README
1libsmacker
2A C library for decoding .smk Smacker Video files
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4version 1.1.1
52020-01-05
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7(c) Greg Kennedy 2013-2020
8http://libsmacker.sourceforge.net
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12Introduction
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14libsmacker is a cross-platform C library which can be used for decoding Smacker Video files produced by RAD Game Tools. Smacker Video was the king of video middleware in the 1990s, and its 256-color compressed video format was used in over 2600 software titles.
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16libsmacker implements the minimum feature set required from smackw32.dll to get an smk off a disk and the frames / audio into a buffer in the correct order.
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19License
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21libsmacker is released under the Lesser GNU Public License, v2.1. See the file COPYING for more information.
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24Usage
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26See the webpage for sample code and function documentation. The source package additionally includes a pair of driver programs:
27* driver.c - dumps all frames of a file to a bmp/ subdirectory, and all audio as raw streams to out_*.raw files in CWD
28* smk2avi.c - converts smk file(s) to AVI files - uncompressed 24-bit color and PCM audio stream.
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30Though the libraries are "bulletproofed" the sample apps are not: be cautious if you plan to implement in some critical environment.
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33Changelog
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351.1.1
36* Re-license under LGPL 2.1
371.1
38* Switch to autotools-based build
39* Incorporates patches from Dalerank Slim, Gennady Trafimenkov, and Bianca van Schaik
40* Performance improvements and code cleanup / safety.
411.0
42* Initial revision
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45Contact
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47Questions/comments:
48* by email: kennedy.greg@gmail.com
49* by website: http://libsmacker.sourceforge.net
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51Enjoy!
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