Last week I had 2 gigs with my band where we wanted to use a video projection during some songs. I could not find an app that met out requirements which are:
- Preview on iPad screen, full screen playback on external display (HDMI or Airplay)
- Show an image (our band logo) when no video is playing
- Play a video immediately on a button press
- Show at least 16 buttons to select different videos
- Seamless Looping
So I whipped up a simple app that does exactly that:
Very simple: A preview of the video / image on top of the screen and up to 64 buttons in a scroll view below. Current playing video is highlighted with a white outline and a position indicator. A button to select the image when not playing and a button to allow reordering the video buttons. Tap on a video button to start / stop playback of that video or long press to open the video details:
It is possible to mute the audio, select different play modes (loop, stop or advance to next video) and set a color for the button.
That's all we need and as this app worked flawlessly at both gigs, I am curious if any of you would have a use for such an app?