How to convert your SMK file
- Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your SMK file.
- You'll see a preview.
- Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.
Convert SMK to another file type
The converter easily converts your SMK file to various formats - free and online. No VLC or extra software needed.
- SMK to MP4
- SMK to AVI
- SMK to MOV
- SMK to WMV
- SMK to FLV
- SMK to WEBM
- SMK to MKV
- SMK to M4V
- SMK to 3GP
- SMK to OGV
- SMK to ASF
- SMK to RM
Convert a file to SMK
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Video formats to SMK with high quality output.
- MTS to SMK
- MOV to SMK
- RMVB to SMK
- DIVX to SMK
- RM to SMK
- H264 to SMK
- TS to SMK
- WMV to SMK
- VOB to SMK
- MP4 to SMK
- XVID to SMK
- AVI to SMK
About SMK files
A .SMK file is a Smacker Compressed Movie, a legacy video format developed by RAD Game Tools. It was the industry standard for full-motion video (FMV) cutscenes in over 2,500 video games during the 1990s and early 2000s, including classics like StarCraft, Diablo, and Civilization II. While highly efficient for streaming from slow CD-ROM drives, the format is now obsolete and heavily proprietary. Users frequently face difficulties because standard media players like Windows Media Player and web browsers do not natively support .SMK playback. Additionally, these files are limited to an 8-bit color palette (256 colors), making them unsuitable for modern high-definition workflows without processing. To preserve these game assets or upload them to streaming platforms, the best solution is to convert .SMK files to MP4 (H.264) for universal web compatibility or MKV to maintain the original framerate and audio tracks without further degradation. RAD Game Tools provides utilities for this, but drag-and-drop conversion is often faster for casual users.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your SMK file.
Users also converted OGV, BIK, MP4, MOV, CDW, DXR, SWF, APK, PDF and 360 files.
The SMK Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our SMK converter.