Seeking while a video is playing?

[wrybread]

I keep needing to seek while a video is playing. To watch a section again, etc. Is that possible currently?

[theothernt]

It is possible as Aerial Views is just a video player with the controls either disabled or customised.

Having a seek feature similar to Netflix or YouTube (the UI part,, etc) would take a while, what's more likely is an option to seek or skip in maybe 10 or 30 second segments with a left or right press of the d-pad.

I know that some Android TVs, devices have remotes with fast-forward/rewind buttons so it may be possible to give an option to use that instead.

[wrybread]

what's more likely is an option to seek or skip in maybe 10 or 30 second segments with a left or right press of the d-pad.

That would do it. I don't see a reason to have fine resolution seeking, just 10 seconds per button push would do it

I know that some Android TVs, devices have remotes with fast-forward/rewind buttons so it may be possible to give an option to use that instead.

My Chromecast with Google TV doesn't have media buttons (though I wish it did), so personally I'd prefer maybe d-pad up/down for seeking.

[theothernt]

So, my current thinking on this is to have an option to change what left/right up/down does within the app.

That means you'll have 3 actions to choose from, but you can only apply 2.

As I'm working on a few major features at the moment, this may take 2 or 3 months.

[theothernt]

Just a small update - v1.7.2 adds the ability to customise all d-pad directions and the OK button - you can also configure a press and a long press.

I'm hoping to add a seek feature in the next version, which you'll then be able to assign to whatever d-pad directions you like.

[wrybread]

Great work. Seek would be amazing.

And wanted to thank you again for this program, I use it pretty much every day, it's constantly cycling through my drone footage. Such a well done program and thank you.

[theothernt]

Also, I forgot to mention - there is a new feature in v1.7.2 which maybe of interest...

Settings > Playlist > Advanced ...

1. Set a 'limit video length' eg. 5 or 10 mins
2. Set 'longer videos' to 'random segment' which means a video longer than the limit will play a random part of the video each time

[theothernt]

Question - when it come to seeking within a video, how long should a button press skip into the video, 30 seconds?

[wrybread]

Sorry for the late reply. Is holding left/right on the D-pad to seek possible? If it requires a button press, are you thinking a long press of next/previous track buttons?

[theothernt]

So, with the last update it's possible to map and direction or button to an action.

In the case of seeking, you have a) forward and b) backward so it can be assigned to a direction press or long press.

From my testing so far, I don't think that holding a direction makes a continuous press every second - but I'd have to check/test that.

[wrybread]

Testing the updated version now, really nice work. Love all the new features.

In the case of seeking, you have a) forward and b) backward so it can be assigned to a direction press or long press.

I'm not seeing a seek action? Using version 1.7.2. On the "press & hold" dialog I only see "skip to next video/photo" and "skip to previous". Is there a seek action somewhere? Would be nice to add a "press & hold" action for "seek forward" and "seek backward", to enable long holding d-pad left/right to seek through the currently playing video.

[theothernt]

Apologies, what I wrote was confusing.

The ability to set actions (skip video, etc) to any direction or button is new in 1.7.2.

But the 'seek' feature hasn't been written yet. I'm still working out a few details. It should be in 1.7.4 though.

[wrybread]

Fantastic. Glad to beta test anything if that would be useful.