[RESOLVED] Startup Video not working

[Draco1962]

I am trying to get a startup video to work for a theme and GameEx will not load it on start. I have it in both .avi and .mp4 formats and have put it in the \gameex\themes\YourThemeName\MEDIA\ folder.

The file is named GameExIsLoading.avi (or GameExIsLoading.mp4) and I have enablde "Show Loading Screen" under Enable/Disable Features within the Setup Wizard.

I feel like I may be forgetting something but not sure what. My gameex.ini and log.txt files are attached.

GameEx.ini

log.txt

[u-man]

Hi Draco,

start your theme-editor and choose for the "Start" your video. select "start" under the templates and go under edit--->video... and choose your video.

this should work for you,

good luck Draco .

[Draco1962]

That is to display a video background for the menu item. I am talking about when GameEx first loads. Thanks, though.

[u-man]

Ah ok, i understand now.

mmmh.. works for me, but i wouldnt recommend to use a movie for that, because you will have to wait that movie till the end, before it goes further. no matter if GameEx allready loaded the stuff.

And somehow, GameEx will start to load, AFTER the movie NOT WHILE the movie is playing, thats sad, as the movie is useless in this manner. this would be a feature request, as this is not logical imho.

maybe your movie is to short, see what happens if the movie is at least 10sec. long. i used a H264 codec in a avi-container, and it worked.

[Draco1962]

LOL! It is an enabled feature. I am just having an issue getting it to work as designed.

[u-man]

i think you dont get me Draco ,

If you use a movie for GameExIsLoading instead of the .png, then if GameEx starts, your movie will play first, like intended, BUT you need to wait until your movie is played to the end and THEN GameEx will start loading stuff. So you basically produce a step, where GameEx is taking a LONGER time to load as it would normally do.

And this is something, i cant imagine, that this is intended. Thats the thing i meant as i said, this would be a feature request.

IMHO, Game Ex should load all the stuff in the background, while the GameExIsLoading-Movie is playing, but it doesnt, get what i mean?

PS: can you tell us, what codec you used for your movie, or even better load it up here and i will try it too.

[Draco1962]

I understood perfectly what you were saying but it did not apply in this case. I am not concerned about the video starting before all else as it is short and only an occasional thing. Marking this as resolved as the issue was not codec but a matter of reconverting the file using Tom's Spesoft Video Converter and changing the bitrate on the .mp4 output.

As for the rest, yes, an enhancement request. Thanks for trying to assist!