Kouky

Use this tool to compress footage for your mixes

The kouky video file format has been developed by Pikilipita. It's purpose is to provide video files small ( and weak ) devices can handle much easier than .mov, .avi or .mp4 files format.

Colors are coded in RGB 565 + alpha channel.

K17 & K18 limitations

• no more than 250 frames
• framerate must be 25 fps
• dimensions must be 320 x 240 pixels

K19 limitations

• no more than 250 frames
• framerate must be 25 fps
• dimensions must be 640 x 360 pixels

Microsoft Windows

Prepare your footage

Choose a video loop. Check limitations of the kouky format. Convert it to a quicktime movie.

Compress your footage to the k18 or k19 format

Start Kouky

Load your quicktime movie

Choose a compression quality rate: 1 or 2 should be fine.

Press the K17 or K18 button.

If the amount of "tiles" reaches 65 000, kouky will crash. If so, increase the compression rate and retry.

When the compression is completed, a kouky file will be created next to your footage source.

Mac OS X

Prepare your footage

Choose a video loop. Check limitations of the kouky format. Convert it to a quicktime movie.

Compress your footage to the k17, k18 or k19 format

Start Kouky

Load your quicktime movie

Choose a compression quality rate: 1 or 2 should be fine.

Press the "compress" button

K17 and K18:
If the amount of "tiles" reaches 65 000, the compression will be aborted. If so, increase the compression rate and retry.

When the compression is completed, a kouky file will be created next to your footage source.