**Game Information**
Title	WRC 3: FIA World Rally Championship
Year	2012
Developer	Milestone s.r.l.
Graphics API	DirectX 9.0c
Audio API	DirectSound (no EAX)

Environment Setup

Wine version: wine-proton-9.0-1-amd64
DXVK version: 2.6.2
Wine prefix: Configured as 32-bit

Video Playback Issues

Problem: Black screen during video playback
References:
- WineHQ Bug 32759
- WineHQ Bug 45469

Workarounds:
- Black screen after launch reported to be solved with native d3dx9_43
- Video playback resolved by converting all game videos with ffmpeg:
  - Audio bitrate: 192 kbps
  - Sampling rate: 44.1 kHz (CD Quality)
  - Channels: 2 (Stereo)

Reencode the videos

To reencode videos using the provided script, navigate to the script's base path and specify the folder containing the videos. If no folder is specified, the script defaults to the base path. The script processes each .WMV file, skipping those already backed up or processed. It uses ffmpeg to copy the video stream and reencode the audio to 192k bitrate, 44.1kHz, and 2 channels. The original files are backed up with an "ori_" prefix.

Winetricks Configuration

Installed components:

wsh57
wmp9
d3dx9_43

Note: Lutris uses D3D Extras, which replace d3dx9_xx with custom libraries. Therefore, installing d3dx9_43 via Winetricks is not required, since that library is not used.

Summary

Use Wine Proton 9.0-1 (amd64) with DXVK 2.6.2 in a 32-bit prefix.
Video playback issues can be resolved by converting videos with ffmpeg to proper audio settings.
Native d3dx9_43 may fix launch black screen, but with Lutris D3D Extras, Winetricks installation is unnecessary.