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'''FMV''' stands for '''Full Motion Video''' and is the format of the [[Cinematics]] full-screen cut-scene videos used in the [[Classic Games]]. While they only support extremely low quality by today's standards, back in the 1990s this was an acceptable trade-off for in-game video, since they could be played back on even very slow hardware like then common first generation Pentium and 486 PCs.

In the [[Tomb Raider I-III Remastered]] version of the games they have been replaces with up-scaled videos in the '''OGV''' format, which is an Ogg Video container format that can contain any number of encoded video and audio streams. Both original FMV as well as OGV versions of the cinematics can be found in the game folders, e.g. on the [[Steam]] versions in X:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Tomb Raider I-III Remastered\1\FMV.

== FMVs in Tomb Raider ==
The following FMVs can be found in the original [[Tomb Raider]] from 1996:

* CAFE.FMV
: Cut scene that is being played after selecting "New Game". It shows the test at [[Los Alamos]] and the conversation of [[Natla]] and [[Lara Croft]] in [[Calcutta]].

* CANYON.FMV
: Natla takes the [[Scion]].

* END.FMV
: This one is being shown after finishing the game. The [[Atlantean Pyramid]] explodes while Lara runs for her life and finally sets off into the sunset.

* LIFT.FMV
: Lara enters [[Natla Technologies]] by burning through the rope holding a lift outside the building.

* MANSION.FMV
: Croft Mansion as seen before entering [[Lara's Home]].

* PRISON.FMV
: Natla imprisoned by her fellow [[Atlanteans]].

* PYRAMID.FMV
: The Atlantis pyramid is being revealed.

* SNOW.FMV
: Second cut-scene from the beginning of the game that shows Lara and her [[Peruvian Guide]] travelling through the snow of the [[Peruvian Andes]] towards the [[City of Vilcabamba]].

* VISION.FMV
: Lara's vision after acquiring the Scion.

== FMVs in Tomb Raider II ==
The following FMVs can be found in the second game, [[Tomb Raider II]]:

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		+	* ANCIENT.FMV
		+	: The [[Dragon]] attack on the [[Great Wall of China\|Great Wall]] of [[China]], when the Dragon was killed the first time by pulling out his heart, the [[Dagger of Xian]].
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		+	* CRASH.FMV
		+	: This one starts with Lara ascending from the depth and getting into a plane which she then crashes in the mountains of [[Tibet]].
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		+	* END.FMV
		+	: Lara's exit from the [[Dragon's Lair]].
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		+	* JEEP.FMV
		+	: Lara steals a [[Jeep]] and is being chased through the snow by [[Mercenaries]].
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		+	* LANDING.FMV
		+	: Lara lands her plane and enters the [[Offshore Rig]].
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		+	* MODERN.FMV
		+	: Lara descends on a rope from a helicopter to the Great Wall.
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		+	* MS.FMV
		+	: Lara hangs onto a [[Submarine]] that takes her to the [[Maria Doria]].
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		+	== FMVs in Tomb Raider III ==
		+	The following FMVs can be found in the second game, [[Tomb Raider III]]:
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		+	* END.FMV
		+	: Lara steals a [[Helicopter]] and is being chased.
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		+	* HUEY.FMV
		+	: Lara and her helicopter pilot crash in [[Antarctica]].
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		+	* INTRO.FMV
		+	: In ancient times a [[Meteor]] striks the earth in what is to become Antarctica where it is discovered by an expedition team.
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		+	* LAGOON.FMV
		+	: Lara arrives at the [[Coastal Village]].

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