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<div align="center"><span style="font-size: 22pt">DUC Resource</span></div>
<div align="center"><span style="font-size: 22pt">DUK Video</span></div>


{{ResourceInfobox
{{ResourceInfobox
| ResourceName = DUC Resource (*.CLU)
| ResourceName = DUK Video
| InUseDates = [[1995]] - [[1996]]
| InUseDates = [[1995]] - [[1996]]
| Developer = {{SierraRes}}
| Developer = The Duck Corporation
| Type = {{VideoRes}}
| Type = {{VideoRes}}
| DevLanguage = {{C}}
| DevLanguage = {{C}}
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| Source = {{NoSourceRes}}
| Source = {{NoSourceRes}}
| License = {{NoLicense}}
| License = {{NoLicense}}
| Engine = {{SCIRes}}
| Engine =  
}}
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==<br /> Introduction ==
==<br /> Introduction ==


The DUC file type is primarily associated with 'Action Replay' by Datel Ltd.. Action Replay is the brand name of a series of devices created by Datel, primarily used for changing the behavior of video games. Currently, Action Replay is available for the Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo DS, and PlayStation Portable (PSP). Codejunkies sells the Action Replay hardware. Shuny's Savegames Converter will convert the files to other, perhaps more useful, formats. The DUC file is a newer format; older will have the extension DSS.
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| align="center" valign="top" | ''Screenshot of a .duk file in VLC media player<br />DUK file open in VLC media player''
|}A DUK file is a video saved using The Duck Corporation TrueMotion S video codec. It contains a scene played within a PC or Sega Saturn video game. DUK files are quite uncommon, so most popular media players cannot play them.
More Information
 
The Duck Corporation was a New York company that created a series of TrueMotion video codecs. These codecs were used primarily to produce full-motion videos for video games.
 
DUK files were produced using the TrueMotion S video codec, which is the first codec The Duck Corporation developed. [[Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh]] used videos encoded using the TrueMotion S codec (not all of which were DUK files, some were saved as .AVI).
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<!--The DUK file type is primarily associated with 'Action Replay' by Datel Ltd.. Action Replay is the brand name of a series of devices created by Datel, primarily used for changing the behavior of video games. Currently, Action Replay is available for the Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo DS, and PlayStation Portable (PSP). Codejunkies sells the Action Replay hardware. Shuny's Savegames Converter will convert the files to other, perhaps more useful, formats. The DUK file is a newer format; older will have the extension DSS.
 
Phant 2 used DUK compressed videos, which used [[CLU]] files to store the palette info.-->
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==<br /> Format/Specifications ==
==<br /> Format/Specifications ==
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=== DSS ===
=== DUK ===


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=== CLU ===


Phantasmagoria 2: Any .CLU file with a number is the palette for that particular movie, with the exception of 999.CLU which is a generic palette file for those movies which don't have a specific .CLU file<ref>https://filext.com/file-extension/CLU</ref>
Phantasmagoria 2: Any .CLU file with a number is the palette for that particular movie, with the exception of 999.CLU which is a generic palette file for those movies which don't have a specific .CLU file<ref>https://filext.com/file-extension/CLU</ref>

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DUK Video
DUK Video
Dates Used: 1995 - 1996
Company: {{{Company}}}
Developer(s): The Duck Corporation
Type: Video
Dev Language: C
Open Source: Closed
Source Availability:  No
License: None
Engine:




Introduction

FileInfo.com[1] wrote:
Screenshot of a .duk file in VLC media player
DUK file open in VLC media player
A DUK file is a video saved using The Duck Corporation TrueMotion S video codec. It contains a scene played within a PC or Sega Saturn video game. DUK files are quite uncommon, so most popular media players cannot play them.

More Information

The Duck Corporation was a New York company that created a series of TrueMotion video codecs. These codecs were used primarily to produce full-motion videos for video games.

DUK files were produced using the TrueMotion S video codec, which is the first codec The Duck Corporation developed. Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh used videos encoded using the TrueMotion S codec (not all of which were DUK files, some were saved as .AVI).


Format/Specifications


Versions

DUK

Phantasmagoria 2: Any .CLU file with a number is the palette for that particular movie, with the exception of 999.CLU which is a generic palette file for those movies which don't have a specific .CLU file[2]


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