$%#@ - all that dshow stuff is way too complicated for me and you need C as well + those bi files in /lib/win too complex although interesting looking - think i might pass on all that - way over my head all this. I actaully got my video player to start up not so bad now so i might just stay with tha...

ohh thanks guys - will check them all out now and yeh mainly wanna play mpg and on XP. My project has video sequences in the middle and a big one at the end - i use an external player at the moment but it shows a window briefly on startup before it goes to fullscreen and so looks a bit cheap hehe - ...

anybody?

anything at all?

i'll even take guesses =)

yer... i just ported my whole project from qb4.5 to FreeBasic and now i see no point in using qb any more as FB is so much better in everyway - i'm glad some person recommended it.

Is there a simple way to play video in your set screen mode without a window (either a certain size or any size) and also to finish and exit so your program continues. I assume it would be similiar to using FMOD to play sound but i have no idea of the commands or what's needed to open a file and pla...

ahh DOS version - will give that a go - cheers. ================================= haha yeh no fmod library - will try something else... ================================= I can't believe something so stupid as a mouse cursor can't be fixed. It only pops up when the fullscreen console is idle eg. no t...

What version of FB did you try? The latest version of FB v0.18.2b has a much improved -lang qb compiler switch that is specifically there for porting QB sources. It is no joke, no matter what you might hear elsewhere. Tried it with no difference - full of errors :( Personally, I'm not interested in...

Hi everyone! I'm trying to resurrect a game i wrote in '91 with QB4.5 with alot of trouble. The game "Wargames" is a text based fullscreen one which attemps to mimmick the movie (the computer part anyway) and so has text writing with sound (pc speaker) and the wopr speech (through sound card) + blin...