Originally posted in April of this year, hendrikp has since developed (and continues to improve) their WebM VideoPlayer plugin for CryEngine 3. For those unfamiliar with WebM, it is an open source video codec as described below.


The recent technical demonstration shows the seamless integration of multiple videos running within the level editor (and game) simultaneously including synchronised sound which is not only impressive, but free to use!



Features

• Create Video Splashscreens / Menubackgrounds
• Replace any ingame 3D Entity/Material/Texture with a video
• Looping / Custom resolution / Seeking / Pause / Speed
• Play multiple video streams and reuse them on multiple targets
• 2D/Fullscreen video support
• Synchronize to multiple time sources
• Flowgraph nodes
• C++ Interface
• 2D Sound / 3D Sounds on Entity
• Playlists

For more information, along with instructions on how to implement video into your game levels using this plugin head over to the original thread and show your appreciation.

Related Links:

• Original Thread - Videoplayer Plugin 1.6.0 for CE3 DX11 DX9 WEBM
• Download - GitHub
• Project Database - Videoplayer WebM Plugin