Prophecy Movie Upgrade (1/3) (September 30, 2006)

Bandit LOAF · 09-29-2006, 16:00

We hope you enjoyed the high resolution Wing Commander Prophecy intro posted several days ago... because there's more where that came from! Today we are pleased to announce that the first of three downloadable movie packs, which will collectively include all of the game's cutscenes in full resolution quality video, is available! You can enjoy the Prophecy cinematics like never before. Download the set here (1.6 GB). The archive includes 43 cinematics in .VOB format. Relive Dallas' funeral, the destruction of Eloy, Casey's promotion to the Black Widow Squadron and... the 'hundred percent speech'!

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Original update published on September 30, 2006

hurleybird · 09-30-2006, 14:23

Wow, and we will eventually be able to use these in the actual games? With these and the multiplayer pack it seems like you guys are in the process of doing to WC:P what the SCP did to FS2!

Foxtrot · 09-30-2006, 14:37

great work CIC, thanks a lot for this. this can certainly spark a few projects. immagine a WCP where we can play with these videos, have gameplay at full rez with 3dfx emmulation and have multiplayer as well..........criss roberts would be proud.

maniac89 · 09-30-2006, 16:19

OMFG, this is great!

Lt.Death100 · 09-30-2006, 17:12

Can't wait to put in my Prophecy folder!

Vinman · 10-01-2006, 05:33

this is so awesome!

BrynS · 10-01-2006, 07:57

Thanks for sharing this with the community, Loaf.

I'm not able to download it at the moment, but are you providing the original VOB's from the Prophecy DVD or have they been "transcoded" (re-encoded using a reduced bitrate) using a programme like DVDShrink to reduce the filesize?

Out of interest, is the Prophecy DVD a double-sided, single-layer disc (like the WC4 DVD version that came with the Creative DVD drive packs) or is it a single-sided, dual-layer disc (DVD-9) like most current DVD film and television releases?

Cheers,

Bryn

LeHah · 10-01-2006, 08:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by hurleybird

With these and the multiplayer pack it seems like you guys are in the process of doing to WC:P what the SCP did to FS2!

Actually, LOAF is doing way, way better than SCP ever thought it could

Iceblade · 10-01-2006, 09:34

Anybody else notice that the sound cuts out at the end of talking with Finley: its VOB 980. I don't it is due to a messed up download as the zip would be corrupted. Anyway, just wondering if anybody else had this.

10-01-2006, 11:12

Woot finally i can se the movies!, for some strange reason my WCP is "fast forwarding" thrue all movieclips in the game, finally i can see them. Looking forward for the next two chapters

ChrisReid · 10-01-2006, 11:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Woot finally i can se the movies!, for some strange reason my WCP is "fast forwarding" thrue all movieclips in the game, finally i can see them. Looking forward for the next two chapters

You just need to apply the skip fix patch. http://download.wcnews.com/files/wcp..._video_fix.zip or as part of
http://download.wcnews.com/files/wcp...estrelease.zip Alternately, you could disable hardware acceleration for your sound card.

10-01-2006, 14:34

@ChrisReid

I ow you one mate... time to go thrue the game... again

Death Angel · 10-03-2006, 22:53

That's really awesome, the quality seems to be far better than in the game :-))

....but....is it possible to make smaller packages available for download? 1.6 GB is quite a lot...

AD · 10-04-2006, 00:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Death Angel

That's really awesome, the quality seems to be far better than in the game :-))

....but....is it possible to make smaller packages available for download? 1.6 GB is quite a lot...

I'm going to assume that, should HCl for example have made a patch, you'll need these VOBs to play the game using these highres videos. It would probably be a lot more work should they have been divx or something.. Partly because of the conversion process. I'm assuming the CIC crew want to keep these as close to the source as possible.

KrisV · 10-04-2006, 06:51

I'm not sure he's talking about DivXing them, just having more, smaller batches. We may put up individual files, but there's 135 of them. 1.6GB is probably fine if you're on broadband. Either way, you should use a download manager like for something this big.

I don't know in how far DivXing can be automated. For a good quality encode it's probably still largely a manual process, and I don't want to go through it 135 times.

Death Angel · 10-04-2006, 07:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by KrisV

I'm not sure he's talking about DivXing them, just having more, smaller batches. We may put up individual files, but there's 135 of them. 1.6GB is probably fine if you're on broadband. Either way, you should use a download manager like for something this big.

I don't know in how far DivXing can be automated. For a good quality encode it's probably still largely a manual process, and I don't want to go through it 135 times.

That's what I meant - more smaller batches - it would be a shame to reduce quality.

And you're right - a download manager is a good idea for this filesize.

The idea was just to get something to see within a reasonable download time.

KrisV · 10-04-2006, 07:58

Well, we posted the just the intro a few days before. It's 200 megs. http://www.wcnews.com/news/update/7363

Death Angel · 10-05-2006, 00:00

I know - I downloaded and watched it - and now I'm addicted again and need more

maniac89 · 10-06-2006, 11:51

Doh!
For me, the movies play okay, but whenever I open the file with WMP or DivX, it says multiple times-"This program requires the file advrcntr2.dll, which was not found on this system".
I then click ok, ok again, then again and again, until it goes away and the movie plays.
Any advice?

10-06-2006, 12:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by maniac89

Doh!
For me, the movies play okay, but whenever I open the file with WMP or DivX, it says multiple times-"This program requires the file advrcntr2.dll, which was not found on this system".
I then click ok, ok again, then again and again, until it goes away and the movie plays.
Any advice?

For me opening the .VOB files using Media Player Classic (http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/) worked fine. The codecs are already in the package so it works "out of the box"

maniac89 · 10-06-2006, 13:05

Yes! Thanks so much! Now I can finally see these videos in peace!

Wedge009 · 10-14-2006, 06:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iceblade

Anybody else notice that the sound cuts out at the end of talking with Finley: its VOB 980. I don't [think] it is due to a messed up download as the zip would be corrupted. Anyway, just wondering if anybody else had this.

I did. If that's the way the files are, then that would be really odd since the original CD-ROM videos don't have this glitch.

ChrisReid · 10-14-2006, 13:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wedge009

I did. If that's the way the files are, then that would be really odd since the original CD-ROM videos don't have this glitch.

Yeah, that's how the file is. The vobs are recreated from the source material, so they're not related to the CD-ROM videos in a way that would matter for this.

09-29-2006, 16:00	#1
Bandit LOAF It wears the skull of its dead mother on its head. When it becomes lonesome, it is said to cry loudly. Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Ashton, MD, USA Posts: 25,571	Prophecy Movie Upgrade (1/3) (September 30, 2006) We hope you enjoyed the high resolution Wing Commander Prophecy intro posted several days ago... because there's more where that came from! Today we are pleased to announce that the first of three downloadable movie packs, which will collectively include all of the game's cutscenes in full resolution quality video, is available! You can enjoy the Prophecy cinematics like never before. Download the set here (1.6 GB). The archive includes 43 cinematics in .VOB format. Relive Dallas' funeral, the destruction of Eloy, Casey's promotion to the Black Widow Squadron and... the 'hundred percent speech'! -- Original update published on September 30, 2006

09-30-2006, 14:37	#3
Foxtrot 2nd Lieutenant Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada Posts: 83	great work CIC, thanks a lot for this. this can certainly spark a few projects. immagine a WCP where we can play with these videos, have gameplay at full rez with 3dfx emmulation and have multiplayer as well..........criss roberts would be proud. __________________ "After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true." - Cmdr Spock

09-30-2006, 16:19	#4
maniac89 I love Wing Commander: Prophecy Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: T.C.S. Midway Posts: 324	OMFG, this is great! __________________ The Wing Commander: Prophecy Movie Project

10-01-2006, 07:57	#7
BrynS Mr Kat says... Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: TCS Victory Posts: 481	Thanks for sharing this with the community, Loaf. I'm not able to download it at the moment, but are you providing the original VOB's from the Prophecy DVD or have they been "transcoded" (re-encoded using a reduced bitrate) using a programme like DVDShrink to reduce the filesize? Out of interest, is the Prophecy DVD a double-sided, single-layer disc (like the WC4 DVD version that came with the Creative DVD drive packs) or is it a single-sided, dual-layer disc (DVD-9) like most current DVD film and television releases? Cheers, Bryn __________________ "Your work is both good and original. Unfortunately the part that is good is not original and the part that is original is not good." - Samuel Johnson

10-01-2006, 09:34	#9
Iceblade Lieutenant General Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Mobile, AL, USA Posts: 1,641	Anybody else notice that the sound cuts out at the end of talking with Finley: its VOB 980. I don't it is due to a messed up download as the zip would be corrupted. Anyway, just wondering if anybody else had this. __________________ Ultima 9: Forgotten World Bringing you a better Ultima 9 experience http://www.forgottenworld.de/

09-30-2006, 14:23	#2
hurleybird Captain Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 315	Wow, and we will eventually be able to use these in the actual games? With these and the multiplayer pack it seems like you guys are in the process of doing to WC:P what the SCP did to FS2!

09-30-2006, 17:12	#5
Lt.Death100 Colonel Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The heart of all evil, Utah. Posts: 1,163	Can't wait to put in my Prophecy folder!

10-01-2006, 05:33	#6
Vinman Colonel Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Maryland Posts: 1,148	this is so awesome!

10-01-2006, 11:12	#10
Unregistered Guest Posts: n/a	Woot! Woot finally i can se the movies!, for some strange reason my WCP is "fast forwarding" thrue all movieclips in the game, finally i can see them. Looking forward for the next two chapters

10-01-2006, 14:34	#12
Unregistered Guest Posts: n/a	@ChrisReid I ow you one mate... time to go thrue the game... again

10-03-2006, 22:53	#13
Death Angel 2nd Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Graz, Austria Posts: 84	That's really awesome, the quality seems to be far better than in the game :-)) ....but....is it possible to make smaller packages available for download? 1.6 GB is quite a lot...

10-04-2006, 06:51	#15
KrisV Space Marshal Administrator Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: The Reid System Posts: 3,210	I'm not sure he's talking about DivXing them, just having more, smaller batches. We may put up individual files, but there's 135 of them. 1.6GB is probably fine if you're on broadband. Either way, you should use a download manager like for something this big. I don't know in how far DivXing can be automated. For a good quality encode it's probably still largely a manual process, and I don't want to go through it 135 times. __________________ The Wing Commander CIC Forum Rules

10-04-2006, 07:58	#17
KrisV Space Marshal Administrator Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: The Reid System Posts: 3,210	Well, we posted the just the intro a few days before. It's 200 megs. http://www.wcnews.com/news/update/7363 __________________ The Wing Commander CIC Forum Rules

10-05-2006, 00:00	#18
Death Angel 2nd Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Graz, Austria Posts: 84	I know - I downloaded and watched it - and now I'm addicted again and need more

10-06-2006, 11:51	#19
maniac89 I love Wing Commander: Prophecy Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: T.C.S. Midway Posts: 324	Doh! For me, the movies play okay, but whenever I open the file with WMP or DivX, it says multiple times-"This program requires the file advrcntr2.dll, which was not found on this system". I then click ok, ok again, then again and again, until it goes away and the movie plays. Any advice? __________________ The Wing Commander: Prophecy Movie Project

10-06-2006, 13:05	#21
maniac89 I love Wing Commander: Prophecy Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: T.C.S. Midway Posts: 324	Yes! Thanks so much! Now I can finally see these videos in peace! __________________ The Wing Commander: Prophecy Movie Project

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