| Compression [message #151778] |
Wed, 27 April 2005 11:56  |
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ViolentOrgy
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What do you think is the best compression format to use. Like i need to fit a 800mb.exe file into a 700mb cd and i want to know if there is like some kind of uber compression format i dont know about. I tried .rar and got it to like 780mb. Thanks
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| Compression [message #151790] |
Wed, 27 April 2005 12:40  |
flyingfox
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The renegadetextures file on westwood's FTP is 55mb, yet the contents are about 150Mb! Try winzip with the best compression method available, or try compressing with a program called Zipzag.
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| Compression [message #151802] |
Wed, 27 April 2005 13:23 |
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Walrus
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Why not just use winrar to spit the file in to two. And have it on 2CDs?
One Last Time
"England expects that every man will do his duty"
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| Compression [message #151803] |
Wed, 27 April 2005 13:24 |
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cmatt42
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You do know that you can use WinRAR to separate files so that they can fit on multiple disks, right? Or must you have it on a single disk?
edit: Enh, Walrus got it before I did.
GunKataGaming.net
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| Compression [message #151817] |
Wed, 27 April 2005 14:25 |
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Walrus
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Ok I'm a little rusty.
Instal winrar. Go to your file. Right click - add to archive. You will see a pull out saying - split to volume bytes - select out of it's list 600 mb cd.
And then add to archive as normal.
NOW TELL ME WHAT ANIME THAT CLIP IN YOUR SIG IS FROM-I can not place the name.
edit= remember when you need to unzip the files, copy both in to the same folder - then unzip.
One Last Time
"England expects that every man will do his duty"
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| Compression [message #151827] |
Wed, 27 April 2005 16:17 |
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ghostSWT
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you can also try something like 7-ZIP or WinRK they sould give you better compresstion then zip or rar.
take a look at this link it has benchmark test for lots of compressions
http://www.maximumcompression.com/benchmarks/Squeeze%20Chart%202005.pdf
I remember a long long time ago when i dl renegade(for a friend) the file was 140MB it was a winzip(exe) wich unziped in to like 30 winace archives and they unaced in to about 1/2 renegade and then there was also 1-2 other compressed files which had the sound... took a while to uncompress but when it was all done the 140MD compressed file became 800+MB of renegade...
PS winzip sux... I almost allways get better comprestion with normal winrar then with max comprestion of zip. And 7-ZIP or WinRK are even better.
PPS also if you try to compress a CD Image like a bin/que or img you won't get good compresion if you copy al the files out in ot a forlder and then compress it i found you get much better results
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| Compression [message #151829] |
Wed, 27 April 2005 16:24 |
PhrozenUnit
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7zip gives you the best compression ratio for files. use the 7z format, LZMA compression, Ultra.
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| Compression [message #151882] |
Wed, 27 April 2005 19:27 |
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IRON FART
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Location: LOS ANGELES
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PhrozenUnit has the right idea. 7Zip is the way to go if you want it on one CD.
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