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Exhaustive Data Compressor Comparison

Posted by kdawson on from the pick-one-smaller-or-faster dept.

crazyeyes writes "This is easily the best article I've seen comparing data compression software. The author tests 11 compressors: 7-zip, ARJ32, bzip2, gzip, SBC Archiver, Squeez, StuffIt, WinAce, WinRAR, WinRK, and WinZip. All are tested using 8 filesets: audio (WAV and MP3), documents, e-books, movies (DivX and MPEG), and pictures (PSD and JPEG). He tests them at different settings and includes the aggregated results. Spoilers: WinRK gives the best compression but operates slowest; AJR32 is fastest but compresses least."

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  1. I've got you all so beat by turing_m · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I use MS DOS 6 with doublespace doubling my hard drive space. I store stuff on both C and H drives, zipping, arjing and rarring all my jpgs and divx files. I figure with the amount of compression I'm using, I'll have roughly 20 times as much room as regular plebs. Suckers!

    You should also see my 133t power strip setup. I don't need extra sockets, with daisy chaining I can fit as many devices as I want! LOL LOL Unfortunately my faulty circuit breaker keeps switching off at the most inconvenient times, I'll have to get that seen to.

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  2. Re:how about non-windows platforms anyone? by amokk · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yes, imagine that...
    A review done on software that more than 90% of the personal computing world uses. It's an absolutely useless review.

    Fucking retard.

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