Length of time on htmlpage


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<instruct>
/ wait = 0
</instruct>

<block b1>
/ preinstructions = (p1)
</block>

<block b2>
/ onblockbegin = [instruct.wait=5000]
/ preinstructions = (p2)
</block>

<page p1>
no wait
</page>

<page p2>
wait 5 secs
</page>

<expt>
/ blocks = [1=b1; 2=b2]
</expt>


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Thanks Dave.


I'm actually using the "include" command to put together various parts of the experiment. So there's an "instruct" part that pertains to everything. If I put a "wait" on the <instruct>, will it apply to all instructions throughout the study?


Right now I was including the htmlpage element as part of a preinstruction. Is it possible to put a wait on that as well? Just not seeing it yet.


Thanks!


Mary


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In thinking of possible work-arounds, one thing that occured to me was for us to load the videos in a player that we house on our own server, and then just put those into an htmlpage. I think this would definitely solve the problem in terms of file size and loading.


Not necessarily. The data *still* has to be transferred to the client computers. In your scenario, this will happen *while* the exp is running, not beforehand, which simply opens the door for different issues (e.g. network timeouts, slow client connections, etc.).


I *think* I can use htmlpages as instructions only, and if I'm right about this, I'm not so sure how to accomplish this goal.


You think right.


BUT, it's important that the participants don't just breeze through the video without watching it. In other words, I don't want them to be able to click forward or continue until the video is completed.


https://www.millisecond.com/support/docs/v3/html/language/attributes/wait.htm


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~Dave


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Hi Everyone,


I'm trying to run a webexperiment where I'm running into problrms with the size of the video stimulus that I want to employ. We've tried everything to get the file size down, and although it's able to run, the time for the study to load is really prohibitive.


In thinking of possible work-arounds, one thing that occured to me was for us to load the videos in a player that we house on our own server, and then just put those into an htmlpage. I think this would definitely solve the problem in terms of file size and loading.


BUT, it's important that the participants don't just breeze through the video without watching it. In other words, I don't want them to be able to click forward or continue until the video is completed.


I *think* I can use htmlpages as instructions only, and if I'm right about this, I'm not so sure how to accomplish this goal.


If anyone has any suggestions, I would surely appreciate it!


Thanks in advance!


Mary


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