I need to play video files at the beginning of my game. I got the example at vb-world.net to work, but it opens up a new window. Someone posted a comment in that example that's supposed to put the video in a picturebox but it doesn't work for some reason. I don't want to use any controls, just all API. I'm using the mciSendString API right now. So what I want to do is open a video file in a picturebox (or other hWnd) and then let the video play.