HaxeFlixel - MP4 support

Made by PolybiusProxy.

Original Repository - https://github.com/polybiusproxy/PolyEngine

1. Download the repository:

You can either download it as a ZIP, or git cloning it.

2. Edit Project.xml

After:

<assets path="assets/week6"    library="week6"    exclude="*.ogg" if="web"/>
<assets path="assets/week6"    library="week6"    exclude="*.mp3" unless="web"/>

Put:

<assets path="assets/videos" exclude="*.mp3" if="web"/>
<assets path="assets/videos" exclude="*.ogg" unless="web"/>

<assets path="plugins/" rename='' if="windows"/>
<assets path="dlls/" rename='' if="windows"/>

3. Setting up the paths

In Paths.hx, put this code:

After:

inline static public function soundRandom(key:String, min:Int, max:Int, ?library:String)
{
	return sound(key + FlxG.random.int(min, max), library);
}

Put:

inline static public function video(key:String, ?library:String)
{
	trace('assets/videos/$key.mp4');
	return getPath('videos/$key.mp4', BINARY, library);
}

4. Playing videos

Put your video in assets/videos. WARNING: IT MUST BE IN 1280x720px.

To play a video at the beginning of a week in Story Mode, add the following code in StoryMenuState.hx:

First, add a variable called isCutscene:

var isCutscene:Bool = false;

Then replace these lines:

new FlxTimer().start(1, function(tmr:FlxTimer)
{
	LoadingState.loadAndSwitchState(new PlayState(), true);
});

with:

var video:MP4Handler = new MP4Handler();

if (curWeek == 0 && !isCutscene) // Checks if the current week is Tutorial.
{
    video.playMP4(Paths.video('yourvideonamehere'), new PlayState()); 
    isCutscene = true;
}
else
{
    new FlxTimer().start(1, function(tmr:FlxTimer)
    {
        if (isCutscene)
            video.onVLCComplete();

        LoadingState.loadAndSwitchState(new PlayState(), true);
    });
}

To play a cutscene before another week, replace curWeek == 0 with the number of the week of your choice (-1, because arrays start from 0).

To play a cutscene after an individual song, place the following code in PlayState.hx before the line prevCamFollow = camFollow; in the endSong() function. You can wrap it in an "if" statement if you'd like to restrict it to a specific song.

var video:MP4Handler = new MP4Handler();
video.playMP4(Paths.video('yourvideonamehere'), new PlayState()); 

Then, comment out or delete the following lines immediately next to the code you just added.

FlxTransitionableState.skipNextTransIn = true;
FlxTransitionableState.skipNextTransOut = true;

Outputting to a FlxSprite

There are many reasons to do this, as with a FlxSprite you can do layering in play state. or where ever else.

To do this simply make a FlxSprite and do a playMP4 call with the argument. Then just add the sprite, and you're done!

var sprite:FlxSprite = new FlxSprite(0,0);

var video:MP4Handler = new MP4Handler();
video.playMP4(Paths.video('yourvideonamehere'), null, sprite); // make the transition null so it doesn't take you out of this state

add(sprite);