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AJ2
11th March 2003, 18:18
Is AviSynth able to read the utterly horrible format of "Bink Video" (.bik) and if not, would it be possible for a new release of AviSynth to be able to read those?
sh0dan
11th March 2003, 18:21
If it's not an AVI it probably can't.

Do you have the specs for the format?
bilu
11th March 2003, 18:29
It's a proprietary format used in games.

http://www.radgametools.com/bnkmain.htm

Bilu
sh0dan
11th March 2003, 18:32
Yeah - but is there any public info on the structure?
bilu
11th March 2003, 18:41
Don't know if this is enough, I'll search for more.

http://www.radgametools.com/binkhlp2.htm
Aythos
11th March 2003, 19:04
Get the Bink tools from the RadGameTools site, and convert it with that. Its a free download.

If you want to use avisynth to filter it/etc you'll have to first save to an uncompressed or huffyuv compressed avi.
sh0dan
11th March 2003, 19:34
It's a commercial package, and the SDK is not publicly available:

The last distribution option is our Bink SDK. With the SDK, you have complete control over the entire Bink decompression process. The Bink SDK is licensed on a per-product or per-site basis.


So it's a no go.
Aythos
11th March 2003, 19:47
Yes, the SDK for integrating Bink decompression and playback into your own products is a commercial product.

However, the standalone tools for creating and converting to/from the Bink and Smacker formats is free.

http://www.radgametools.com/bnkdown.htm
AJ2
11th March 2003, 20:37
I've used the Bink and Smacker program before, and I came up with bad results. It may be because I'm ignorant to a lot of the settings it had on there, but either way it was really crappy. I was hoping that I could script it into AviSynth and then open it with VirtualDub to get better results, but since it's a commercial product I guess there's nothing anybody can do. :(