Delay multiple comps with random start times

Question

Hi,

I am a complete newbie to AE expressions. I have 24 comps that I don't want them all to start to play at the same time, I would like them to start randomly, essentially randomly delay each comp by a few seconds. I don't want to stagger the comps as the project may grow and I would rather use an expression if possible.

I found the code below but I am getting an error. Can someone please advise me? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

//time remap

delay = 5;

framerate = 25;

n = name - 1;

d = n*(delay)/framerate;

t = thisLayer.timeRemap.valueAtTime(time-d);

[t]

barbarah92217474 · Accepted Answer

Thank you so much for replying! I have added the code as per below but it doesn't seem to delay the comp playing in any way. Maybe I'm doing something esle wrong or maybe using the wrong approach?

//time remap

delay = 5;

framerate = 25;

n = Number(name.split(' ')[1]) - 1;

d = n*(delay)/framerate;

t = thisLayer.timeRemap.valueAtTime(time-d);

[t]

Airweb_AE · Answer

name is the layer’s name, so: n = DAY 1 - 1; can't return a number. You must either rename your layer (1, 2, 3, 4, 5...)or extract the number from the layer’s name. n = Number(name.split(' ')[1]) - 1;

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