Fix looping for short HTML5 GIFs

Current behavior: Short GIFs in video format play once and immediately skip to next slide, disregarding rp.settings.timeToNextSlide

Expected behavior: GIFs should loop for as long as the rp.settings.timeToNextSlide is. Regardless of whether they are an actual image file with a .gif extension or a .webm / .mp4 video.

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[Hrxn]

Yes, that is what I’m saying. That is the current behaviour for all ‘video as animation’, e.g. .gifv from Imgur or Gfycat, at least for me.

This is the most sensible variant, in my opinion. I don’t see the point in cutting off an item. But if someone requests this, I think a small checkbox with enforce or something next to the time entry field would be the most intuitive solution.

[EdgingTutor]

I would like to raise this issue again because it’s still not completely fixed. Apparently as of now, GIFs will be looped but MP4 videos are only played once.

I agree with @akaleeroy , the default behavior should be to play any video for EXACTLY the time specified by the user. If it is too short, loop it. If it is too long, cut it. An option to “play videos once” would cover both cases, short GIFs as well as long videos, so they will be played exactly one time regardless of their length. 😃