I am trying to get an animation running in beamer with the following setup:
\documentclass[]{beamer}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{calligra}
\usepackage[]{animate}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows,positioning,trees,decorations.pathmorphing,shapes,backgrounds,calc,shadows,decorations.pathreplacing}
\usetikzlibrary{fadings}
\usetikzlibrary[shadings]
\mode<presentation>
{
\usetheme{default}
\useoutertheme{default}
\usecolortheme{default}
}
\setbeamersize{text margin left=3pt,text margin right=3pt}
\DeclareGraphicsExtensions{.eps,.jpg,.png}
\graphicspath{ {./Pictures/} }
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\begin{columns}
\column{0.5\textwidth}
\centering
\animategraphics[width=0.9\textwidth,keepaspectratio,autopause,autoresume,autoplay,loop]{0.5}{pp_}{1}{54}
\column{0.5\textwidth}
\begin{columns}
\column{0.9\textwidth}
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
\node at (2.5,-0.6) [rectangle,draw=white,fill=black,fill opacity=0.7,
rounded corners, text width=0.9\textwidth, text height=0.9\paperheight] (aa) {};
\node at (aa) [rectangle,text width=0.8\textwidth, text=white] () {
\only<1>{\calligra \blindtext}
\only<2>{\calligra \blindtext}
\only<3-4>{\calligra \blindtext}
};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{columns}
\end{columns}
\end{frame}
\end{document}
The idea is to have an ongoing slide(picture) show in the left column while going through some text in the right column. Since the text is rather big it must be shown consequtive blocks. This is achieved via the "only" command. Now "only" causes beamer to generate, in this example, four slides. The problem is that when one proceeds to the next slide the animation in the left column restarts at frame 0. It occurs that every frame is runnig its own animation. But what I want is a single ongoing animation in the left column invariably of the beamer slide I am currently are.
Any ideas are much appreciated.