[jitter] Re: Newbie:How to random read movie files?

D'oh... wont be able to read your patch. Just tried to start max 5 with iLok still in,... now I guess my demo will be finished :(

The error message you get sounds a bit odd, sounds like you're sending a number to the random object instead of a bang. I can only speculate now, since I won't be able to see your patch. 
All I can say is that this works for me: 

#P user jit.pwindow 281 251 82 62 0 1 0 0 1 0;
#P toggle 184 111 15 0;
#P window setfont "Sans Serif" 9.;
#P window linecount 1;
#P newex 184 132 52 196617 metro 40;
#P button 237 111 15 0;
#P newex 327 175 61 196617 route count;
#P message 306 131 34 196617 count;
#P newex 237 131 43 196617 random;
#P newex 282 228 63 196617 jit.qt.movie;
#P newex 282 207 68 196617 prepend read;
#P user ubumenu 237 156 100 196617 0 1 1 0;
#X add;
#X prefix_set 0 0 "Macintosh HD:/Users/headlock/Pictures/" 0;
#P window linecount 4;
#P comment 403 132 100 196617 click this to set the range of the random object to the nr. of items in the ubumenu;
#P window linecount 1;
#P comment 342 132 100 196617 <<<<<<<<<<<;
#P connect 4 0 11 0;
#P fasten 9 0 4 0 189 226 287 226;
#P connect 10 0 9 0;
#P connect 8 0 5 0;
#P connect 5 0 2 0;
#P fasten 7 0 5 1 332 194 389 194 389 128 275 128;
#P connect 2 2 7 0;
#P fasten 6 0 2 0 311 152 242 152;
#P connect 3 0 4 0;
#P connect 2 1 3 0;
#P window clipboard copycount 12;