there's always an option... it depends on how much work you wanna put into it, versus how much you think it's worth adding to your game...

anyways...

i showed you the easiest possible solution... here's something a lil more involved, that Dave (GeneTransfer) generously provided for us a while back...

it allows you to play a video on a skinmesh... inside of a running 3drad  application...

search for Play Movie in the below threads...

http://www.3drad.com/forum/index.php?topic=3948.0

http://www.3drad.com/forum/index.php?topic=3407.0

--Mike