Star Ocean Second Story Cutscene Problems

I have spent most of the day scouring the internet and the config menus for a solution to this problem.

I am trying to play Star Ocean SS through RetroArch, but unfortunately I am greeted with a black screen whenever a FMV is scripted to play. This isn’t a problem for the first few hours of the game, as I just skipped through them and continued playing.

Now I am at a point where the FMV triggers, and halts the progress of the game. No ability to skip. The game just sits on a black screen forever.

Have verified the iso and used just about every combination of settings and cores that I could find. Any helpful advice would be welcome!

Is this with Beetle PSX or PCSX Rearmed? Also how did you verify the game image? It is recommended to always stick to Redump images when possible.