FoFiX v3.1xx development thread

[raphaelr]

Here i'm getting this:

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ImportError: No module named OpenGL.GL

=> http://code.google.com/p/fofix/wiki/Req ... rceModules

Looks like you are missing PyOpenGL.

[Tabris_]

Installed PyOpenGL and it's not working yet.

Running Windows 7 RTM 64bits

[jfosheezy]

hey now that we have video support we should try to make it so that we have intro vids
and if we have intro vids we can put splash screens at the game as a cheap (kinda) way to add splash screens

[jstump91]

Installed PyOpenGL and it's not working yet.

Running Windows 7 RTM 64bits

We'll need a logfile, as the forum rules very clearly say. They also very clearly say not to bother us with "No module named [...]" errors unless you are 100% sure you followed the wiki to the letter.

There is no excuse for not reading at least the bullet-point summary of the forum rules before posting anything in this forum.

[kristijan_mkd]

Glad to see evilynux and akedrou working on the project again, i hope all coders will be back working on it with full speed from september on. I'm little busy with music and stuff but i'll be back soon with some new themes and sh!t.

P.S About video support, as i see we can use .mp4, there is kind of video tester and it isn't usable in game yet?

[death_au]

There's the VideoPlayerTest.py (but I don't know the specifics on how to use it). You should be able to play any kinds of video in that your installation of gstreamer (and plugins) support.

[evilynux]

@KiD, death_au and other potential "power users": The basic usage of VideoPlayerTest.py is quite simple.
The hard part (on Windows) is to get/install a recent (at least >= 0.10) version of gstreamer. While on most GNU/Linux distributions it's a matter of installing stock packages, on Windows you might have to compile it yourself (ouch).

Otherwise, once you've tackle that...
1) Modify VideoPlayerTest.py to make it play your video (see the comments on top, change vidSource and vidSize; for now you'll need to specify the video resolution (vidSize)*).
2) Execute: "python VideoPlayerTest.py".

There's no clean exit for now, you'll have to use Ctrl+c (you might have to press it many times).

And yes, it'll play any format/codec as long as you have the gstreamer plugin for it, please see the official list.

* I've code in the pipeline to auto detect the video resolution. I'll test it further and probably commit it today. vidSize won't be needed anymore.

Edit: As promised, video resolution is now autodetected. vidSize is no more.

[max26199]

I did the following steps to install GStreamer on Windows (7 x64), Python 2.6

1) Install GTK+ and Freetype
http://www.gtk.org/download-windows.html#StableRelease
-download the gtk+-bundle
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/binaries ... _win32.zip
-extract it to your Programs location (eg C:\Program Files (x86)\gtk)
-download the Freetype binarys
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/binaries ... -2.3.6.zip
- extract to the same gtk location

- add the bin directory to the PATH (System Properties - Advanced - Environment Variables)
- run: pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0
- tests if it works: gtk-demo

2) Install PyGObject
http://pygtk.org/downloads.html
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/binaries ... -py2.6.exe

3) Install GStreamer
http://www.gstreamer-winbuild.ylatuya.e ... d=download
http://forja.rediris.es/frs/download.ph ... elease.exe

4) Install GStreamer Python bindings
http://forja.rediris.es/frs/download.ph ... thon26.exe
- If Python does not find the gst package, do this:
go to C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages
create a new file: pygst.pth
with the text "gst-0.10"


But unfortunately, i only get a window with a black screen and no video playing - no errors either
(the only file which worked is a wmv file, but it lagged very much)

[evilynux]

@max26199: At least there seems to be hope for Windows.
Among the GStreamer plugins there's the good, the bad and the ugly.
wmv is part of gst-plugins-ugly... usually it means that you may encounter issues.

Otherwise, I've made some modifications. Could you please try r1808?

[max26199]

thx evilynux, r1808 recognizes the video width correctly ;)
but i don't really get, how to switch between these 3 different playing-modes?

anyway: GStreamer seems to be working, playing videos like this works:
gst-launch-0.10.exe playbin uri=file:///D:\vidh.avi

[Lysdestic]

Yes, I know that Lysdestic, but it's not really the best solution...

Fair enough. But I must say, even as an alpha-tester, if there is an issue that is broken, and you have done everything you can do to troubleshoot and report it, the only option left is a roll back, until it is fixed.

It is simply part of the alpha-testing 'game'.

[evilbobthebob]

Well, it was fixed in a revision that was released soon after I became aware of the error. It doesn't matter now; I should have reverted.

[evilynux]

thx evilynux, r1808 recognizes the video width correctly ;)
but i don't really get, how to switch between these 3 different playing-modes?

anyway: GStreamer seems to be working, playing videos like this works:
gst-launch-0.10.exe playbin uri=file:///D:\vidh.avi

Great!
About switching between "playing modes", actually those are unit tests.
It'll go thru all 3 test cases by itself, you just have to wait until the end of the video.
So i suggest you either find yourself a small video or comment out the other 2 test cases you don't want.
The test cases are testVideoPlayerLayer, testVideoPlayerSlave and testVideoPlayerSlaveShowOff .

The third one "shows" the power of having the frames as OpenGL textures that can be applied to any polygon (or pygame/SDL Surfaces if you will).

[Mafiu]

The game looks great with the VideoBackGround, but my FPS drop like 20fps.

[jfosheezy]

ok i have rev 1808 and i am good at computers so you arent talking to a noob
but i cant get the videos to work