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Posted: December 23, 2006 • 11:23 pm
by Cubase
Wintermute wrote:Cubase wrote: 'Bink' was the codec used in the DVD version. Both are part of 'RAD Video Tools', and you will find Bink featured in over 70% of games today (both console and PC).
Unfortunately not correct. If the DVD version had used Bink, we would not have the codec problems today.
I think, Bink even didn't exist at that time.
The DVD version uses *surprise* DVD MPEG2 Video
(These are normal VOB files which could be played with every DVD software player.)
Ahhh yes I remember... but anyway, Bink did exist at that time... I remember becuase when I got the game I converted all the Smacker files to Bink (don't ask me what for).
-Cub. =o)
Posted: December 24, 2006 • 2:14 am
by freepizza
What for? Haha jk, thanks you for this gift of nice-o-tude.
Posted: December 24, 2006 • 2:56 am
by Wintermute
mr_cyberpunk wrote:Except they renamed the filetypes .000 instead of .MPEG - hence why we can't view them on a DVD player. But Media Player 10 views them fine Outside of the game - so long as you copy the FMVs from the disc and rename them .MPEG
You don't have to rename them.Just drag and drop them into your software DVD player and they work quite well.
And by the way, they are not MPEG files, but MPEG 2 files, for which the correct ending would be VOB.
Windows doesn't care what contents the files have, it just starts the program with the appointed file ending which on your computer is "Media Player 10". But you really don't need this program.
Posted: December 24, 2006 • 7:25 am
by DrPaul
Windows doesn't care what contents the files have, it just starts the program with the appointed file ending which on your computer
This is true. In fact, one could setup an association so that Windows will automatically open .000 files with your selected player. That would certainly work for browsing the video files, but I wonder if it would work during gameplay...
Posted: December 24, 2006 • 9:14 am
by freepizza
Or we could all just download VLC Media player and never have to worry about any of that.
Posted: December 24, 2006 • 3:21 pm
by mr_cyberpunk
Windows doesn't care what contents the files have, it just starts the program with the appointed file ending which on your computer is "Media Player 10". But you really don't need this program.
Aww so I did that renaming for nothing
