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Video as background #283510 08/08/09 06:27 08/08/09 06:27
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 37 S shiznitIII OP Newbie
shiznitIII OP Newbie S Joined: May 2009 Posts: 37	Is there a way to play the video on the screen( not on a bitmap like media_play("video", NULL,100)) and still put it in the background in gamestudio v7.77?

Re: Video as background [Re: shiznitIII] #283524 08/08/09 09:31 08/08/09 09:31
Joined: May 2004 Posts: 1,510 Denmark Claus_N Serious User
Claus_N Serious User Joined: May 2004 Posts: 1,510 Denmark	Check media_layer (default 900) - panels/texts/etc. with a higher layer than media_layer should be displayed in front of the video Nighthawk Arts \|\| NHA RPG Templates

Re: Video as background [Re: Claus_N] #283584 08/08/09 16:03 08/08/09 16:03
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 37 S shiznitIII OP Newbie
shiznitIII OP Newbie S Joined: May 2009 Posts: 37	yes but what i want in front are runtime created entities and i cant seem to put them on top of the video. Do you have any idea?

Re: Video as background [Re: shiznitIII] #283586 08/08/09 16:08 08/08/09 16:08
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Claus_N Serious User Joined: May 2004 Posts: 1,510 Denmark	Then you'll need to render the video onto the skin of an entity, or use view entities (view-entities are created using ent_createlayer, and exists in a kind of screenspace instead of world space). Nighthawk Arts \|\| NHA RPG Templates

Re: Video as background [Re: Claus_N] #283597 08/08/09 18:02 08/08/09 18:02
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Scorpion Serious User Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,619 Germany	just use the bmap of a fullscreen panel to render into with media_player. like: Code: PANEL* videoPan = pan_create("flags=VISIBLE;",2); videoPan.bmap = bmap_createblack(screen_size.x, screen_size.y, 32); vec_set(videoPan.size_x, screen_size); media_play("background.mpg", videoPan.bmap, 100);

Re: Video as background [Re: Scorpion] #283796 08/10/09 07:45 08/10/09 07:45
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shiznitIII OP Newbie S Joined: May 2009 Posts: 37	im actually doing it using panel but i some video files can't play in fullscreen when i do that however, if i dont use any panel (NULL) video files play on the entire screen. I've also tried playing it on an entity skin and it works well but it slows the engine. If i can just put models on top of a video without using anything panels or other models to play on, it would be great. do you guys have other suggestions?