First time user: Splashscreen issue

[Jae]

Hi everyone! First post. I just started using Ren'Py yesterday after quite a long time of deliberation. I believe I made the right choice.

Anyway, I'm starting to tinker around with an independent non-profit project and I'm trying to get a splashscreen to work.

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label splashscreen:

    $ renpy.movie_cutscene("Title_Menu_v2.mkv")
    
    return

Plugged that into script.rpy and nothing happens. Am I completely missing something? It jumps straight into the main menu. I've tried different videos (mp4, avi) with or without audio. Is it a resolution issue? Game is 800x600 but the video is 1280x720 (I'm going to try the resolution thing after making this post), but I feel like I'm missing something obvious :/

I've searched around for movie main menus, movie splashscreens, etc. and haven't found a solution just yet.

[Donmai]

Just wondering: is there sound on your movie?

[Jae]

Just wondering: is there sound on your movie?

I have different versions:

1. Video + silent audio track
2. Video + no audio track
3. Video + audio track

None work :/

[Donmai]

Videos without an audio track won't work in Ren'Py at all. A silent audio track is okay. Have you tried converting your video to other formats (Ogg or WebM, for example)? Changing your game screen size is simple, just edit 'config.screen_width' and 'config.screen_height' at the start of your 'options.rpy'.

[Jae]

Just gonna report the results.

I converted my video to .ogv and it worked just fine.

So I have no idea what's up with this list (http://www.renpy.org/doc/html/movie.html) that states compatible video formats. All I know is that the same video in .avi and .mp4 did not work for me at all.

[Donmai]

Thanks for your feedback. The problem with some video formats is that they are not so very standard.
Keep in mind that even ogv will give you trouble if you make an android version of your game.
I believe webm will work well (Oops. Except if you try to use it on iOS ).