NextGEN Gallery Jquery Cycle API

Hi,

I’m using NextGEN Gallery with Jquery Cycle slideshow and wanting to implement a few more features of the Cycle plugin as are documented at https://jquery.malsup.com/cycle/options.html. Ie so when instantiating the slideshow I can add options like so:

$(‘#s2’).cycle({
fx: ‘fade’,
speed: ‘fast’,
timeout: 0,
next: ‘#next2’,
prev: ‘#prev2’
});

I’ve tried hacking a bit of code in nggSlideshow()function (nggfunctions.php)and even tried hard coding the options in the plugin file with no luck, is there anywhere I can do this cleanly or does someone know where $().cycle() is actually called?

Thanks for any help.
And for a fantastic plugin!

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