This may be to complicated but it does apply to the project I am currently working on and I am wondering if anyone has came across how this could be done.

Basically I want a Object to play a video within the game.

For instance:

A entity that is in the shape of a tv is in the game. On the screen of the tv I want it to play a movie file(such as a avi). Maybe loop as well.

I am wondering if and how this could be done. The next question would be could it be possible for that tv screen to actually connect to streaming content. Such as the tv connect to a internet tv stream.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

anyone know?

Yes it's possible with the media_play instruction. look in the manual
for more information and for the version you need(commercial?).
i think there is an example.

FraJo

EDIT: media_play(string,bmap,volume)
string is the filename (film.avi)
bmap is a pointer to a bitmap on which the film should be played

you can get the bitmap of your TV-model with:
bmap_for_entity(tv_model,0)
Result:
string film_str=<my_film.avi>;
media_play(film_str,bmap_for_entity(tv_model,tv_model.frame),100);

Ah cool, I bought the Online version. Is there a online version of the manual that ships with the cd?

Nevermind I found the manual

Do you think it would be possible to actually be able to place a streaming movie on a object Such as I suggested above?

yes, but you'll need two models:
one for the TV and one for displaying the stream

Great Thanks for the help.

What would the process of getting it to receive a stream on that object?

Lets say that its a windows media stream. for the path to the video would you put the url to the stream? Is it the same process as displaying a local video, you are just putting a url instead of a local path?

i don't know and i don't think that it's possible. i think you can just use local files. maybe this can be solved with a dll??(i'm not a C++ programmer).

FraJo