Final Fantasy VII PC - FMV Guide Version 1.0 | September 21, 2004 by Reeve (Reeve[at]blueshinra[dot]com) ================================================== This guide may not be altered or excerpted from without the expressed written consent of the author. If you want to host this guide on your site, please let me know, and don't forget to give credit! If you'd like to contribute to this guide, feel free to contact me; all contributions that get used in future revisions will be properly credited. Final Fantasy VII and related indicia is copyright 1997-2004 Square-Enix, Ltd. Final Fantasy VII for the PC is published by Eidos Interactive. Version history: 1.0 - Wrote this guide! ================================================== THE FINAL FANTASY VII FMV GUIDE FMV is short for Full Motion Video; in Final Fantasy VII, FMVs are typically short video clips that appear as (or during) cutscenes. However, FMVs can be used in other ways-- for instance, as background elements. In addition, most of the FMV files in FF7 contain their own sound effects, but not their own music (the opening and one of the ending FMVs are two notable exceptions). On the PC version of FF7, FMV files can't be installed along with the rest of the game-- they must be played directly from the game disks themselves. Therefore, there are FMVs on all three of the game disks, but not on the Install Disk. I created this document as a handy reference to all of the FMV files found on FF7 for PC, especially if you want to view individual FMVs without having to go through the trouble of actually playing the game. To do this, you will need a third-party piece of software that reads .avi video files-- I usually use Windows Media Player, and I'm interested to know what other programs people are using to look at these files. Note that because of the special codec that the FF7 FMVs use, it is generally recommended that you play these files straight from the game disks themselves. The following is a list of all the FMV files on each of the game disks. These files can be found in the following location on the disks-- (CD-ROM drive letter):/ff7/movies/ Please note that some FMVs appear on mutiple disks; repeated FMVs will be indicated by an asterisk (*) from their second listing on. Also note that there are MASSIVE SPOILERS contained within the some of the FMV descriptions. Consider yourself warned. ------------------------- ff7disk1: File Name Description bike.avi Shinra Bldg./Midgar: escape scene after Cloud fights Rufus biskdead.avi N. Corel: flashback where Dyne is shot by Shinra (background only) boogdemo.avi Bugenhagen's planetarium: shooting star, meteorites, black hole boogdown.avi Bugenhagen's planetarium: platform goes down boogstar.avi Bugenhagen's planetarium: Lifestream demonstration boogup.avi Bugenhagen's planetarium: platform goes up brgnvl.avi Five Years Ago: Mt. Nibel- rope bridge breaks car_1209.avi Shinra Building: Shin-Ra Motor Mobiles catalog d_ropego.avi Ropeway Station (Corel): cable car leaves d_ropein.avi Ropeway Station (Corel): cable car arrives earithdd.avi Forgotten Capital: Sephiroth kills Aeris, White Materia falls eidoslogo.avi Eidos Interactive logo Explode.avi Blue explosion from opening credits fallpl.avi Sector 7: pillar is destroyed, plate falls fship2.avi Highwind: clouds as seen from the bridge of the airship funeral.avi Forgotten Capital: Aeris' funeral gold1.avi Gold Saucer: first trip to the Gold Saucer, via cable car gold2.avi Gold Saucer: gondola view- Shooting Coaster gold3.avi Gold Saucer: gondola view- Battle Arena/Chocobo Racing gold4.avi Gold Saucer: gondola view- Gold Saucer/Dio's statue gold5.avi Gold Saucer: gondola view- Ghost Hotel gold6.avi Gold Saucer: gondola view- Event Square gold7.avi Gold Saucer: gondola view- Gold Saucer w/fireworks gold7_2.avi Gold Saucer: fireworks (Cloud's date) hiwind0.avi Junon Airport: Cloud climbs up, sees Highwind jairofal.avi Tiny Bronco: lands in ocean after taking damage jairofly.avi Tiny Bronco: takes off from Cid's backyard, flies around Rocket Town jenova_e.avi Five Years Ago: Sephiroth pulls the angel casing free from Jenova junair_d.avi Junon Airport: large platform goes down junair_u.avi Junon Airport: large platform goes up junelego.avi Junon: elevator goes down (leaves) junelein.avi Junon: elevator goes up (arrives) junin_go.avi Under Junon: elevator goes up (leaves) junin_in.avi Under Junon: elevator goes down (arrives) junon.avi Junon: views of the Sister Ray and Junon itself mainplr.avi Midgar: the train goes around the city's main pillar mk8.avi Midgar: explosion/fire after the Reactor #1 explosion; AVALANCHE's escape mkup.avi Midgar: First AVALANCHE mission- view of Reactor #1 monitor.avi Shinra Bldg.: security monitor room, with guard nodding off to sleep mtcrl.avi Corel Railroad: the fall from the tracks mtnvl.avi Five Years Ago: views of Mt. Nibel and Mako reactor mtnvl2.avi Five Years Ago: closer views of Mt. Nibel and Mako reactor nivlsfs.avi Five Years Ago: Sephiroth and the flames northmk.avi Midgar: Reactor #1 explodes nvlmk.avi Five Years Ago: monster escapes from pod in Mt. Nibel Mako reactor ontrain.avi Midgar: Cloud jumps on the roof of a train, escaping Shinra troops opening.avi Opening FMV, with Aeris and views of Midgar. Includes music plrexp.avi Sector 7: Pillar starts to break apart rcktfail.avi Rocket Town: flashback- the failed launch of the Shinra No. 26 setogake.avi Cosmo Canyon: views of Seto smk.avi Midgar: after battle against Airbuster- Reactor #5 platform damaged southmk.avi Midgar: Reactor #5 explodes, Cloud falls sqlogo.avi Squaresoft logo u_ropego.avi Ropeway Station (Gold Saucer): cable car leaves u_ropein.avi Ropeway Station (Gold Saucer): cable car arrives ------------------------- ff7disk2: File Name Description biglight.avi N. Crater: WEAPONs awaken, as party watches from Highwind boogdown.avi* see ff7disk1 boogup.avi* see ff7disk1 c_scene1.avi N. Crater: cave-in after Black Materia is activated c_scene2.avi N. Crater: Materia crystal slips, revealing Sephiroth inside c_scene3.avi N. Crater: Cloud gives Sephiroth the Black Materia canon.avi Midgar: the Sister Ray is charged and fired canonh1p.avi Midgar area: The beam from the Sister Ray streams forward canonh3f.avi Midgar: Rufus' office is hit by a shot from Diamond WEAPON canonht0.avi Midgar area: Diamond WEAPON unleashes its attack canonht1.avi Midgar area: Diamond WEAPON is hit by beam from Sister Ray canonht2.avi N. Continent: Beam from Sister Ray destroys barrier over N. Crater d_ropego.avi* see ff7disk1 d_ropein.avi* see ff7disk1 dumcrush.avi Mideel: Earthquake- Cloud and Tifa fall into the Lifestream eidoslogo.avi* see ff7disk1 Explode.avi* see ff7disk1 feelwin0.avi Midgar area: Diamond WEAPON looks around feelwin1.avi Midgar area: Diamond WEAPON walks away after battle fship2.avi* see ff7disk1 gelnica.avi Junon Airport: a Gelnika-class plane takes off gold2.avi* see ff7disk1 gold3.avi* see ff7disk1 gold4.avi* see ff7disk1 gold5.avi* see ff7disk1 gold6.avi* see ff7disk1 greatpit.avi N. Crater: views of the Whirlwind Maze hwindfly.avi Junon: AVALANCHE steals the Highwind, after Tifa escapes from gas chamber hwindjet.avi Highwind: the airship's jet engines are activated junair_d.avi* see ff7disk1 junair_u.avi* see ff7disk1 junelego.avi* see ff7disk1 junelein.avi* see ff7disk1 junin_go.avi* see ff7disk1 junin_in.avi* see ff7disk1 junsea.avi Junon: the rippling ocean loslake1.avi City of the Ancients: the Key to Ancients spins in its lock lslmv.avi City of the Ancients: water pours down over projection crystal meteofix.avi Outer space: after rocket hits Meteor- Meteor's pieces stay close together meteosky.avi Junon: shutters open in examination room, revealing Meteor monitor.avi* see ff7disk1 nrcrl.avi N. Corel: during Huge Materia quest- Train destroys town (mission failed) nrcrl_b.avi N. Corel: during Huge Materia quest- Train stops (mission accomplished) parashot.avi Highwind: parachuting into Midgar, with Meteor right above phoenix.avi Fort Condor: the egg hatches, and the old condor dies rckethit0.avi Outer space: the escape pod leaves the Shinra No. 26 rckethit1.avi Outer space: escape pod floats to the Planet, rocket hits Meteor rcketoff.avi Rocket Town: the Shinra No. 26 sucessfully launches sqlogo.AVI* see ff7disk1 u_ropego.avi* see ff7disk1 u_ropein.avi* see ff7disk1 weapon0.avi Junon: large barricades come up and cannons are readied weapon1.avi Junon: the Sister Ray fires into the ocean weapon2.avi Junon: battle against the approaching Sapphire WEAPON weapon3.avi Junon: the battle continues; Sapphire WEAPON rams into Junon weapon4.avi Junon: Sapphire WEAPON rises from the water weapon5.avi Junon: Sapphire WEAPON attacks, is shot down by the Sister Ray wh2e2.avi City of the Ancients: Aeris' death is played back, White Materia glows white2.avi City of the Ancients: the projection crystal surrounded by water zmind01.avi Lifestream: the approach to Nibelheim's town gates zmind02.avi Lifestream: the approach to a starry sky in Nibelheim zmind03.avi Lifestream: the approach to Tifa's window/room ------------------------- ff7disk3: File Name Description boogdown.avi* see ff7disk1 boogup.avi* see ff7disk1 d_ropego.avi* see ff7disk1 d_ropein.avi* see ff7disk1 eidoslogo.avi* see ff7disk1 ending1.avi Cloud dives down to face Sephiroth. Features the "Yellow Orb" ending2.avi Ending after Cloud's last battle, before credits. Includes music ending3.avi "500 Years Later" epilogue after credits Explode.avi* see ff7disk1 fcar.avi same as car_1209.avi on ff7disk1 fship2.avi see ff7disk1 gold2.avi* see ff7disk1 gold3.avi* see ff7disk1 gold4.avi* see ff7disk1 gold5.avi* see ff7disk1 gold6.avi* see ff7disk1 junair_d.avi* see ff7disk1 junair_u.avi* see ff7disk1 junelego.avi* see ff7disk1 junelein.avi* see ff7disk1 junin_go.avi* see ff7disk1 junin_in.avi* see ff7disk1 last4_2.avi N. Crater: Green "Lifestream" background, running straight down last4_3.avi N. Crater: Green "Lifestream" background, radiating from bottom center last4_4.avi N. Crater: After battle with Jenova SYNTHESIS lastflor.avi N. Crater: before battle with Bizarro Sephiroth- Holy ripples, scene changes lastmap.avi N. Crater: Pulsing green pattern (BG for Holy in scene before lastflor.avi) sqlogo.AVI* see ff7disk1 u_ropego.avi* see ff7disk1 u_ropein.avi* see ff7disk1 white2.avi* see ff7disk2 ================================================== Copyright 2004 by Reeve