- Extension
- .smk
- .m4b
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Audio
- Developer
- RAD Game Tools
- Apple
- 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 an audiobook file compressed using .AAC algorithm based on MPEG-4 container format. It is similar to .M4A file but its denoted as an audiobook and supporting audio players can bookmark it.
- MIME Type
- video/x-smacker
- audio/x-m4a
