compressing

[speedemon]

well guys i want to compress a file whose size is 5 gb so tht i can burn it on a dvd ....... i kno can split the file but then it would need 2 dvd

i only want to burn the whole file on one dvd
any suggestions or links???

[Digital Jedi]

winrar allows files to be compressed as well as split.
Here's the procedure:
1. Add rep
2. Make sure you have WinRar installed
3. Right click the file or folder you want to compress
4. select "add to archive"
5. In the window that opens, select the compression method
6. In the bottom left corner of the window, there is an option that says "split into volumes, bytes", select a size from the drop down list or enter your own size.
7. Select OK

[speedemon]

nooo i dont want to burn two dvds....... spliting into volumes makes two files of tht file
all i want is to compress this file!!!! so tht i can burn on one DVD ONLY!!!!!

[Digital Jedi]

Compression depends on many things, some files are compressed more and some less, it's different from file to file. Use the compression utilities, i don't think there is any other way.

[Ali Tayyab]

Originally Posted by speedemon

well guys i want to compress a file whose size is 5 gb so tht i can burn it on a dvd ....... i kno can split the file but then it would need 2 dvd

i only want to burn the whole file on one dvd
any suggestions or links???

what is that 5 GBs composed of?
Different programs work better at different types of data.

[speedemon]

hmmm its pro evolution soccer 2010
and it consists of rar files!!!
i want to compress the whole folder so tht i can burn it on 4.7 GB DVD

[imadsani]

you want to burn it to play it on a console or just back it up??


if the files are rared ..then theres not much you can do with them .. you could get a dual layer dvd-r and burn it to those

[Ali Tayyab]

UnRAR and freearc it (google)

IF the data is about 5GB, unRaR, see if u can delete non english languages to get the data down to dvd5 size. This worked for prior versions of the game. But try before u burn

[Digital Jedi]

I have a question, I have tried compressing files using WinRAR, and the file size decreased to about 4200 mb, (original above 5GB), but still i wasn't able to write it on a DVD, and when i stored it on a usb, it still used 5GB space. Reasons???

[speedemon]

Originally Posted by DigitaL JedI

I have a question, I have tried compressing files using WinRAR, and the file size decreased to about 4200 mb, (original above 5GB), but still i wasn't able to write it on a DVD, and when i stored it on a usb, it still used 5GB space. Reasons???

how did u decreased it to wooping 4200 mb???
steps plz

[Digital Jedi]

dunno, just used winrar

[Professor]

Try 7zip.

Actual files size is different from size on disk. That is because of minimum cluster size on your disk. For example, if minimum cluster size on your disk is 32KB then your 1KB file will also take the slot of 32KB (wasting 31KB). That is just example, the cluster size could be bigger.

[imadsani]

in my experience 7zip fails miserably.. i downloaded 5 archives from different places and 7zip wasnt able to uncompress any one of them .. i then read up on the issue and turns out that this is a critical flaw in 7zip ..

[sheharyar]

If you find a solution then please post here as well