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Smacker 4.0+ is now fully integrated into the RAD Video Tools (which also contains Bink). There won't be separate Smacker and Bink tools any longer. Smacker is an SMK files player and a compressor for video, animation and sound data designed especially for games. Used in all aspects of game design: cinematics, cut-scenes, video-sprites, transparent videos, single-image decompression, scrolling video backgrounds, etc ! Supported SMK, QuickTime movies, AVI, DV, AIFF, AU, PNG, FLC, LST, BMP, GIF, PCX, TIF, TGA or JPG files.
Smacker is a compressor for video, animation and sound data. It is used in all aspects of multimedia application design: cinematics, cut-scenes, video-sprites, transparent videos, single-image decompression, scrolling video backgrounds, and more. Smacker has been used in over 2,000 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 documents describing the advantages of using Smacker, and the design goals of the author, Jeff Roberts. You can also view the entire Smacker development history to see the complete evolution of Smacker. Finally, you can review feedback from other Smacker customers.
The RAD Video Tools, which include both Smacker, and our true-color compressor, Bink Video, are available free for download.
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| | Author | : RAD Game Tools, Inc. | | Size | : 1457 kb | | Platform | : WinAll | | License | : Free | | Downloads | : 33995 times | | Last Updated | : 2008-02-20 | |
User Opinion - Overall Rating : 5
Reviewed by: anongv
Date: 2003-10-07 09:10:09
A terrific codec. I have tried lots and Smacker and Bink are the best by far for my applications. Much better quality than any compressed codec including MPEG-2. And smaller files than MPEG 4. Quality is visually indistinguishable from uncompressed avi with compression of over 500:1. Now I can make 1024x768 videos for presentations.
I wish there was a plugin for Windows Media Player. Smacker would be a wonderful codec for web video, except that it requires a proprietory player.
The tools are the best I have found. Unbeatable flexibility; excellent ease of use.
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