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.
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…
It should start right away, if you could post a link I can check it out.
great thanks. in the slide…
3 png files approz 200 kb each sized 1000 by 230 px
That size should be ok, but I couldn’t tell you why it is running slow without seeing it.
i swore I put the link in…
this forum is erasing links here it is pmmedianow.com
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?
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.
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.
