FMVs missing

[Alexbeav]

Hello, FMVs are not working currently. I know they are not included in the release but I've moved the data\movies folder from the game installation to the project's data\movies folder, but still no dice.

Just opening this issue as a heads up. Maybe they work and I'm doing it wrong. In any case, thank you!

[alariq]

It is not supported for the moment as I do not know how to play them, is someone knows an open source library to play them I could use it to add a support. Alternatively it will be easier to just convert them to some modern format and use it.

[Methuselas]

Hello, FMVs are not working currently. I know they are not included in the release but I've moved the data\movies folder from the game installation to the project's data\movies folder, but still no dice.

Just opening this issue as a heads up. Maybe they work and I'm doing it wrong. In any case, thank you!

I gave Alariq copies of all the videos in mp4 format. They originally used Bink Video, which is why they're a PITA to run or watch and why M$ didn't include Bink support as it requires a license they didn't want to give out for free. I just happened to still own BinkTools, so I could rip them as raw files and re-encode them to more modern standards. If Alariq gets a more refined Win build created, I'll see about replacing the original videos with cgi ones using 3d models.

[Alexbeav]

Hello! Since the issue hasn't been closed, I should mention that I'm trying to get mp4 working in mc2. So far I've got msft.mp4 playing video but the audio is choppy. If anyone wants to check if out/help/suggest where I should at next, the branch is here: https://github.com/Alexbeav/mc2/tree/fmv-mp4-support

I got the intro cinematic (cinema1) working a few days ago too but it got lost somewhere in version control and I'm trying to get to that point again. msft was working and cinema1 was working ok on the video side by audio was delayed by about a second.

edit: both cinematics now work but the audio is choppy. I'll keep iterating but if anyone has any ideas that'd be great.