looping video

lewesgoalie wrote on 8/14/2009, 2:28 PM
Hi, I can't believe I can't figure this out but I have been trying for hours. I want my video to autamatically start, play all the way through, and loop to start again. I see menu loop, I have tried all kinds of combinations, it works in the preview the way I want it to but once burned to disk, it will not automatically start or loop back and play again. This is driving me CRAZY because I have to burn a disc, test it, throw it away and burn another. Please help! I can do this in 4.0 but to go back and do it there, I have to start the 2 hour render procwess over again.

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Steve Grisetti wrote on 8/14/2009, 2:58 PM
You just want the video to keep looping until someone presses the stop button?

That's easy.

Double-click on the video in your Project Overview window so that it appears in the workspace. Go to the Media Properties panel and click on End Actions. Click on the Destination drop-down (which probably says Most Recent Menu, by default) and select the video itself as its own End Action.

The video clip name should as the green link listed under the video clip in your Project Overview panel.
lewesgoalie wrote on 8/14/2009, 3:21 PM
I tried that. I do not have the green link icon though. Is there a setting I may have changed elsewhere that would cause that to go away?
TOG62 wrote on 8/14/2009, 11:28 PM
There is a row of icons just above the project window. The leftmost icon toggles the display of End Actions.

Mike
Steve Grisetti wrote on 8/15/2009, 6:58 AM
Yes, it's possible you did turn off the links in the Project Overview panel. The first of the buttons along the top of the Project Overview panel (the one that looks kind of like a blue diamond) turns on and off the End Action links in the panel. Click on it and you'll see them again.

But, as the poster above indicated, you can access the End Action regardless when you double-click on the video listed in the Project Overview.
cbrillow wrote on 8/17/2009, 3:27 PM
"This is driving me CRAZY because I have to burn a disc, test it, throw it away and burn another."

You could save yourself some of the aggravation by using RW media until you get the version you want to keep...