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oddson ·
There seems to be a preference for .rar files among an number of the most active posters on this forum.
Why rar and not zip? I mean this software is Windows only right now so why not the defacto Windows standard compression format?
But given there is such a prevelence of it's use, what (free or cheap) program to 'unrar' files is best? The one I found just stopped working due to limit on number of files processed. (Unrar for Window by Pewter - It's only a US
Anyone?
Nu Audio Science ·
Just use Winrar , It's the original the best and the most efficient, Also it never stops working just gives you a reminder, I bought it years ago and all updates have been free.
Why do people use it simple, For audio it is by far and away the best free compression format available it's that simple, It makes wavs smaller than zip and so on, The only loser is sf2 which seem to be slightly bigger in rar to zip, Another reason is the fact that bastards tend to not create worms and trojans and so on in the rar format but it happens all the time in the zip format, Rar is used a lot for its ability to fix broken downloads from other files, A hard one to explain but if you ever used newsgroups you would know what im saying.
NAS
Tom7777 ·
As NAS says get winrar as its often used these days and can unrar various different formats such as zip files also. For a plugin thats around 2.7mb it will make it into about 650kb so it works very well for compression of files.
The Sound Scientist ·
http://www.rarlab.com/ 😉 http://www.download.com/3000-2250-10007677.html 😇 Go get rar....... Rarlab is the main site!!!!!! 😀 😉 🙂
oddson ·
Thanks guys.
🙂
GaryG ·
I tried 7-zip a while back and haven't thought once about going back.
Supported formats: 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, LZH, GZIP, BZIP2, Z, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB
http://www.7-zip.org/
They claim it's native 7z format can compress typical files around 70% better than Zip.
Free too.
.g
oddson ·
OK - WinRAR rules. Just a click and the file opens. No extra 'extract' or 'save-in' crap. I'm sold!
Gary - didn't get a chance to check your suggestion out but I'll keep a bookmark to the site just it case.
Nu Audio Science ·
You will never go wrong with Winrar, I love it 😉
Tom7777 ·
Same here NAS, winrar is by far the best i think. 🙂
Shifrin ·
GaryG wrote: I tried 7-zip a while back and haven't thought once about going back.
Using 7-zip here too - great piece of coding 🙂
Shif.
infuzion ·
I use 7zip for smaller files (when I can spend some compresson time) & use WinRAR for better GUI
Tom7777 ·
I have tried both programs, winrar is much more user friendly though i think. And better GUI as you say 🙂
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