The video element defines a set of video items and controls how they are displayed.

Syntax

<video videoname>
/ erase = true(red, green, blue) or false
/ halign = alignment
/ hposition = decimal or variable
/ items = itemname or ("item", "item", "item",... )
/ playthrough = boolean
/ position = (x, y)
/ select = integer or selectionmode or selectionmode(pool) or dependency(stimulusname) or dependency(countername) or countername
/ size = (width, height)
/ valign = alignment
/ vposition = decimal or variable
</video>

Properties

video.videoname.currentitem
video.videoname.currentitemnumber
video.videoname.selectedcount
video.videoname.unselectedcount

Remarks

The video element determines how video files are selected on each trial (e.g. randomly, in sequence, etc.) and how those items should be presented. Inquisit can display a variety of different streaming formats, including asf, vod, mpeg-1, mpeg-2, mpeg-3, avi, midi, wav, snd, au, and aiff. Quicktime movies are not supported.

Examples

The following randomly selects from 3 video files and displays the video on the upper left quadrant of the screen. Responding is not permitted until the video clip is finished.

<video tvshows>
/ items = ("desparatehousewives.mpg", "thedailyshow.avi", "southpark.wmv")
/ playthrough = true
/ position = (25, 25)
</video>