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In case anyone else saw the name and was wondering: yes, it is "RAD" as in RAD Game Tools, which was acquired by Epic a few years ago.

sznio 3y ago
Their website is beautiful http://www.radgametools.com/ http://www.radgametools.com/
- RamRodification 3y ago
  Not necessarily asking you specifically, but posting here because I noticed it on their website that you linked: How is Bink video still a thing? Aren't the other well established codecs able to beat it? Edit: Some answers here, if you believe their own stats: http://www.radgametools.com/bnkmain.htm http://www.radgametools.com/bnkmain.htm
  - enneff 3y ago
    Even if other codecs can beat it on size and quality, if the ergonomics of the playback library are substantially better for game developers (as they claim) then that would make it a compelling choice.
  - patmorgan23 3y ago
    If it ain't broke don't fix it. Games aren't under the bandwidth pressure streaming services are so there's not as much reason to switch to something like AV1.
    - Pesthuf 3y ago
      I wish they were, new games being 120GB+ is insane.
      - terafo 3y ago
        For video to be a major contributor to a game size is a very rare occurrence. Games are 120GB+ in size because texture sizes continue to grow.
        Pesthuf 3y ago
        Yeah. But maybe game devs should finally realize their game is not the only application on my computer and make HD textures an optional download. Games look fine without them and with every modern game using TAA anyway, things will be blurry even with them.
  - fxtentacle 3y ago
    Bink can handle 4K HDR decoding even without hardware accelerator chips by using regular GPU shaders. That means you don't need to fiddle with any system library and it just works. It's also great for streaming overlays, animated textures, explosion effects because it can render in HDR inside your core engine loop. So if you use deferred shading, you can even stream material properties, e.g. an object becoming more metallic during a texture animation video.
jamesfinlayson 3y ago
Ah right - I remember looking at their site maybe 15 years ago and they definitely seemed independent. I didn't realise they'd been bought out but probably makes sense - I assume Epic uses their tools heavily.

sznio 3y ago

Their website is beautiful http://www.radgametools.com/ http://www.radgametools.com/

RamRodification 3y ago
Not necessarily asking you specifically, but posting here because I noticed it on their website that you linked: How is Bink video still a thing? Aren't the other well established codecs able to beat it? Edit: Some answers here, if you believe their own stats: http://www.radgametools.com/bnkmain.htm http://www.radgametools.com/bnkmain.htm
- enneff 3y ago
  Even if other codecs can beat it on size and quality, if the ergonomics of the playback library are substantially better for game developers (as they claim) then that would make it a compelling choice.
- patmorgan23 3y ago
  If it ain't broke don't fix it. Games aren't under the bandwidth pressure streaming services are so there's not as much reason to switch to something like AV1.
  - Pesthuf 3y ago
    I wish they were, new games being 120GB+ is insane.
    - terafo 3y ago
      For video to be a major contributor to a game size is a very rare occurrence. Games are 120GB+ in size because texture sizes continue to grow.
      - Pesthuf 3y ago
        Yeah. But maybe game devs should finally realize their game is not the only application on my computer and make HD textures an optional download. Games look fine without them and with every modern game using TAA anyway, things will be blurry even with them.
- fxtentacle 3y ago
  Bink can handle 4K HDR decoding even without hardware accelerator chips by using regular GPU shaders. That means you don't need to fiddle with any system library and it just works. It's also great for streaming overlays, animated textures, explosion effects because it can render in HDR inside your core engine loop. So if you use deferred shading, you can even stream material properties, e.g. an object becoming more metallic during a texture animation video.

jamesfinlayson 3y ago

Ah right - I remember looking at their site maybe 15 years ago and they definitely seemed independent. I didn't realise they'd been bought out but probably makes sense - I assume Epic uses their tools heavily.