osu file format v14 [Events] //Storyboard Layer 0 (Background) Sprite,Background,TopCentre,"img.jpg",320,240 L,1000,1 F,0,0,,1 // fade inside a loop with non-zero alpha and an earlier start time should be the true start time.. F,0,2000,,0 // ..not a zero alpha fade with a later start time Sprite,Background,TopCentre,"img.jpg",320,240 L,2000,1 F,0,0,24,0 // fade inside a loop with zero alpha but later start time than the top-level zero alpha start time. F,0,24,48,1 F,0,1000,,1 // ..so this should be the true start time