Seems to be directshow filters for directly playing Bink (.bik) and Smacker (.smk) video formats. Could come in handy.
Intel i7 5960X
Gigabye GA-X99-Gaming 5
8 GB DDR4 (2100)
8 GB GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming (Gigabyte)
Wonderful. I tested it with some smacker video from the superb Dreamforge's Sanitarium and it worked flawlessly. 😎
Intel i7 5960X
Gigabye GA-X99-Gaming 5
8 GB DDR4 (2100)
8 GB GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming (Gigabyte)
Doesn't seem to work with the the .bik files from King Kong. 🙁 Guess they changed the .bik format enough so that this codec doesn't work.
The RAD Video tools play the .bik's fine tho.
On an unrelated note.....The Kong demo actually required me to reboot my computer to play it. Why? StarForce of course! Yepppeee!
Decided to look through my Device Manager since I've been testing alot of demos lately to see how much StarForce is invading my computer.....
Device Manager:
StarForce Protection Environment Driver (version 1.x)
sfdrv01.sys
StarForce Protection Environment Driver v6
prodrv06.sys
StarForce Protection Helper Driver
sfhlp01.sys
StarForce Protection Helper Driver (version 2.x)
sfhlp02.sys
StarForce Protection Helper Driver v2
prohlp02.sys
StarForce Protection VFS Driver (version 2.x)
sfvfs02.sys
Stupid fockers can't even create a single driver for their POS copy protection? WTF. If I was rich (and if I cared enough) I'd hire out a contract kill....ah what the heck I'd do it myself for free.
*phew* somehow I managed to avoid having any of those installed (probably because I don't play a lot of brand new games, and I usually try them before I buy them to see if it's really worth it), unless maybe I'm looking in the wrong place.
Well, I am able to play all the Bink files I found on my hard drive without any significant problems (using Media Player Classic). Here are the games I played the movies from:
Vampire: Bloodlines
Morrowind
Sid Meier's Pirates!
Oni
It does tend to take a long time to seek, and sometimes if you seek too much the sound will get permanently choppy until you reload the file.
Also, it would be nice to know where this actually came from in case new versions are released. The link goes to some mysterious server in Taiwan and there is no documentation included.
eL, how did you find out about this?
I seem to remember there being another package out there that does the same thing....thing is I can't remember what it's called. I'll continue searching through my massive collection of files....
