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(I am not sure this is the right category/sub forum. Is it this or "Development around libVLC"? Or was I right the first time with "VLC media player Feature Requests" where no one has answered?)

I don't know how complicated it is to get .bik-support in VLC Media Player.

I tried looking at these pages, but I don't understand how to get like a "library" for format support into my VLC installation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.bik -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libavcodec
http://www.libav.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFmpeg
http://www.ffmpeg.org/general.html#Supported-File-Formats_002c-Codecs-or-Features

(FFmpeg with the libavformat library sounds like what I want to include in the VLC Media Player program...)

The thing I want to do right now is to use VLC to convert .bik format files to something else like .mp4 or .avi or whatever.

PS.
I noted this post: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=72122&hilit=.bik. Seems no one cares much for this matter, eh?..
Is it really that complex to incorporate that "Libav" thing into the VLC player?
With "providing samples", is it meant like files from PC Games you happen to have in your possession?
DS.

So far, VLC does not support Bink.

Well,
THAT explains a whole lot!
Really, I had no idea.

Thanks for all the oh so satisfying clarification man, that's absolutely ALL I inquired about...

Hi
The .bik files work OK with mPlayer/MEncoder and w32codecs.
So maybe VLC will support Bink if/when "--codec dmo" is fixed to allow this.

EDIT
The .bik files will also play and convert with FFplay/FFmpeg.
So it probably won't be necessary to use the external codecs with VLC.

No, someone just has to do the code to integrate it.

Seems to me that "FFmpeg with the libavformat library" thing would be right up "VLC Media Player"'s alley, like it would be a pretty standard component of the "VLC" player program. I'm surprised no one has added/incorporated it into VLC yet.
I mean it would obviously be awesome to have all those format supports (play & convert from ".swf", ".bik", etc.)!

Right?!