Image playlists ignore timing

[staincross]

I was happy to find you can create a slideshow of images by opening multiple image (specifically JPG) files into VLC. This will display each image 10 seconds at a time by default. You can save the playlist as any of the three playlist formats available.

When you open a saved playlist, it quickly jumps from image to image, ignoring the timing for each image! If, however, you press stop, then play, it will resume displaying images correctly for 10 seconds at a time.

I am wanting to open the playlists so they play correctly automatically. Is there an option I am missing, or is this a glitch?

I haven't been able to test this on any other OS and haven't seen this documented else where.

[VLC_help]

Could you provide playlist and and few image files I could use to replicate the issue and open trac ticket?

[erwan10]

This is a known issue. (and eligible for a trac entry)

Image are stored in playlist with the file:// prefix prepended to them. Once retrieved, they are regarded as video files.
For jpeg, it means a single picture and no length (fleeting display). For others (png,..), it means an error.

Erwan10

[staincross]

Could you provide playlist and and few image files I could use to replicate the issue and open trac ticket?

These are the steps I've take to produce the issue:

Playlist - Add file... - Files of type = All Files (*) - Select multiple images - Open - Hitting Play then shows each image at 10 seconds each

Save as a playlist

Reopen VLC

Playlist - Add file... - Select the playlist you just created - Open - Hitting play then flicks through the images as quickly as they load.

Double-clicking on the playlist file to open VLC also produces this issue.

I have re-tested hitting stop then play again and it doesn't resolve the issue as I said in the initial post.

Playlist preferences checked:
* Repeat all
* Automatically preparse files

Under the Fake Video Decoder preferences, I tried changing the Reload Image File setting to 10 seconds which also did nothing.

I haven't tested any other file format but jpg.

Below is an example of an xspf format of one of the playlists I have tested. I don't know how to upload the images, but you should be able to replicate the problem using any jpg images.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<playlist version="1" xmlns="http://xspf.org/ns/0/" xmlns:vlc="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/ns/0/">
<title>Playlist</title>
<trackList>
<track>
<location>file:///H:/My%20Documents/My%20Pictures/Test/Lot%2040/688386a%5B1%5D.jpg</location>
<duration>10000</duration>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:id>0</vlc:id>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<location>file:///H:/My%20Documents/My%20Pictures/Test/Lot%2040/688386b%5B1%5D.jpg</location>
<duration>10000</duration>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:id>1</vlc:id>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<location>file:///H:/My%20Documents/My%20Pictures/Test/Lot%2040/688386c%5B1%5D.jpg</location>
<duration>10000</duration>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:id>2</vlc:id>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<location>file:///H:/My%20Documents/My%20Pictures/Test/Lot%2040/688386d%5B1%5D.jpg</location>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:id>3</vlc:id>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<location>file:///H:/My%20Documents/My%20Pictures/Test/Lot%2040/688386e%5B1%5D.jpg</location>
<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>