Exclusive Contributions: Hack in game PS3 Videos/Cinimatics

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    How To Create Your Own BINK .bik Format Videos for Game Mods

    
    
    Hey guys vettacossx here again with some fun and new (to ps3 brewers anyways lol) exciting mod that no one has botherd to do yet on ps3 games. You know the lil movies (sometimes not so lil ones) that play in between levels and the videos in the game that create any games "storyline or plot" well what if i told you we can replace them?! SWEET! right? ok well what if i told you i did this a long ass time ago for some homies over at the playground-uk website (my home away from homes on the net i kinda silently stalk lol) A while back when The Conduit came out for wii i learned how to edit the bik format and posted my findings here
    http://playground.ultimateamiga.co.uk/index.php?topic=12631.msg6430
    and
    http://endlessparadigm.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=24334
    
    Well next ill be doing this on the ps3 and providing a section with "patched bik vids" any game we decide to make "patch vids" for can be shared and posted in this thread ill make a example with the tools and a tutorial real soon (within the week here) then ill be providing a section for us to all share our mods of the games we mod for ps3 homebrew users :) so a little something to look forward to in the days ahead :)
    
    EARLY READER BONUS:
    Here are the tools needed to extract watch and edit in game bik videos on your ps3
    Here are the tools needed to extract watch and edit in game bik videos on your ps3
    http://www.radgametools.com/bnkdown.htm
    
    

    Bink Downloads

    You can download the Bink players for most PC and Mac platforms on this page.
    

    Bink Video Downloads

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  • The RAD Video Tools [1.2 MB]
  • The RAD Video Tools for all Windows versions.
    Includes the Bink Compressor!
     
  • The Bink Video Player for MacOS X [146 KB]
  • Use this to play Bink files on MacOS X.
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  The Bink Video command line Player for x86 GNU/Linux [81 KB]

  Use this version of the Bink player to play Bink files (or compiled Bink EXE files) from the command line (just unzip, run "chmod +x BinkPlayer", and then run BinkPlayer to list the options).

  For the latest version of the Bink SDK, click here (you must be a licensed customer to receive the latest SDK)...

  SDK updates available via secure FTP.

  For the latest RAD Game Tools artwork, click here...

  High-quality RAD artwork available via secure FTP.

   HOW TO CREATE A VIDEO USING RAD TOOLS FOR A GAME MOD

  Ok as promised a exclusive tutorial and crash course in radtools Note: This works on wii and pc and any other console that contains .BIK files (Bink video) In bioshock2's case they actually labeled the folder binkmovies so i used this as the example for this tut other games may hide the bik files in different folders just have a click around your game folder (backup manager dumped game folder) if you find any .bik file extensions we can edit those     STEP 1 BROWSE FOR VID under the " look in: " tab seen in pic below for the BIK file you wanna edit usually in the PS3_GAME/USRDIR/ directory somewhere just look for .bik files to edit STEP 2  CLICK PLAY TO VIEW THE IN GAME VIDEO in this case i used bioshock 2 this is so we know what video we are editing in the game and this is how we identify them by watching them in the built in .bik video player as you can see i decided to replace dev_logo_ps3.bik STEP 3 convert your target video FROM BIK TO AVI ...TO SEE ITS CONVERSION INFO, TAKE NOTE OF VID RES BEING 1280X720 WHEN YOU HAVE THE RES AND ITS DONE CONVERTING YOU CAN TRASH THE CONVERSION WE DO THIS JUST TO CHECK AND BE SURE OUR FILE HAS SAME CONVERSION INFO IN THE NEXT STEPS SEE PIC BELOW TO SEE WHAT I MEAN ;) FROM AVI TO BIK THE FINAL STEPS OK SO NOW WE KNOW OUR VIDS CONVERSION INFO THE RES IS 1280X720 NOW WE ARE GOING TO CONVERT A .AVI FILE TO .BIK VIDEO TO MATCH THAT RES 1280X720 SO GO AHEAD AND CLICK THE BINK IT OPTION ON THE BOTTOM LEFT   STEP 4 BROWSE FOR THE AVI FILE TO CONVERT TO BIK. set width and height you want THEN CLICK BINK\ NOTE:   Because I CHOSE TO EDIT dev_logo_ps3.bik  AND MY avi WAS CALLED towlie smoke 2 joints.avi the output by default is  towlie smoke 2 joints.bik So i renamed the output file to  dev_logo_ps3.bik  SO MY OUTPUT FILE NAME WILL BE dev_logo_ps3.bik just like the file in the game is named...will look like this pic as seen below STEP 5  WAIT FOR YOUR .BIK FILE TO CONVERT THEN SIMPLY REPLACE THE ONE IN THE GAME WITH YOURS!  AND YOUR DONE! WHEN YOUR FINISHED WITH THAT CONVERSION IF YOU FOLLOWED THE GUIDE PROPERLY YOU HAVE A BIK FILE WITH THE SAME NAME AND FORMAT AS THE ORIGINAL BUT WITH YOUR CONTENT!