UE5 ISSUE* The selected media file will not get packaged, because its path points to a file outside the project's /Content/Movies/ directory.

[fsdjsdljkfek (QAsarah)]

My goal is to have a working video file play and loop on the main menu of a game.

I have set up everything but the file path for the video file says this issue: The selected media file will not get packaged, because its path points to a file outside the project’s /Content/Movies/ directory.

There was no original ‘Movies’ file so I made my own in the Project file location. This didn’t work. How can I fix this?

[herb64]

You need to create the folder named Movies in the Content directory of the project. Then you just can drop in your mp4 files.
Just searched for my docs, I had that problem 2 years ago:

So I created that exact directory Projectdir/Content/Movies and put in the mp4 files.

And referencing path as follows in the File Media Source did work:

[Vattghern4]

2 years on and this was my solution Thank YOU!!!