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How to compress video using winrar

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thakurlokesh Original post #1
May 13, 2007 at 9:53 PM
Recently I downloaded a rar file which contains a video. The amazing thing is that the size of rar file is only 571 KB but when I extract the video from it, the size of video is 52.7 MB. I m very surprised to see that how a video can be compressed so much. How can i compress any video to very small size. I have uploaded that file, here is the link:
*www.MegaShare.com/174187
It is only 571 KB in size.
kaustav_geek
May 13, 2007 at 10:22 PM
That technique isn't very easily achieved using WINRAR.... You must have noticed that the video took a long time to Unrar.... However, I don't know of any such software to compress so agressively......
gauravakaasid
May 13, 2007 at 11:28 PM
does the video play correctly? btw, the softy wich claims to be tops in compression is kgb archiver, mayb that was used
satyamy
satyamy #4
May 13, 2007 at 11:45 PM
in the properties of that video file
see properties
you can see
Video Compression - MS-CRAM
search for that in google may be this is the reason for its compression
fun2sh
fun2sh #5
May 13, 2007 at 11:45 PM
gauravakaasid said:
does the video play correctly? btw, the softy wich claims to be tops in compression is kgb archiver, mayb that was used

does KGB really works. i hav been seein its claim a lot that it can compress 100s MB into few KBs n includin VEDIO too. hows that posible. :shock:

now i m dwnldin that file. wil tel u soon
gauravakaasid
May 13, 2007 at 11:52 PM
Holy ****!! the video works.....how is this possible???? :shock::shock::shock:
sam_1710
May 14, 2007 at 12:02 AM
but KGBArchiver really works!!
my fren got me some vids on a floppy.. u kno!! i took 8 hours to decompress and its total size was an @$$whooppin 500MB!!
jus wanted to share this wid ya guys!! :)
Third Eye
May 14, 2007 at 8:05 AM
thakurlokesh said:
Recently I downloaded a rar file which contains a video. The amazing thing is that the size of rar file is only 571 KB but when I extract the video from it, the size of video is 52.7 MB. I m very surprised to see that how a video can be compressed so much. How can i compress any video to very small size. I have uploaded that file, here is the link:
*www.MegaShare.com/174187
It is only 571 KB in size.
Use KGB Archiver
saurabh kakkar
May 14, 2007 at 9:44 AM
u can also compress by windows compression method which is generally used to compress games on ptp ,torrents etc
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=50736&highlight=how+to+use+wnidows+dos+command
s18000rpm
s18000rpm #10
May 14, 2007 at 9:56 AM
if you want to attain such results (50-500MB in few MB/KBs) with KGB Archiver, then you better have a decent PC config, atleast 1GB RAM & a good proc. (like C2D), otherwise it'll take you days to compress such files & basically its a waste of time, unless you can WAIT that long.
gauravakaasid
May 14, 2007 at 9:57 PM
anyway we can know if kgb has been used gor compressing this video file? coz in the properties field, compression used - MS-CRAM is given
cynosure
cynosure #12
May 14, 2007 at 10:03 PM
I got a CD few years back. It had GTA3; Soldier of Fortune and 2 more games (I dont remember them). All on 1 CD.
It took long to decompress and used MS-DOS prompt with zillions of ##es to decompress. Anyways. This sure is something!!!
clmlbx
clmlbx #13
May 14, 2007 at 10:15 PM
I would too like to know about this . I got nfsmw dvd that had 1 rar file which was just 900 kb . but it extracted to 2+ gb . that was mini image to run the game without dvd. I tried using winrar for it . but even at it best it only reduced near 60 mb's to my file .
Projjwal
Projjwal #14
May 14, 2007 at 10:49 PM
I don't thing it is amazing compression.Every compressor use a very basic thing that is track the repitation of data in a file.That video is a screen Capture video so the maximum part of the video repeted many time.So,normally the size decress amazingly. I use normal windows compession on it & the size is just 15mb.& for zip in normal mode size is 6.somthing mb.I think it's compresed with winrar in best mode .That's all..