Ren'Py movie as image

[Cohibozz]

Good morning everyone,
I’m trying to add short 5-second looping videos to the character presentation, but I can’t get the video to display in any way.
I’ve tried using .ogv and .webm formats, even converted them with HandBrake to webm (vp9), but still nothing shows up.
I’ve checked other posts in the forum and tried the various suggestions (that’s actually how I discovered HandBrake), but the video still doesn’t appear…
I’m surely making a silly mistake somewhere, but I’d rather humbly ask for help than throw my PC out the window

I’m attaching the video I’m using in webm vp9 format.

Thanks for your replies!

label cambio_nomi:
    image presU = Movie(play="video/presU.webm", channel="movie", loop=True, size=(1920, 1080))

    gm " ciao [mcname], prima di iniziare presentami gli altri personaggi"

    mc "lei è [uname]"
    scene mansion
    with None
    show presU
    with dissolve
    "è la donna che mi ha preso in affidamento se vuoi scegli un nome e una parentela differente"
    "[uname] in verità si chiama ....."

 

[Winterfire]

Are you sure it's not a path issue?

image videoName = Movie(play="video/videoname.webm")

label start:
    scene videoName
    mc "test"
    return

This should be good enough, the rest is already default afaik.

You can also try to set a start_image to see if that shows up:

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[Cohibozz]

Are you sure it's not a path issue?

image videoName = Movie(play="video/videoname.webm")

label start:
    scene videoName
    mc "test"
    return

This should be good enough, the rest is already default afaik.

You can also try to set a start_image to see if that shows up:

You must be registered to see the links

Thanks for the quick reply!
Thanks to you confirming that everything was correct, I went back to check the paths and names and... the video folder is actually called "movie" — but since I’m a clueless Italian, in the code I had written "video".
Now it works perfectly. Sorry for the trouble — you guys are the best!

 

[Insomnimaniac Games]

Thanks for the quick reply!
Thanks to you confirming that everything was correct, I went back to check the paths and names and... the video folder is actually called "movie" — but since I’m a clueless Italian, in the code I had written "video".
Now it works perfectly. Sorry for the trouble — you guys are the best!

Winterfire is also Italian.

 

[anne O'nymous]

By the way...

label cambio_nomi:
    image presU = Movie(play="video/presU.webm", channel="movie", loop=True, size=(1920, 1080))

This is wrong.
image (as well as style, define, default and transform) is a statement at init level. It should be kept outside of label, with 0 indentation.

Strictly speaking it will works if wrote like you did, but it break the label flow, making it look empty, then followed by stand alone code that aren't actually located in a label.
So far, it isn't an issue, but with Ren'Py constantly evolving, there's no guaranty that it will continue in the future.

 

[Cohibozz]

By the way...



This is wrong.
image (as well as style, define, default and transform) is a statement at init level. It should be kept outside of label, with 0 indentation.

Strictly speaking it will works if wrote like you did, but it break the label flow, making it look empty, then followed by stand alone code that aren't actually located in a label.
So far, it isn't an issue, but with Ren'Py constantly evolving, there's no guaranty that it will continue in the future.

Thank you very much, I’ll add it together with the other image statements outside the label.