Bink is a video file format (extension .bik) developed by RAD Game Tools and used primarily in computer games. It has been used in over 3,800 games for Mac OS, Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox, GameCube, Wii, Playstation 3, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, and Sony PSP[citation needed]. The format includes its own video and audiocodecs, supporting resolutions from 320×240 all the way up to high definition (HD) 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 waveletcodec capable of using 16 different encoding techniques allowing it to compress any type of video. The codec places emphasis on lower decoding requirements over other video codecs with specific optimizations for the different computer game consoles it supports. A filename extension is a suffix to the name of a computer file applied to show its format. ... A type code is a mechanism used in pre-Mac OS X versions of the Macintosh operating system to denote a files format, in a manner similar to file extensions in other operating systems. ... RAD Game Tools is privately-held company based in Kirkland, Washington that develops video and computer game software technologies which are licensed primarily by video game companies. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... RAD Game Tools is privately-held company based in Kirkland, Washington that develops video and computer game software technologies which are licensed primarily by video game companies. ... Computer and video games redirects here. ... This article relates to both the original Classic Mac OS as well as Mac OS X, Apples more recent operating system. ... “Windows†redirects here. ... It has been suggested that Xbox 360 Elite be merged into this article or section. ... The Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. ... The Nintendo GameCube (Japanese: ゲームキューブ; originally code-named Dolphin during development; abbreviated as GCN) is Nintendos fourth home video game console, belonging to the 128-bit era; the same generation as Segas Dreamcast, Sonys PlayStation 2, and Microsofts Xbox. ... The Wii (pronounced as the pronoun we, IPA: ) is the fifth home video game console released by Nintendo. ... The PlayStation 3 , trademarked PLAYSTATION®3,[3] commonly abbreviated PS3) is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment; successor to the PlayStation 2. ... “PS2†redirects here. ... NDS redirects here. ... The finished PlayStation Portable, and a variety of accessories. ... A video codec is a device or software that enables video compression and or decompression for digital video. ... An audio codec is a computer program that compresses/decompresses digital audio data according to a given audio file format or streaming audio format. ... A codec is a device or program capable of performing encoding and decoding on a digital data stream or signal. ... Smacker video is a video file format (with the file extension) developed by RAD Game Tools and oftenly used in computer games. ... 2-D DCT compared to the DFT The discrete cosine transform (DCT) is a Fourier-related transform similar to the discrete Fourier transform (DFT), but using only real numbers. ... A wavelet is a kind of mathematical function used to divide a given function into different frequency components and study each component with a resolution that matches its scale. ... A codec is a device or program capable of performing encoding and decoding on a digital data stream or signal. ...
Fixed a problem in the Bink file header validation where partially compressed Bink files would be seen as corrupted.
Forced the first Bink frame to always be a key frame (avoids surprises if you use the compression hint window incorrectly).
Changed the way Bink handles small delays (60 to 400 ms) during playback - avoids a very rare pathological case where Bink would keep skipping frames, thinking it was lagging behind the audio.
Bink is a hybrid block-transform and wavelet codec that can encode your video using 16 different compression techniques (wavelet, DCT, motion compensation, a variety of vector quantizers, Smacker-style, etc).
Bink also has a VBR psycho-acoustic based audio codec that is capable of 8:1 up to 20:1 perceptually lossless compression, so your audio will sound as good as your video looks.
The Bink SDK supports the Sony PLAYSTATION (R) 3, Sony Playstation Portable (PSP), the Nintendo Wii, the Nintendo DS, the Xbox 360 and the Xbox consoles (using pixel shaders!), the Sony PlayStation 2 console, all versions of 32-bit Windows, Windows 64, the Xbox console, the Nintendo GameCube console, MacOS, MacOS X and GNU/Linux.
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