Re: [Audiogames-reflector] The Smallest Compression?
Re: The Smallest Compression? Cloud storage is also useful if your house burns down and you lose all that physical media. And the computer. Then, you're pretty much screwed.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=161236#p161236 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] The Smallest Compression?
Re: The Smallest Compression? Well Scot that's fair enough on cloud storage since it's not something I use, (a little pointless with just one pc a laptop and one Iphone, especially since pc itunes is a nightmare!), although that being said if I wanted to with sendspace you get 1.2 tb of space anyway, though since you can only upload individual files and not folders you would still need compression for that. Generally though I just use sendspace for, well sending things to people, and only backup there things which would be an absolute desaster! to lose if my house burnt down, such as my thesis.I do like a physical backup on a medium that I have access to, plus of course it is entirely secure, though I can see cloud storage as useful if you have many different devices you want to share files on.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=161174#p161174 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] The Smallest Compression?
Re: The Smallest Compression? What does the "Send to Briefcase" do in Windows seven? I've never understood what it was for.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=161102#p161102 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] The Smallest Compression?
Re: The Smallest Compression? 7zip would also be my pick - I use the PKMD algorithm for documents and LZMA2 for other formats.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=161100#p161100 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] The Smallest Compression?
Re: The Smallest Compression? I can think of two reasons, Dark. First, cloud storage. It's my personal choice for backup, mostly since I can just throw stuff in a folder and not have to worry about it anymore. As we all know, though, services like Google Drive, Dropbox, SkyDrive, etc typically have very limited space for free. If you use these services as much as I do, a few bucks a month to increase your limit is a worthwhile investment. Still, to get the max out of what I have, I compress a lot, especially stuff that I know I won't need for awhile.The second reason goes hand in hand with the first, if you ask me, and that is encryption. If you're uploading files of any kind over the internet, pre-Internet encryption (see this text transcript of a Security Now! podcast episode for more will be invaluable to you. 7Zip has encryption built right in, as do many other archivers. However, due to it s very good compression ratio and its encryption capability, it's what I would recommend for what I use it for, backing up to the cloud as efficiently as possible.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=161099#p161099 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] The Smallest Compression?
Re: The Smallest Compression? I'd also recommend 7zip, particularly for the 7z format. I'm not sure of the ins and outs of how it works, but by using ultra compression in 7zip could get a folder of mp3's down by about %8 or so, which for mp3s is fairly good. For text, wav, or other file types I've tried it on compression is massive! It also I do however have one question. Why are you wanting to compress for storage? while you can get the size down, you have the job of uncompressing whenever you want to access stuff, plus if your like me and you index things mercilessly, you'd rather have them in original folders than compressed files. It also makes it far easier to backup if things aren't compressed, indeed all I do is delete my storage folders and recopy them, where as re compressing could take time.Since there are now external drives and passport drives of truly staggering size available, (I&# 039;ve heard of some 15 tb ones), it'd probably be easier just to buy a larger drive if you have the money.I at the moment use a 2tb powered external harddrive as a straight up storage backup, which has everything! on. My desktop has a 500 gb harddrive plus a second 1 tb drive. The 1 tb drive has about 650 gb of stuff on it, but when it gets full I'll just perminantly plug in an external passport drive at a usb. Likewise, if I get to the point of having more than 2tb of stuff to store, I'll just trade in my powered external drive for a better one, albeit that will likely take a while, (I've had my powered external drive now for about two years).While obviously these things cost money, these days space on a computer really isn't an issue anymore, unless you've got a massive film collection or similar, so while I would still recommend 7zip as a compression program for when you wan t to send people files, I'm less sure on it's uses for storage.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=161087#p161087 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] The Smallest Compression?
Re: The Smallest Compression? hi u should use winrar 5 it is the best oneURL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=161080#p161080 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] The Smallest Compression?
Re: The Smallest Compression? Hello,There exists a lot of different compression formats, but their difference in performance and compression ratio are quite small. 7z and rar are usually slightly better than zip, gz and bz2, but not so much.As already said, it depends allmost only on the type of files you are compressing :- TXT, HTML, source code and other pure text files compress very well, often 70% and sometimes 80-90%PDF, DOC, and other rich document files also compress reasonnably well, 30-60% depending on the contents- MP3 and other audio/video files as well as images/photos usually can't be compressed in a zip at all. You should remember that MP3 is already a compressed format per se, idem for AVI/MP4 and JPG. Compare with uncompressed variants such as WAV for audio or BMP for images.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=161078#p161078 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] The Smallest Compression?
Re: The Smallest Compression? That depends on what you're trying to compress. If it's audio or video, you need to consider re-encoding instead, as good lossless compression is hard for that. I personally like 7-zip, which has all sorts of options you can tweak. If the files aren't compressing well with zip, it could be the files or just windows build-in compression sucks. Try 7-zip, compress as 7z, and hope.If you play with tarballs, be aware that those are also for archiving. It's possible to create uncompressed tarballs, etc. So check that if it doesn't seem to work.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=161040#p161040 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] The Smallest Compression?
Re: The Smallest Compression? Your understanding of compression is fundamentally flawed. Files can't just magically be squeezed down to a ridiculously tiny size; it all depends on the content of the files you're trying to compress. Text files and other text documents (excluding most PDF documents) usually compress very well, since there are typically patterns. That's how most compression works, all by patterns. My own understanding of compression doesn't extend much beyond this, however.Zip and Rar suck. Try 7Zip; I have found it to be extremely good. It also has an encryption option; if you are backing anything up to the cloud, I implore you, please, please, please use encryption! 7Zip can be found at his linkURL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=161041#p161041 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] The Smallest Compression?
Re: The Smallest Compression? That dpeends on what you're trying to compress. if it's audio or video, you need to consider re-encoding instead, as good lossless compression is hard for that. I personally like 7-zip, which has all sorts of options you can tweak. If the files aren't compressing well with zip, it could be the files or just windows build-in compression sucks. Try 7-zip, compress as 7z, and hope.If you play with tarballs, be aware that those are also for archiving. it's possible to create uncompressed tarballs, etc. So check that if it doesn't seem to work.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=161040#p161040 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
[Audiogames-reflector] The Smallest Compression?
The Smallest Compression? Hey folms. I'm looking for a compressor that can make huge files to very little packages that I can back up to an external hard drive. I know of two formats, tarballs and zip archives. I don't know how small I can get tarballs, but zip archives don't seem to be affective. Any suggestions?URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=161034#p161034 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
