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| Filename extension |
.smk |
|---|---|
| Internet media type | video/vnd.radgamettools.smacker |
| Type code | Smk2 |
| Developed by | Epic Games Tools |
| Type of format | Video codec |
| Container for | Smacker |
Smacker video is a video file format (with the .SMK file extension) developed by Epic Games Tools, and primarily used for full-motion video in video games.[1] Smacker uses an adaptive 8-bit RGB palette. RAD's format for video at higher color depths is Bink Video. The Smacker format specifies a container format, a video compression format, and an audio compression format.[2] Since its release in 1994, Smacker has been used in over 2300 games.[1] Blizzard used this format for the cinematic videos seen in its games Warcraft II, StarCraft and Diablo I.[3]
The format has been reverse engineered and implemented in libavcodec.[4][5][6] A non-commercial SourceForge project libsmacker released an open source decoder in 2013.[7]
- ^ a b "Smacker video Technology". RAD Game Tools. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ^ "Smacker". MultimediaWiki. 11 April 2007. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ^ Ladislav Zezula (2010). "MPQ Archives - Overview". Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ^ "FFmpeg Documentation". FFmpeg. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ^ FFmpeg: Smacker video and Smacker audio decoder
- ^ FFmpeg: Smacker container demuxer
- ^ SourceForge project libsmacker