Play Non OGV Videos without a script!

Zane · 2013-12-20T16:18:38+0900

Hello there forum members its :::Josh::: here with another tutorial for you!Today's topic of disscussion is: Playing NON-.ogv videos without a script! Do I have your attention yet? Yes? Alrighty! There is a few things I want to point out right away to everyone, CONS: Spoiler Videos are opened in a seperate window and where the player chooses to open it at on the screen Videos must be closed using alt + f4 or clicking X in the top tool bar. Looping video's will loop forever until you do one of the following methods above. Videos can be accessed more easily PROS: Spoiler (Compressed AVI.) is much smaller then .ogv as well as a few other formats You can even use this in the LITE version of VXA The older VX Engine is capable of doing this too! Users do not have to search for a video converter and suffer quality loss Screenshots? Only one to show the diffrence of sizes. Spoiler [IMG]https://public.dm2301.livefilestore.com/y2pt2VFHu6K89BLweaLAJhlHyLzsbhyafKijjMmaMqm7rlwagNECPKmlxr8X1DB5o-ZJKRjiXJ99qiO3KQ6hPUL7dgyDr0Pjyr20N9BmbUHC4c/OGV-AVI.PNG?psid=1[/IMG] As described above the compressed avi is smaller then the .ogv file Here is some common thoughts that I can answer right away! RPG Maker VXA only reads ogv in the movie folder.You need to have a script installed to play it While you are right on both statments there is a trick behind it. Audio Folders Did you know you can enhance those properties?Think about it. BGM and BGS Loop while ME and SE play once. So?... So same applies for videos! How to add the files: Spoiler Key: Green Loop folders Maroon Non-Loop folders Step 1: Open your Audio/BGM or Audio/BGS or Audio/ME or Audio/SE Step 2: Place the AVI file inside one of these folders Step 3: In-Game change the music through a event to the avi file Step 4: The RGSS Player will dim and the video file will open and start playing Step 5: When you are finished with your movie use alt + f4 or click X to close And thats it! Of course you could still you ogv and you could use a video script but if you wanted to do another format without both this is a good alternative. Credits: Spoiler :::Josh::: For a discovery? and for compiling this tutorial out. adiktuzmiko For sending the screenshot and doing some other tests for me.

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Started by Zane Dec 20, 2013, 07:18 AM 9 posts View original ↗

Zane

#1 Dec 20, 2013, 07:18 AM Source

Hello there forum members its :::Josh::: here with another tutorial for you!
Today's topic of disscussion is: Playing NON-.ogv videos without a script!

Do I have your attention yet? Yes? Alrighty!

There is a few things I want to point out right away to everyone,

CONS:

Spoiler
Videos are opened in a seperate window and where the player chooses to open it at on the screen

Videos must be closed using alt + f4 or clicking X in the top tool bar.

Looping video's will loop forever until you do one of the following methods above.

Videos can be accessed more easily

PROS:

Spoiler
(Compressed AVI.) is much smaller then .ogv as well as a few other formats

You can even use this in the LITE version of VXA

The older VX Engine is capable of doing this too!

Users do not have to search for a video converter and suffer quality loss

Screenshots? Only one to show the diffrence of sizes.

Spoiler

As described above the compressed avi is smaller then the .ogv file :)

Here is some common thoughts that I can answer right away!

RPG Maker VXA only reads ogv in the movie folder.
You need to have a script installed to play it

While you are right on both statments there is a trick behind it.
Audio Folders

Did you know you can enhance those properties?
Think about it. BGM and BGS Loop while ME and SE play once.

So?... So same applies for videos!

How to add the files:

Spoiler
Key: Green Loop folders
Maroon Non-Loop folders

Step 1: Open your Audio/BGM or Audio/BGS or Audio/ME or Audio/SE

Step 2: Place the AVI file inside one of these folders

Step 3: In-Game change the music through a event to the avi file

Step 4: The RGSS Player will dim and the video file will open and start playing

Step 5: When you are finished with your movie use alt + f4 or click X to close

And thats it! Of course you could still you ogv and you could use a video script but if you wanted to do another format without both this is a good alternative.

Credits:

Spoiler
:::Josh::: For a discovery? and for compiling this tutorial out.
adiktuzmiko For sending the screenshot and doing some other tests for me.
Archeia

#2 Dec 20, 2013, 07:21 AM Source

While this is an interesting discovery, if it won't stop looping, how will you apply it in-game and proceed through the game with it? (I guess technically you can use the SE folder since they only play once)
Engr. Adiktuzmiko

#3 Dec 20, 2013, 07:22 AM Source

Everyone make sure to read the PROS and CONS... they are placed above for a reason... XD

@Archeia - according to him, it only loops if we use BGM/BGS... if we use ME/SE it won't loop
Zane

#4 Dec 20, 2013, 07:23 AM Source

Well this method is buggy but it acts like if it was playing off of window media player so if the player clicks X on the video's window it will return to the game with no problems. Hope this what you mean! :)

@Archeia - or the ME folder your choice thats why I did a color key lol
Archeia

#5 Dec 20, 2013, 07:30 AM Source

Yeah I actually read all of it but missed that somehow. Since you listed the only way was to close the window. Which made me, huh what.
Zane

#6 Dec 20, 2013, 07:36 AM Source

Oh yeah haha sorry if I stumped ya :) I was refering to the Video's Window
West Mains

#7 Dec 20, 2013, 07:38 AM Source

"Videos must be closed using alt + f4 or clicking X in the top tool bar." Hmm...

You could probably get a further script to work around this. Would be trickier to pull off though!*

Do fully support this thread, it's a great little trick you've discovered. Even if I do think putting avis in an rpgm game is equal to putting a human baby in a meat grinder. On fire. Just imagine it... The RTP.... Then every map parallaxed... Then every cutscene AVI'd.... If someone wanted to set a record for biggest RPGM download ever, they could now definitely raise the bar to Olympic levels.

* clarification: by work-around I mean "press esc to close insteads because I think lazy man thoughts."
Zane

#8 Dec 20, 2013, 07:44 AM Source

Proably some Win32API methods involving calling the system metrics to full screen and then calling the rgss player. etc. But there is already a script out there that does this. Hence why I was only talking about a Non - Scripted way.
sweetladyamy

#9 Oct 14, 2014, 01:39 AM Source

Pretty good.

Though the part of where it opens a new window is a bit inconvenient.

Still, something worth trying, though I don't have a movie I want in my game yet...