.BIK File
.bik is Bink Video File
| Features | Description |
|---|---|
| File Extension | .bik |
| Format | Binary |
| Created by | RAD Game Tools |
| Category | Video |
.bik is Bink Video File
| Features | Description |
|---|---|
| File Extension | .bik |
| Format | Binary |
| Created by | RAD Game Tools |
| Category | Video |
What's on this Page
The bik file extension is used for files created by Bink and Smacker game video file codec. Its used by great number of games. A free viewer is available at the RAD Game Tools site.
Bink is video codec - it compresses at higher quality than DVD at up to three times the playback speed! Bink uses up to 16 MB less memory at runtime than other codecs. It has been licensed for over 3,800 games since 1999.
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). With all of these techniques in one codec, Bink can handle any type of video.
Files with bik file extension can be most often encountered as video files encoded using the special Bink and Smacker codec. Typically encountered in older computer games.