- Extension
- .bik
- .aac
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Audio
- Developer
- RAD Game Tools
- Bell Labs, Fraunhofer Institute, Dolby Labs, Sony and Nokia
- Description
- The Bink Video File (BIK) is a proprietary video file format developed by RAD Game Tools. It is commonly used in video games to store and play back game cinematics, cutscenes, or other in-game video sequences. Bink Video is designed to be highly optimized for performance, offering good quality video playback while minimizing CPU and memory usage, making it particularly suitable for use in video games where resources are often limited.
- Compressed audio file similar to an .MP3 file, but offers several performance improvements; examples include a higher coding efficiency for both stationary and transient signals, a simpler filterbank, and better handling of frequencies above 16 kHz; maintains quality nearly indistinguishable from the original audio source.
- MIME Type
- video/x-bink
- audio/x-aac
