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**123testing123** · January 18th, 2004, 11:35 AM

Ok, I'm new to sharing on the direct connect hubs, I need to know what is the best way to compress my PS2 iso's so they are smaller in download size? I usually only create iso backups that are 4+ gig usually, and these are the type files I'm familair with, Iso's, MDF's, nrg's... depending on what program I used. Thanks for your replies in advanced.

**123testing123** · January 21st, 2004, 10:57 AM

Come on I know peeps's use something to compress large files, Winzip, WinRAR, which is perferred?

**cpugeniusmv** · January 21st, 2004, 04:10 PM

i use winrar quite a bit...

i'm happy with it.

**shawners** · January 21st, 2004, 04:54 PM

theres another compresser thats really good that people use on the net to compress video games.. Cant think of the name but do a look up on kazaa and such and see their compression ratio.

**Omyn** · January 21st, 2004, 04:57 PM

Winrar is really really good :]

**Malicious Intent** · January 21st, 2004, 05:21 PM

My argument isn't as strong in this case, but I say don't bother with compression. The small amount of time saved on todays fast connections are outweighed by the disadvantages. After completing a download you then have to unrar it. That is two copies on your computer. Unable to delete the original as it needs to be shared, you then install the software/game. You then have the program on your computer three times. This makes seeding/ sharing a file very fustrating. This probably means less people sharing = less seeds = slower to complete a download. This destroys the orginal intention. I know this will only happen in a few cases where people don't want to burn and have limited harddrive space, but really - how much time is saved by RARing?

**cpugeniusmv** · January 21st, 2004, 05:25 PM

Originally Posted by Malicious Intent

My argument isn't as strong in this case, but I say don't bother with compression. The small amount of time saved on todays fast connections are outweighed by the disadvantages. After completing a download you then have to unrar it. That is two copies on your computer. Unable to delete the original as it needs to be shared, you then install the software/game. You then have the program on your computer three times. This makes seeding/ sharing a file very fustrating. This probably means less people sharing = less seeds = slower to complete a download. This destroys the orginal intention. I know this will only happen in a few cases where people don't want to burn and have limited harddrive space, but really - how much time is saved by RARing?

i share that opinion. if you're compressing something that's already compressed (movies, mp3s, etc..)

there's no point. i don't compress stuff unless it really makes a huge difference in file size.