Video as menu background showing up as white image when I press play?

Sorrel S
Tue, 14 Jan 2020 14:15:14 +0000
Cinematics & Media

I’m trying to include a looped video as the background for a quiz game I’ve created.

After creating a “Movies” folder within the Content folder, I copied the WMV file into the folder and then created a Media Source file in UE and linked it to the WMV file in the Movies Folder. I then right-clicked and created a Media Player file and MediaPlayer_Video file. Within the Media Player file I clicked on my Media Source and looped the file. I then created a Texture Material from the MediaPlayer_Video file and linked the Texture Sample node to Base Color and Emissive Color within the Material node.

I then went into my HUD and created an Image. Within Appearance I dropped down the Menu from my Brush and pulled the Material onto the Image section.

When viewing the file within HUD, my video file plays but when I click play in the “Standalone Game” mode my background just shows up as a static white image. Does anyone know why my video is not showing up when I click play?

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