Thank you for the reply. Here's an example file with a native mat an octane mix material that I'm using the animated texture in the Amount input.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6434xzwu343k4z5/ex.zip?dl=0

I think it got it to work, but only in "loop" mode. Simple does not work. I also cannot "stretch ...

I'm trying to use the range feature with an image sequence. It's not working. I used both the C4d and Octane image textures and no luck. I can get the animation to play at the start of the project
, but not get the range to work. What gives?