MovieFrame:StartMovie

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Plays a movie.

success, returnCode = MovieFrame:StartMovie(movieID [, looping])

Arguments

movieID

number : movieID

looping

boolean? = false - Whether to loop the movie, but it does not seem to work.

Returns

success

boolean - Returns true if the movie could be successfully played.

returnCode

number

Value	Type
0	success
1	codec failure
2	data missing
3	reading of video file failed
4	opening of video file failed

Example

Plays the Seasons of War trailer (without the option to cancel by pressing escape).

local f = CreateFrame("MovieFrame")
f:SetAllPoints(UIParent)
f:SetScript("OnUpdate", function() end) -- required to make the movie play
f:StartMovie(2)