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Star command revolution/deluxe movie playback

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First post, by UJIbU4

Posted on 2013-03-24, 12:37

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Hi.
The game is: Star command: Revolution / Deluxe.
I've tried different DosBox versions (0.74, clean SVN, daum, DosBox X ...), but could not get the video playback work, though the game runs ok. The videos are in .smk format which is playable with RAD game tools. When starting, the DosBox window (windowed mode) got resized to 320x200 (video size) with "Error opening file: movies\logo.smk" for a second, then the main menu shown. Windows 98 machine can run this game with videos.
Thanks in advance.

Reply 1 of 7, by Dominus

Posted on 2013-03-24, 12:49

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Did you install it via dosbox? That's usually the first problem...

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Reply 2 of 7, by UJIbU4

Posted on 2013-03-24, 13:03

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Yes, I've installed from mounted cd image (full install, movies are on the hard drive). Just copying files from cd does the same.

Reply 3 of 7, by IIGS_User

Posted on 2013-03-24, 13:30

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UJIbU4 wrote:
"Error opening file: movies\logo.smk"

How is it seen inside DOSBox?

Klimawandel.

Reply 4 of 7, by Dominus

Posted on 2013-03-24, 13:39

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UJIbU4 wrote:
Yes, I've installed from mounted cd image (full install, movies are on the hard drive). Just copying files from cd does the same.

And did you keep the same mountings for installing and playing?

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Reply 5 of 7, by UJIbU4

Posted on 2013-03-24, 13:49

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Yes, same mountings.

How is it seen inside DOSBox?

DosBox outputs the error opening file for a sec or less in a resized window (if windowed).

Reply 6 of 7, by ripsaw8080

Posted on 2013-03-24, 21:37

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The error message is misleading; the actual problem is a DPMI memory allocation error. The error happens when the game shells out to run the SMACKPLY.EXE player program, but not when you run the player at the prompt with the same parameters. The player program uses the Causeway DOS extender, but it is not a linear executable that can be bound to a different extender, so you're stuck with Causeway.

You can work around the problem by loading the JEMM memory manager available here. Set xms=false ems=false umb=false in the DOSBox settings and run JEMM with the command: JEMMEX FRAME=E000 LOAD

Reply 7 of 7, by UJIbU4

Posted on 2013-03-25, 08:05

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Videos are now working with JEMM! Big thanks for a rapid help everyone!

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