Add Your Own Movies to GTA V TV
PRELIMINARIES
Let's start the tutorial with some important information.
1. You will need to convert your video to the bik format that Rockstar/GTA V uses.
2. Your video should be 30 FPS. You can check in the properties (right click the file)
3. You will need the free Rad Video Tools. The link at the top of their page.
4. You will need OpenIV (pronounced Open 4 like GTA 4) or CodeWalker RPF Explorer
5. You should work with a Mods folder and backup your files
FILE LOCATIONS
You
will be editing 2 xml playlist files. These files are identical so you
can edit one, copy it, and then rename it. They are called tvplaylists.xml and tvplaylists_x64.xml. Not sure why Rockstar made them identical. Likely one was originally intended for 32 bit PCs, the other for 64 bit, I guess.
You can find these files at the same location as your dlclist.xml and gameconfig.xml:
TV playlists: \Mods\update\update.rpf\common\data
There is a smaller playlist in common.rpf that you can leave alone (no edits required).
There is a smaller playlist in common.rpf that you can leave alone (no edits required).
Common\Grand Theft Auto V\common.rpf\data
Movies themselves, the GTA V ones you see on TVs are at:
\Mods\x64d.rpf\movies
Movies themselves, the GTA V ones you see on TVs are at:
\Mods\x64d.rpf\movies
But you can also put them in \Mods\x64a.rpf\movies
XML FILE STRUCTURE
The 2 identical tv playlist files have these sections:
<CTVPlaylistContainer>
<Videos></Videos>
<PlayListSlots></PlayListSlots>
<Playlists></Playlists>
</CTVPlaylistContainer>
<Videos></Videos>
<PlayListSlots></PlayListSlots>
<Playlists></Playlists>
</CTVPlaylistContainer>
FILE EDITS
This
is the part that requires attention to detail. Once more backup your
files and use Mods folder. This will be done is a separate post.
Add Your Own Movies Part 2
Add Your Own Movies Part 2
VIDEO CONVERSION TO BIK (BINK) FORMAT
To convert your 30 FPS video, you will launch Rad Tools with the initial settings below.
Important is step 3, Key at least every 1 and for Audio, to avoid huge files, keep the video compressed. Lossy refers to quality of video but impacts file size. Lossless is best quality but largest file size.
Important is step 3, Key at least every 1 and for Audio, to avoid huge files, keep the video compressed. Lossy refers to quality of video but impacts file size. Lossless is best quality but largest file size.
