something kinda cool with bink videos

[geekusa]

dont know if anyone knew this but when you download a bink video if you save it as a .scr instead of a .exe file and then when its finished downloading you can put in into your C:\WINDOWS, you can use it as a screensaver.

 

[Absinthe]

...That actually is kinda nifty.

 

[Esquire]

Hah! I have got to try that.

Nice find.

 

[poseyjmac]

for xp users put it in windows\system32

 

[SLH]

Just FYI, you can do that with exe that doesn't need user input (or with ones that do, sort of).

 

[galoot3000]

thats cool, ill try that!

 

[Zento]

That means we can download Bink tools and make our own screensavers out of any video!

Thanks!

 

[Some_God]

Cool!!

 

[Harryz]

Its not really a 'Screensaver' then, is it?

 

[Beserker]

It's...Binkscreener! Or Binkreener!

 

[SLH]

Its not really a 'Screensaver' then, is it?

?? Yes it is. Screensavers were simply things that made the monitor stop displaying the same image for long periods (creating a perminant burnt image). As the bink video is moving, it's a screensaver.

Obviously modern monitors don't suffer from this, so you don't really need a screensaver at all.

 

[Dead-Inside]

?? Yes it is. Screensavers were simply things that made the monitor stop displaying the same image for long periods (creating a perminant burnt image). As the bink video is moving, it's a screensaver.

Obviously modern monitors don't suffer from this, so you don't really need a screensaver at all.

So why do ppl insist on having such stupid things? It'd only be good in the office (POSSIBLY) if you're working on/with more then one comp.

 

[poseyjmac]

its kinda neat to go away from the computer for a while, come back and see gordon walking around the city17 trainstation.

 

[chriso20]

well i liked it too =)

Although the HD im running windows on atm, is a bit old and slow, so big files take a while to load as screensavers.

Good stuffs tho :E

 

[ne0_shiny]

i cant change it on mine for some reason..... ;(

 

[Voodoo_Chile]

If you already have a bink video,how do you convert it?

 

[poseyjmac]

If you already have a bink video,how do you convert it?

all you have to do is rename the file from whatever it is to .scr

 

[Voodoo_Chile]

I have done however it isnt showing up in the screensaver selection or do I need to use a different menu

 

[Estevan]

download rad game tools and read that faq at their web site..

http://www.radgametools.com

 

[Voodoo_Chile]

Cool thanks,I should try the faq's more often

 

[poseyjmac]

all i did was rename to .scr and shlocked into the windows\system32 dir and it was recognized

 

[Rygir]

It's...Binkscreener! Or Binkreener!

"Scrink"