FF8/FileFormat PAK

Final Fantasy VIII's movie files are stored within pak files. This is for the CD 2000 version only. Steam 2013 version uses avi files. publish.pak contains the message "Published by Square Electronic Arts L.L.C.". disc1.pak, disc2.pak, disc3.pak, and disc4.pak hold the rest of the FMV movies.

PAK File Structure

The PAK file has no header. Each movie usually contains a CAM file and two BINK videos. A PAK file can contain multiple movies. One BINK file is the low res the other is the high res.

Section	Description
CAM - optional	Camera data
BINK - high res	FMV video
BINK - low res	FMV video

Existing projects you can use to extract the PAK files.

• https://github.com/MaKiPL/OpenVIII-monogame/tree/master/PAK%20Extractor
• https://github.com/MaKiPL/FF8-Rinoa-s-Toolset/blob/master/SerahToolkit_SharpGL/FF8_Core/PlayMovie.cs
• https://github.com/Sebanisu/OpenVIII_CPP_WIP/tree/master/src/open_viii/pak

BINK files

• Start with 0x42494B "BIK"
• More info: https://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php/Bink_Container

CAM files

• Each frame is 44 bytes long.

Offset	Size	Description
0	3 bytes	0x463850 "F8P"
6	2 bytes (uint16)	Approx number of frames. There can be extra data.
8	44 bytes * number of frames	Frame data. Each frame ends with "END"

Pak File Details

The filenames are based on the 2013 name scheme. I am using h suffix for high res and l suffix for low res. Disc numbers go from 0-3. And 4 being for extra videos not fmv related.

disc1.pak

FileName	Frames	Offset	Size	Type
disc00_00.cam	326	0	14352	F8P
disc00_00h.bik	326	3810	5759124	BIK
disc00_00l.bik	326	5818a4	2498748	BIK
disc00_01.cam	199	7e3960	8764	F8P
disc00_01h.bik	205	7e5b9c	3572420	BIK
disc00_01l.bik	205	b4de60	1522312	BIK
disc00_02.cam	161	cc18e8	7092	F8P
disc00_02h.bik	161	cc349c	2805776	BIK
disc00_02l.bik	161	f704ac	1410720	BIK
disc00_03.cam	1100	10c8b4c	48408	F8P
disc00_03h.bik	1100	10d4864	19654004	BIK
disc00_03l.bik	1100	2392dd8	8597316	BIK
disc00_04.cam	215	2bc5d1c	9468	F8P
disc00_04h.bik	215	2bc8218	3778948	BIK
disc00_04l.bik	215	2f62b9c	1628944	BIK
disc00_05.cam	1114	30f06ac	49024	F8P
disc00_05h.bik	1114	30fc62c	20063552	BIK
disc00_05l.bik	1114	441eb6c	8923620	BIK
disc00_06.cam	41	4ca1550	1812	F8P
disc00_06h.bik	41	4ca1c64	757108	BIK
disc00_06l.bik	41	4d5a9d8	347236	BIK
disc00_07.cam	1084	4daf63c	47704	F8P
disc00_07h.bik	1084	4dbb094	19696056	BIK
disc00_07l.bik	1084	6083a4c	8855428	BIK
disc00_08.cam	324	68f59d0	14264	F8P
disc00_08h.bik	324	68f9188	4736972	BIK
disc00_08l.bik	324	6d7d954	2073440	BIK
disc00_09.cam	1391	6f77cb4	61212	F8P
disc00_09h.bik	1391	6f86bd0	24180228	BIK
disc00_09l.bik	1391	86961d4	10270268	BIK
disc00_10.cam	393	9061810	17300	F8P
disc00_10h.bik	393	9065ba4	7195820	BIK
disc00_10l.bik	393	9742850	3265804	BIK
disc00_11.cam	465	9a5fd5c	20468	F8P
disc00_11h.bik	465	9a64d50	8496456	BIK
disc00_11l.bik	465	a27f298	3846440	BIK
disc00_12.cam	45	a62a3c0	1988	F8P
disc00_12h.bik	45	a62ab84	752040	BIK
disc00_12l.bik	45	a6e252c	300964	BIK
disc00_13.cam	15	a72bcd0	668	F8P
disc00_13h.bik	15	a72bf6c	249788	BIK
disc00_13l.bik	15	a768f28	99988	BIK
disc00_14.cam	360	a7815bc	15848	F8P
disc00_14h.bik	360	a7853a4	6369460	BIK
disc00_14l.bik	360	ad98458	2769344	BIK
disc00_15.cam	300	b03c618	13208	F8P
disc00_15h.bik	300	b03f9b0	5236916	BIK
disc00_15l.bik	300	b53e264	2236992	BIK
disc00_16.cam	150	b7604a4	6608	F8P
disc00_16h.bik	150	b761e74	2776716	BIK
disc00_16l.bik	150	ba07d00	1276724	BIK
disc00_17.cam	890	bb3f834	39168	F8P
disc00_17h.bik	890	bb49134	15823644	BIK
disc00_17l.bik	890	ca60450	8111120	BIK
disc00_18.cam	191	d21c860	8412	F8P
disc00_18h.bik	192	d21e93c	3436444	BIK
disc00_18l.bik	192	d5658d8	1772548	BIK
disc00_19.cam	121	d7164dc	5332	F8P
disc00_19h.bik	121	d7179b0	2155424	BIK
disc00_19l.bik	121	d925d50	944536	BIK
disc00_20.cam	401	da0c6e8	17652	F8P
disc00_20h.bik	401	da10bdc	7142436	BIK
disc00_20l.bik	401	e0e0800	3132744	BIK
disc00_21.cam	829	e3dd548	36484	F8P
disc00_21h.bik	829	e3e63cc	14983636	BIK
disc00_21l.bik	829	f2305a0	6743692	BIK
disc00_22.cam	141	f89ec2c	6212	F8P
disc00_22h.bik	141	f8a0470	2585084	BIK
disc00_22l.bik	141	fb1766c	1175040	BIK
disc00_23.cam	550	fc3646c	24208	F8P
disc00_23h.bik	550	fc3c2fc	9986472	BIK
disc00_23l.bik	550	105c24a4	4486592	BIK
disc00_24.cam	575	10a09a64	25308	F8P
disc00_24h.bik	575	10a0fd40	10441380	BIK
disc00_24l.bik	575	11404fe4	4692084	BIK
disc00_25.cam	130	1187e858	5728	F8P
disc00_25h.bik	130	1187feb8	2438880	BIK
disc00_25l.bik	130	11ad3598	1140268	BIK
disc00_26.cam	101	11be9bc4	4452	F8P
disc00_26h.bik	101	11bead28	1792576	BIK
disc00_26l.bik	101	11da0768	783064	BIK
disc00_27.cam	306	11e5fa40	13472	F8P
disc00_27h.bik	306	11e62ee0	5574568	BIK
disc00_27l.bik	306	123b3e88	2513668	BIK
disc00_28.cam	432	1261998c	19016	F8P
disc00_28h.bik	432	1261e3d4	7643824	BIK
disc00_28l.bik	432	12d68684	3323692	BIK
disc00_29.cam	750	13093db0	33008	F8P
disc00_29h.bik	750	1309bea0	13517424	BIK
disc00_29l.bik	750	13d80110	6015936	BIK
disc00_30.cam	2897	1433ccd0	127476	F8P
disc00_30h.bik	2925	1435bec4	49898052	BIK
disc00_30l.bik	2925	172f2108	22289504	BIK

disc2.pak

FileName	Frames	Offset	Size	Type
disc01_00.cam	453	0	19940	F8P
disc01_00h.bik	453	4de4	8128812	BIK
disc01_00l.bik	453	7c5710	3597828	BIK
disc01_01.cam	278	b33d14	12240	F8P
disc01_01h.bik	278	b36ce4	4869600	BIK
disc01_01l.bik	278	fdbac4	2060252	BIK
disc01_02.cam	330	11d2aa0	14528	F8P
disc01_02h.bik	330	11d6360	5962524	BIK
disc01_02l.bik	330	1785e7c	2662428	BIK
disc01_03.cam	450	1a0fe98	19808	F8P
disc01_03h.bik	450	1a14bf8	8227052	BIK
disc01_03l.bik	450	21ed4e4	3724748	BIK
disc01_04.cam	168	257aab0	7400	F8P
disc01_04h.bik	168	257c798	3036032	BIK
disc01_04l.bik	168	2861b18	1356172	BIK
disc01_05.cam	219	29acca4	9644	F8P
disc01_05h.bik	219	29af250	4033920	BIK
disc01_05l.bik	219	2d87fd0	1843800	BIK
disc01_06.cam	104	2f4a228	4584	F8P
disc01_06h.bik	104	2f4b410	1894044	BIK
disc01_06l.bik	104	3119aac	853980	BIK
disc01_07.cam	160	31ea288	7048	F8P
disc01_07h.bik	160	31ebe10	2909428	BIK
disc01_07l.bik	160	34b2304	1309396	BIK
disc01_08.cam	381	35f1dd8	16772	F8P
disc01_08h.bik	381	35f5f5c	6936652	BIK
disc01_08l.bik	381	3c937a8	3126604	BIK
disc01_09.cam	226	3f8ecf4	9952	F8P
disc01_09h.bik	226	3f913d4	4177224	BIK
disc01_09l.bik	226	438d11c	1917924	BIK
disc01_10.cam	416	4561500	18312	F8P
disc01_10h.bik	416	4565c88	7604492	BIK
disc01_10l.bik	416	4ca6594	3444452	BIK
disc01_11.cam	603	4fef478	26540	F8P
disc01_11h.bik	603	4ff5c24	10981628	BIK
disc01_11l.bik	603	5a6ed20	4951152	BIK
disc01_12.cam	335	5f27990	14748	F8P
disc01_12h.bik	335	5f2b32c	6173264	BIK
disc01_12l.bik	335	650e57c	2823184	BIK
disc01_13.cam	381	67bf98c	16772	F8P
disc01_13h.bik	381	67c3b10	6843600	BIK
disc01_13l.bik	381	6e4a7e0	3034044	BIK
disc01_14.cam	531	712f39c	23372	F8P
disc01_14h.bik	531	7134ee8	9498260	BIK
disc01_14l.bik	531	7a43d7c	4188788	BIK
disc01_15.cam	120	7e427f0	5288	F8P
disc01_15h.bik	120	7e43c98	2224344	BIK
disc01_15l.bik	120	8062d70	1024412	BIK
disc01_16.cam	149	815cf0c	6564	F8P
disc01_16h.bik	149	815e8b0	2754272	BIK
disc01_16l.bik	149	83fef90	1264204	BIK
disc01_17.cam	150	85339dc	6608	F8P
disc01_17h.bik	150	85353ac	2722300	BIK
disc01_17l.bik	150	87cdda8	1221752	BIK
disc01_18.cam	255	88f8220	11228	F8P
disc01_18h.bik	255	88fadfc	4656768	BIK
disc01_18l.bik	255	8d6bc7c	2106780	BIK
disc01_19.cam	428	8f6e218	18840	F8P
disc01_19h.bik	428	8f72bb0	7841392	BIK
disc01_19l.bik	428	96ed220	3561280	BIK
disc01_20.cam	150	9a52960	6608	F8P
disc01_20h.bik	150	9a54330	2667756	BIK
disc01_20l.bik	150	9cdf81c	1168116	BIK
disc01_21.cam	75	9dfcb10	3308	F8P
disc01_21h.bik	75	9dfd7fc	1396348	BIK
disc01_21l.bik	75	9f52678	646296	BIK
disc01_22.cam	120	9ff0310	5288	F8P
disc01_22h.bik	120	9ff17b8	2132696	BIK
disc01_22l.bik	120	a1fa290	932544	BIK
disc01_23.cam	285	a2ddd50	12548	F8P
disc01_23h.bik	285	a2e0e54	5164156	BIK
disc01_23l.bik	285	a7cdad0	2314168	BIK
disc01_24.cam	330	aa02a88	14528	F8P
disc01_24h.bik	330	aa06348	6084528	BIK
disc01_24l.bik	330	afd3af8	2784636	BIK
disc01_25.cam	300	b27b874	13208	F8P
disc01_25h.bik	300	b27ec0c	5413124	BIK
disc01_25l.bik	300	b7a8510	2413380	BIK
disc01_26.cam	120	b9f5854	5288	F8P
disc01_26h.bik	120	b9f6cfc	2180104	BIK
disc01_26l.bik	120	bc0b104	980208	BIK
disc01_27.cam	75	bcfa5f4	3308	F8P
disc01_27h.bik	75	bcfb2e0	1345552	BIK
disc01_27l.bik	75	be43af0	595492	BIK
disc01_28.cam	120	bed5114	5288	F8P
disc01_28h.bik	120	bed65bc	2180512	BIK
disc01_28l.bik	120	c0eab5c	980596	BIK
disc01_29.cam	692	c1da1d0	30456	F8P
disc01_29h.bik	692	c1e18c8	12448828	BIK
disc01_29l.bik	692	cdc0d04	5528956	BIK
disc01_30.cam	120	d306a80	5288	F8P
disc01_30h.bik	120	d307f28	2194876	BIK
disc01_30l.bik	120	d51fce4	994700	BIK
disc01_31.cam	135	d612a70	5948	F8P
disc01_31h.bik	135	d6141ac	2480668	BIK
disc01_31l.bik	135	d871bc8	1130648	BIK
disc01_32.cam	327	d985c60	14396	F8P
disc01_32h.bik	327	d98949c	5902052	BIK
disc01_32l.bik	327	df2a380	2628608	BIK
disc01_33.cam	1186	e1abf80	52192	F8P
disc01_33h.bik	1186	e1b8b60	21305376	BIK
disc01_33l.bik	1186	f60a380	9445316	BIK

disc3.pak

FileName	Frames	Offset	Size	Type
disc02_00.cam	197	0	8676	F8P
disc02_00h.bik	197	21e4	3641072	BIK
disc02_00l.bik	197	37b0d4	1670856	BIK
disc02_01.cam	472	512f9c	20776	F8P
disc02_01h.bik	472	5180c4	8222124	BIK
disc02_01l.bik	472	cef670	3725124	BIK
disc02_02.cam	105	107cdb4	4628	F8P
disc02_02h.bik	105	107dfc8	1970280	BIK
disc02_02l.bik	105	125f030	919644	BIK
disc02_03.cam	105	133f88c	4628	F8P
disc02_03h.bik	105	1340aa0	1958900	BIK
disc02_03l.bik	105	151ee94	909292	BIK
disc02_04.cam	106	15fce80	4672	F8P
disc02_04h.bik	106	15fe0c0	1887824	BIK
disc02_04l.bik	106	17caf10	827636	BIK
disc02_05.cam	106	1895004	4672	F8P
disc02_05h.bik	106	1896244	1887052	BIK
disc02_05l.bik	106	1a62d90	827048	BIK
disc02_06.cam	110	1b2cc38	4848	F8P
disc02_06h.bik	110	1b2df28	2008528	BIK
disc02_06l.bik	110	1d184f8	908540	BIK
disc02_07.cam	300	1df61f4	13208	F8P
disc02_07h.bik	300	1df958c	5197180	BIK
disc02_07l.bik	300	22ee308	2299856	BIK
disc02_08.cam	75	251fad8	3308	F8P
disc02_08h.bik	75	25207c4	1331060	BIK
disc02_08l.bik	75	2665738	580980	BIK
disc02_09.cam	728	26f34ac	32040	F8P
disc02_09h.bik	728	26fb1d4	13015424	BIK
disc02_09l.bik	728	3364b54	5734772	BIK
disc02_10.cam	120	38dccc8	5288	F8P
disc02_10h.bik	120	38de170	2201640	BIK
disc02_10l.bik	120	3af7998	1001672	BIK
disc02_11.cam	315	3bec260	13868	F8P
disc02_11h.bik	315	3bef88c	5698360	BIK
disc02_11l.bik	315	415ebc4	2548364	BIK
disc02_12.cam	226	43cce50	9952	F8P
disc02_12h.bik	226	43cf530	4078040	BIK
disc02_12l.bik	226	47b2f08	1818104	BIK
disc02_13.cam	611	496ed00	26892	F8P
disc02_13h.bik	611	497560c	10918000	BIK
disc02_13l.bik	611	53dee7c	4793772	BIK
disc02_14.cam	105	5871428	4628	F8P
disc02_14h.bik	105	587263c	1924220	BIK
disc02_14l.bik	105	5a482b8	874880	BIK
disc02_15.cam	255	5b1dc38	11228	F8P
disc02_15h.bik	255	5b20814	4525952	BIK
disc02_15l.bik	255	5f71794	2026736	BIK
disc02_16.cam	233	6160484	10260	F8P
disc02_16h.bik	233	6162c98	4248316	BIK
disc02_16l.bik	233	656ff94	1918400	BIK
disc02_17.cam	90	6744554	3968	F8P
disc02_17h.bik	90	67454d4	1628548	BIK
disc02_17l.bik	90	68d2e58	728508	BIK
disc02_18.cam	90	6984c14	3968	F8P
disc02_18h.bik	90	6985b94	1614036	BIK
disc02_18l.bik	90	6b0fc68	714012	BIK
disc02_19.cam	162	6bbe184	7136	F8P
disc02_19h.bik	162	6bbfd64	2733948	BIK
disc02_19l.bik	162	6e5b4e0	1195420	BIK
disc02_20.cam	275	6f7f27c	12108	F8P
disc02_20h.bik	275	6f821c8	4904472	BIK
disc02_20l.bik	275	742f7e0	2154376	BIK
disc02_21.cam	280	763d768	12328	F8P
disc02_21h.bik	280	7640790	4514208	BIK
disc02_21l.bik	280	7a8e930	1987908	BIK
disc02_22.cam	90	7c73e74	3968	F8P
disc02_22h.bik	90	7c74df4	1650640	BIK
disc02_22l.bik	90	7e07dc4	750740	BIK
disc02_23.cam	200	7ebf258	8808	F8P
disc02_23h.bik	200	7ec14c0	3558312	BIK
disc02_23l.bik	200	8226068	1558340	BIK
disc02_24.cam	600	83a27ac	26408	F8P
disc02_24h.bik	600	83a8ed4	10585392	BIK
disc02_24l.bik	600	8dc1404	4585408	BIK
disc02_25.cam	30	9220bc4	1328	F8P
disc02_25h.bik	30	92210f4	559944	BIK
disc02_25l.bik	30	92a9c3c	256904	BIK
disc02_26.cam	410	92e87c4	18048	F8P
disc02_26h.bik	410	92ece44	7479808	BIK
disc02_26l.bik	410	9a0f044	3401948	BIK
disc02_27.cam	130	9d4d920	5728	F8P
disc02_27h.bik	130	9d4ef80	2423808	BIK
disc02_27l.bik	130	9f9eb80	1123796	BIK
disc02_28.cam	376	a0b1154	16552	F8P
disc02_28h.bik	376	a0b51fc	6874028	BIK
disc02_28l.bik	376	a7435a8	3114128	BIK
disc02_29.cam	395	aa3ba38	17388	F8P
disc02_29h.bik	395	aa3fe24	7284036	BIK
disc02_29l.bik	395	b132368	3334088	BIK
disc02_30.cam	625	b460330	27508	F8P
disc02_30h.bik	625	b466ea4	11211932	BIK
disc02_30l.bik	625	bf18340	4961628	BIK
disc02_31.cam	995	c3d389c	43788	F8P
disc02_31h.bik	995	c3de3a8	17959496	BIK
disc02_31l.bik	995	d4fedf0	8009592	BIK

disc4.pak

FileName	Frames	Offset	Size	Type
disc03_00.cam	390	0	17168	F8P
disc03_00h.bik	390	4310	7076980	BIK
disc03_00l.bik	390	6c3f84	3177212	BIK
disc03_01.cam	1260	9cba80	55448	F8P
disc03_01h.bik	1260	9d9318	22713736	BIK
disc03_01l.bik	1260	1f828a0	10113788	BIK
disc03_02.cam	285	2927b9c	12548	F8P
disc03_02h.bik	285	292aca0	5103348	BIK
disc03_02l.bik	285	2e08b94	2252028	BIK
disc03_03.cam	225	302e890	9908	F8P
disc03_03h.bik	225	3030f44	4064732	BIK
disc03_03l.bik	225	3411520	1814904	BIK
disc03_04.cam	4348	35cc698	191320	F8P
disc03_04h.bik	4345	35fb1f0	75274524	BIK
disc03_04l.bik	4345	7dc4b0c	32520396	BIK
disc03_05.cam	3065	9cc83d8	134868	F8P
disc03_05h.bik	3065	9ce92ac	28030204	BIK
disc03_05l.bik	3065	b7a47a8	15064748	BIK
disc03_06.cam	7091	c602654	312012	F8P
disc03_06h.bik	7091	c64e920	124325396	BIK
disc03_06l.bik	7091	13cdf734	55224860	BIK

publish.pak

FileName	Frames	Offset	Size	Type
disc04_00h.bik	117	0	196276	BIK
disc04_00l.bik	117	2feb4	86240	BIK