I wanna play an mpg movie within my intro screen, my game has been designed to run under Win95, 98, and 2000 so I need a player that will run flawlessly on all the current MS-OS''s. I dont trust the !CRAP! Microsoft Media player to run the MPG file because ive had numerous problems on all platforms, here''s a list... 1) Missing codecs for various AVI''s (BUT qplayer plays em!) 2) No Video but sound is ok (no codecs used) (w98) 3) MPlayer 6 - dll missing a function, even after re-install 4) MPG files wont play under Win95 using mplayer with ie4. 5) win2000 wont play VOB, invalid MPEG2 codec. it goes on.... One kikass alternative is the Xing player which plays FLAWLESSLY on all platforms no matter what, but where can i get the decompressor to implement it within my game? Is there a free/cheap alternative to play MPG files in my game? Also, is it possible to play an MPG movie with DirectDraw blitting over the top? I dont wanna use DirectShow because i know there will be problems with various setups. Basically, anything non Microsoft will do.

check out the showstrm sample in your directX 6.1 SDK.

it can decode many formats, and returns a directdraw surface which u flip yourself. It also does sound. Just adapt the code into yours.