[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. lee_what2004

    lee_what2004 Just Started

    well, I save my installation programs and also for security reason
    so virus don't affect the .exe, if we password-protect it.
     
    lee_what2004, Apr 25, 2008
    #21
  2. Zenphic

    Zenphic Newbie

    Usually compressing .EXE's don't make it any smaller though, seeing as the installer already compressed it.
     
    Zenphic, Apr 25, 2008
    #22
  3. lee_what2004

    lee_what2004 Just Started

    well, I'm trying to reduce as many as I could as my .exe is taking 1/6 spaces of my hdd :wall:
     
    lee_what2004, Apr 25, 2008
    #23
  4. Zenphic

    Zenphic Newbie

    Time for a new hard drive :thumb:
     
    Zenphic, Apr 26, 2008
    #24
  5. 64bit

    64bit Newbie

    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.
     
    64bit, Apr 26, 2008
    #25
  6. Korrd

    Korrd Newbie

    I guess I'm the oddball; I can't think of a single thing I compress, except on very rare occasions.
     
    Korrd, Apr 27, 2008
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  7. lee_what2004

    lee_what2004 Just Started

    waiting for the price to drop :twisted:
     
    lee_what2004, Apr 28, 2008
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  8. sultan_emerr

    sultan_emerr Newbie

    Uncompressed graphics
     
    sultan_emerr, Apr 28, 2008
    #28
  9. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    It's already listed above - Uncompressed graphics (BMP)
     
    Adrian Wong, Apr 30, 2008
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  10. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Okay, I'm going to open the poll now. Please vote! Thanks!
     
    Adrian Wong, Apr 30, 2008
    #30
  11. Mac Daddy

    Mac Daddy Pickin' Da Gitfiddle

    I have selected the file types I usually compress which are mainly music files (surprise lol !!). Also Word text files and graphics for artwork I do in PS, lyrics, and text and pics for articles :)
     
    Mac Daddy, Apr 30, 2008
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  12. peaz

    peaz ARP Webmaster Staff Member

    Hmmm perhaps another idea for an article...
    Compare actually compressing files vs compressed disk.. LOL

    I don't really compress files nowadays for archiving purposes.

    The only reason I compress files is to keep them small to be sent over emails. so mostly documents of powerpoint slides. Some PDF here and there.

    As for my archival, I usually just archive it with the fastest settings JUST to keep a bunch of files into a single file. that's it :D
     
    peaz, Apr 30, 2008
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  13. jamotto

    jamotto Newbie

    I compress anything that's not already compressed that I don't use often or plan to archive as I don't want to use more space than I have too, that and no DVD burner makes archiving more difficult.
     
    jamotto, Apr 30, 2008
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  14. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Compressed disk? That would have to be a separate article altogether.

    Both archival compression and compressed disk have different functions though. Files in compressed archives are not meant to be accessible directly but files in compressed disks are meant to be accessed directly. So compressed disks will definitely use poorer but faster compression algorithms.
     
    Adrian Wong, Apr 30, 2008
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  15. CALLOFDUTY05

    CALLOFDUTY05 Newbie

    I generally use to compress Documents & images mainly when i need to upload/attach them.
     
    CALLOFDUTY05, May 3, 2008
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  16. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    I need more votes! Please take the poll! Thanks! :D
     
    Adrian Wong, May 3, 2008
    #36
  17. lee_what2004

    lee_what2004 Just Started

    I vote for all documents and images and pdf as well. Those are lot :lol:
     
    lee_what2004, May 4, 2008
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  18. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Did you participate in the poll above yet?
     
    Adrian Wong, May 4, 2008
    #38
  19. lee_what2004

    lee_what2004 Just Started

    yes, few days ago. just today I put some comment :haha:
     
    lee_what2004, May 4, 2008
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  20. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Oh, okay! Thanks!! :thumb: :thumb:
     
    Adrian Wong, May 5, 2008
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