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'''Sofdec''', formerly known as '''MPEG Sofdec''', is a video container format developed by [[CRI Middleware Co. Ltd.]] and initially released in 1996.
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'''CRI Sofdec''', formerly known as '''MPEG Sofdec''', is a video container format developed by [[CRI Middleware]] and initially released in 1996.
  
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Sofdec is essentially a wrapper for MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 video, with [[ADX]]-encoded audio. Close ties with CRI meant ADX was widely used across late [[Sega Saturn]] and [[Sega Dreamcast]] titles, and with the Dreamcast's native support for MPEG, it is perhaps unsuprising that Sofdec was also widely used during this period as a means to link the two technologies. The majority of Dreamcast titles which stream full motion video use Sofdec, while only a small handful of Saturn games do.
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CRI Sofdec is essentially a wrapper for MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 video, with [[ADX]]-encoded audio. Close ties with CRI meant CRI ADX was widely used across late [[Sega Saturn]] and [[Sega Dreamcast]] titles, and with the Dreamcast's native support for MPEG, it is perhaps unsuprising that Sofdec was also widely used during this period as a means to link the two technologies. The majority of Dreamcast titles which stream full motion video use CRI Sofdec, while only a small handful of Saturn games do.
  
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Sega continued to use the format after adopting its multi-platform strategy in 2001, however today the technology is considered obsolete, with CRI themselves having since launched successors in ADX 2 and Sofdec 2.
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Sega continued to use the format after adopting its multi-platform strategy in 2001, however today the technology is considered obsolete, with CRI themselves having since launched successors in CRI ADX 2 and CRI Sofdec 2.
  
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Sofdec videos have the file extension .sfd.
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CRI Sofdec videos have the file extension .sfd.
  
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==Games which utilise Sofdec==
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==Games which utilise CRI Sofdec==
 
===[[Saturn]]===
 
===[[Saturn]]===
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*''[[Chisato Moritaka: Watarasebashi/Lala Sunshine]]''
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{{BulletPointGameList|category=Saturn games with Sofdec video}}
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*''[[Falcom Classics]]''
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*''[[Making of Nightruth II: Voice Selection]]''
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===[[Dreamcast]]===
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*''[[Nightruth Voice Selection: Radio Drama Hen]]''
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{{BulletPointGameList|category=Dreamcast games with Sofdec video}}
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*''[[Sakura Taisen Hanagumi Tsuushin]]''
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*''[[Sakura Taisen Jouki Radio Show]]''
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===[[PlayStation 2]]===
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*''[[Yoshiyuki Sadamoto Illustrations]]''
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{{BulletPointGameList|category=PlayStation 2 games with Sofdec video}}
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*''[[Vatlva]]''
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*''[[Yuukyuu no Kobako Official Collection]]''
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===[[Nintendo GameCube]]===
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{{BulletPointGameList|category=GameCube games with Sofdec video}}
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===[[Xbox]]===
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{{BulletPointGameList|category=Xbox games with Sofdec video}}
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===[[Windows PC]]===
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{{BulletPointGameList|category=Windows PC games with Sofdec video}}
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==References==
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[[Category:Data formats]]
 
[[Category:Data formats]]
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[[Category:Technical information]]
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[[Category:Middleware]]

Latest revision as of 08:26, 10 June 2023

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CRI Sofdec, formerly known as MPEG Sofdec, is a video container format developed by CRI Middleware and initially released in 1996.

CRI Sofdec is essentially a wrapper for MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 video, with ADX-encoded audio. Close ties with CRI meant CRI ADX was widely used across late Sega Saturn and Sega Dreamcast titles, and with the Dreamcast's native support for MPEG, it is perhaps unsuprising that Sofdec was also widely used during this period as a means to link the two technologies. The majority of Dreamcast titles which stream full motion video use CRI Sofdec, while only a small handful of Saturn games do.

Sega continued to use the format after adopting its multi-platform strategy in 2001, however today the technology is considered obsolete, with CRI themselves having since launched successors in CRI ADX 2 and CRI Sofdec 2.

CRI Sofdec videos have the file extension .sfd.

Games which utilise CRI Sofdec

Saturn

Dreamcast

PlayStation 2

Nintendo GameCube

Xbox

Windows PC

References

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