cracking the movies in the game

[Funetcho]

The movies are masterpieces in themselves. they are EXCELLENT

unfortunately i don't have anything that'll run the WVE format that they
come in.

How can i save them as mpegs etc?

Thank you

[kneelDO]

Funetcho <nos...@NOSPAM.com> wrote in message
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I've never used this program, but you might try the shareware program
HyperCam at http://www.hyperionics.com
Here's a snip from the help file:
"HyperCam captures the action from your Windows 95 or NT screen and saves it
as a standard, easily edited, AVI (Audio-Video Interleaved) movie file....
HyperCam lets you define the precise area of the screen you want to capture,
unlike MS Camcorder and others that record the entire screen."

Let us know if you use it & it works. Much to busy to play around with it.
:(

[Funetcho]

That's the thing . That program playuv2.exe does NOT work. bummer eh?

pi...@shore.net.death.to.spam wrote in message ...

>While prying the lemmings from hir ankles, <bu...@budrow.net> wrote:
>>Funetcho <nos...@NOSPAM.com> wrote in message
>>news:7vlkc7$p7h$1...@autumn.news.rcn.net...
>>> The movies are masterpieces in themselves. they are EXCELLENT
>
>>> unfortunately i don't have anything that'll run the WVE format that they
>>> come in.
>>

>>I've never used this program, but you might try the shareware program
>

>It might not work--it seems like the movies are drawn with DirectX. Ever
>tried to get a screenshot of a movie playing in Media Player?
>
>For what it's worth, if OP only wants to play the movies outside the game,
>there's a program, playuv2.exe, in the same folder as the movies on theCD,
>that can be used.
>
>
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[Tim Train]

You can run the movies independently of the game by opening the MOVIES folder in
the SMAC directory, and dragging any movie file onto 'playuv15.exe'.

Hope this helps!

Tim Train
FIRAXIS Games

kneelDO wrote:

> Funetcho <nos...@NOSPAM.com> wrote in message
> news:7vlkc7$p7h$1...@autumn.news.rcn.net...
> > The movies are masterpieces in themselves. they are EXCELLENT
> >
> > unfortunately i don't have anything that'll run the WVE format that they
> > come in.
> >

> > How can i save them as mpegs etc?
> >
> > Thank you
>

> I've never used this program, but you might try the shareware program

[Gamma]

Funetcho <n...@spam.com> wrote:
>That's the thing . That program playuv2.exe does NOT work. bummer eh?

Huh. Works for me. I open an Explorer window in that folder, and
drag movies onto the playuv2 icon, and they play perfectly. What
happens for you?

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[Kevin D. Foster]

Funetcho wrote:
>
> That's the thing . That program playuv2.exe does NOT work. bummer eh?

Can you see movies during the game?

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[Dreifels]

Funetcho schrieb in Nachricht <7vnae1$h2p$1...@autumn.news.rcn.net>...

>That's the thing . That program playuv2.exe does NOT work. bummer eh?
>

On SMAC CD the playuv15.exe is. Simply set in Explorer at "Options" that program
as default for WVA files. Then simply click a WVA.
It works.

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In any case see also running SETI project at
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
and join there.

[Funetcho]

yes i can.

Kevin D. Foster wrote in message <381F59CC...@home.com>...

>Funetcho wrote:
>>
>> That's the thing . That program playuv2.exe does NOT work. bummer eh?
>

[Funetcho]

Aah.
I get it now. I didn't know I have to move the movie icon onto the .exe
icon.

Thanks : ))

Dreifels wrote in message <6rLT3.11501$N7.7...@newscene.newscene.com>...

>
>Funetcho schrieb in Nachricht <7vnae1$h2p$1...@autumn.news.rcn.net>...

>>That's the thing . That program playuv2.exe does NOT work. bummer eh?
>>
>
>

[Martin Kou || cybermartin]

Actually you can disable DirectX feature of playuv15.exe

<pi...@shore.net.death.to.spam> wrote in message
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> While prying the lemmings from hir ankles, <bu...@budrow.net> wrote:
> >Funetcho <nos...@NOSPAM.com> wrote in message
> >news:7vlkc7$p7h$1...@autumn.news.rcn.net...
> >> The movies are masterpieces in themselves. they are EXCELLENT
>
> >> unfortunately i don't have anything that'll run the WVE format that
they
> >> come in.
> >

> >I've never used this program, but you might try the shareware program
>

[Holly D. Monnich]

Did that, got a black screen with a big blue square in the middle (no video)
with the accompanying music. Why?