World of Warcraft: Cataclysm removed the original trailer videos from the
\Data\Interface\Cinematics
and replaced them with a single
\Data\Interface\Cinematics\WoW3X_Intro_1280.avi
How do i play this video file1?
The video is 1280×720, compressed with PMVX
({30355844-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}
).
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Best Answer
The .avi file contains a media type I am unfamiliar with: "PMVX", according to VLC media player. I could not open this file in any of the video formats mentioned below:
I do, however, have other copies of these in a different installation folder. Instead of:
as you have mentioned, have you tried you installation language folder? For me this is enGB:
Within this folder, I have each intro in 800 and 1024, as well as the Wrathgate cutscene, which I believe covers what you were looking for.