FLIC Video help

FLIC Video help

Eagle11

Member #10,454

December 2008

I have been trying for days without success to get an FLIC animation to play at the beginning of my game. There does not seem to be a problem with the code. Everything compiles fine. When I run the program it seems to just skip the video or just display a black screen (I've tried several different ways of playing it). I thought that it might be a problem with the file itself, so I tried using a file that I know worked with the same results.
Here is the relevant code.

[code]
// Part of the initialization
allegro_init();
install_timer();
install_keyboard();
set_color_depth(16);
set_gfx_mode(MODE, WIDTH, HEIGHT, 0, 0);

// Called at the beginning of the game to play the intro movie.
void PlayIntro()
{
int FliFrames = 0;

// Load the intro
open_fli("introex.flc");

if (fli_timer)
{
FliFrames++;

// Open next frame
next_fli_frame(1);

// Make sure that the next frame isn't null before drawing
if (fli_bitmap)
{
// Adjust the palette
set_palette(fli_palette);

// Blit to the screen
blit(fli_bitmap, screen, 0, 0, 0, 30,
fli_bitmap->w, fli_bitmap->h);
}
}
// Remove the intro fram memory
close_fli();
}

someone972

Member #7,719

August 2006

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  1if (fli_timer)
  2{
  3    FliFrames++;
  4
  5    // Open next frame
  6    next_fli_frame(1);
  7
  8    // Make sure that the next frame isn't null before drawing
  9    if (fli_bitmap)
 10    {
 11        // Adjust the palette
 12        set_palette(fli_palette);
 13
 14        // Blit to the screen
 15        blit(fli_bitmap, screen, 0, 0, 0, 30,
 16        fli_bitmap->w, fli_bitmap->h);
 17    }
 18}

This part doesn't seem right. Wouldn't you want it to run in a loop instead of just once with the if statement?

The [code] tags have changed to <code> tags, by the way.

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Eagle11

Member #10,454

December 2008

Yes, you're right. I messed up and posted the wrong code. Here is what it should be.

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  1void PlayIntro()
  2{
   int FliFrames = 0;
   int finishedflag = 0;
  // Load the intro
  open_fli("introex.flc");
  //play_fli("introex.flc", screen, 1, NULL);
        
  // Loop while the video isn't finished           
  while (!finishedflag)
  {   
      // If it is time for the next frame
      if (fli_timer)
      {
          // Open next frame
          next_fli_frame(1);
 
        // Make sure that the next frame isn't null before drawing
        if (fli_bitmap)
        {
            // Adjust the palette
            set_palette(fli_palette);
 
            // Blit to the screen
            blit(fli_bitmap, screen, 0, 0, 0, 30,
            fli_bitmap->w, fli_bitmap->h);
        }
          // The next frame is null, so the video is over
          else
          {
              finishedflag = 1;
          }
      }
  }
  
  // Remove the intro fram memory
  close_fli(); 
 38}

someone972

Member #7,719

August 2006

Are you sure the flv is being opened ok? next_fli_frame returns FLI_NOT_OPEN if it's not.

Eagle11

Member #10,454

December 2008

I'm not sure. I'll test and post back tomorrow evening.