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View Poll Results: What kinds of files do you USUALLY compress?
Lossy compressed music files (MP3, WMA) 11 37.93%
Lossless compressed music files (FLAC, etc.) 4 13.79%
Uncompressed music files (WAV) 5 17.24%
Lossy compressed graphics (JPG) 14 48.28%
Lossless compressed graphics (PNG, GIF, PSD, TIF) 14 48.28%
Uncompressed graphics (BMP) 8 27.59%
Compressed HD/SD video clips (MPEG, DiVX, AVI, WMV) 4 13.79%
Work Documents (DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX) 22 75.86%
Presentations (PPT) 12 41.38%
Pure Text Files (TXT, CSV) 11 37.93%
Adobe Acrobat eBooks (PDF) 12 41.38%
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Old 7th May 2008, 02:31 AM   #41 (permalink)
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I only compress files when I want to send or upload them.
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I only compress files when I want to send or upload them.
Yeah, most people too. So the question really is what kinds of files would you bother compressing?
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Well, I used to compress anime after I finished watching them and wanted to keep them. But I don't do it any longer since I have a bigger HDD now.
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Well, I used to compress anime after I finished watching them and wanted to keep them. But I don't do it any longer since I have a bigger HDD now.
Okay, do vote in the poll if you can. Thanks!
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usualy .rar and .7z
music hmmm .mp3
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FLAC files.. alot..

thank God for dual core..
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FLAC files.. alot..

thank God for dual core..
Does it really help?
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Does it really help?
Multi-core processors help a lot in compressing.

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Does it really help?
the encoder only uses 1 core.. but you can run in multiple threads (in foobar2000)

encoding 2 tracks at once
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the encoder only uses 1 core.. but you can run in multiple threads (in foobar2000)

encoding 2 tracks at once
No, I mean compressing FLAC.
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