Sample of Repeat Video for Space Saving

[Lin Evans]

PicturesToExe has some nifty features. Among these is the fact that an image or a video which is repeatedly used in a show carries no penalty of overhead (doesn't increase the size of the show) when used multiple times. This is an example. A 9 second video clip was used four times to create an approximately 30 second video show by using keyframes, opacity and offset features. The first instance was keyframed to zero opacity just before the end of the clip. The second instance was programmed by offset to start as the first instance ended and to zero opacity as the third instance began. The third instance was set by offset to begin as the second ended and to zero opacity near the end of its nine second run. The forth instance was programmed by offset to begin just as the third went to zero opacity. The entire 30 second sequence required only a little over 9 megabytes of storage - a huge savings over what a full 30 second clip would take. 

The fact that this works not only for executable code, but also for video clips tells me that it probably wouldn't take too much additional programming to create the "loop" feature for video clips. That would be a very nice addition to PTE Version 10 were it possible to achieve. 

Best regards,

Lin