RCWeb Random Video

Random Video turns any RCWeb display into a full-screen sequence of 80 popular Pexels videos. The viewer fetches a fresh batch from GET https://api.pexels.com/v1/videos/popular?per_page=80, chooses playable MP4 files, and advances to the next video when the current one ends.

What it shows

• Full-bleed muted Pexels video playback
• Poster frame while each video loads
• Countdown timer, sequence counter, and linked attribution
• Required linked attribution in the form: Video by Photographer Name on Pexels
• QR code linking to the companion random-video-c phone control

Tap the display to pause or resume, swipe to move between videos, or use the phone control.

How it talks to the controller

The viewer is authoritative. It owns the loaded video list, the active index, and the play state, then exposes a small public API on window.randomVideo:

randomVideo.next()
randomVideo.prev()
randomVideo.goto(index)
randomVideo.play()
randomVideo.pause()
randomVideo.toggle()
randomVideo.requestState(clientId)

Whenever the video changes or play/pause toggles, the viewer pushes a snapshot to every random-video-c client in the room with:

rc.sendFunctionCall("random-video-c", "randomVideoControl.receiveState", snapshot);

Browser support

Written in ES5 with XMLHttpRequest, HTML5 video playback, and conservative responsive CSS. The viewer includes a lean-paint path for older signage browsers that strips expensive effects.

URL

/random-video/?r=<room>

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