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HTML

<script src="http://cloud.github.com/downloads/malsup/cycle/jquery.cycle.all.latest.js"></script>
<script src="https://github.com/jquery/jquery-tmpl/raw/master/jquery.tmpl.js"></script>
<script src="https://github.com/downloads/SteveSanderson/knockout/knockout-2.0.0.js"></script>
<script id="mediaPlayerTemplate" type="text/template">
        <img src=${url} />
    </script>

<div data-bind="template: {name: 'mediaPlayerTemplate', foreach: mediaPlayer}, cycle: { fx: 'scrollUp', timeout: 1000, speed: 500 }, cycleLinked: mediaPlayer">
    </div>

JavaScript

ko.bindingHandlers.cycle = {
    init: function (element, valueAccessor, allBindingsAccessor, viewModel) {
        $element = $(element);
        var options = ko.utils.unwrapObservable(valueAccessor()) || {};
        //console.log('cycle_init');
        var _starting = false;

        var _cycle = function() {
            if(_starting) return;
            _starting = true;
            //console.log('cycle_create');
            $element.hide();
            setTimeout(function() { $(element).cycle(options); $element.show(); _starting = false; }, 0);
        };
        
        var subscription = allBindingsAccessor().cycleLinked.subscribe(_cycle);
        //handle disposal
        ko.utils.domNodeDisposal.addDisposeCallback(element, function () {
            //console.log('cycle_destroy');
            $element.cycle("destroy");
            subscription.dispose();
        });
        _cycle();
        
    }
};


var testData = [{
    url: "http://cloud.github.com/downloads/malsup/cycle/beach1.jpg"},
{
    url: "http://cloud.github.com/downloads/malsup/cycle/beach2.jpg"}];

var appViewModel = {
    mediaPlayer: new ko.observableArray(testData)
};

ko.applyBindings(appViewModel);

setTimeout(function() {
 appViewModel.mediaPlayer.push({url: "http://cloud.github.com/downloads/malsup/cycle/beach3.jpg"});
appViewModel.mediaPlayer.push({url: "http://cloud.github.com/downloads/malsup/cycle/beach4.jpg"});
    }, 5000);