Cut off and loop a script at a specific time

[StefanL38]

@tanalepy
please re-edit your post with the code
so the code is shown as a code-section
See the tutorial-link at the bottom

The code is not called "skript" the code is called a sketch.

@tanalepy

Is there like a "hard" loop function available to loop the whole script after 49 seconds (even if this script would run 51 seconds)?

No. There might be a possability which would be very dirty ugly programming.
This is the reason why I do not show it to you.

It is done differently.
Your code must be restructured to become non-blocking.
The non-blocking code will run the one and only function loop() in a way that it will work.

@tanalepy

"Standalone" does indeed mean that it is not starting from the arduino.

This means as long as your DF-player starts standalone there is no possability to sync the code to the sound over time.

You can have it in sync for a few repeatings by carefully tweaking the wait-time. But as longer as you repeat the more deviation between sound and light-effects will occur.

@tanalepy

I have a standalone DFplayer mini

post a picture and the datasheet of the DFPlayer this sounds as it should be very easy to let the arduino send the start-signal

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best regards Stefan