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Bink Video Splitter

DirectShow splitter for Bink video files (.bik). Play game cinematics and cutscenes from thousands of PC titles in any media player.

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Version 1.8.9.143
File BinkSplitter.ax
Platform Windows
Architecture x86 + x64
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About Bink Video Splitter

Bink Video Splitter is a DirectShow source filter that opens and demuxes Bink video files (.bik), the proprietary video format developed by RAD Game Tools and used extensively in PC game cinematics and pre-rendered cutscenes across thousands of titles.

Bink is one of the most widely deployed game video formats in history, appearing in games from the late 1990s through to the present day including titles from Bethesda, EA, Valve, Blizzard and many others. When a codec error appears for a .bik file outside the game engine, Bink Video Splitter provides the DirectShow source filter needed to open and play these files in standard media players.

The splitter demuxes the Bink container into video and audio streams and passes them to the appropriate decoder filters. It handles all major Bink versions including Bink 1 and Bink 2.

Installed to System32 (64-bit) and SysWOW64 (32-bit) and registered automatically with DirectShow.

Supported Formats

.bik Bink 1 Bink 2

Compatible Players

Windows Media Player
MPC-HC
MPC-BE
PotPlayer
Any DirectShow player

Installation

Bink Video Splitter is installed as part of X Codec Pack 2.7.4. The filter registers automatically with the Windows DirectShow subsystem and becomes immediately available to all compatible media players.

Files are installed to System32 (64-bit) and SysWOW64 (32-bit). No user folder selection is needed. The installer supports silent mode for IT deployments: run with /S flag.

Frequently Asked Questions

A .bik file is a Bink video file, a proprietary video format developed by RAD Game Tools. Bink is used almost exclusively for game cinematics and pre-rendered cutscenes and is found in thousands of PC games spanning from the late 1990s to the present day. The files typically sit in a game installation folder and play automatically within the game engine.
Install X Codec Pack which includes Bink Video Splitter. Once registered, .bik files can be opened directly in MPC-HC, MPC-BE or PotPlayer. You can also use the free Bink Player utility from RAD Game Tools to play Bink files without any additional codec installation.
Bink is used in thousands of PC titles including games from Bethesda (Elder Scrolls, Fallout), EA, Valve, Blizzard, 2K Games and many others. If you find a .bik file in a game installation folder, it is almost certainly a cutscene or intro video that normally plays inside the game engine.
Bink 1 is the original format used in most games up to around 2013. Bink 2 is a newer version introduced by RAD Game Tools with improved compression efficiency and support for higher resolutions. Bink Video Splitter handles both versions.
Yes. Once installed it registers with the DirectShow subsystem and Windows Media Player can open .bik files via File > Open. However MPC-HC or MPC-BE generally provide a better playback experience for game video files.
Yes. It is an open-source component from the MPC-HC project. It installs BinkSplitter.ax to System32 and SysWOW64 and registers it as a COM server. It contains no adware or spyware and can be removed cleanly via the uninstaller.