FF7 FMVs working on Win2k

[lifetime 0]

I've gotten my ff7 working thanks to the FF7 documentation page, and its been working fine except that my FMVs dont run. The intro doesnt run, anything where the game cuts to an FMV doesnt run, and more importantly, the Gold Saucer intro does not run.

I havent had a problem with it till now because I know what the FMVs are like, so I dont feel like I'm missing anything, and normally the game just skips the FMVs and continues on with the rest of the game. When I get to Gold Saucer from Corel however, I think there's a few really long FMVs in a row, and my screen just goes blank, and doesnt cut back to the game.

 

I'm running the game on a laptop with win2k and a mobility radeon graphics card, and its been working fine (as in i havent had any laptop-related problems that couldnt be solved) till this point. I cant continue on as I cant find any saves directly after the Gold Saucer FMV.

 

Now I'm praying some intelligent soul will enlighten me on how to get my damn FMVs to play so I can continue on with the game.

They work fine when I manually open them, and I've even tried copying them to my harddrive and editing the registry key to get the movies working off my harddrive, and I've pretty much tried everything that's been suggested on these boards..

someone please help??

[sanosuke 0]

did u install the movie player?

[lifetime 0]

When I click on the "install movie player" button on the install disc I get a message saying DirectShow Setup was successfull.

So I've tried that, as well as reading all the documentation and FAQs I could find. Still no go.

[sanosuke 0]

hope this helps

http://ftp.eidos.com/pub/patches/final_fantasy7/ff7betap1.exe

[Xiven 0]

Installing the upside-down movie patch (which I believe is what the link posted above is) fixes the issue, since all it does is install a newer version of the video codec.

[lifetime 0]

that solves the problem admirably! the game finally works the way its supposed to and there arent any more noticeable errors..

thanks a bunch!