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

Discussion in 'General Software' started by Adrian Wong, Apr 22, 2008.

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What kinds of files do you USUALLY compress?

  1. Lossy compressed music files (MP3, WMA)

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  2. Lossless compressed music files (FLAC, etc.)

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  3. Uncompressed music files (WAV)

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  4. Lossy compressed graphics (JPG)

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  5. Lossless compressed graphics (PNG, GIF, PSD, TIF)

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  6. Uncompressed graphics (BMP)

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  7. Compressed HD/SD video clips (MPEG, DiVX, AVI, WMV)

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  8. Work Documents (DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX)

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  9. Presentations (PPT)

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  10. Pure Text Files (TXT, CSV)

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  11. Adobe Acrobat eBooks (PDF)

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  1. g0tanks

    g0tanks Newbie

    I only compress files when I want to send or upload them.
     
    g0tanks, May 7, 2008
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  2. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Yeah, most people too. So the question really is what kinds of files would you bother compressing?
     
    Adrian Wong, May 7, 2008
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  3. g0tanks

    g0tanks Newbie

    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.
     
    g0tanks, May 7, 2008
    #43
  4. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Okay, do vote in the poll if you can. Thanks!
     
    Adrian Wong, May 7, 2008
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  5. generalRage1982hrv

    generalRage1982hrv ARP Reviewer

    usualy .rar and .7z
    music hmmm .mp3
    video .avi
     
    generalRage1982hrv, May 7, 2008
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  6. acedriver

    acedriver Just Started

    FLAC files.. alot..

    thank God for dual core..
     
    acedriver, May 7, 2008
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  7. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

    Does it really help?
     
    Chai, May 7, 2008
    #47
  8. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Multi-core processors help a lot in compressing. :D

    More voters please!!! :D
     
    Adrian Wong, May 7, 2008
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  9. acedriver

    acedriver Just Started

    the encoder only uses 1 core.. but you can run in multiple threads (in foobar2000)

    encoding 2 tracks at once :D
     
    acedriver, May 7, 2008
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  10. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

    No, I mean compressing FLAC.
     
    Chai, May 7, 2008
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  11. acedriver

    acedriver Just Started

    you mean saving music in FLAC? I use them to back up my CDs
     
    acedriver, May 7, 2008
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  12. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

    No I meant using compression software to compress FLAC files, not using FLAC to backup CD. :D

    I mean, FLAC is already a loseless audio compression, I doubt normal compression software can do much better.
     
    Chai, May 7, 2008
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  13. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    I think compressors will do a better job with losslessly compressed files than lossy compressed files. Have to test to confirm though. :think:
     
    Adrian Wong, May 7, 2008
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  14. acedriver

    acedriver Just Started

    maybe I misunderstood the question, I thought the question means what type of compression I usually do..
     
    acedriver, May 8, 2008
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  15. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

    Yeah I suspected that. :mrgreen:

    Adrian: Yeah, lossy should be harder to compress, but let's test to find out! :mrgreen:
     
    Chai, May 8, 2008
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  16. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    LOL!!! Easy for you to say! I'm the one doing the tests!!! :haha: :haha:
     
    Adrian Wong, May 8, 2008
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  17. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    More votes please! :D
     
    Adrian Wong, May 14, 2008
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  18. PsYkHoTiK

    PsYkHoTiK Admin nerd

    I am and MONSTER FLAC ripper. I buy CDs, rip, FLAC goes to PC and player, cd goes into the truck... :thumb:
     
    PsYkHoTiK, May 15, 2008
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  19. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

    LOL! Even you misunderstood Adrian.

    I think you need to change your question, Adrian. :haha:
     
    Chai, May 15, 2008
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  20. jamotto

    jamotto Newbie

    mmm, maybe I misunderstood, was it not which files do you compress that for the most part are already compressed with the exception of wav, bmp and txt files? :?
     
    jamotto, May 15, 2008
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