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1. pmmedia
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   Issue is that when I load the page the slideshow takes a long time to start. I have it set to transition speed 25 seconds but it should still start right away, right? Also is there a way to have it not pause on each slide? If you set the slide duration to 0 it stops the whole thing. I have 2 pictures scrolling to the left but I want it to loop so it is like one continuous pic.

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/meteor-slides/

2. JLeuze
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   To override the slide duration and it constantly transitioning, you need to use metadata to set the continuous option to "true".

   Here is an example of how you would do this with a shortcode:

   [meteor_slideshow metadata="continuous: 1"]

   But the quality of the animation will really vary depending on the size of the images, the transition you are using, and the speed. At 25 seconds it might always be a bit jerky. But jQuery Cycle has a lot of options, so you might be able to use easing or something to smooth that out.

3. pmmedia
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   I will try it. It is jerky also but I mean at the beginning it just sits there for like the full 25 seconds before even starting.

   and love the plugin btw I know I am trying to use it in an unusual way...

4. JLeuze
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   It should start right away, if you could post a link I can check it out.

5. pmmedia
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   great thanks. in the slide...

   3 png files approz 200 kb each sized 1000 by 230 px

6. JLeuze
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   That size should be ok, but I couldn't tell you why it is running slow without seeing it.

7. pmmedia
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   i swore I put the link in...

8. pmmedia
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   this forum is erasing links here it is pmmedianow.com

9. JLeuze
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   One thing that could cause problems is that the slideshow is specified using the name, "OnlyOne", it should use the slideshow's slug, which is lowercase.

   Try resetting the transition speed back to 2 or 3 seconds to see if that changes anything with the slow start. Did you try adding the metadata for continuous play?

10. pmmedia
    Member
    Posted 11 months ago #

    awesome, the continuous metadata code fixed both the not starting right away and obviously being continuous but the pic still slows down when it gets to the next one so I assume that is another metadata setting I will have to change. The jerkiness seems better but I will try to reduce the file size and see if that helps also.

11. pmmedia
    Member
    Posted 11 months ago #

    sorry I still cannot get this to work right. Right now I have continuous: 1, speedIn: null, speedOut: null in the metadata and I tried easeIn and out and a few others but is still slowing down and stopping in between the slides.

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