This will show movie playlists if you go to settings and set "Show Playlists" to "All".

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Alley_Cat

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Nov 21, 2008 10:47 AM in response to Thomas Madden

Thanks.

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