GuiAviBitmapCtrl?
by Chris Oconnell · in Torque Game Engine · 12/19/2005 (7:17 am) · 3 replies
Hi everyone...
I am very interested in putting digital video (AVI or MPEG) cutscenes in my TGE project, preferably without screwing around in C++. I'm aware that Torque has a feature in the GUI editor called "GuiAviBitmapCtrl" but I can't find any documentation on how to use it. Would anyone be so kind as to give me some kind of 411 or at least a point in the right direction on this?
Thanks ahead. :)
I am very interested in putting digital video (AVI or MPEG) cutscenes in my TGE project, preferably without screwing around in C++. I'm aware that Torque has a feature in the GUI editor called "GuiAviBitmapCtrl" but I can't find any documentation on how to use it. Would anyone be so kind as to give me some kind of 411 or at least a point in the right direction on this?
Thanks ahead. :)
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#2
Hi Chris,
The guiAviBitmap control has a lot of problems. For one, it's pretty much a MS Windows only option. Technically the AviBitmap control can work if you fiddle with it correctly, but even when it does work, it just acts wierd.
Fortunately, TGE 1.4 has a new video playback feature using Theora content. Let me say that it is amazing. Several issues with it seem to have been fixed since the official release. Theora is cross-platform, open source, has great compression quality, etc. Best of all, it's already built into Torque 1.4, so there's no need to tinker with code or re-compile. Just create a new guiTheora control object on a gui screen and give it a filename to play. Other options require very easy scripting changes.
Use the web site search tool to look for anything that mentions Theora. After you've read all that, you should be headed in the right direction.
If you need more info, let me know.
Aaron E.
12/19/2005 (8:23 am)
[edit: Tim beat me to it -- with a link and better word economy]Hi Chris,
The guiAviBitmap control has a lot of problems. For one, it's pretty much a MS Windows only option. Technically the AviBitmap control can work if you fiddle with it correctly, but even when it does work, it just acts wierd.
Fortunately, TGE 1.4 has a new video playback feature using Theora content. Let me say that it is amazing. Several issues with it seem to have been fixed since the official release. Theora is cross-platform, open source, has great compression quality, etc. Best of all, it's already built into Torque 1.4, so there's no need to tinker with code or re-compile. Just create a new guiTheora control object on a gui screen and give it a filename to play. Other options require very easy scripting changes.
Use the web site search tool to look for anything that mentions Theora. After you've read all that, you should be headed in the right direction.
If you need more info, let me know.
Aaron E.
#3
Oh well, I'll check out Theora anyway, who knows, right?
Thanks a bunch, guys. :)
12/19/2005 (12:56 pm)
1.4 huh? Figures... might have just gotten in to deep to switch over. :/Oh well, I'll check out Theora anyway, who knows, right?
Thanks a bunch, guys. :)
Torque Owner Tim Heldna
1.4 has Theora control, use that.
If you don't want to use theora i recommend this resource