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A new way to compress!

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drzpapi1985 Original post #1
Mar 21, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Sorry if im in the wrong category!
I am very curious to know, how in the world do people compress 3GBs ISO files to 500MBs or so!? I noticed that a lot of people do this but want to share that information and i cant find information on it using Google... I know they use the program called Kgbarchiver or Winrar but what settings do they use to succeed? I have used the highest compression settings using Kgbarchiver or Winrar but still the ISO file doesnt compress much!


Anyone Please Help!!!!?
ashu888ashu888
Mar 21, 2009 at 11:12 PM
Sorry if im in the wrong category!
I am very curious to know, how in the world do people compress 3GBs ISO files to 500MBs or so!? I noticed that a lot of people do this but want to share that information and i cant find information on it using Google... I know they use the program called Kgbarchiver or Winrar but what settings do they use to succeed? I have used the highest compression settings using Kgbarchiver or Winrar but still the ISO file doesnt compress much!


Anyone Please Help!!!!?

1st of all, where hv u seen this type of ISOs. .?? coz its generally possible for game files and NOT ISOs (correct me if im wrong)...

But, kgb has insane decomprssion times, like say it wud take more than 48 hrs to decompress a MS Office file shrinked to jus 20kb... and also, the end results after decompression are not ALWAYS favourable and ppl end up with corrupted s/ware..
Krazy Bluez
Mar 21, 2009 at 11:41 PM
^^ Yup you're absolutely right...it wouldn't work...once I had NFS Carbon zipped into 2 mb and after decompressing....about 6-7 hours later, it didn't worked...man I was very much frustrated then...
ashu888ashu888
Mar 21, 2009 at 11:43 PM
^^

yup, i knw the extent of frustration, :D
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Once, my friend got GTA (PC game) compressed to 1.5mb, and after decompressing for 32hrs, he was left with jus garbage.. :D
Krazy Bluez
Mar 22, 2009 at 12:09 AM
What...32 hours...man he would have been totally mad then...I just turned the decompression on at night and when I woke up it was completed then...I am just thinking of his poor condition...:(
mittyr
mittyr #6
Mar 22, 2009 at 12:11 AM
You can try "UHarc", its more stable. I dont know still how they do it to that level ;-)

Best i have seen is WindowsXP 64bit "6 In 1" "ISO" (3.75GB > 10MB). And very working also :)
Krazy Bluez
Mar 22, 2009 at 12:18 AM
U serious..? I've gotten many these types of rips but none of em worked...can you just upload the software
(mods...i'm just trying it for the sake of educational purpose)

How on earth will it work...I mean 6 gb to 10 mb....what !!!
I also know about Uharc...its stable and works but this type of compression..man its unbelievable...
D
Mar 22, 2009 at 12:32 AM
Sorry about the double threads!
I'm aware of the consequences of highly compressing files but i still want to learn how to...
I've tryed a Windows Vista i downloaded from a warez site and its only 80mb and when i decompress the .rar file it becomes a 700mb ISO file!!
When i try to compress a file myself using ANY compressing programs i really dont compress much! What am i doing wrong?

Anyone Please..?
mittyr
mittyr #9
Mar 22, 2009 at 12:57 AM
@Krazy Bluez

Its 3.75 GB > 10MB :)

@drzpapi1985

Its not a one-click process. To my knowledge, they extract off the original data then compress file by file (compression level depends on the type of file) and reverse the process.

Thats lot of patience & "little" knowledge. I dont have both, to add ;-)
expertno.1
Mar 22, 2009 at 7:16 AM
1st of all, where hv u seen this type of ISOs. .?? coz its generally possible for game files and NOT ISOs (correct me if im wrong)...

But, kgb has insane decomprssion times, like say it wud take more than 48 hrs to decompress a MS Office file shrinked to jus 20kb... and also, the end results after decompression are not ALWAYS favourable and ppl end up with corrupted s/ware..


LOL thats impossible and has not been done till now ..........its a rumor only .

the fact is , the highest compression achieved was by WinRK back in 2008 which was a record by its author malcom taylor (i know him personally too) .

Refer this thread by me : -
*thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17329&highlight=winrk

In 2009 , the record was broken by Paq 8 , the command line compressor , .

KGB dont stand a chance against winrk and paq8 .

moreover kgb uses paq 6.1 engine .

more info here
*thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17329&highlight=winrk


Thanks
Regards.....
Expertno.1
Disc_Junkie
Mar 22, 2009 at 7:45 AM
^^ Yup you're absolutely right...it wouldn't work...once I had NFS Carbon zipped into 2 mb and after decompressing....about 6-7 hours later, it didn't worked...man I was very much frustrated then...


I got a GTA IV of 12MB. It was in KGB. I left it for decompression. After 12 hours I saw that it couldn't even uncompress a Readme file. What a piece of crap!!
ashu888ashu888
Mar 22, 2009 at 10:23 AM
LOL thats impossible and has not been done till now ..........its a rumor only .

the fact is , the highest compression achieved was by WinRK back in 2008 which was a record by its author malcom taylor (i know him personally too) .

Refer this thread by me : -
*thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17329&highlight=winrk

In 2009 , the record was broken by Paq 8 , the command line compressor , .

KGB dont stand a chance against winrk and paq8 .

moreover kgb uses paq 6.1 engine .

more info here
*thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17329&highlight=winrk


Thanks
Regards.....
Expertno.1

Hey, thanx a lot for this update, appreciate it.. :)
expertno.1
Mar 22, 2009 at 1:06 PM
ok the squeezecharts for 2009 are out !

here's the link !

*www.squeezechart.com/

NOW DONT GET FOOLED BY SOMEONE IF HE TELLS HE HAS 10 MB OFFICE XP ORANY OTHER BLAHBLAH .

even though if you get 12 mb file , its a crap and its there to fool you , it will never work .

ok here's example .
open notepad
type this 0000000000000010111111111111111111111111111000000000
copy it and paste it thousand times until you get a 100 mb file .

now use winrar or nanozip , compress it , you get some kb file , isn't it ?
its called PWCM algorithm ...........

so guys believe in your own not on rumors

*www.squeezechart.com/


Thanks
Regards.....
Expertno.1
mittyr
mittyr #14
Mar 22, 2009 at 2:44 PM
^^^

Too bad i cant prove it here. But there's very less XP "Crap" on that version for sure. ;-)
expertno.1
Mar 22, 2009 at 2:57 PM
but for high compression surely will get sticked to Winrk !

and second is the number of nanozip !
Krazy Bluez
Mar 22, 2009 at 3:00 PM
Thanks for the link Expertno1....I was searching for something like this....and thanks for the info too...
mittyr
mittyr #17
Mar 22, 2009 at 3:04 PM
Yup, it cud be. Usually get "high compressed" files from trusted sources, i dont do it myself guess i have mentioned it already.

Look you have some practical experience ;-)
expertno.1
Mar 22, 2009 at 3:04 PM
the next time you get a small mb file , just post it here , let me see it .....:grin:
mittyr
mittyr #19
Mar 22, 2009 at 3:15 PM
I dont go after small "MB"'s for your info. Usually games & this came along with it some 3 yrs back.. Guess its done by "Skullptura".

You want to check. Will PM you.
Krazy Bluez
Mar 22, 2009 at 3:19 PM
^ Skullptura uses Uharc....he still uses it in his latest releases, what he does is first he Rar's them, using the "store" option then the packs them using uharc....man he's a genius in ripping..
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Mar 22, 2009 at 8:24 PM
You guys have always been very helpful, thankz alot!!
expertno.1
Mar 23, 2009 at 7:26 AM
UHARC compression is really slow , heres a solution , use nanozip , faster than uharc and faster decompression and also better compression .
Disc_Junkie
Mar 23, 2009 at 12:28 PM
Don't know about you all but I am installing MimarSinan CompreXX which is an allrounder compressor. It supports compression to many extensions such as 7z, RAR, zip etc upto 17 extensions. It has already taken half an hour to install and stil not finished. It is install wizard is like XP installation wizard.............
expertno.1
Mar 23, 2009 at 12:40 PM
^^its install wizard takes too much time then how much time will it take to cpmress :grin:
Disc_Junkie
Mar 23, 2009 at 1:17 PM
^^ It is downloading the files from the internet and is a total of 50MB. Can compress 230 MB to 23 MB.
expertno.1
Mar 23, 2009 at 1:36 PM
^^its better if you dont believe it , believe what i told and gave the link to you .

moreover here is it another :-

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=111416

Thanks
Regards.....
Expertno.1