Best copmression Software

unwashed potato! · 9 Jun 2006 at 17:20

i want to compress some videos, about 344 MB each and just wanted to know the best compression software out there that is free

celliott · 9 Jun 2006 at 17:40

Having used Winzip and Winrar I can reccomend 7zip. It has very good compression and is free.

http://www.7-zip.org/

Craig321 · 9 Jun 2006 at 18:19

WinRAR is good.
www.rarlabs.com

Meatball · 9 Jun 2006 at 18:27

You sure he doesn't mean like compressing it as in the quality of the video? Bitrate etc?

unwashed potato! · 9 Jun 2006 at 21:05

sorry i meant as in copmress it like winrar and zip does, so make it small for say transporting it from one place to another.

leezer3 · 9 Jun 2006 at 21:29

UHArc will give the best compression results, closely followed by WinRar in solid mode. TBH though, compressing a single file isn't going to yield you much in the way of benifits by the simple way the compression process works, never mind the fact these are videos.

You'd be far better rencoding it in a decent high-compression codec

-Leezer-

celliott · 9 Jun 2006 at 21:29

Winrar is also very good however its only a 30 day trial. If you are looking for maximum compression, I have found 7zip to be slightly better at reducing file size.