Help Me! Startup Delayer

[loganlj2]

So, does anybody have any knowledge with the program Startup Delayer?

I'm trying to make a video start on startup of my computer that looks like a nerdish startup sequences for a futeristic computer thingie... And I'm having troubles getting them to run one after eachother.. It's really hard explaining so if you have any Knowledge with the program you'll probably know what I'm talking about..

 

[takethepants]

Usually you can just set whatever program it is to run on startup. You can try recording it in a virtual machine since you'll more control over it then.

 

[loganlj2]

Yeah but i need to set like VLC to close after it runs, and i think i need to delay all the startup things like 24 seconds (The time the video is.)

 

[Sharkey]

Just use the built in task scheduler, you'll need to make it using the one called "Create Task", not "Create Basic Task."

Settings similar to these should work,

Step 1: Add a new trigger, Select At log on in the drop down menu next to "Begin the task", Select the user (if you don't want it to run for every user), set the delay for the time you'd like, set the time for it to kill the process at the time the video ends.

Step 2: Add a new Action, enter the file path for your installation of VLC to vlc.exe, under "Add arguments" put the file path for the video you'd like to start, put the path in quotes. (If you want to start the video full screen with minimal view use this ["C:\Users\Public\Videos\Sample Videos\Wildlife.wmv" -f --qt-minimal-view]) <Don't use the brackets>

All done. (I left out at least one thing, you'll need to give it a name)

 

[loganlj2]

Thanks, ^

Also, do you have any knowledge with VLC?
If so, how do I make the video exit when played

 

[Sharkey]

Thanks, ^

Also, do you have any knowledge with VLC?
If so, how do I make the video exit when played

Add this parameter,--play-and-exit, after the "--qt-minimal-view".

So it'll look something like this, "C:\Users\Public\Videos\Sample Videos\Wildlife.wmv" -f --qt-minimal-view --play-and-exit