

You can use the batch editor to create a list of tasks that can be run unattended.įile info: Click the "File info" button to display a description of the highlighted media file.
#Rad video tools codec update#
It is a quick and easy way to make sure you're always using the latest-and-greatest update to the RAD Video Tools.īatch: This button will start the RAD Batch editor. New version?: Use this to check your Bink version. This allows you to compress multiple input files into one output file. A list file is a text file that contains a list of other file names that you want to be treated as one big file. List files: You can create a list file by clicking this button. It displays a visual representation of a Bink or Smacker file's data rate. For example, you can convert a bunch of BMPs into an AVI, GIFs into JPEGs, Smackers into flics, QuickTimes into AVIs, wave files into different sample rates, 24-bit images into 8-bit images, etc.Īnalyze file: The "Analyze" button opens one of the handiest features in the RAD Video Tools. Normally, you won't have to utilize this feature, because our compressors will automatically compress the audio track of an AVI or QuickTime file in with the video frames.Ĭonvert a file: The RAD converter can convert almost any type of file to another type. You only need to use the audio mixer when you want to replace or add another audio track to a video file. Mix in sound: This button opens the Bink or Smacker audio mixer. Similarly, if you highlight a Smacker file, and hit the "Advanced Play" button, then the Smacker Advanced play window, which is a little different, will open.

If you've highlighted a Bink file, then the Bink Advanced play screen will open. Advanced play options are available for Bink and Smacker files. Smack it: This button opens the Smacker compressor window where you can compress your movies with the Smacker codec.Īdvanced play: The "Advanced Play" button opens the playback options screen, where you can customize the settings to use to on playback of your video. You can change the default playback parameters in the "Advanced play" window.įiles of type: By default, the RAD Video Tools will display all media files, but you can use this pulldown to change the file selection list.īink it: This button opens the Bink compressor window where you can compress your movies with our true-color Bink codec.

Otherwise, if you have any questions, don't hesitate to e-mail.įile name: Enter the filename that you want to work with here.įor example, if you just want to play a file, then just highlight it and click the "Play" button. We hope the RAD Video Tools do everything you need them to! If you are having trouble with Bink in Unreal, please use UDN. That you will need to use Smacker for your videos. Very low-end hardware (the education market, for example). It is now used mostly with games that need to run on Smacker was designed to compress 256-color video and animation for the previous That is, it compresses better than DVD at up to three times the playback speed!īink scales from the low-end Nintendo DS all the way up to HD video on the All modern games now use Bink - Smacker is rarelyīink Video is a "better-than-DVD" video codec. They include both of our video codecs: Bink Video, our current 24-bit true-color codec, and Smacker, our The RAD Video Tools are a set of utilities for processing video, animation, and sound data.
