Hi Jeremy,
I these days I'am working with PopoPirat to create a new hi res updated cutscene.
The idea is create cutscenes at 60 FPS with 4 times the standard resolution (640x480).
I already knwon that the avaliable formats are: avi, mp4, snm.
Unfortunatenly I found some limits on each format:
1) mp4:
Can play at 60 FPS but if the first cuscene is in mp4, don't play the next. Apart this for internal cuscene ex: "Briefroom.mp4" there is short black screen pause not present in snm or avi, that is a bit annoying.
2) avi
Play the 60 FPS cutscene at 15 FPS.
3) snm
Play the 60 FPS in slow motion.
We can convert the cutscene in all of these formats but with these limitation we can't create a updated cutscenes.
There is a way to solve the problem ?
Thanks !
Cutscene format limitation
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@JeremyaFr can you help here?
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WMV videos have been used by someone else and seem to work fine.The playable formats are .snm, .znm, .avi, .wmv and .mp4.
- snm and znm files are played with the original dll.
- avi files with a resolution <= 640x480 are played using AVIFile functions (Isildur's code).
- other avi files and wmv files are played using DirectShow.
- mp4 files are player using Media Foundation
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Many thanks to all !!
@JeremyaFr
In the meantime can you check this:
https://forums.xwaupgrade.com/viewtopic ... 33&t=13232
Thanks !
@JeremyaFr
In the meantime can you check this:
https://forums.xwaupgrade.com/viewtopic ... 33&t=13232
Thanks !
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Hi @Ace Antilles,
I have updated the cutscene mixed in the menu:
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/fold ... v1UnLn1MmD
Now are in 60 FPS, but becouse the game menu is 640x480 I have keeped the resolution, but the result is similar to a higher resolution becouse I have removed the noise and add more shapness.
The files are in .wmv format.
The only compromise is that at the end there is short pause.
For the rest of cutscene: @PopoPirat is working to upascale.
Please leave your comment.
Thanks !
I have updated the cutscene mixed in the menu:
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/fold ... v1UnLn1MmD
Now are in 60 FPS, but becouse the game menu is 640x480 I have keeped the resolution, but the result is similar to a higher resolution becouse I have removed the noise and add more shapness.
The files are in .wmv format.
The only compromise is that at the end there is short pause.
For the rest of cutscene: @PopoPirat is working to upascale.
Please leave your comment.
Thanks !