[MPlayer-dev-eng] Bink codec support

[Arpi]

Hi,

> Perhaps you've already noticed that since a few days a Bink player is 
> availible for Linux. The player is availible from http://
> www.radgametools.com/bnkdown.htm.
> Some info about the player (single file, linked to SDL, ogg, vorbis and 
> smpeg):
> 
> $ ls -lh BinkPlayer 
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 niek     users        354K Aug 27 20:49 BinkPlayer
> $ file BinkPlayer 
> BinkPlayer: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/
> Linux 2.2.5, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), not stripped
> 
> I think this player makes it a lot easier to develop native Bink codec support 

nope :(
actually reverse engineering an interface API to a .dll or lib is much
easier than finding complex codec code inside a 354k single-file 
(all-in-one) player code.

> BTW: some info about Bink files can be found here: http://www.pcisys.net/

we know

A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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