Broken Sword cutscenes

[Franklinsteiner]

Is it possible to play and watch the Broken Sword cut scenes without having to use ScummVM?

[PsYcO]

VLC player might be able to, don't have the cut scenes on me to test it

[john_doe]

Which ones?
The original Smacker cutscenes can be played/converted with the free Bink tools from http://www.smacker.com/
The DXA videos can be played with ffmpeg/ffdshow.
(I think there's no standalone player in the ScummVM svn.)

[clem]

Which ones?
The original Smacker cutscenes can be played/converted with the free Bink tools from http://www.smacker.com/
The DXA videos can be played with ffmpeg/ffdshow.
(I think there's no standalone player in the ScummVM svn.)

I think you mean the MPG videos can be played with ffmpeg/ffdshow - afaik, there is no standalone DXA player at all (at least not for the extended DXA ScummVM uses)

[john_doe]

No, I mean DXA
It's supported in the ffmpeg SVN since March and can play all DXAs.

[clem]

No, I mean DXA
It's supported in the ffmpeg SVN since March and can play all DXAs.

oops, sorry
I stand corrected then

[PsYcO]

yeh your right VLC doesn't play them

[PsYcO]

im sorry if this has been asked before, but whats the advantages/disadvantages between mpg and dxa?

[clem]

im sorry if this has been asked before, but whats the advantages/disadvantages between mpg and dxa?

mpg requires a separate library to play, is high-color (and thus requires an ugly hack to play in otherwise 8-bit ScummVM), and lossy

dxa is 8-bit color lossless compression

edit: and since smk is a lossy 8-bit format, dxa is better suited for it than mpg

[Franklinsteiner]

Many thanks