Solve : Super compress GaMeS with Compressors?

1.	Solve : Super compress GaMeS with Compressors?
Answer» I use UHARC , LAME for compression I need help with Audio\video compression and with batch filesDue to inescapable FACTS of nature of compression algorithms, it is useless to try compressing material that already is compressed; examples: JPEG, mpeg, DivX, wmv, mov, mp3, etc. For help with batch files post in DOS section of Windows forums. Quote from: Salmon Trout on September 07, 2009, 11:23:13 AM For help with batch files post in DOS section of Windows forums. Salmon Trout (aka fish man) the dos section is not on the windows forum and you can compress the compressed try putting mp3 or wmv in a zip archive you will see it will reduce in sizeHardly at all... Quote from: patio on September 07, 2009, 01:37:38 PM Hardly at all... Max compression: Code: [Select] Directory of S:\Multimedia\Music\Adam GREEN - Sixes & Sevens 12/11/2008 18:30 2,798,646 18 Bed of Prayer.mp3 07/09/2009 20:38 2,789,939 18 Bed of Prayer.zip You beat me to it Quote from: smeezekitty on September 07, 2009, 01:33:50 PM Salmon Trout (aka fish man) the dos section is not on the windows forum and you can compress the compressed try putting mp3 or wmv in a zip archive you will see it will reduce in size however it is futile, in 90% of cases where you use an adequate compression algorithm twice, the reduction will be both insignificant and possibly also redundant due to the overhead of whatever file headers are being used. While using two different compression algorithms can sometimes bring a further reduction in size, to be frank such reductions are so small as to be insignificant. You can even end up with increases in size, several steps down the line. Quote from: smeezekitty on September 07, 2009, 01:33:50 PM the dos section is not on the windows forum I meant the Microsoft forumBy the way I paid for that Adam Green Salmon : i can tell your trying to INCREASE your post count Quote from: smeezekitty on September 07, 2009, 01:52:05 PM Salmon : i can tell your trying to increase your post count This is ludicrous coming from someone who went from zero to a thousand posting rubbish like this.... Please refrain from these offhand comments in the future. patio. Quote from: patio on September 07, 2009, 01:57:13 PM This is ludicrous coming from someone who went from zero to a thousand posting rubbish like this.... Please refrain from these offhand comments in the future. patio. Patio, You forgot to mention that he did it in less then a month and a half. Quote from: mroilfield on September 09, 2009, 05:56:24 AM Patio, You forgot to mention that he did it in less then a month and a half. He has got 43 thanks so far though. Quote from: BC_Programmer on September 07, 2009, 01:40:26 PM however it is futile, in 90% of cases where you use an adequate compression algorithm twice, the reduction will be both insignificant and possibly also redundant due to the overhead of whatever file headers are being used. While using two different compression algorithms can sometimes bring a further reduction in size, to be frank such reductions are so small as to be insignificant. It's actually higher than 90%, it's far closer to 99.9%. I've never run across a file that will get smaller by compressing it twice. The second compression is ALWAYS larger than the original compression.if you use two different algorithms- take for EXAMPLE Zipping an MP3.

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I use UHARC , LAME for compression
I need help with Audio\video compression and with batch filesDue to inescapable FACTS of nature of compression algorithms, it is useless to try compressing material that already is compressed; examples: JPEG, mpeg, DivX, wmv, mov, mp3, etc. For help with batch files post in DOS section of Windows forums.
Quote from: Salmon Trout on September 07, 2009, 11:23:13 AM

For help with batch files post in DOS section of Windows forums.

Salmon Trout (aka fish man)
the dos section is not on the windows forum
and you can compress the compressed
try putting mp3 or wmv in a zip archive
you will see it will reduce in sizeHardly at all... Quote from: patio on September 07, 2009, 01:37:38 PM

Hardly at all...

Max compression:

Code: [Select] Directory of S:\Multimedia\Music\Adam GREEN - Sixes & Sevens

12/11/2008 18:30 2,798,646 18 Bed of Prayer.mp3
07/09/2009 20:38 2,789,939 18 Bed of Prayer.zip

You beat me to it
Quote from: smeezekitty on September 07, 2009, 01:33:50 PM

Salmon Trout (aka fish man)
the dos section is not on the windows forum
and you can compress the compressed
try putting mp3 or wmv in a zip archive
you will see it will reduce in size

however it is futile, in 90% of cases where you use an adequate compression algorithm twice, the reduction will be both insignificant and possibly also redundant due to the overhead of whatever file headers are being used.

While using two different compression algorithms can sometimes bring a further reduction in size, to be frank such reductions are so small as to be insignificant.

You can even end up with increases in size, several steps down the line.
Quote from: smeezekitty on September 07, 2009, 01:33:50 PM

the dos section is not on the windows forum

I meant the Microsoft forumBy the way I paid for that Adam Green
Salmon :
i can tell your trying to INCREASE your post count Quote from: smeezekitty on September 07, 2009, 01:52:05 PM

Salmon :
i can tell your trying to increase your post count

This is ludicrous coming from someone who went from zero to a thousand posting rubbish like this....
Please refrain from these offhand comments in the future.

patio. Quote from: patio on September 07, 2009, 01:57:13 PM

This is ludicrous coming from someone who went from zero to a thousand posting rubbish like this....
Please refrain from these offhand comments in the future.

patio.

Patio,

You forgot to mention that he did it in less then a month and a half. Quote from: mroilfield on September 09, 2009, 05:56:24 AM

Patio,

You forgot to mention that he did it in less then a month and a half.

He has got 43 thanks so far though. Quote from: BC_Programmer on September 07, 2009, 01:40:26 PM

however it is futile, in 90% of cases where you use an adequate compression algorithm twice, the reduction will be both insignificant and possibly also redundant due to the overhead of whatever file headers are being used.

While using two different compression algorithms can sometimes bring a further reduction in size, to be frank such reductions are so small as to be insignificant.

It's actually higher than 90%, it's far closer to 99.9%. I've never run across a file that will get smaller by compressing it twice. The second compression is ALWAYS larger than the original compression.if you use two different algorithms- take for EXAMPLE Zipping an MP3.

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