`VideoComponent`

class

A Video layer of a mote.

Name	`VideoComponent`
Kind	class
Script reaches it as	`import { VideoComponent } from "motion"`
Since	0.3

Syntax

class VideoComponent extends Component { … }

Name	Type	Description
`name`property	`readonly string`	Its name on its mote.
`layer`property	`readonly string`	Its layer's id.
`visible`property	`boolean`	Whether its layer shows.
`opacity`property	`number`	Its layer's opacity, 0 to 1.
`time`property	`readonly number`	Where it is in its film, seconds.
`duration`property	`readonly number`	How long its film is, seconds (0 when the file doesn't say).
`playing`property	`readonly boolean`	Whether it's playing.
`rate`property	`readonly number`	Its speed (1 as it is, 0 held).

Signature	Description
`new VideoComponent(name?: string, layer?: string): VideoComponent`constructor	Binds a layer to a mote by hand. A mote's components are made with it, from the layers it's given in Studio, so you rarely need this.
`set(key: string, value: SettingValue): void`method	Changes one of its layer's settings.
`animate(key: string, value: string \| number, seconds: number, options?: MotionAnimateOptions): Promise<boolean>`method	Moves one of its layer's settings.
`stopAnimating(key?: string): void`method	Stops its layer's moves.
`get(key: string): SettingValue \| undefined`method	One of its layer's settings, as scene.get.
`read(key: string): SettingValue \| undefined`method	One of its layer's settings as last drawn, as scene.read.
`show(visible?: boolean): void`method	Shows (or hides) its layer.
`hide(): void`method	Hides its layer.
`play(): void`method	Plays it.
`pause(): void`method	Holds it on its frame.
`seek(seconds: number): void`method	Goes to a place in the film.
`setRate(rate: number): void`method	Plays it faster or slower.