Playing Videos Through In-Game Textures?

[ChareltonHest]

Are there any links or knowledge out there having to do with playing video files(.AVI, .MPG, .MOV, .WMV, ect.) in-game and eminating from a specific texture?

I found an "AVI Kit" for Half-Life 1 at the "RUST" site, but I would like to do this through the Source engine.


Sincerely,

C.H.

 

[Fender357]

I second the want for this awesome technology.

 

[Limpet]

I didn't know you could.
thirded

 

[ChareltonHest]

Indeed.

I would love to do this. It would defenently be one of the neatest things to use in mapping. I recently found out that you can have MP3s play through in-game entitys, now I want video.

It can be done with HL1, see here:
http://www.bits.bris.ac.uk/randomnine/projects/avikit/

But can it be done for Source? Bump for the Thread.


C.H.

 

[ChareltonHest]

Bump.

For anyone with any info...


C.H.

 

[Dario D.]

How was Breen put up on the screens in HL2 SinglePlayer?

Was a camera of some sort that actually watched him animate in real-time?

 

[Limpet]

That was a camera

 

[CREMATOR666]

And him animating in real time...half of him to be exact

 

[Limpet]

lol so true

 

[Smoke]

omg just imagine the things you could do with this technology?

u could have the tv PLAYING REAL TV!!

 

[zodiak]

Isn't that trancemission with alyx just befor you get the buggy an animated texture?

 

[Dario D.]

Yeah... and to a not-so-good effect, too.

 

[Limpet]

You make "animated" textures by telling the engine to display a bunch of images one after another. Kinda like flipbook I guess, but I haven't seen anything about movie files.

 

[tweekbee]

Well, one way I think it could be done is by getting a Video Decompiler and decompiling your movie frame by frame, and saving each frame as a seperate texture.

Then put an overlay where you want your movie to play, and set the Material Setting to Frame 1, or anything, doesnt really matter.
Add a Logic_Timer and have it change the Material on the overlaty very rapidly, like every .7 seconds or so? This would probably be a pain in the ass, but, it may work...

I will try this later.

 

[CREMATOR666]

Actually, DOOM3 DOES have textures that plays video, I think. Dunno how they did it, tho