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Rusty · 07-26-2004, 11:44 PM

I think FMV means just that - Full Motion VIDEO. The term seems completely technical to me, so I think one must regard it as technical alone.

FMV = ANY sequence of still pictures, played at a high enough framerate to be considered "full motion" video (not just a "series-of-still-pictures").
This means that any video sequence (file) is FMV, regardless of it's content -
be it live actors or computer generated characters, it's still Full Motion Video.

This also means, as was said above, that game-engine created cut-scenes ("in-game") are NOT FMV. The game doesn't switch to playing a video clip.

07-26-2004, 11:44 PM	#21
Rusty Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 27	My 2 cents... I think FMV means just that - Full Motion VIDEO. The term seems completely technical to me, so I think one must regard it as technical alone. FMV = ANY sequence of still pictures, played at a high enough framerate to be considered "full motion" video (not just a "series-of-still-pictures"). This means that any video sequence (file) is FMV, regardless of it's content - be it live actors or computer generated characters, it's still Full Motion Video. This also means, as was said above, that game-engine created cut-scenes ("in-game") are NOT FMV. The game doesn't switch to playing a video clip.