plan for tackling slideshow

I spent Friday going over baseplayer.js and wrapping my head around it's different functionality and getting an idea on how to setup the logic and flow of slideshow.js.

Basically, the slideshow player will have 2 files.  slideshow.js will be responsible for playing the slideshows and slideshowmaker.js will be responsible for letting the users create slideshows.   The slideshows themselves will be composed of 2 files.   One will be the movie file itself which will contain the slideshow.   The slideshow itself is essentially a movie file where the individual frames serve the purpose of the individual slides.   The other file will be a configuration file which will contain text that points to the main slideshow file but also contains information on how slideshow.js will play that slideshow (ie: will the slideshow be a manual or automated slideshow and if automated how many seconds will pass before showing each frame.)

So if the config file states that the slideshow will be played in manual mode, the slideshow will wait for the user to press a key before moving on to the next slide.  In auto mode slideshow.js will look for an entry indicating how many seconds must pass before the next slide is shown

So I'm thinking the logic for slideshow.js will go like this:

open and read the slideshow configuration file
open up the slideshow movie file that the configuration file points to and show the first frame/slide

check configuration file to determine if slideshow will run auto or manual

if auto
    call baseplayer.autoplay and set it to on
    set local variable to hold the amount of time to pass between each slide
   
    use baseplayer.timeupdate function to check how long the movie frame has been paused and compares it with the value stored in the local
    variable. (ie:  if the config file says 3 seconds between each slide, then slideshow.js uses timeupdate to check if 3 seconds has passed before showing the next slide.)
   
else (if manual)
    call baseplayer.autoplay and set it to off
    wait for user keypress
    once the user hits a key, move to the next slide


I'm planning on getting started working on slideshow.js during this week  to try to get this in as part of my 0.1/0.2 submission for Oct 20. I'm thinking testing it using a hardcoded config file and a test movie file that slideshow.js will go through frame by frame to test its reading of the config file, it's handling of both auto and manual modes and that it can read and display the movie files.   First goal though is definitely having something that reads and displays the slideshow movie files.   I haven't had a chance to run my idea through Dave Seifried though, he wasn't in IRC today and I couldn't find his email anywhere on his blog but I'll run this by him tomorrow either through IRC if I catch him there or after getting his email from someone.  Hopefully though I'm on the right track with my ideas.

On a side note, on Thursday night I created a folder called slideshow on git and inside it I created a file called slideshow.js.  I sent it up to my github account where it ended up on branch 0.6.  I'll need to clarify if I should have it on branch 0.7.   It's no big deal though as the file itself is empty save for a few comments