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  Bink video - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The format includes its own video and audio codecs, supporting resolutions from 320×240 all the way up to high definition video.
It is bundled as part of the RAD Video Tools along with RAD Game Tools' previous video codec, Smacker video.
It is a hybrid block-transform and wavelet codec capable of using 16 different encoding techniques allowing it to compress any type of video.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bink_video   (166 words)

  
 RAD Game Tools - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1993, the company began development of Smacker Video Technology, which was their first product that was not written for any particular company, and released it in 1994.
Early 1999 marked the release of their latest video codec, Bink video, which provided better than DVD quality compression at up to three times the playback speed.
In 2001, most of their technologies were available on contemporary video game consoles.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/RAD_Game_Tools   (292 words)

  
 ALT.CODEC.ART   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Video quality was our number one criteria, which we compared with captured screen shots from the various codecs.
RAD's Smacker is not a Video for Windows codec, so we tested display rate by playing back the file with frame dropping disabled and measuring playback time.
Smacker is based upon a proprietary algorithm that involves color averaging and variable frequency Huffman encoding.
www.doceo.com /myweb2/articles/altcodec.html   (5469 words)

  
 Smacker - MultimediaWiki
Smacker is a technology that has been used in games and other entertainment software titles since the dawn of multimedia-era video games.
The Smacker website claims that the format has been used for over 2600 titles.
The video in a Smacker is encoded as a series of 4x4 pixel blocks.
wiki.multimedia.cx /index.php?title=Smacker   (1813 words)

  
 AVI Graphics Format Overview
Indeo Video Interactive, Indeo 4.1, is a new version of Indeo from Intel based on a "hybrid wavelet algorithm" according to Intel.
LOSSY COMPRESSION (3) Within lossy image and video compression, a compression scheme may be perceptually lossless, in which case the human viewer cannot distinguish between the original image or video and the decompressed compressed image or video which has errors introduced by the lossy compression.
VIDEO CODECS THAT USE RUN LENGTH ENCODING Microsoft RLE (MRLE) Run length encoding is also used to encode the DCT coefficients in the block Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) based international standards MPEG, H.261, H.263, and JPEG.
www.angelfire.com /ma/mrao/avi.html   (13088 words)

  
 My Home Page
A major limitation of video on the Web in general and AVI in particular is the limited bandwidth available.
AVI and Video for Windows were developed for playback of audio and video from hard disks and CD-ROMs on personal computers.
Smacker is a special 8-bit color video format from RAD Game Tools used for video and computer games.
www.angelfire.com /id/tagailog/avi.html   (15258 words)

  
 Smacker Video Technology
The Smacker SDK has been used in over 2,700 games, because it's fast (real fast!), it's easy-to-license, it has a terrific SDK, and its video quality is unrivaled in 256 color mode.
Because Smacker is pretty different from other codecs, we've put together information describing the advantages of using Smacker, and the design goals of its authors.
You can visit the RAD Video Tools help page, you can refer to the Bink or Smacker FAQs for quick answers to common questions, or you can e-mail our technical support team.
www.radgametools.com /smkmain.htm   (335 words)

  
 Download Smacker 4.2c - Smacker is a compressor for video, animation and sound data. - Softpedia
Download Smacker 4.2c - Smacker is a compressor for video, animation and sound data.
Smacker is a compressor for video, animation and sound data.
The Smacker SDK has been used in over 2,600 games, because it's fast (real fast!), it's easy-to-license, it has a terrific SDK, and its video quality is unrivaled in 256 color mode.
www.softpedia.com /get/Multimedia/Video/Video-Editors/Smacker.shtml   (614 words)

  
 Smacker Tutorial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Because of the size of most video formats, people will decline the chance to download a cutscene of any kind.
While you are doing this tutorial please keep in mind that this is a very basic documentation on how to use the Smackers Video Tools suite.
Smacker files can only hold 256-color frames, so if you can, set your renderer to 256 colors only or to dither the image down to 8 bit after rendering.
www.jediknight.net /darkfall/jkarts/smacktut.html   (1060 words)

  
 Data Compression « Software « Computers
Data compression reduces the size of a file, or groups of files of data by eliminating unnecessary information, such as blanks and redundant data.
Smacker Video Technology - A compressor for video, animation and sound data includes video compression with twice the video quality and now uses the Bink audio codec for perceptually lossless 8 to 1 compression.
The best 80-100 programs for every filetype are shown in a table indicating compression ratio and switches/options used to achieve that compression.
www.directorylistings.info /Computers/Software/Data_Compression   (1008 words)

  
 RAD Game Tools
Bink Video is our ubiquitous game video codec - it has been used in 2,900 games!
It is this popular because it looks great, it uses absolutely minimal CPU and memory, it runs on all of the platforms out there, it supports high-end features like 5.1 audio and pixel shaders, and has a terrific run-time API.
You can download the Smacker tools, or call 425.893.4300 to try the Smacker SDK today.
www.radgametools.com   (611 words)

  
 John McGowan's AVI Overview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
**AVI Video with Sound** DeBabelizer Pro 4.5's new full AVI support enables users to batch process legacy Video for Windows files for use on most any Macintosh and Windows systems for the Web, CD-ROM or kiosk.
Video for Windows (AVI) was built into Windows 95 and NT and runs only on Windows machines.
Shannon Communication Systems (SCS) has an H.263+ AVI codec and analysis tool available for download at their web site: http://www.shansys.com/ Telenor R&D of Norway distributes the source code for an H.263 encoder and decoder that will reportedly compile and run under Windows.
www.anomalies.net /archive/general_faq_archive/graphics/avi-faq   (15127 words)

  
 Linux On iPod :: View topic - Video Codec (Smacker) -Good Video Codec Suggestions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Smacker Video Technology - The fastest video codec on the planet!
The latest version includes video compression with twice the video quality and now uses the Bink audio codec for perceptually lossless 8 to 1 compression!
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ipodlinux.org /forums/viewtopic.php?p=137906   (209 words)

  
 Smacker Customer Page
Smacker has been used in over 2,700 games worldwide.
Smacker is by far the best compressor available....
The two most impressive 3rd party systems we've worked with are Smacker and the AIL sound libraries by John Miles (which are now being handled by RAD as well).
www.radgametools.com /smkgames.htm   (1809 words)

  
 Michael Harrison
Microsoft Visual Studio 2003, PalmOS SDK, PRC-Tools, GCC, Xbox SDK, ProDG for PS2, OpenGL, 3Dfx Glide, DirectX, Vtune, Standard Template Library (STL), QSound 3D, HMI Sound Operating System, QuickTime, OLE, MFC, Video for Windows, Smacker Video Library, Windows SDK, Microsoft Macintosh porting library.
DirectX, MFC, QSound, HMI Sound Library, Video For Windows, QuickTime, Windows SDK, Mac porting library.
Developed various applications in Microsoft Windows for the Mobil PRISM project which featured mainframe communication with the PC as the primary data entry point.
www.dragonseye.com /michael.htm   (740 words)

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