Video questions and details...

[CMK2901]

Hiya.

The game I'm working on will be making heavy use of FMV, so I kind of need to know some specifics about the engine and video.  I know I could just experiment with a video file, but I wanted to ask first.

1) When a video file starts playing, is there a moment pause (the screen freezes; the screen goes black for a moment), or is it immediate?

2) Do the AGS volume controls have any effect on sound volume, or is it defaulted to the movie volume?  If the volume can't be controlled through AGS, is there any possible work around?

3) What is the best type of video file to use for lose-less quality, and small file size?

Any help would be appreciated.

[Candle]

1) When a video file starts playing, is there a moment pause (the screen freezes; the screen goes black for a moment), or is it immediate?
Takes a sec or two to play on my computer not sure on others.

2) Do the AGS volume controls have any effect on sound volume, or is it defaulted to the movie volume?  If the volume can't be controlled through AGS, is there any possible work around?
Believe it controls the computer sound.

3) What is the best type of video file to use for lose-less quality, and small file size?

I find wmv the smallest but shitty looking. I like to use avi with divx compression.