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Playing video as the game story, but how?

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First post, by John1985

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I am going to play a video at the beginning of a game, but really don't know how to do that.
Allegro supports FLI/FLC format by itself and AVI format by its addon library, but I can't find both.

There is one program called Videomach that creates FLC video, but the created file is so huge(duration 3 mins: size 2GB) and never supports audio.
http://oginer.webcindario.com/index.php?page=allegavi
This is the link of allegro avi, but i can't find. 🙁

Please let me know how I can fix this.

Reply 1 of 3, by bakemono

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What OS? Under Windows you can use the API in AVIFIL32.DLL to decode video using whatever codecs are available on the system. That could be old stuff like Indeo/Cinepak or newer ones like VP8. You probably want to steer clear of any that are patent encumbered.

Otherwise, maybe you could incorporate an open source decoder into your game. There are a few with BSD or MIT license. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_video_codecs

again another retro game on itch: https://90soft90.itch.io/shmup-salad

Reply 2 of 3, by BitWrangler

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Find the one used in 8088MPH and you can put Lord of The Rings extended edition on a single floppy 🤣

Unicorn herding operations are proceeding, but all the totes of hens teeth and barrels of rocking horse poop give them plenty of hiding spots.

Reply 3 of 3, by John1985

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Well, the game must be run in DOS.
A few days ago, I found a video player called Mplayer which plays a video in DOS, so I made a bat file to run this player first, and then the game.
Just like this;
mplayer.exe intro.mp4
game.exe
I'm not sure whether this is another better way.

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