Video format
What is a .bik file?
Bink Video, the codec behind the cutscenes of thousands of games from the late nineties on. RAD designed it to decode on modest CPUs, so studios shipped FMV in .bik instead of licensing MPEG.
fileclay opens Bink Video but doesn’t write it
When to use Bink Video
- Best for
- Extracting game cutscenes.
- Advantages
- Reads classic game FMV.
- Disadvantages
- Game-only legacy format.
Convert Bink Video files
From Bink Video
fileclay opens Bink Video but doesn’t write it.
All 47 output formats: .mp4, .webm, .mkv, .avi, .mov, .gif, .m4v, .mpeg, .mpg, .ts, .m2ts, .mts, .m2v, .mxf, .ogv, .flv, .vob, .wmv, .asf, .divx, .3gp, .3g2, .ivf, .mp3, .wav, .m4a, .m4b, .ogg, .oga, .opus, .aac, .flac, .aiff, .aif, .wma, .ac3, .mka, .caf, .au, .tta, .wv, .mp2, .png, .jpg, .jpeg, .webp, .bmp
Conversions run in your browser. Files aren’t uploaded.
Questions about Bink Video
Which formats can I convert BIK files into?
fileclay can write 47 formats from a BIK file, including MP4, WebM, MKV, AVI, MOV and GIF. Pick any of them as the output format when you drop the file in.