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Posted: **11 Aug 2014 14:52**

I am trying to set the duration each image in a playlist is displayed, but have not been able to do so. The time the image is displayed always defaults to the first time in the playlist. Following is the playlist I am using. The playlist was created using VLC and I modified the duration field.

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[code]<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<playlist xmlns="http://xspf.org/ns/0/" xmlns:vlc="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/ns/0/" version="1">
	<title>Playlist</title>
	<trackList>
		<track>
			<location>file:///usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/Aqua.jpg</location>
			<duration>600000</duration>
			<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
				<vlc:id>0</vlc:id>
			</extension>
		</track>
		<track>
			<location>file:///usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/GreenMeadow.jpg</location>
			<duration>700000</duration>
			<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
				<vlc:id>1</vlc:id>
			</extension>
		</track>
		<track>
			<location>file:///usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/Spaceflare-nova.jpg</location>
			<duration>200000</duration>
			<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
				<vlc:id>2</vlc:id>
			</extension>
		</track>
		<track>
			<location>file:///usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/Spaceflare-supernova.jpg</location>
			<duration>310000</duration>
			<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
				<vlc:id>3</vlc:id>
			</extension>
		</track>
		<track>
			<location>file:///usr/share/backgrounds/gnome/Terraform-green.jpg</location>
			<duration>300000</duration>
			<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
				<vlc:id>4</vlc:id>
			</extension>
		</track>
	</trackList>
	<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
			<vlc:item tid="0"/>
			<vlc:item tid="1"/>
			<vlc:item tid="2"/>
			<vlc:item tid="3"/>
			<vlc:item tid="4"/>
	</extension>
</playlist>

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My understanding after the reading I did last night and this morning is the duration should affect each image. Is that correct?

I am running version 2.0.3.

Thank you for your help.

Jay

Posted: **11 Aug 2014 17:26**

The duration tag is only used as a cached value for display in the playlist controls. It does not affect the actual playback.

Posted: **11 Aug 2014 19:01**

Is it possible to set a different duration for each fixed image being displayed? If so, how?

Thank you,

Jay

Posted: **11 Aug 2014 19:05**

You should use --image-duration option.

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            <vlc:id>0</vlc:id>
            <vlc:option>image-duration=600</vlc:option>

Posted: **12 Aug 2014 05:59**

Thank you very much for your help. This is exactly what I was looking for.

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