What's this error mssg mean? - Revised

FunkyD · Post by **FunkyD** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 6:49 pm

I wrote a script, which returns the mssg, "Error opening movie".

I'm assuming that "movie" refers to the file "movie.mpg". I tried to run this G-Force script (in version 2.6.5) accompanied by a particle file to define it's behavior (whereas as nothing happened - G-Force ran like like before I started the script), and without the particle file, which resulted in the error mssg, when I started the script.

The movie.mpg file is about 50 Mb. Too big? Or are their certain other rules, conventions, or parameters I need to follow when making GF-friendly .mpg's (eg., 320x240, instead of 640x480)?

Seems like I remember seeing some kind of "preload large sprites" command, in an earlier version of GF. Can't seem to find it, now.

Notes:
movie.mpg plays flawlessly in several regular media player progs.
Also, G-Force *does* play "movie2.mpg".

In a related matter, is there (or *can* there be) a command that stretches sprites to cover the screen (like the opposite of the "fit" command)?

FunkyD · Post by **FunkyD** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 8:11 pm

No one?

{pout}

Rovastar · Post by **Rovastar** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 8:57 pm

To be honest I don't know but why don't you try a smaller mpeg then?

Why do you need a 50mb one??

FunkyD · Post by **FunkyD** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 3:39 pm

Rovastar wrote:To be honest I don't know but why don't you try a smaller mpeg then?

Why do you need a 50mb one??

Some little teeny MPGs usually seem to work. I really need some big ones; eventually, I see G-Force as visual support for my musical act. The visual graphic support presentation for a few particular songs are quite rigidly pre-scripted... Thus the need to push bigger mpgs... Optimally, G-Force need only serve as I hotkey trigger for other media (upon occasion).

I s'pose I could exit G-force and mouse around to the darn media files... *sigh*... But if I could figure out a work around...

I can't get it to work on my (well, actually my *employer's*) G-4 Titanium Powerbook, nor any of the many many PC's to which I have access... Any other suggestions?

i99miles · Post by **i99miles** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 1:01 am

It's a LOT to ask of a system (your computors processor). I mean to calculate all the math to run G-force AND then to run a movie on top of that. Video switchers do that sort of thing, I mean - a video switcher would allow you to run G-force and from another source (computer or dvd player) composite or switch those sources to a video output. But a reasonable video switcher will cost more than your bosses G4 - easy job.

I think the trick is to determine what you CAN do with a program like G-force and your system. Creatively coloring between the lines so to speak.

best wishes,

timothy

JayPro · Post by **JayPro** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:37 pm

Perhaps you can chop your movie in pieces long enough for G-Force to handle without going into overload
and then you can script call-ups for the sectioned pieces.

If you do that then the worst that could happen is seeing like a one or 1 1/2 second break between movie sections. From there, any workaround is most likely more feasible.