Playing Movies from disc

[AkaRe]

I have SMAC+AC. Is there any possibility to play movies from disk not from CD - editing ini file...? Problem is that my CD is scratched. And as i found out, some movie files are unreadable. I am able to "rip" the movies from cd by using some spec utilities. But the program is stil traing to read them from cd...

Ty..

[binTravkin]

Download the movies from here (for free):

http://smac.2be.cc

("files/tools and more")

[AkaRe]

ok, but?

Movies are no problem I already rip them, but have can I "force" program to use this movies on disk?

[Natalinasmpf]

I think there are some configuration options in the .ini file...I'm not too sure though...I did a full install, and thus it doesn't usually resort to the disk. Maybe its a registry option for you Windows users. Hmm.

[AkaRe]

hmm, I found no movies on link u gave binTravkin ;-(

[binTravkin]

There ARE movies!
In that list there is all needed files
If that doesnt work try:

http://alpha-centauri-stuff.cjb.net/

where you can find a lot of stuff and more links

[Whoha]

the movies are on the disc, so is the player.

Type playuv15 into a dos prompt in the movie folder.

[Whoha]

also the movies are in

firaxisgames/sid meiers AC/movies

[Whoha]

I think I did a full install to get the movies onto the disk.

[AkaRe]

Convertor

Can I convert my own movie into the SMAC file format? - I found no "Konvertor" into WVE...
It would be nice to have personaliser Intro ;-)

[Whoha]

If you can figure out the wve format, and do alot of work.

[AkaRe]

I have already found program reading WVE (and converting into MPG...), but it is unable do write into WVE... ;-(

[binTravkin]

So search more - I think there was one, I even think I have it, but dunno where..

[AkaRe]

Thats it - find it. The hardest think on net ;-(

[Natalinasmpf]

I have already found program reading WVE (and converting into MPG...), but it is unable do write into WVE... ;-(

Using Mplayer, I believe if you can find a codec for WVE that it can understand (or compile Mplayer against it)......it will work both ways...

Amazingly, xine (for Linux) can understand the audio stream!

I have already found program reading WVE (and converting into MPG...), but it is unable do write into WVE... ;-(

But the graphics of SMAC/SMAX are of a certain style, and inserting one's own custom movie might not fit exactly...