[Poll] Compression Comparison Guide - What Files Do You Compress? - Page 3

lee_what2004 · 25th Apr 2008, 03:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

You actually compress EXEs???

well, I save my installation programs and also for security reason
so virus don't affect the .exe, if we password-protect it.

Zenphic · 25th Apr 2008, 11:08 AM

Usually compressing .EXE's don't make it any smaller though, seeing as the installer already compressed it.

lee_what2004 · 25th Apr 2008, 12:47 PM

well, I'm trying to reduce as many as I could as my .exe is taking 1/6 spaces of my hdd

Zenphic · 26th Apr 2008, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lee_what2004

well, I'm trying to reduce as many as I could as my .exe is taking 1/6 spaces of my hdd

Time for a new hard drive

64bit · 26th Apr 2008, 09:24 PM

Since there is already a compressed music format (mp3) above, it is not surprising exe file will be mentioned althought compressing them will not result in much difference.

Korrd · 27th Apr 2008, 09:25 AM

I guess I'm the oddball; I can't think of a single thing I compress, except on very rare occasions.

lee_what2004 · 28th Apr 2008, 01:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zenphic

Time for a new hard drive

waiting for the price to drop

sultan_emerr · 28th Apr 2008, 03:27 PM

Uncompressed graphics

Adrian Wong · 30th Apr 2008, 02:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sultan_emerr

Uncompressed graphics

It's already listed above - Uncompressed graphics (BMP)

Adrian Wong · 30th Apr 2008, 02:12 AM

Okay, I'm going to open the poll now. Please vote! Thanks!

View Poll Results: What kinds of files do you USUALLY compress?
Lossy compressed music files (MP3, WMA)	12	40.00%
Lossless compressed music files (FLAC, etc.)	4	13.33%
Uncompressed music files (WAV)	6	20.00%
Lossy compressed graphics (JPG)	14	46.67%
Lossless compressed graphics (PNG, GIF, PSD, TIF)	14	46.67%
Uncompressed graphics (BMP)	9	30.00%
Compressed HD/SD video clips (MPEG, DiVX, AVI, WMV)	4	13.33%
Work Documents (DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX)	22	73.33%
Presentations (PPT)	12	40.00%
Pure Text Files (TXT, CSV)	11	36.67%
Adobe Acrobat eBooks (PDF)	12	40.00%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 30. You may not vote on this poll

25th Apr 2008, 12:47 PM	#23 (permalink)
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25th Apr 2008, 11:08 AM	#22 (permalink)
Zenphic Active Join Date: 23 Apr 2006 Location: Quebec, Canada Posts: 694 Reputation: 176 Rep Power: 4	Usually compressing .EXE's don't make it any smaller though, seeing as the installer already compressed it.

26th Apr 2008, 09:24 PM	#25 (permalink)
64bit Just Started Join Date: 29 Jun 2006 Posts: 30 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	Since there is already a compressed music format (mp3) above, it is not surprising exe file will be mentioned althought compressing them will not result in much difference.

27th Apr 2008, 09:25 AM	#26 (permalink)
Korrd Newbie Join Date: 23 Apr 2006 Posts: 2 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	I guess I'm the oddball; I can't think of a single thing I compress, except on very rare occasions.

28th Apr 2008, 03:27 PM	#28 (permalink)
sultan_emerr Just Started Join Date: 28 Apr 2008 Location: El Bengazzi Oasis Posts: 53 Reputation: 44 Rep Power: 0	Uncompressed graphics