Playing Cut-scene Movies

[jaxxa]

What would be the easiest way to play a video file from within Irrlicht?
I found a few forum posts about the topic but no solutions I was able to get working.
I don't mind what video format the solution uses as converting the video will be easy enough, I just want to be able to play cutscenes between the levels.
I am using DirectX on Windows with the CodeBlocks IDE.

[loki1985]

the most professional and future-proof solution would be embedding either the Theora library or the WebM library. webm will be a bit better in quality vs filesize, but depending on your distribution medium that might not be an issue.

i don't know about webm library, but embedding theora is pretty easy.

of course, vorbis should be used as audio codec and ogg as container.

[Acki]

you can try my IrrExtensions, it includes an avi player !!!

[neil_123]

Hi Acki,

Does IrrExtentions for avi player work on Linux?

Thanks

[Acki]

Does IrrExtentions for avi player work on Linux?

ohh, no, sorry, only for Windows...

[neil_123]

Hi Acki, do u know of any alternatives for Linux.

[Acki]

Hi Acki, do u know of any alternatives for Linux.

no, sorry, I rarely work on Linux systems (I guess the last time was about 5 years ago )...
I'm sure there are sdks out there for playing vids on Linux, but I don't have a clue...

maybe some other Linux users can help you ???

[loki1985]

that is why i described my recommendation as future-proof. a combination of Ogg + Vorbis + Theora or WebM can run on windows, linux, osx, ps3, xbox360, etc.
that is because these are simple C libraries which do not depend on special platforms or frameworks.

[Bate]

I just uploaded my new video class. It's portable.