playing AVI video.

Scripting Issues
1

I am having trouble loading AVI videos in the current version of panda.
I have tried a variety of AVI’s and MPGs and none of them seem to be loading.


self.bgTex = loader.loadTexture("clock.avi")
self.bg= loader.loadModelCopy('models/plane')
self.bg.setTransparency(1)
self.bg.setTexture(self.bgTex, 1)

I get the following errors:


:grutil(error): OpenCV couldn't read /c/clock.avi as video.
:gobj(error): Texture "/c/clock.avi" exists but cannot be re
ad.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "7-5-06-Media2Go.py", line 403, in ?
    w = World()
  File "7-5-06-Media2Go.py", line 228, in __init__
    self.bg.setTexture(self.bgTex, 1)
TypeError: Arguments must match one of:
set_texture(NodePath * this, Texture * tex)
set_texture(NodePath * this, TextureStage * stage, Texture * tex)
set_texture(NodePath * this, Texture * tex, int priority)
set_texture(NodePath * this, TextureStage * stage, Texture * tex, int priority)

Are there any existing videos that are known to work that I can use? or is there a different way to load the video into the a texture?

thanks,
KP
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2

ok, I’ve found that I can get it to work with files in the Cinepack codec and the indeo.