- Extension
- .smk
- .jif
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Raster Image
- Developer
- RAD Game Tools
- JPEG Group
- Description
- Smacker Video (.smk) is a video file format developed for use in video games, designed to deliver synchronized audio and video with efficient compression on low-end hardware. It was especially popular in the 1990s and early 2000s for cutscenes and in-game full-motion video. The format supports multiple audio tracks and palette-based video compression optimized for CPU playback without dedicated hardware acceleration.
- It is a JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) creation that is based on 24-bit color pallette and uses a lossy compression algorithm for digital photography.
- MIME Type
- video/x-smacker
- image/jpeg
