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Haruspex

8 Aug, 2021 @ 9:38pm

Video playback in Unreal Engine games

Video playback within Unreal Engine, often used for in-game tutorials and into splash screens, fails to play. Instead I get a sort of multicolored TV test pattern thing. I first noticed this in the game Main Assembly, and it's identical on my Garuda system and my son's Ubuntu system.

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1underman123 has Steam for Linux

8 Feb, 2024 @ 7:33pm

I'm having the same issue. Did you find any fix?

Haruspex

9 Feb, 2024 @ 12:40am

Originally posted by 1underman123:
I'm having the same issue. Did you find any fix?

I did!

What you want to do is install Proton-GE. You can easily get it with the Proton Up[davidotek.github.io] application.

Set the game to use Proton-GE under compatibility after it's installed, and your videos should play.

The reason is that certain video playback solutions are proprietary Microsoft stuff that can't be redistributed by Valve. Proton-GE (Glorious Eggroll) adds it anyway.