Thread: Movie Program?

ok yes i am a n00b at C++, i am wondering how i would have a full screen movie to play in a exe file. Could anyone tell me please?

like i wanna creat a .exe file that is in fullscreen and plays a movie. IM creating a game and im using this for a cinimatic. The files are a .wmv

I believe the recommended API for playing a movie is DirectShow. However, we can cheat by using the simpler MCI API. Here is a simple example that plays a video in a maximized window.

Code:

#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>

#if defined(_MSC_VER)
#  pragma comment(lib, "Winmm.lib")
#endif

/*
 * Plays an WMV, AVI or MPEG video file.
 */
BOOL xPlayVideo(LPCTSTR szFile)
{
	TCHAR szCommandString[500];

	wsprintf(szCommandString, TEXT("open \"%.260s\" type mpegvideo alias MediaFile"), szFile);

	/* By default mci functions will return immediately and the task will be carried out
	 * asynchronously. To have the function wait, place the word "wait" at the end of the
	 * command string. ie. "play MediaFile wait" */	 
	if (ERROR_SUCCESS == mciSendString(szCommandString, NULL, 0, NULL) &&
	    ERROR_SUCCESS == mciSendString(TEXT("window MediaFile text \"Game Intro\""), NULL, 0, NULL) &&
	    ERROR_SUCCESS == mciSendString(TEXT("window MediaFile state show maximized"), NULL, 0, NULL) &&
	    ERROR_SUCCESS == mciSendString(TEXT("play MediaFile"), NULL, 0, NULL))
	{
		return TRUE;
	}

	return FALSE;
}

int main(void)
{
	MSG msg;

	if (!xPlayVideo(TEXT("C:\\PathTo\\YourVideo.wmv")))
		printf("Failed to play video!");

	/* We must run a message loop while the video window is open. */
	while (GetMessage(&msg, 0, 0, 0) > 0)
	{
		TranslateMessage(&msg);
		DispatchMessage(&msg);
	}

	return 0;
}

what are you using as a complier? im using Dev-C++ and im getting errors on this code so

>> what are you using as a complier? im using Dev-C++ and im getting errors on this code so <<

For Dev-C++, you need to link with the winmm library. You do this by adding "-lwinmm" to the linker box under Project->Project Options->Parameters (you need to create a new project and add the code as a C file, if you haven't already).

ok now i am getting

" cannot find -lobjc
ld returned 1 exit status
C:\Dev-Cpp\Makefile.win [Build Error] [Project1.exe] Error 1 "

i know, i placed the -lwinmm into the linker box, but the error i am reciving now is:
cannot find -lobjc
ld returned 1 exit status
C:\Dev-Cpp\Makefile.win [Build Error] [Project1.exe] Error 1