I am using windows 7 x64.
I have made a simple adventure game where at the end instead of a picture showing the winning result, I wanted to show a simple animation. I did this, the animation is six seconds (a chest opening to show the treasure) but for some reason it takes a long time to start.
I have tried varying the length and the file format (AVI, Mpeg4), and the resolution, they all take about six seconds to start playing. Looking at the task manager, there is a generic scvhost process which seems to be what is taking the time. I am using the embedded Mplayer which works fine, just that it takes so long to start.
Any ideas to make this quicker?