[FEATURE] Is it possible to create a slideshow with alternating images and videos using HTML?

[Dictat111]

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It seems that animations are essential for creating slideshows with next_slide().

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[jeertmans]

Hi @Dictat111, that would be a nice feature to add!

I don't think this would require a huge a work, but unfortunately I don't have much time to invest on this project myself at the moment.

Basically, what we could do is:

1. Edit BaseSligeConfig

   manim-slides/manim_slides/config.py

   Lines 154 to 164 in 6255f64

   	class BaseSlideConfig(BaseModel): # type: ignore
   	"""Base class for slide config."""
   	loop: bool = False
   	auto_next: bool = False
   	playback_rate: float = 1.0
   	reversed_playback_rate: float = 1.0
   	notes: str = ""
   	dedent_notes: bool = True
   	skip_animations: bool = False
   	src: Optional[FilePath] = None

   to hold a new field, e.g., static_image: Optional[FilePath | PILImage]. We should probably add fields validator to avoid setting both static_image and src, for example.

2. Add a new attribute to BaseSlideConfig:

   @property
   def slide_type(self) -> SlideType:
       if self.static_image is not None:
           return SlideType.Image
       return SlideType

   and create the corresponding enum (this would allow later to include more types of slides, e.g., custom HTML).

3. Edit BaseSlide.render to skip copying / concatenating video files from slides that are not SlideType.Video.

4. Edit the Qt player to skip (or include if possible) static images.

5. Edit the HTML converter (and probably PPTX can also support this) to include static images.

That being said, this will change the slides' config format, and thus be a breaking change. I am not against this, and might fit pretty well for Manim Slides v6.

If you are interested to contribute, please don't hesitate to reach out!