animated map icon?

I have upgraded to pro subscriber and am trying to add an animated background map URL.  All of the guides I can find mention an icon of a little square movie reel but it is not showing up on screen anywhere for me to get to the dialogue where I paste the direct link to the video.  Does this need to be toggeld on somewhere or where shoudl I be looking for it (and in what screen)?

It sounds like you are describing a third party extension. That is not part of the Roll20 interface at any subscription level.

Ahh right - I thought roll20 supported animated maps (or layers/background) that can substitue for a static map.

Hi Anthony, You can certainly upload webm  format animated maps. I've used it for tokens and a map is only a large token. I just resized an animated token to the size of the map. It wasn't that pretty, but it moved. Of course, tokens are generally quite modest in size, not sure how either Roll20 or your upload limit will tolerate a full sized animated map. My tokens were originally produced as gifs  but Roll20 converts them to webm  format when you upload them. When you have a webm  token,  you gain additional controls when right-clicking the token. A play/pause control on the radial controls and an item in the drop-down list, Animation , which controls play/pause and looping. So I think the upshot is that you must have the animation file, either gif or webm format ,  in order to upload it. As far as I can see, Keith is correct, Roll20 has no functionality that consumes linked animations. Not sure if that's any help, but good luck.

Thanks for the tips