Game iso Compressions?

[i l l m a t i c]

Im just wondering what kind of compression do groups use on their isos?? or it is just a normal winrar compressions?

[Agozer]

RAR or ACE most likely.

Edited August 10, 2004 by Agozer

[i l l m a t i c]

well right now i am compressing metal gear solid 2: substance...a dvd9 game for ps2...both layers and the size of it is 6.3gbs...im using winrar with the "best" compression option...its at 10% right now...8 hours and 55 minutes left yay i spilted the iso into 50mb rars...what do you think the size of the compressed rars will be? hopefully i could fit it into one dvdr...*crosses fingers*

Edited August 11, 2004 by Xx1LLMAT1CxX

[Gryph]

Hmm...you'll be damn lucky to fit it on DVDR. 7zip has some really good compression but I don't know how it compares to RAR. You should find and check out the 7zip website because I remember seeing a compression comparison table there.

[i l l m a t i c]

yea i've tried 7zip before, but with its compressions in my experience uses a WHOLE lot of RAM for zipping and unzipping....memory that I dont have...

 

*EDIT

Oh yea btw @ 10%, the rars were only at 340mbs and if I calculated it correctly, the finished rars will be 3400mbs = 3.4GBs!! can someone confirm this calcualtion?

Edited August 11, 2004 by Xx1LLMAT1CxX

[Xeon]

with files that huge and fragile, youre better off with RAR or ACE. 7-Zip doesnt have recovery methods.

[i l l m a t i c]

dam it...computer crashed when compressing @ 62%....