How to run Videos Automatically

Hi Ramco,

I have shared the code as console app. And as per your request you want to auto run the job. So I'll suggest go with the console app.

Hi Vishal

 On this line - process.CloseMainWindow();

i am getting below error - {"Process has exited, so the requested information is not available."}

Below is the code

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

    List urls = GetVideoUrls();
    foreach (var item in urls)
    {
        RunVideo(item);
    }

}
private List GetVideoUrls()
{
    List urls = new List();
    string strConnString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["Cnn"].ConnectionString;
    using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(strConnString))
    {
        using (SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand())
        {
            cmd.CommandText = "SELECT VideoId FROM videos";
            cmd.Connection = con;
            con.Open();
            SqlDataReader reader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
            while (reader.Read())
            {
                string videoId = reader.GetString(0);
                string url = $"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v={videoId}";
                urls.Add(url);
            }
            reader.Close();
            con.Close();
        }
    }
    return urls;
}
public static void RunVideo(string videolink)
{
    var process = new Process();
    var _process = new ProcessStartInfo(@"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe", videolink);
    process.StartInfo = _process;
    process.Start();
    Thread.Sleep(2000);
    process.CloseMainWindow();
    process.Close();

}

Thanks

Hi Ramco,

Try this code I have Tested this and its working on IE Edge properly 

public class Program
{
    static async Task Main(string[] args)
    {    
        List youtubevideoslinks = new List() { "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wtIMTCHWuI",
            "http://youtube.com/watch?v=-wtIMTCHWuI", "http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-wtIMTCHWuI",
            "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lalOy8Mbfdc", "https://youtube.com/watch?v=lalOy8Mbfdc",
            "https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lalOy8Mbfdc"};


        foreach (var item in youtubevideoslinks)
        {
            RunVideo(item);
        }            
    }
}

 

public static void RunVideo(string videolink)
{
    var process = new Process();
    var _process = new ProcessStartInfo(@"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe", videolink);
    process.StartInfo = _process;
    process.Start();
    Thread.Sleep(2000);
    process.CloseMainWindow();
    process.Close();
}

Hello Ramco,

If you want to read video from Database. You need to modify your binddata method or you can create new method which will return List of Vides:

Example:

private List GetVideoUrls()
{
    List urls = new List();
    string strConnString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["Cnn"].ConnectionString;
    using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(strConnString))
    {
        using (SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand())
        {
            cmd.CommandText = "SELECT Id FROM videos";
            cmd.Connection = con;
            con.Open();
            SqlDataReader reader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
            while (reader.Read())
            {
                int videoId = reader.GetInt32(0);
                string url = $"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v={videoId}";
                urls.Add(url);
            }
            reader.Close();
            con.Close();
        }
    }
    return urls;
}

Then in page load method you need to return this urls as string to your UI

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   
        List urls = GetVideoUrls();
        string videoUrls = "var videoUrls = [";
        for (int i = 0; i < urls.Count; i++)
        {
            videoUrls += "\"" + urls[i] + "\"";
            if (i < urls.Count - 1)
            {
                videoUrls += ", ";
            }
        }
        videoUrls += "];";
        ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(this.GetType(), "videoUrls", videoUrls, true);
    
}

Finaly at UI side you can access this variable. 

Thanks

Naimish Makwana

Hello Ramco,

You can use below code to run videos on load.

Thanks

Naimish Makwana

Hi Tuhin

  I don't want button to be clicked. When i run application it should automatically loop the videos

Thanks

Hi Ramco,

Assuming that you want to create a web-based application to play the videos in a loop, you can use JavaScript to achieve this functionality. Here's an example of how you can do it:

1. Create a web page with a video player and a button to start the loop.
2. Add an event listener to the button that will trigger the loop function.
3. Inside the loop function, create an array of the video URLs in the order you want them to play.
4. Use the JavaScript setInterval() function to repeatedly play each video in the array for a specified duration.
5. Once the video has finished playing, use the JavaScript setTimeout() function to wait for a short duration before moving on to the next video in the array.
6. When all the videos in the array have been played, stop the loop.

Here's some sample code that demonstrates this approach:

	
	


	Start Loop

This code creates a web page with a "Start Loop" button. When the button is clicked, the startLoop() function is called, which creates a video player and starts the loopInterval. The playNextVideo() function is called by the loopInterval, which plays the next video in the array and waits for it to finish before moving on to the next video. When all the videos have been played, the loop stops.