My projects with a video used to work on v 5.2.172, but now (v 5.2.173), the videos only a show pink rectangle.
I have tried on PC an Mac, with the same result.
I can’t have video working either on new projects.
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I have the same issue, I change to 5.2.172 and the video work fine!
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Yes, unfortunately there are several bugs with the new GDevelop, and lots of people are experiencing problems with videos. I myself had some problems with the video (but that was because videos don’t work on the browser editor). They will probably fix this bug soon. In the meantime, what are you using the video for? I may be able to help you in some way.
Hey there, this issue has been reproduced and fixed.
It will be back to normal in 5.2.174 released in the next few days!
(see Video playback is broken in GDevelop 5.2.173 · Issue #5711 · 4ian/GDevelop · GitHub)
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@Clement Hoping you can help me. While the pink rectangle issue was fixed, ever since the update from 5.2.172 my videos when I export to apk are very jumpy (and sometimes still show as a pink rectangle). I keep trying every time there is a new update but the issue remains so I am still exporting my game from an old version of GDevelop so the video works. How can I fix the issue?
Hey there, you’re on a very old version of GDevelop here. The latest is 5.4.208!
I will not be able to help on this version unfortunately. A lot of changes happened in the engine since.
You should try making a copy of your project and opening it with the latest version (to avoid any risk of breaking anything)
You can also share a video of what you’re experiencing + a screenshot of the events you’re using / a test project to reproduce the problem.
Hello @Clement. Thank you for your response. I am not building using 5.2.172. I am using the latest software version and that is what I’m using for all of my web and ios exports. The videos work fine on those. However I have had to create a second instance of GDevelop (which has to be version 5.2.172) for exporting apks because if I export my game to apk using any version newer than 5.2.172, the videos glitch constantly. I will work on creating a video and test project to see if I can recreate the issue.
@Clement. So I finally got around to testing this and am still having the same issue. I ran 2 tests. I created a game that consists of nothing but a video and a button. When I push the button the video plays. When I export to an apk using the latest version of GDevelop the video stutters the whole time it is playing. I exported the exact same project with version 5.2.172 and the video is perfect. Then I tried it with the project GDevelop provides in their documentation about videos and got the same results. Exported to apk on the new version = stuttering video. Exported to apk from 5.2.172 and the video is perfect. I would really like to get to the bottom of this as it is frustrating to have to always export from the old version. If you’d like I can send you the different apks I created so you can test them yourself on an android. Thanks for any assistance you can provide me.
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Hi @LittleRobot,
Could you send the zipped GDevelop project so that we can try to reproduce the issue?
Hi @LittleRobot
Very sorry for the (extremely) slow answer.
We just found the time to look into this video issue.
I can confirm I reproduce the issue of video stuttering on Android, after exporting.
It is indeed related to the upgrade of the internal engine PixiJS to v7.3
However, after tinkering with it, it looks like the problem is not on our end but on PixiJS’s side, as we can reproduce the issue with their official example.
We’ve created an issue on their repository and ours that you can follow here: Videos stutter when exported to an Android app. · Issue #7193 · 4ian/GDevelop · GitHub
For the moment, we don’t have a solution apart from sticking to 5.2.172 until we get an answer and a fix we can backport in GDevelop.
I’ll let you know when we have more info.
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