How to play video files using love2d?

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How to play video files using love2d?

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I just started learning how to use love2d and want to play video files in the game like .avi format. :) :)
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Re: How to play video files using love2d?

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You can't, at the moment.
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Re: How to play video files using love2d?

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bartbes wrote:You can't, at the moment.
Really is not any way yet? :cry: :cry:
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Re: How to play video files using love2d?

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You could maybe extract every single frame from the video, and the audio, and then draw the frames sequentially and play the audio in-game. Not very practical but might just work.
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Re: How to play video files using love2d?

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veethree wrote:You could maybe extract every single frame from the video, and the audio, and then draw the frames sequentially and play the audio in-game. Not very practical but might just work.
:awesome: Thank you for your suggestion.Although this method is a little cumbersome, but useful. :)
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Re: How to play video files using love2d?

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Or create cut-scenes in-game, or something similar.
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