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# renpy.movie_start_displayable

Function: | renpy.movie_start_displayable | (filename, size, loops=0):

This starts a MPEG-1 movie playing in displayable mode. One or more Movie widgets must be displayed if the movie is to be shown to the user.

filename - The filename of the MPEG-1 move that we're playing.

size - A tuple containing the size of the movie on the screen. For example, (640, 480).

loops - The number of additional times the movie should be looped. -1 to loop it forever.

## Example

    init:
        image movie = Movie()

    show movie at Position(xpos=420, ypos=25, xanchor='left', yanchor='top')
    show eileen happy

    $ renpy.movie_start_displayable('Eisenhow1952.mpg', (352, 240))
    e "Ren'Py can even overlay rendered images on top of a movie,
       although that's more taxing for your CPU."

    e "It's like I'm some sort of newscaster or something."

    $ renpy.movie_stop()
    hide movie

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