Full Motion Video (and more) in Spring using only lua!

[lurker]

Ref: ingame video


This lua allows you to chop up a video and play it in spring, locally or across the network. In the future it'll also be expanded for ingame content delivery.

I don't have a lot to say about it at this point; I'm posting it because it's pre-alpha and I haven't looked at it in a few weeks; I need some more pressure, and because today is the most confusing day to release it.

This package might be enough to make the sample video work; I'm not sure. No time to test as I'm on a strict deadline of April 1. If it works, the command sequence is /luaui auth, wait for confirmation, /luaui send, wait a bit, /luaui execute. I'll probably rename the topic to something less silly once I make a proper release, probably using a dll instead of a hacked spring to run the external commands used to preprocess the video.

I would have made a fancy fake-sounding post instead of just the topic, but ran out of time.

[Pxtl]

[lurker]

I think I'll make a package tomorrow that's just has a BUTTAN for a video, minus most of the Project Overlord code. And a good video too. But this serves as an announcement of overlord, mostly. The video is just to draw in eyes.

[lurker]

Got off my butt and made the sampler.
http://evolutionrts.info/~lurker/Video.zip

[Tribulexrenamed]

Lurker, I cannot fathom how i can express my love for you in english, so when i log into spring im going to pm it to you in french.


This is going directly into my game. Cheers mate!

[lurker]

If you mean that sample vid, then don't forget to grab the code from the first zip that makes it bounce around the screen and not be toggleable. It's in plan.lua

[Tribulexrenamed]

Lurker this is awesome.


Is it possible to open up a connect to a non-spring-host server for streaming video?

[lurker]

If you want to be restricted to windows-only or anyone that can compile a luasocket .so, yes, but at that point you might want to bring in some real video-rendering code.

[DavetheBrave]

lurkey, you are epic :D