chore(deps): bump version from 5.4.2 to 5.5.0

Bump version as it includes a nice fix for speaker view: background videos are now played.

See: https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js/pull/1037#issuecomment-1825352783.

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug.yml

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ body:
     options:
     - label: Checked the [existing issues](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/issues?q=is%3Aissue+label%3Abug+) and [discussions](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/discussions) to see if my issue had not already been reported;
       required: true
-    - label: Checked the [frequently asked questions]](https://manim-slides.eertmans.be/latest/faq.html);
+    - label: Checked the [frequently asked questions](https://manim-slides.eertmans.be/latest/faq.html);
       required: true
     - label: Read the [installation instructions](https://manim-slides.eertmans.be/latest/installation.html);
       required: true
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ body:
       This will be automatically formatted into code, so no need for backticks.
     placeholder: |
       from manim import *
-      from manim_slides.slide import Slide
+      from manim_slides import Slide
 
 
       class MWE(Slide):

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -21,18 +21,18 @@ repos:
     exclude: poetry.lock
     args: [--autofix, --trailing-commas]
 - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-  rev: v0.8.4
+  rev: v0.11.0
   hooks:
   - id: ruff
     args: [--fix]
   - id: ruff-format
 - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-  rev: v1.14.0
+  rev: v1.15.0
   hooks:
   - id: mypy
     additional_dependencies: [types-requests, types-setuptools]
 - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
-  rev: v2.3.0
+  rev: v2.4.1
   hooks:
   - id: codespell
     additional_dependencies:

.python-version

@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.11.8
+3.11

.readthedocs.yaml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ version: 2
 build:
   os: ubuntu-22.04
   tools:
-    python: '3.10'
+    python: '3.11'
   apt_packages:
   - libpango1.0-dev
   - ffmpeg

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,7 +8,86 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 <!-- start changelog -->
 
 (unreleased)=
-## [Unreleased](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/compare/v5.3.0...HEAD)
+## [Unreleased](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/compare/v5.5.0...HEAD)
+
+(v5.5.0)=
+## [v5.5.0](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/compare/v5.4.2...v5.5.0)
+
+(v5.5.0-added)=
+### Added
+
+- Added `max_duration_before_split_reverse` and `num_processes` class variables.
+  [#439](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/pull/439)
+- Added `src = ...` filepath argument to allow inserting external
+  videos as slides.
+  [#526](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/pull/526)
+
+(v5.5.0-changed)=
+### Changed
+
+- Automatically split large video animations into smaller chunks
+  for lightweight (and potentially faster) reversed animations generation.
+  [#439](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/pull/439)
+
+(v5.5.0-chore)=
+### Chore
+
+- Trimmed whitespaces in HTML template.
+  [#443](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/pull/443)
+- Bumped RevealJS' version to 5.2 to allow video playing in speaker view.
+  [#536](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/pull/536)
+
+(v5.4.2)=
+## [v5.4.2](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/compare/v5.4.1...v5.4.2)
+
+(v5.4.2-fixed)=
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed `start_skip_animations` to actually pass argument to ManimCE,
+  otherwise video animations were still rendered, just excluded from
+  the final output.
+  [#524](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/pull/524)
+
+(v5.4.1)=
+## [v5.4.1](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/compare/v5.4.0...v5.4.1)
+
+(v5.4.1-added)=
+### Added
+
+- Added `start_skip_animations` and `stop_skip_animations` methods.
+  [#523](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/pull/523)
+
+(v5.4.0)=
+## [v5.4.0](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/compare/v5.3.1...v5.4.0)
+
+(v5.4.0-added)=
+### Added
+
+- Added `skip_animations` compatibility with ManimCE.
+  [@Rapsssito](https://github.com/Rapsssito) [#516](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/pull/516)
+
+(v5.4.0-chore)=
+### Chore
+
+- Bumped Manim to `>=0.19`, as it fixed OpenGL renderer issue.
+  [#522](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/pull/522)
+
+(v5.4.0-fixed)=
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed OpenGL renderer having no partial movie files with Manim bindings.
+  [#522](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/pull/522)
+- Fixed `ConvertExample` example as `manim>=0.19` changed the `Code` class.
+  [#522](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/pull/522)
+
+(v5.3.1)=
+## [v5.3.1](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/compare/v5.3.0...v5.3.1)
+
+(v5.3.1-fixed)=
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed HTML template to avoid missing slides when exporting with `--one-file`.
+  [@Rapsssito](https://github.com/Rapsssito) [#515](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/pull/515)
 
 (v5.3.0)=
 ## [v5.3.0](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/compare/v5.2.0...v5.3.0)
@@ -39,17 +118,17 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   was added to `manim-slides present` to force the info window.
   When there are multiple monitors, the info window will no longer
   be on the same monitor as the main window, unless overridden.
-  [@PeculiarProgrammer](https://github.com/PeculiarProgrammer)
+  [@taibeled](https://github.com/taibeled)
   [#482](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/pull/482)
 
 (v5.2.0-chore)=
 ### Chore
 
-- Bump ManimGL to `>=1.7.1`, to remove conflicting dependencies
+- Bumped ManimGL to `>=1.7.1`, to remove conflicting dependencies
   with Manim's.
   [#499](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/pull/499)
 
-- Bump ManimGL to `>=1.7.2`, to remove `pyrr` from dependencies,
+- Bumped ManimGL to `>=1.7.2`, to remove `pyrr` from dependencies,
   and to avoid complex code for supporting both `1.7.1` and `>=1.7.2`,
   as the latter includes many breaking changes.
   [#506](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/pull/506)
@@ -70,7 +149,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 (v5.1.10-changed)=
 ### Changed
 
-- Allow multiple slide reverses by going backward [@PeculiarProgrammer](https://github.com/PeculiarProgrammer).
+- Allow multiple slide reverses by going backward [@taibeled](https://github.com/taibeled).
   [#488](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/pull/488)
 
 (v5.1.10-fixed)=
@@ -112,7 +191,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 (v5.1.8-chore)=
 ### Chore
 
-- Pin `rtoml==0.9.0` on Windows platforms,
+- Pinned `rtoml==0.9.0` on Windows platforms,
   see [#398](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/pull/398),
   until
   [samuelcolvin/rtoml#74](https://github.com/samuelcolvin/rtoml/issues/74)
@@ -143,7 +222,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Fixed whitespace issue in default RevealJS template.
   [#442](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/pull/442)
 - Fixed black screen issue on recent Qt versions and device loss detected,
-  thanks to [@PeculiarProgrammer](https://github.com/PeculiarProgrammer)!
+  thanks to [@taibeled](https://github.com/taibeled)!
   [#465](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/pull/465)
 
 (v5.1.8-removed)=

CITATION.cff

@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@
 cff-version: 1.2.0
 title: Manim Slides
 message: >-
-  If you use this software, please cite it using the
-  metadata from this file.
+  If you use this software, please cite it using our article
+  in the Journal of Open Source Education.
 type: software
 authors:
   - name: Jérome Eertmans
     orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5579-5360'
     website: 'https://eertmans.be'
+doi: 10.5281/zenodo.7971360
 repository-code: 'https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides'
 url: 'https://eertmans.be/manim-slides'
 abstract: >-
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ keywords:
   - PowerPoint
   - Python
 license: MIT
-version: v5.3.0
+version: v5.5.0
 preferred-citation:
   publisher:
     name: The Open Journal

README.md

@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-> [!IMPORTANT]
-> Take the [**Manim Slides Survey**](https://forms.gle/i4scrwPQghbTQwQs5)
-> to help improve this tool! Thanks in advance to all the people taking the time
-> to answer this short survey! The form is open until **January 31st 2025**,
-> and results will be communicated in the GitHub discussions.
-
 <picture>
   <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" srcset="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/main/static/logo_dark_transparent.png">
   <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)" srcset="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/main/static/logo_light_transparent.png">
@@ -234,8 +228,8 @@ you can do so at: [jeertmans@icloud.com](mailto:jeertmans@icloud.com).
 [pypi-download-badge]: https://img.shields.io/pypi/dm/manim-slides
 [documentation-badge]: https://readthedocs.org/projects/manim-slides/badge/?version=latest
 [documentation-url]: https://manim-slides.readthedocs.io/
-[doi-badge]: https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.8215167.svg
-[doi-url]: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8215167
+[doi-badge]: https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.7971360.svg
+[doi-url]: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7971360
 [jose-badge]: https://jose.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/jose.00206/status.svg
 [jose-url]: https://doi.org/10.21105/jose.00206
 [codecov-badge]: https://codecov.io/gh/jeertmans/manim-slides/branch/main/graph/badge.svg?token=8P4DY9JCE4

docker/Dockerfile

@@ -31,9 +31,8 @@ RUN wget -O /tmp/install-tl-unx.tar.gz http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tl
 # clone and build manim-slides
 COPY . /opt/manim-slides
 WORKDIR /opt/manim-slides
-ENV UV_PYTHON=/usr/local/bin/python
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir uv
-RUN uv pip install --no-cache-dir manim[jupyterlab] .[sphinx-directive]
+
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir manim[jupyterlab] .[sphinx-directive]
 
 ARG NB_USER=manimslidesuser
 ARG NB_UID=1000

docs/source/_static/template.html

@@ -18,82 +18,75 @@
   <body>
     <div class="reveal">
       <div class="slides">
-        {%- for presentation_config in presentation_configs -%}
-          {% set outer_loop = loop %}
-          {%- for slide_config in presentation_config.slides -%}
-            {%- if one_file -%}
+        {% for presentation_config in presentation_configs -%}
+          {%- set outer_loop = loop %}
+          {% for slide_config in presentation_config.slides %}
+            {% if one_file %}
               {% set file = file_to_data_uri(slide_config.file) %}
-            {%- else -%}
-              {% set file = assets_dir / slide_config.file.name %}
-            {%- endif -%}
-            <section
-              data-background-size={{ background_size }}
-              data-background-color="{{ presentation_config.background_color }}"
-              data-background-video="{{ file }}"
-              {% if loop.index == 1 and outer_loop.index == 1 -%}
-                data-background-video-muted
-              {%- endif %}
-              {% if slide_config.loop -%}
-                data-background-video-loop
-              {%- endif -%}
-              {% if slide_config.auto_next -%}
-                data-autoslide="{{ get_duration_ms(slide_config.file) }}"
-              {%- endif -%}>
-              {% if slide_config.notes != "" -%}
-                <aside class="notes" data-markdown>{{ slide_config.notes }}</aside>
-              {%- endif %}
-            </section>
-          {%- endfor -%}
-        {%- endfor -%}
+            {% else %}
+              {% set file = assets_dir / (prefix(outer_loop.index0) + slide_config.file.name) %}
+            {% endif %}
+        <section
+          data-background-size={{ background_size }}
+          data-background-color="{{ presentation_config.background_color }}"
+          data-background-video="{{ file }}"
+          {% if loop.index == 1 and outer_loop.index == 1 %}
+          data-background-video-muted
+          {% endif %}
+          {% if slide_config.loop %}
+          data-background-video-loop
+          {% endif %}
+          {% if slide_config.auto_next %}
+          data-autoslide="{{ get_duration_ms(slide_config.file) }}"
+          {% endif %}
+          >
+          {% if slide_config.notes != "" %}
+            <aside class="notes" data-markdown>{{ slide_config.notes }}</aside>
+          {% endif %}
+        </section>
+          {% endfor %}
+        {% endfor %}
       </div>
     </div>
 
     <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/reveal.js/{{ reveal_version }}/reveal.min.js"></script>
 
     <!-- To include plugins, see: https://revealjs.com/plugins/ -->
-
-    {% if has_notes -%}
+    {% if has_notes %}
       <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/reveal.js/{{ reveal_version }}/plugin/markdown/markdown.min.js"></script>
       <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/reveal.js/{{ reveal_version }}/plugin/notes/notes.min.js"></script>
-    {%- endif -%}
+    {% endif %}
 
     <!-- <script src="index.js"></script> -->
     <script>
       Reveal.initialize({
-        {% if has_notes -%}
-          plugins: [ RevealMarkdown, RevealNotes ],
-        {%- endif %}
+        {% if has_notes %}
+        /// The list of RevealJS plugins.
+        plugins: [ RevealMarkdown, RevealNotes ],
+        {% endif %}
         // The "normal" size of the presentation, aspect ratio will
         // be preserved when the presentation is scaled to fit different
         // resolutions. Can be specified using percentage units.
         width: {{ width }},
         height: {{ height }},
-
         // Factor of the display size that should remain empty around
         // the content
         margin: {{ margin }},
-
         // Bounds for smallest/largest possible scale to apply to content
         minScale: {{ min_scale }},
         maxScale: {{ max_scale }},
-
         // Display presentation control arrows
         controls: {{ controls }},
-
         // Help the user learn the controls by providing hints, for example by
         // bouncing the down arrow when they first encounter a vertical slide
         controlsTutorial: {{ controls_tutorial }},
-
         // Determines where controls appear, "edges" or "bottom-right"
         controlsLayout: {{ controls_layout }},
-
         // Visibility rule for backwards navigation arrows; "faded", "hidden"
         // or "visible"
         controlsBackArrows: {{ controls_back_arrows }},
-
         // Display a presentation progress bar
         progress: {{ progress }},
-
         // Display the page number of the current slide
         // - true:    Show slide number
         // - false:   Hide slide number
@@ -109,55 +102,43 @@
         // object and return an array with one string [slideNumber] or
         // three strings [n1,delimiter,n2]. See #formatSlideNumber().
         slideNumber: {{ slide_number }},
-
         // Can be used to limit the contexts in which the slide number appears
         // - "all":      Always show the slide number
         // - "print":    Only when printing to PDF
         // - "speaker":  Only in the speaker view
         showSlideNumber: {{ show_slide_number }},
-
         // Use 1 based indexing for # links to match slide number (default is zero
         // based)
         hashOneBasedIndex: {{ hash_one_based_index }},
-
         // Add the current slide number to the URL hash so that reloading the
         // page/copying the URL will return you to the same slide
         hash: {{ hash }},
-
         // Flags if we should monitor the hash and change slides accordingly
         respondToHashChanges: {{ respond_to_hash_changes }},
-
+        // Enable support for jump-to-slide navigation shortcuts
+        jumpToSlide: {{ jump_to_slide }},
         // Push each slide change to the browser history.  Implies `hash: true`
         history: {{ history }},
-
         // Enable keyboard shortcuts for navigation
         keyboard: {{ keyboard }},
-
         // Optional function that blocks keyboard events when retuning false
         //
         // If you set this to 'focused', we will only capture keyboard events
         // for embedded decks when they are in focus
         keyboardCondition: {{ keyboard_condition }},
-
         // Disables the default reveal.js slide layout (scaling and centering)
         // so that you can use custom CSS layout
         disableLayout: {{ disable_layout }},
-
         // Enable the slide overview mode
         overview: {{ overview }},
-
         // Vertical centering of slides
         center: {{ center }},
-
         // Enables touch navigation on devices with touch input
         touch: {{ touch }},
-
         // Loop the presentation
         loop: {{ loop }},
-
         // Change the presentation direction to be RTL
         rtl: {{ rtl }},
-
         // Changes the behavior of our navigation directions.
         //
         // "default"
@@ -183,159 +164,146 @@
         // from 1.3 -> 2.1. If "grid" is used, the same navigation takes you
         // from 1.3 -> 2.3.
         navigationMode: {{ navigation_mode }},
-
         // Randomizes the order of slides each time the presentation loads
         shuffle: {{ shuffle }},
-
         // Turns fragments on and off globally
         fragments: {{ fragments }},
-
         // Flags whether to include the current fragment in the URL,
         // so that reloading brings you to the same fragment position
         fragmentInURL: {{ fragment_in_url }},
-
         // Flags if the presentation is running in an embedded mode,
         // i.e. contained within a limited portion of the screen
         embedded: {{ embedded }},
-
         // Flags if we should show a help overlay when the question-mark
         // key is pressed
         help: {{ help }},
-
         // Flags if it should be possible to pause the presentation (blackout)
         pause: {{ pause }},
-
         // Flags if speaker notes should be visible to all viewers
         showNotes: {{ show_notes }},
-
         // Global override for autolaying embedded media (video/audio/iframe)
         // - null:   Media will only autoplay if data-autoplay is present
         // - true:   All media will autoplay, regardless of individual setting
         // - false:  No media will autoplay, regardless of individual setting
         autoPlayMedia: {{ auto_play_media }},
-
         // Global override for preloading lazy-loaded iframes
         // - null:   Iframes with data-src AND data-preload will be loaded when within
         //           the viewDistance, iframes with only data-src will be loaded when visible
         // - true:   All iframes with data-src will be loaded when within the viewDistance
         // - false:  All iframes with data-src will be loaded only when visible
         preloadIframes: {{ preload_iframes }},
-
         // Can be used to globally disable auto-animation
         autoAnimate: {{ auto_animate }},
-
         // Optionally provide a custom element matcher that will be
         // used to dictate which elements we can animate between.
         autoAnimateMatcher: {{ auto_animate_matcher }},
-
         // Default settings for our auto-animate transitions, can be
         // overridden per-slide or per-element via data arguments
         autoAnimateEasing: {{ auto_animate_easing }},
         autoAnimateDuration: {{ auto_animate_duration }},
         autoAnimateUnmatched: {{ auto_animate_unmatched }},
-
         // CSS properties that can be auto-animated. Position & scale
         // is matched separately so there's no need to include styles
         // like top/right/bottom/left, width/height or margin.
         autoAnimateStyles: {{ auto_animate_styles }},
-
         // Controls automatic progression to the next slide
         // - 0:      Auto-sliding only happens if the data-autoslide HTML attribute
         //           is present on the current slide or fragment
         // - 1+:     All slides will progress automatically at the given interval
         // - false:  No auto-sliding, even if data-autoslide is present
         autoSlide: {{ auto_slide }},
-
         // Stop auto-sliding after user input
         autoSlideStoppable: {{ auto_slide_stoppable }},
-
         // Use this method for navigation when auto-sliding (defaults to navigateNext)
         autoSlideMethod: {{ auto_slide_method }},
-
         // Specify the average time in seconds that you think you will spend
         // presenting each slide. This is used to show a pacing timer in the
         // speaker view
         defaultTiming: {{ default_timing }},
-
         // Enable slide navigation via mouse wheel
         mouseWheel: {{ mouse_wheel }},
-
         // Opens links in an iframe preview overlay
         // Add `data-preview-link` and `data-preview-link="false"` to customize each link
         // individually
         previewLinks: {{ preview_links }},
-
         // Exposes the reveal.js API through window.postMessage
         postMessage: {{ post_message }},
-
         // Dispatches all reveal.js events to the parent window through postMessage
         postMessageEvents: {{ post_message_events }},
-
         // Focuses body when page changes visibility to ensure keyboard shortcuts work
         focusBodyOnPageVisibilityChange: {{ focus_body_on_page_visibility_change }},
-
         // Transition style
         transition: {{ transition }}, // none/fade/slide/convex/concave/zoom
-
         // Transition speed
         transitionSpeed: {{ transition_speed }}, // default/fast/slow
-
         // Transition style for full page slide backgrounds
         backgroundTransition: {{ background_transition }}, // none/fade/slide/convex/concave/zoom
-
         // The maximum number of pages a single slide can expand onto when printing
         // to PDF, unlimited by default
         pdfMaxPagesPerSlide: {{ pdf_max_pages_per_slide }},
-
         // Prints each fragment on a separate slide
         pdfSeparateFragments: {{ pdf_separate_fragments }},
-
         // Offset used to reduce the height of content within exported PDF pages.
         // This exists to account for environment differences based on how you
         // print to PDF. CLI printing options, like phantomjs and wkpdf, can end
         // on precisely the total height of the document whereas in-browser
         // printing has to end one pixel before.
         pdfPageHeightOffset: {{ pdf_page_height_offset }},
-
         // Number of slides away from the current that are visible
         viewDistance: {{ view_distance }},
-
         // Number of slides away from the current that are visible on mobile
         // devices. It is advisable to set this to a lower number than
         // viewDistance in order to save resources.
         mobileViewDistance: {{ mobile_view_distance }},
-
         // The display mode that will be used to show slides
         display: {{ display }},
-
         // Hide cursor if inactive
         hideInactiveCursor: {{ hide_inactive_cursor }},
-
         // Time before the cursor is hidden (in ms)
         hideCursorTime: {{ hide_cursor_time }}
       });
-
       {% if one_file %}
-        // Fix found by @t-fritsch and @Rapsssito on GitHub
-        // see: https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js/discussions/3362#discussioncomment-11733074.
-        function fixBase64VideoBackground(event) {
-          // Analyze all slides backgrounds
-          for (const slide of Reveal.getBackgroundsElement().querySelectorAll('.slide-background')) {
-            // Get the slide video and its sources for each background
-            const video = slide.querySelector('video');
-            const sources = video.querySelectorAll('source');
-            // Update the source of the video
-            sources.forEach((source, i) => {
-              const src = source.getAttribute('src');
-              if(src.match(/^data:video.*;base64$/)) {
-                const nextSrc = sources[i+1]?.getAttribute('src');
-                video.setAttribute('src', `${src},${nextSrc}`);
+      // Fix found by @t-fritsch and @Rapsssito on GitHub
+      // see: https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js/discussions/3362#discussioncomment-11733074.
+      function setVideoBase64(video) {
+        const sources = video.querySelectorAll('source');
+        // Update the source of the video
+        sources.forEach((source, i) => {
+          const src = source.getAttribute('src');
+          if(src.match(/^data:video.*;base64$/)) {
+            const nextSrc = sources[i+1]?.getAttribute('src');
+            video.setAttribute('src', `${src},${nextSrc}`);
+          }
+        });
+      }
+
+      function fixBase64VideoBackground(event) {
+        // Analyze all slides backgrounds
+        for (const slide of Reveal.getBackgroundsElement().querySelectorAll('.slide-background')) {
+          // Get the slide video and its sources for each background
+          const video = slide.querySelector('video');
+          if (video) {
+            setVideoBase64(video);
+          } else {
+            // Listen to the creation of the video element
+            const observer = new MutationObserver((mutationsList) => {
+              for (const mutation of mutationsList) {
+                if (mutation.type === 'childList') {
+                  for (const addedNode of mutation.addedNodes) {
+                    if (addedNode.tagName === 'VIDEO') {
+                      setVideoBase64(addedNode);
+                      observer.disconnect(); // Stop observing once the video is handled
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
               }
             });
+            observer.observe(slide, { childList: true, subtree: true });
           }
         }
-        // Setup base64 videos
-        Reveal.on( 'ready', fixBase64VideoBackground );
+      }
+      // Setup base64 videos
+      Reveal.on( 'ready', fixBase64VideoBackground );
       {% endif %}
     </script>
 

docs/source/conf.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # For the full list of built-in configuration values, see the documentation:
 # https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html
 
+import os
 import sys
 from datetime import date
 
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ add_module_names = False
 # -- Options for HTML output -------------------------------------------------
 # https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#options-for-html-output
 
+html_baseurl = os.environ.get("READTHEDOCS_CANONICAL_URL", "/")
 html_theme = "furo"
 html_static_path = ["_static"]
 html_favicon = "_static/favicon.png"

docs/source/reference/api.md

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ use, not the methods used internally when rendering.
         next_section,
         next_slide,
         remove_from_canvas,
+        start_skip_animations,
+        stop_skip_animations,
         wait_time_between_slides,
         wipe,
         zoom,

example.py

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class ConvertExample(Slide):
         self.next_slide()
 
         code = Code(
-            code="""from manim import *
+            code_string="""from manim import *
 
 
 class Example(Scene):
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class Example(Scene):
         )
 
         code_step_1 = Code(
-            code="""from manim import *
+            code_string="""from manim import *
 from manim_slides import Slide
 
 class Example(Scene):
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class Example(Scene):
         )
 
         code_step_2 = Code(
-            code="""from manim import *
+            code_string="""from manim import *
 from manim_slides import Slide
 
 class Example(Slide):
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class Example(Slide):
         )
 
         code_step_3 = Code(
-            code="""from manim import *
+            code_string="""from manim import *
 from manim_slides import Slide
 
 class Example(Slide):
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class Example(Slide):
         )
 
         code_step_4 = Code(
-            code="""from manim import *
+            code_string="""from manim import *
 from manim_slides import Slide
 
 class Example(Slide):
@@ -148,19 +148,19 @@ class Example(Slide):
         )
 
         code_step_5 = Code(
-            code="manim-slide render example.py Example",
+            code_string="manim-slide render example.py Example",
             language="console",
         )
 
         code_step_6 = Code(
-            code="manim-slides Example",
+            code_string="manim-slides Example",
             language="console",
         )
 
         or_text = Text("or generate HTML presentation").scale(0.5)
 
         code_step_7 = Code(
-            code="manim-slides convert Example slides.html --open",
+            code_string="manim-slides convert Example slides.html --open",
             language="console",
         ).shift(DOWN)
 

manim_slides/__version__.py

@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "5.3.0"
+__version__ = "5.5.0"

manim_slides/config.py

@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ class BaseSlideConfig(BaseModel):  # type: ignore
     reversed_playback_rate: float = 1.0
     notes: str = ""
     dedent_notes: bool = True
+    skip_animations: bool = False
+    src: Optional[FilePath] = None
 
     @classmethod
     def wrapper(cls, arg_name: str) -> Callable[..., Any]:
@@ -204,14 +206,13 @@ class BaseSlideConfig(BaseModel):  # type: ignore
         return _wrapper_
 
     @model_validator(mode="after")
-    @classmethod
     def apply_dedent_notes(
-        cls, base_slide_config: "BaseSlideConfig"
+        self,
     ) -> "BaseSlideConfig":
-        if base_slide_config.dedent_notes:
-            base_slide_config.notes = dedent(base_slide_config.notes)
+        if self.dedent_notes:
+            self.notes = dedent(self.notes)
 
-        return base_slide_config
+        return self
 
 
 class PreSlideConfig(BaseSlideConfig):
@@ -241,25 +242,33 @@ class PreSlideConfig(BaseSlideConfig):
         return v
 
     @model_validator(mode="after")
-    @classmethod
     def start_animation_is_before_end(
-        cls, pre_slide_config: "PreSlideConfig"
+        self,
     ) -> "PreSlideConfig":
-        if pre_slide_config.start_animation >= pre_slide_config.end_animation:
-            if pre_slide_config.start_animation == pre_slide_config.end_animation == 0:
-                raise ValueError(
-                    "You have to play at least one animation (e.g., `self.wait()`) "
-                    "before pausing. If you want to start paused, use the appropriate "
-                    "command-line option when presenting. "
-                    "IMPORTANT: when using ManimGL, `self.wait()` is not considered "
-                    "to be an animation, so prefer to directly use `self.play(...)`."
-                )
-
+        if self.start_animation > self.end_animation:
             raise ValueError(
                 "Start animation index must be strictly lower than end animation index"
             )
+        return self
 
-        return pre_slide_config
+    @model_validator(mode="after")
+    def has_src_or_more_than_zero_animations(
+        self,
+    ) -> "PreSlideConfig":
+        if self.src is not None and self.start_animation != self.end_animation:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "A slide cannot have 'src=...' and more than zero animations at the same time."
+            )
+        elif self.src is None and self.start_animation == self.end_animation:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "You have to play at least one animation (e.g., 'self.wait()') "
+                "before pausing. If you want to start paused, use the appropriate "
+                "command-line option when presenting. "
+                "IMPORTANT: when using ManimGL, 'self.wait()' is not considered "
+                "to be an animation, so prefer to directly use 'self.play(...)'."
+            )
+
+        return self
 
     @property
     def slides_slice(self) -> slice:

manim_slides/convert.py

@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ class RevealJS(Converter):
         "black",
         description="Background color used in slides, not relevant if videos fill the whole area.",
     )
-    reveal_version: str = Field("5.1.0", description="RevealJS version.")
+    reveal_version: str = Field("5.2.0", description="RevealJS version.")
     reveal_theme: RevealTheme = Field(
         RevealTheme.black, description="RevealJS version."
     )
@@ -594,7 +594,9 @@ class RevealJS(Converter):
         dest.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
         with open(dest, "w") as f:
-            revealjs_template = Template(self.load_template())
+            revealjs_template = Template(
+                self.load_template(), trim_blocks=True, lstrip_blocks=True
+            )
 
             options = self.model_dump()
 

manim_slides/docs/manim_slides_directive.py

@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ class ManimSlidesDirective(Directive):
             ref_block = ""
 
         if "quality" in self.options:
-            quality = f'{self.options["quality"]}_quality'
+            quality = f"{self.options['quality']}_quality"
         else:
             quality = "example_quality"
         frame_rate = QUALITIES[quality]["frame_rate"]
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ def _log_rendering_times(*args):
             )
             for row in group:
                 print(  # noqa: T201
-                    f"{' '*(max_file_length)} {row[2].rjust(7)}s {row[1]}"
+                    f"{' ' * (max_file_length)} {row[2].rjust(7)}s {row[1]}"
                 )
         print("")  # noqa: T201
 

manim_slides/present/__init__.py

@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ def present(  # noqa: C901
         except IndexError:
             logger.error(
                 f"Invalid screen number {number}, "
-                f"allowed values are from 0 to {len(screens)-1} (incl.)"
+                f"allowed values are from 0 to {len(screens) - 1} (incl.)"
             )
             return None
 

manim_slides/present/player.py

@@ -463,13 +463,13 @@ class Player(QMainWindow):  # type: ignore[misc]
     def presentation_changed_callback(self) -> None:
         index = self.current_presentation_index
         count = self.presentations_count
-        self.info.scene_label.setText(f"{index+1:4d}/{count:4<d}")
+        self.info.scene_label.setText(f"{index + 1:4d}/{count:4<d}")
 
     @Slot()
     def slide_changed_callback(self) -> None:
         index = self.current_slide_index
         count = self.current_slides_count
-        self.info.slide_label.setText(f"{index+1:4d}/{count:4<d}")
+        self.info.slide_label.setText(f"{index + 1:4d}/{count:4<d}")
         self.info.slide_notes.setText(self.current_slide_config.notes)
         self.preview_next_slide()
 

manim_slides/slide/__init__.py

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ API: str = os.environ.get(MANIM_API, "manim").lower()
 
 if API not in API_NAMES:
     raise ImportError(
-        f"Specified MANIM_API={API!r} is not in valid options: " f"{API_NAMES}",
+        f"Specified MANIM_API={API!r} is not in valid options: {API_NAMES}",
     )
 
 API_NAME = API_NAMES[API]

manim_slides/slide/base.py

@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ class BaseSlide:
     disable_caching: bool = False
     flush_cache: bool = False
     skip_reversing: bool = False
+    max_duration_before_split_reverse: float | None = 4.0
+    num_processes: int | None = None
 
     def __init__(
         self, *args: Any, output_folder: Path = FOLDER_PATH, **kwargs: Any
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ class BaseSlide:
         self._start_animation = 0
         self._canvas: MutableMapping[str, Mobject] = {}
         self._wait_time_between_slides = 0.0
+        self._skip_animations = False
 
     @property
     @abstractmethod
@@ -277,7 +280,7 @@ class BaseSlide:
         self._wait_time_between_slides = max(wait_time, 0.0)
 
     def play(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
-        """Overload `self.play` and increment animation count."""
+        """Overload 'self.play' and increment animation count."""
         super().play(*args, **kwargs)  # type: ignore[misc]
         self._current_animation += 1
 
@@ -299,6 +302,16 @@ class BaseSlide:
             Positional arguments passed to
             :meth:`Scene.next_section<manim.scene.scene.Scene.next_section>`,
             or ignored if `manimlib` API is used.
+        :param skip_animations:
+            Exclude the next slide from the output.
+
+            If `manim` is used, this is also passed to :meth:`Scene.next_section<manim.scene.scene.Scene.next_section>`,
+            which will avoid rendering the corresponding animations.
+
+            .. seealso::
+
+                :meth:`start_skip_animations`
+                :meth:`stop_skip_animations`
         :param loop:
             If set, next slide will be looping.
         :param auto_next:
@@ -335,6 +348,11 @@ class BaseSlide:
                 ``manim-slides convert --to=pptx``.
         :param dedent_notes:
             If set, apply :func:`textwrap.dedent` to notes.
+        :param pathlib.Path src:
+            An optional path to a video file to include as next slide.
+
+            The video will be copied into the output folder, but no rescaling
+            is applied.
         :param kwargs:
             Keyword arguments passed to
             :meth:`Scene.next_section<manim.scene.scene.Scene.next_section>`,
@@ -458,6 +476,21 @@ class BaseSlide:
 
             self._current_slide += 1
 
+        if base_slide_config.src is not None:
+            self._slides.append(
+                PreSlideConfig.from_base_slide_config_and_animation_indices(
+                    base_slide_config,
+                    self._current_animation,
+                    self._current_animation,
+                )
+            )
+
+            base_slide_config = BaseSlideConfig()  # default
+            self._current_slide += 1
+
+        if self._skip_animations:
+            base_slide_config.skip_animations = True
+
         self._base_slide_config = base_slide_config
         self._start_animation = self._current_animation
 
@@ -477,7 +510,7 @@ class BaseSlide:
             )
         )
 
-    def _save_slides(
+    def _save_slides(  # noqa: C901
         self,
         use_cache: bool = True,
         flush_cache: bool = False,
@@ -516,14 +549,25 @@ class BaseSlide:
 
         for pre_slide_config in tqdm(
             self._slides,
-            desc=f"Concatenating animation files to '{scene_files_folder}' and generating reversed animations",
+            desc=f"Concatenating animations to '{scene_files_folder}' and generating reversed animations",
             leave=self._leave_progress_bar,
             ascii=True if platform.system() == "Windows" else None,
             disable=not self._show_progress_bar,
+            unit=" slides",
         ):
-            slide_files = files[pre_slide_config.slides_slice]
+            if pre_slide_config.skip_animations:
+                continue
+            if pre_slide_config.src:
+                slide_files = [pre_slide_config.src]
+            else:
+                slide_files = files[pre_slide_config.slides_slice]
 
-            file = merge_basenames(slide_files)
+            try:
+                file = merge_basenames(slide_files)
+            except ValueError as e:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Failed to merge basenames of files for slide: {pre_slide_config!r}"
+                ) from e
             dst_file = scene_files_folder / file.name
             rev_file = scene_files_folder / f"{file.stem}_reversed{file.suffix}"
 
@@ -536,7 +580,15 @@ class BaseSlide:
                 if skip_reversing:
                     rev_file = dst_file
                 else:
-                    reverse_video_file(dst_file, rev_file)
+                    reverse_video_file(
+                        dst_file,
+                        rev_file,
+                        max_segment_duration=self.max_duration_before_split_reverse,
+                        num_processes=self.num_processes,
+                        leave=self._leave_progress_bar,
+                        ascii=True if platform.system() == "Windows" else None,
+                        disable=not self._show_progress_bar,
+                    )
 
             slides.append(
                 SlideConfig.from_pre_slide_config_and_files(
@@ -560,6 +612,22 @@ class BaseSlide:
             f"Slide '{scene_name}' configuration written in '{slide_path.absolute()}'"
         )
 
+    def start_skip_animations(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Start skipping animations.
+
+        This automatically applies ``skip_animations=True``
+        to all subsequent calls to :meth:`next_slide`.
+
+        This is useful when you want to skip animations from multiple slides in a row,
+        without having to manually set ``skip_animations=True``.
+        """
+        self._skip_animations = True
+
+    def stop_skip_animations(self) -> None:
+        """Stop skipping animations."""
+        self._skip_animations = False
+
     def wipe(
         self,
         *args: Any,

manim_slides/slide/manim.py

@@ -11,26 +11,43 @@ from .base import BaseSlide
 
 class Slide(BaseSlide, Scene):  # type: ignore[misc]
     """
-    Inherits from :class:`Scene<manim.scene.scene.Scene>` and provide necessary tools
+    Inherits from :class:`Scene<manim.scene.scene.Scene>` and provides necessary tools
     for slides rendering.
 
     :param args: Positional arguments passed to scene object.
-    :param output_folder: Where the slide animation files should be written.
+    :param pathlib.Path output_folder: Where the slide animation files should be written.
     :param kwargs: Keyword arguments passed to scene object.
     :cvar bool disable_caching: :data:`False`: Whether to disable the use of
         cached animation files.
     :cvar bool flush_cache: :data:`False`: Whether to flush the cache.
-
         Unlike with Manim, flushing is performed before rendering.
     :cvar bool skip_reversing: :data:`False`: Whether to generate reversed animations.
-
         If set to :data:`False`, and no cached reversed animation
         exists (or caching is disabled) for a given slide,
         then the reversed animation will be simply the same
         as the original one, i.e., ``rev_file = file``,
         for the current slide config.
+    :cvar typing.Optional[float] max_duration_before_split_reverse: :data:`4.0`: Maximum duration
+        before of a video animation before it is reversed by splitting the file into smaller chunks.
+        Generating reversed animations can require an important amount of
+        memory (because the whole video needs to be kept in memory),
+        and splitting the video into multiple chunks usually speeds
+        up the process (because it can be done in parallel) while taking
+        less memory.
+        Set this to :data:`None` to disable splitting the file into chunks.
+    :cvar typing.Optional[int] num_processes: :data:`None`: Number of processes
+        to use for parallelizable operations.
+        If :data:`None`, defaults to :func:`os.process_cpu_count`.
+        This is currently used when generating reversed animations, and can
+        increase memory consumption.
     """
 
+    def __init__(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
+        # OpenGL renderer disables 'write_to_movie' by default
+        # which is required for saving the animations
+        config["write_to_movie"] = True
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
     @property
     def _frame_shape(self) -> tuple[float, float]:
         if isinstance(self.renderer, OpenGLRenderer):
@@ -89,6 +106,15 @@ class Slide(BaseSlide, Scene):  # type: ignore[misc]
     def _start_at_animation_number(self) -> Optional[int]:
         return config["from_animation_number"]  # type: ignore
 
+    def play(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
+        """Overload 'self.play' and increment animation count."""
+        super().play(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        if self._base_slide_config.skip_animations:
+            # Manim will not render the animations, so we reset the animation
+            # counter to the previous value
+            self._current_animation -= 1
+
     def next_section(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         """
         Alias to :meth:`next_slide`.
@@ -111,7 +137,12 @@ class Slide(BaseSlide, Scene):  # type: ignore[misc]
         base_slide_config: BaseSlideConfig,
         **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> None:
-        Scene.next_section(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        Scene.next_section(
+            self,
+            *args,
+            skip_animations=base_slide_config.skip_animations | self._skip_animations,
+            **kwargs,
+        )
         BaseSlide.next_slide.__wrapped__(
             self,
             base_slide_config=base_slide_config,

manim_slides/templates/revealjs.html

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
     <!-- Theme used for syntax highlighting of code -->
     <!-- <link rel="stylesheet" href="lib/css/zenburn.css"> -->
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/highlight.js/9.13.1/styles/zenburn.min.css">
-
     <!-- <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css"> -->
   </head>
 
@@ -20,82 +19,74 @@
     <div class="reveal">
       <div class="slides">
         {% for presentation_config in presentation_configs -%}
-          {% set outer_loop = loop %}
-          {%- for slide_config in presentation_config.slides -%}
-            {%- if one_file -%}
+          {%- set outer_loop = loop %}
+          {% for slide_config in presentation_config.slides %}
+            {% if one_file %}
               {% set file = file_to_data_uri(slide_config.file) %}
-            {%- else -%}
+            {% else %}
               {% set file = assets_dir / (prefix(outer_loop.index0) + slide_config.file.name) %}
-            {%- endif -%}
+            {% endif %}
         <section
           data-background-size={{ background_size }}
           data-background-color="{{ presentation_config.background_color }}"
           data-background-video="{{ file }}"
-          {% if loop.index == 1 and outer_loop.index == 1 -%}
-            data-background-video-muted
-          {%- endif -%}
-          {% if slide_config.loop -%}
-            data-background-video-loop
-          {%- endif -%}
-          {% if slide_config.auto_next -%}
-            data-autoslide="{{ get_duration_ms(slide_config.file) }}"
-          {%- endif %}
+          {% if loop.index == 1 and outer_loop.index == 1 %}
+          data-background-video-muted
+          {% endif %}
+          {% if slide_config.loop %}
+          data-background-video-loop
+          {% endif %}
+          {% if slide_config.auto_next %}
+          data-autoslide="{{ get_duration_ms(slide_config.file) }}"
+          {% endif %}
           >
-          {%- if slide_config.notes != "" -%}
+          {% if slide_config.notes != "" %}
             <aside class="notes" data-markdown>{{ slide_config.notes }}</aside>
-          {%- endif %}
+          {% endif %}
         </section>
-          {%- endfor -%}
-        {%- endfor -%}
+          {% endfor %}
+        {% endfor %}
       </div>
     </div>
 
     <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/reveal.js/{{ reveal_version }}/reveal.min.js"></script>
 
     <!-- To include plugins, see: https://revealjs.com/plugins/ -->
-
-    {% if has_notes -%}
+    {% if has_notes %}
       <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/reveal.js/{{ reveal_version }}/plugin/markdown/markdown.min.js"></script>
       <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/reveal.js/{{ reveal_version }}/plugin/notes/notes.min.js"></script>
-    {%- endif -%}
+    {% endif %}
 
     <!-- <script src="index.js"></script> -->
     <script>
       Reveal.initialize({
-        {% if has_notes -%}
-          plugins: [ RevealMarkdown, RevealNotes ],
-        {%- endif %}
+        {% if has_notes %}
+        /// The list of RevealJS plugins.
+        plugins: [ RevealMarkdown, RevealNotes ],
+        {% endif %}
         // The "normal" size of the presentation, aspect ratio will
         // be preserved when the presentation is scaled to fit different
         // resolutions. Can be specified using percentage units.
         width: {{ width }},
         height: {{ height }},
-
         // Factor of the display size that should remain empty around
         // the content
         margin: {{ margin }},
-
         // Bounds for smallest/largest possible scale to apply to content
         minScale: {{ min_scale }},
         maxScale: {{ max_scale }},
-
         // Display presentation control arrows
         controls: {{ controls }},
-
         // Help the user learn the controls by providing hints, for example by
         // bouncing the down arrow when they first encounter a vertical slide
         controlsTutorial: {{ controls_tutorial }},
-
         // Determines where controls appear, "edges" or "bottom-right"
         controlsLayout: {{ controls_layout }},
-
         // Visibility rule for backwards navigation arrows; "faded", "hidden"
         // or "visible"
         controlsBackArrows: {{ controls_back_arrows }},
-
         // Display a presentation progress bar
         progress: {{ progress }},
-
         // Display the page number of the current slide
         // - true:    Show slide number
         // - false:   Hide slide number
@@ -111,58 +102,43 @@
         // object and return an array with one string [slideNumber] or
         // three strings [n1,delimiter,n2]. See #formatSlideNumber().
         slideNumber: {{ slide_number }},
-
         // Can be used to limit the contexts in which the slide number appears
         // - "all":      Always show the slide number
         // - "print":    Only when printing to PDF
         // - "speaker":  Only in the speaker view
         showSlideNumber: {{ show_slide_number }},
-
         // Use 1 based indexing for # links to match slide number (default is zero
         // based)
         hashOneBasedIndex: {{ hash_one_based_index }},
-
         // Add the current slide number to the URL hash so that reloading the
         // page/copying the URL will return you to the same slide
         hash: {{ hash }},
-
         // Flags if we should monitor the hash and change slides accordingly
         respondToHashChanges: {{ respond_to_hash_changes }},
-
         // Enable support for jump-to-slide navigation shortcuts
         jumpToSlide: {{ jump_to_slide }},
-
         // Push each slide change to the browser history.  Implies `hash: true`
         history: {{ history }},
-
         // Enable keyboard shortcuts for navigation
         keyboard: {{ keyboard }},
-
         // Optional function that blocks keyboard events when retuning false
         //
         // If you set this to 'focused', we will only capture keyboard events
         // for embedded decks when they are in focus
         keyboardCondition: {{ keyboard_condition }},
-
         // Disables the default reveal.js slide layout (scaling and centering)
         // so that you can use custom CSS layout
         disableLayout: {{ disable_layout }},
-
         // Enable the slide overview mode
         overview: {{ overview }},
-
         // Vertical centering of slides
         center: {{ center }},
-
         // Enables touch navigation on devices with touch input
         touch: {{ touch }},
-
         // Loop the presentation
         loop: {{ loop }},
-
         // Change the presentation direction to be RTL
         rtl: {{ rtl }},
-
         // Changes the behavior of our navigation directions.
         //
         // "default"
@@ -188,168 +164,154 @@
         // from 1.3 -> 2.1. If "grid" is used, the same navigation takes you
         // from 1.3 -> 2.3.
         navigationMode: {{ navigation_mode }},
-
         // Randomizes the order of slides each time the presentation loads
         shuffle: {{ shuffle }},
-
         // Turns fragments on and off globally
         fragments: {{ fragments }},
-
         // Flags whether to include the current fragment in the URL,
         // so that reloading brings you to the same fragment position
         fragmentInURL: {{ fragment_in_url }},
-
         // Flags if the presentation is running in an embedded mode,
         // i.e. contained within a limited portion of the screen
         embedded: {{ embedded }},
-
         // Flags if we should show a help overlay when the question-mark
         // key is pressed
         help: {{ help }},
-
         // Flags if it should be possible to pause the presentation (blackout)
         pause: {{ pause }},
-
         // Flags if speaker notes should be visible to all viewers
         showNotes: {{ show_notes }},
-
         // Global override for autolaying embedded media (video/audio/iframe)
         // - null:   Media will only autoplay if data-autoplay is present
         // - true:   All media will autoplay, regardless of individual setting
         // - false:  No media will autoplay, regardless of individual setting
         autoPlayMedia: {{ auto_play_media }},
-
         // Global override for preloading lazy-loaded iframes
         // - null:   Iframes with data-src AND data-preload will be loaded when within
         //           the viewDistance, iframes with only data-src will be loaded when visible
         // - true:   All iframes with data-src will be loaded when within the viewDistance
         // - false:  All iframes with data-src will be loaded only when visible
         preloadIframes: {{ preload_iframes }},
-
         // Can be used to globally disable auto-animation
         autoAnimate: {{ auto_animate }},
-
         // Optionally provide a custom element matcher that will be
         // used to dictate which elements we can animate between.
         autoAnimateMatcher: {{ auto_animate_matcher }},
-
         // Default settings for our auto-animate transitions, can be
         // overridden per-slide or per-element via data arguments
         autoAnimateEasing: {{ auto_animate_easing }},
         autoAnimateDuration: {{ auto_animate_duration }},
         autoAnimateUnmatched: {{ auto_animate_unmatched }},
-
         // CSS properties that can be auto-animated. Position & scale
         // is matched separately so there's no need to include styles
         // like top/right/bottom/left, width/height or margin.
         autoAnimateStyles: {{ auto_animate_styles }},
-
         // Controls automatic progression to the next slide
         // - 0:      Auto-sliding only happens if the data-autoslide HTML attribute
         //           is present on the current slide or fragment
         // - 1+:     All slides will progress automatically at the given interval
         // - false:  No auto-sliding, even if data-autoslide is present
         autoSlide: {{ auto_slide }},
-
         // Stop auto-sliding after user input
         autoSlideStoppable: {{ auto_slide_stoppable }},
-
         // Use this method for navigation when auto-sliding (defaults to navigateNext)
         autoSlideMethod: {{ auto_slide_method }},
-
         // Specify the average time in seconds that you think you will spend
         // presenting each slide. This is used to show a pacing timer in the
         // speaker view
         defaultTiming: {{ default_timing }},
-
         // Enable slide navigation via mouse wheel
         mouseWheel: {{ mouse_wheel }},
-
         // Opens links in an iframe preview overlay
         // Add `data-preview-link` and `data-preview-link="false"` to customize each link
         // individually
         previewLinks: {{ preview_links }},
-
         // Exposes the reveal.js API through window.postMessage
         postMessage: {{ post_message }},
-
         // Dispatches all reveal.js events to the parent window through postMessage
         postMessageEvents: {{ post_message_events }},
-
         // Focuses body when page changes visibility to ensure keyboard shortcuts work
         focusBodyOnPageVisibilityChange: {{ focus_body_on_page_visibility_change }},
-
         // Transition style
         transition: {{ transition }}, // none/fade/slide/convex/concave/zoom
-
         // Transition speed
         transitionSpeed: {{ transition_speed }}, // default/fast/slow
-
         // Transition style for full page slide backgrounds
         backgroundTransition: {{ background_transition }}, // none/fade/slide/convex/concave/zoom
-
         // The maximum number of pages a single slide can expand onto when printing
         // to PDF, unlimited by default
         pdfMaxPagesPerSlide: {{ pdf_max_pages_per_slide }},
-
         // Prints each fragment on a separate slide
         pdfSeparateFragments: {{ pdf_separate_fragments }},
-
         // Offset used to reduce the height of content within exported PDF pages.
         // This exists to account for environment differences based on how you
         // print to PDF. CLI printing options, like phantomjs and wkpdf, can end
         // on precisely the total height of the document whereas in-browser
         // printing has to end one pixel before.
         pdfPageHeightOffset: {{ pdf_page_height_offset }},
-
         // Number of slides away from the current that are visible
         viewDistance: {{ view_distance }},
-
         // Number of slides away from the current that are visible on mobile
         // devices. It is advisable to set this to a lower number than
         // viewDistance in order to save resources.
         mobileViewDistance: {{ mobile_view_distance }},
-
         // The display mode that will be used to show slides
         display: {{ display }},
-
         // Hide cursor if inactive
         hideInactiveCursor: {{ hide_inactive_cursor }},
-
         // Time before the cursor is hidden (in ms)
         hideCursorTime: {{ hide_cursor_time }}
       });
-
-      {% if one_file -%}
+      {% if one_file %}
       // Fix found by @t-fritsch and @Rapsssito on GitHub
       // see: https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js/discussions/3362#discussioncomment-11733074.
+      function setVideoBase64(video) {
+        const sources = video.querySelectorAll('source');
+        // Update the source of the video
+        sources.forEach((source, i) => {
+          const src = source.getAttribute('src');
+          if(src.match(/^data:video.*;base64$/)) {
+            const nextSrc = sources[i+1]?.getAttribute('src');
+            video.setAttribute('src', `${src},${nextSrc}`);
+          }
+        });
+      }
+
       function fixBase64VideoBackground(event) {
         // Analyze all slides backgrounds
         for (const slide of Reveal.getBackgroundsElement().querySelectorAll('.slide-background')) {
           // Get the slide video and its sources for each background
           const video = slide.querySelector('video');
-          const sources = video.querySelectorAll('source');
-          // Update the source of the video
-          sources.forEach((source, i) => {
-            const src = source.getAttribute('src');
-            if(src.match(/^data:video.*;base64$/)) {
-              const nextSrc = sources[i+1]?.getAttribute('src');
-              video.setAttribute('src', `${src},${nextSrc}`);
-            }
-          });
+          if (video) {
+            setVideoBase64(video);
+          } else {
+            // Listen to the creation of the video element
+            const observer = new MutationObserver((mutationsList) => {
+              for (const mutation of mutationsList) {
+                if (mutation.type === 'childList') {
+                  for (const addedNode of mutation.addedNodes) {
+                    if (addedNode.tagName === 'VIDEO') {
+                      setVideoBase64(addedNode);
+                      observer.disconnect(); // Stop observing once the video is handled
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            });
+            observer.observe(slide, { childList: true, subtree: true });
+          }
         }
       }
       // Setup base64 videos
       Reveal.on( 'ready', fixBase64VideoBackground );
-      {%- endif %}
+      {% endif %}
     </script>
-
-    {% if env['READTHEDOCS'] -%}
-    <style>
-      readthedocs-flyout, readthedocs-notification {
-        display: none;
-      }
-    </style>
-    {%- endif %}
+    {% if env['READTHEDOCS'] %}
+      <style>
+        readthedocs-flyout, readthedocs-notification {
+          display: none;
+        }
+      </style>
+    {% endif %}
   </body>
 </html>

manim_slides/utils.py

@@ -1,16 +1,23 @@
 import hashlib
 import os
+import shutil
 import tempfile
 from collections.abc import Iterator
+from multiprocessing import Pool
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any, Optional
 
 import av
+from tqdm import tqdm
 
 from .logger import logger
 
 
 def concatenate_video_files(files: list[Path], dest: Path) -> None:
     """Concatenate multiple video files into one."""
+    if len(files) == 1:
+        shutil.copy(files[0], dest)
+        return
 
     def _filter(files: list[Path]) -> Iterator[Path]:
         """Patch possibly empty video files."""
@@ -89,8 +96,9 @@ def link_nodes(*nodes: av.filter.context.FilterContext) -> None:
         c.link_to(n)
 
 
-def reverse_video_file(src: Path, dest: Path) -> None:
+def reverse_video_file_in_one_chunk(src_and_dest: tuple[Path, Path]) -> None:
     """Reverses a video file, writing the result to `dest`."""
+    src, dest = src_and_dest
     with (
         av.open(str(src)) as input_container,
         av.open(str(dest), mode="w") as output_container,
@@ -120,8 +128,70 @@ def reverse_video_file(src: Path, dest: Path) -> None:
 
         for _ in range(frames_count):
             frame = graph.pull()
-            frame.pict_type = 5  # Otherwise we get a warning saying it is changed
+            frame.pict_type = "NONE"  # Otherwise we get a warning saying it is changed
             output_container.mux(output_stream.encode(frame))
 
         for packet in output_stream.encode():
             output_container.mux(packet)
+
+
+def reverse_video_file(
+    src: Path,
+    dest: Path,
+    max_segment_duration: Optional[float] = 4.0,
+    num_processes: Optional[int] = None,
+    **tqdm_kwargs: Any,
+) -> None:
+    """Reverses a video file, writing the result to `dest`."""
+    with av.open(str(src)) as input_container:  # Fast path if file is short enough
+        input_stream = input_container.streams.video[0]
+        if max_segment_duration is None:
+            return reverse_video_file_in_one_chunk((src, dest))
+        elif input_stream.duration:
+            if (
+                float(input_stream.duration * input_stream.time_base)
+                <= max_segment_duration
+            ):
+                return reverse_video_file_in_one_chunk((src, dest))
+        else:  # pragma: no cover
+            logger.debug(
+                f"Could not determine duration of {src}, falling back to segmentation."
+            )
+
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdirname:
+            tmpdir = Path(tmpdirname)
+            with av.open(
+                str(tmpdir / f"%04d.{src.suffix}"),
+                "w",
+                format="segment",
+                options={"segment_time": str(max_segment_duration)},
+            ) as output_container:
+                output_stream = output_container.add_stream(
+                    template=input_stream,
+                )
+
+                for packet in input_container.demux(input_stream):
+                    if packet.dts is None:
+                        continue
+
+                    packet.stream = output_stream
+                    output_container.mux(packet)
+
+            src_files = list(tmpdir.iterdir())
+            rev_files = [
+                src_file.with_stem("rev_" + src_file.stem) for src_file in src_files
+            ]
+
+            with Pool(num_processes, maxtasksperchild=1) as pool:
+                for _ in tqdm(
+                    pool.imap_unordered(
+                        reverse_video_file_in_one_chunk, zip(src_files, rev_files)
+                    ),
+                    desc="Reversing large file by cutting it in segments",
+                    total=len(src_files),
+                    unit=" files",
+                    **tqdm_kwargs,
+                ):
+                    pass  # We just consume the iterator
+
+            concatenate_video_files(rev_files[::-1], dest)

pyproject.toml

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ docs = [
   "myst-parser>=2.0.0",
   "nbsphinx>=0.9.2",
   "pandoc>=2.3",
+  "pygments<2.19",  # See: https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim/issues/4104
   "sphinx>=7.0.1",
   "sphinxcontrib-programoutput>=0.18",
   "sphinx-design>=0.6.1",
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ full = [
   "manim-slides[magic,manim,sphinx-directive]",
 ]
 magic = ["manim-slides[manim]", "ipython>=8.12.2"]
-manim = ["manim>=0.18.0"]
+manim = ["manim>=0.19"]
 manimgl = ["manimgl>=1.7.2"]
 pyqt6 = ["pyqt6>=6.7.0"]
 pyqt6-full = ["manim-slides[full,pyqt6]"]
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ pyside6 = ["pyside6>=6.6.1,!=6.8.1.1"]
 pyside6-full = ["manim-slides[full,pyside6]"]
 sphinx-directive = ["docutils>=0.20.1", "manim-slides[manim]"]
 tests = [
+  "importlib-metadata>=8.6.1;python_version<'3.10'",
   "manim-slides[full,manimgl,pyqt6,pyside6,sphinx-directive]",
   "pytest>=7.4.0",
   "pytest-cov>=4.1.0",
@@ -90,7 +92,7 @@ Repository = "https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides"
 allow_dirty = false
 commit = true
 commit_args = ""
-current_version = "5.3.0"
+current_version = "5.5.0"
 ignore_missing_version = false
 message = "chore(deps): bump version from {current_version} to {new_version}"
 parse = '(?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)(-rc(?P<release>\d+))?'

tests/test_base_slide.py

@@ -86,6 +86,15 @@ class TestBaseSlide:
 
         assert base_slide.wait_time_between_slides == 0.0
 
+    def test_skip_animations(self, base_slide: BaseSlide) -> None:
+        assert not base_slide._skip_animations
+
+    def test_start_and_stop_skip_animations(self, base_slide: BaseSlide) -> None:
+        base_slide.start_skip_animations()
+        assert base_slide._skip_animations
+        base_slide.stop_skip_animations()
+        assert not base_slide._skip_animations
+
     def test_play(self) -> None:
         pass  # This method should be tested in test_slide.py
 

tests/test_slide.py

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+import contextlib
+import os
 import random
 import shutil
 import sys
+import tempfile
+from collections.abc import Iterator
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Union
 
@@ -17,6 +21,7 @@ from manim import (
     Dot,
     FadeIn,
     GrowFromCenter,
+    Square,
     Text,
 )
 from manim.renderer.opengl_renderer import OpenGLRenderer
@@ -65,7 +70,9 @@ Slide = Union[CESlide, _GLSlide, CEGLSlide]
                 reason="See https://github.com/3b1b/manim/issues/2263.",
             ),
         ),
+        "--CE --renderer=opengl",
     ],
+    ids=("CE", "GL", "CE(GL)"),
 )
 def test_render_basic_slide(
     renderer: str,
@@ -78,7 +85,7 @@ def test_render_basic_slide(
     with runner.isolated_filesystem() as tmp_dir:
         shutil.copy(manimgl_config, tmp_dir)
         results = runner.invoke(
-            render, [renderer, str(slides_file), "BasicSlide", "-ql"]
+            render, [*renderer.split(" "), str(slides_file), "BasicSlide", "-ql"]
         )
 
         assert results.exit_code == 0, results
@@ -229,8 +236,22 @@ def assert_constructs(cls: SlideType) -> None:
     init_slide(cls).construct()
 
 
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def tmp_cwd() -> Iterator[str]:
+    cwd = os.getcwd()
+    tmp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+
+    os.chdir(tmp_dir)
+
+    try:
+        yield tmp_dir
+    finally:
+        os.chdir(cwd)
+
+
 def assert_renders(cls: SlideType) -> None:
-    init_slide(cls).render()
+    with tmp_cwd():
+        init_slide(cls).render()
 
 
 class TestSlide:
@@ -293,6 +314,26 @@ class TestSlide:
                 self.play(dot.animate.move_to(LEFT))
                 self.play(dot.animate.move_to(DOWN))
 
+    def test_split_reverse(self) -> None:
+        @assert_renders
+        class _(CESlide):
+            max_duration_before_split_reverse = 3.0
+
+            def construct(self) -> None:
+                self.wait(2.0)
+                for _ in range(3):
+                    self.next_slide()
+                    self.wait(10.0)
+
+        @assert_renders
+        class __(CESlide):
+            max_duration_before_split_reverse = None
+
+            def construct(self) -> None:
+                self.wait(5.0)
+                self.next_slide()
+                self.wait(5.0)
+
     def test_file_too_long(self) -> None:
         @assert_renders
         class _(CESlide):
@@ -479,6 +520,120 @@ class TestSlide:
                 self.next_slide()
                 assert self._current_slide == 2
 
+    def test_next_slide_skip_animations(self) -> None:
+        class Foo(CESlide):
+            def construct(self) -> None:
+                circle = Circle(color=BLUE)
+                self.play(GrowFromCenter(circle))
+                assert not self._base_slide_config.skip_animations
+                self.next_slide(skip_animations=True)
+                square = Square(color=BLUE)
+                self.play(GrowFromCenter(square))
+                assert self._base_slide_config.skip_animations
+                self.next_slide()
+                assert not self._base_slide_config.skip_animations
+                self.play(GrowFromCenter(square))
+
+        class Bar(CESlide):
+            def construct(self) -> None:
+                circle = Circle(color=BLUE)
+                self.play(GrowFromCenter(circle))
+                assert not self._base_slide_config.skip_animations
+                self.next_slide(skip_animations=False)
+                square = Square(color=BLUE)
+                self.play(GrowFromCenter(square))
+                assert not self._base_slide_config.skip_animations
+                self.next_slide()
+                assert not self._base_slide_config.skip_animations
+                self.play(GrowFromCenter(square))
+
+        class Baz(CESlide):
+            def construct(self) -> None:
+                circle = Circle(color=BLUE)
+                self.play(GrowFromCenter(circle))
+                assert not self._base_slide_config.skip_animations
+                self.start_skip_animations()
+                self.next_slide()
+                square = Square(color=BLUE)
+                self.play(GrowFromCenter(square))
+                assert self._base_slide_config.skip_animations
+                self.next_slide()
+                assert self._base_slide_config.skip_animations
+                self.play(GrowFromCenter(square))
+                self.stop_skip_animations()
+
+        with tmp_cwd() as tmp_dir:
+            init_slide(Foo).render()
+            init_slide(Bar).render()
+            init_slide(Baz).render()
+
+            slides_folder = Path(tmp_dir) / "slides"
+
+            assert slides_folder.exists()
+
+            slide_file = slides_folder / "Foo.json"
+
+            config = PresentationConfig.from_file(slide_file)
+
+            assert len(config.slides) == 2
+
+            slide_file = slides_folder / "Bar.json"
+
+            config = PresentationConfig.from_file(slide_file)
+
+            assert len(config.slides) == 3
+
+            slide_file = slides_folder / "Baz.json"
+
+            config = PresentationConfig.from_file(slide_file)
+
+            assert len(config.slides) == 1
+
+    def test_next_slide_include_video(self) -> None:
+        class Foo(CESlide):
+            def construct(self) -> None:
+                circle = Circle(color=BLUE)
+                self.play(GrowFromCenter(circle))
+                self.next_slide()
+                square = Square(color=BLUE)
+                self.play(GrowFromCenter(square))
+                self.next_slide()
+                self.wait(2)
+
+        with tmp_cwd() as tmp_dir:
+            init_slide(Foo).render()
+
+            slides_folder = Path(tmp_dir) / "slides"
+
+            assert slides_folder.exists()
+
+            slide_file = slides_folder / "Foo.json"
+
+            config = PresentationConfig.from_file(slide_file)
+
+            assert len(config.slides) == 3
+
+            class Bar(CESlide):
+                def construct(self) -> None:
+                    self.next_slide(src=config.slides[0].file)
+                    self.wait(2)
+                    self.next_slide()
+                    self.wait(2)
+                    self.next_slide()  # Dummy
+                    self.next_slide(src=config.slides[1].file, loop=True)
+                    self.next_slide()  # Dummy
+                    self.wait(2)
+                    self.next_slide(src=config.slides[2].file)
+
+            init_slide(Bar).render()
+
+            slide_file = slides_folder / "Bar.json"
+
+            config = PresentationConfig.from_file(slide_file)
+
+            assert len(config.slides) == 6
+            assert config.slides[-3].loop
+
     def test_canvas(self) -> None:
         @assert_constructs
         class _(CESlide):