anki-preview-slideshow

Make Anki preview window as slideshow. For each card, it also introduce a media window to show external media files(not stored in Anki DB) like mp4, mp3, jpg, etc. External media window can be disabled, of course.

Quick Start Guide:

0. Installation: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/90397199
1. Click "Browse" -> on Browser window, select target deck or filter out desired cards
2. Click "Preview" to open preview slideshow window
3. Click "Slideshow on/off" to check the box and start slideshow

• If mplayer is not availabe in your anki, you will need to install it if you'd like to play video in external window.

Instructions:

1. Check/Uncheck "Slideshow On/Off" to start/stop slideshow
2. Check/Uncheck "Random Seq" to activate/disable random sequence
3. Click "||" button to pause slideshow
4. Click "|>" button to continue slideshow or go to next slide
5. Use tag like "slideshow_Xs" to indicate showing answer for X seconds (no time tag for question) for example, "slideshow_17s" for 17 seconds
6. Use tag like "slideshow_audio_replays_X" to indicate replay audio X times before going to next slide (no audio replay tag for question) for example, "slideshow_audio_replays_17" for replay 17 times
7. Use tag "slideshow_aisq" to indicate question slide is same with answer slide and answer slide should be skipped.
8. To show external media like mp4, jpg, gif. a. Create a field in exact name "Slideshow_External_Media" b. Put the file path for the external media file there like "D:/somefolder/myvideo.mp4" c. Root forder can also be set in settings. Like setting it to "D:/somefolder" then "Slideshow_External_Media" field can work in relative path like "myvideo.mp4", "sometype/blabla.png" d. With root folder set, if you want to use absolute path accassion occasionally, put "$$" before the path, like "$$D:/somefolder/myvideo.mp4"
9. A trick: to align buttons in preview window left, open preview window, resize it to a very small one, reopen it
10. Hover over buttons to see tooltips
11. Right click on the toolbox in preview window, or the external media window, to access functions.

Source Code

1. Source code can be found on https://github.com/tosimplicity/anki-preview-slideshow
2. This add-on is licensed under GPL v3, or higher

Version History

Version 0.8

• compatible with anki 2.1.45+

Version 0.7

• activate Relate to My Doc plugin if available

Version 0.6

• replays audio according to tag

Version 0.5

• adapt to anki version 2.1.41+

Version 0.4

• use set interval when mplayer is not available.

Version 0.3

• fix bug in logging for Anki version between 2.1.20 and 2.1.23

Version 0.2

• Make it compatible with Anki 2.1.24+
• add absolute path marker support while root folder set

Version 0.1

• Initial release