FMV Campaign Videos

[brownelltyler]

Hey, I was reading up on how I'd be able to view the FMV campaign videos in the game and I came across this page:
http://www.warzone2200.com/modules/medi ... opment_FAQ

Which states:

Q: Can we view the FMV (Full-Motion Video) sequences?
A: Yes, absolutely. Simply insert the retail CDs corresponding with each mission into your CD/DVD drive. Alternatively, you may also place the FMVs in the ?sequences? directory in Warzone's installation directory, and the game will play them back automatically.

Does this work with the Warzone 2100 2.1 Beta 2 release?

*starts digging for orignal disks*

[Chojun]

Hahaha..  This site and the other are completely unrelated

You may only view the FMVs on the retail game and patches (i.e. 1.0 - 1.10 and up).

From the WRP FAQ (which corresponds with the 2.X.X releases:

http://wiki.wz2100.net/FAQ#Can_I_play_t ... the_CDs.3F

Can I play the cut-scenes/Full Motion Videos from the CDs?
No.

Neither the videos themselves nor the source code for the RPL player were released with Warzone under the GPL. So we can neither distribute the videos nor play the files from the CD.

[brownelltyler]

I thought it was too good to be true.
So there's no way I can convert the orignal FMVs to another format and have them play in the game release from this site?

[brownelltyler]

Nevermind, I know how to convert the videos to different formats. All I'd like to know if if I can get a version of the code that will play with the converted videos, and what type of videos it's looking for; for example AVI, MPEG?

[Buginator]

Nevermind, I know how to convert the videos to different formats. All I'd like to know if if I can get a version of the code that will play with the converted videos, and what type of videos it's looking for; for example AVI, MPEG?

It needs to be using ogg/theora.
The patch is in the tracker, but that means you must compile it yourself.  AFAIK, there is only one utility that does the converting, but you say you know how to convert it?  What are you using?

Can I play the cut-scenes/Full Motion Videos from the CDs?
No.

Neither the videos themselves nor the source code for the RPL player were released with Warzone under the GPL. So we can neither distribute the videos nor play the files from the CD.

While that is true to a point, there is nothing stopping someone from converting said videos to the correct format, and it will play them.  :-X
Of course, you need the original CD to get those videos in the first place...

[DevUrandom]

It needs to be using ogg/theora.
The patch is in the tracker, but that means you must compile it yourself.

I assume you are talking about http://gna.org/patch/?885 and http://gna.org/patch/?908 ?
The authors of these patches (gerard+you) have not been replying to questions since a while... Furthermore you objected against 908, because it produced errors, though you did not specify what errors you get.
So actually both patches are waiting mainly for you to get active...

[Buginator]

I assume you are talking about http://gna.org/patch/?885 and http://gna.org/patch/?908 ?
The authors of these patches (gerard+you) have not been replying to questions since a while... Furthermore you objected against 908, because it produced errors, though you did not specify what errors you get.
So actually both patches are waiting mainly for you to get active...

Oh, waiting for me?
Put it on my TODO list.

908 is the much bigger patch, that also has LUA.  I am not sure we want LUA right now though, I know Gerard was also working on converting the scripts to LUA, but unless that is done, I don't see why we should use 908.
885 was the one that basically work with some effort to convert some unix only calls to what windows needs, (I think it had to do with time), but if there is no objection, I rather get around to playing with 885 again when I find time.

Feel free to work on one or both patches, you have my blessing.  ;D