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Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 4:30 pm
by Games
Yeah could be.
bzip-ing the map on the redirect is highly recommended, because people will download the map faster and that would make the download time lesser.
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 5:36 pm
by r4mZeS
I speak too about it.
Because at compression the map will decrease in sizes! In any case, it`s necessary to try to make bzip-ing
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 9:20 pm
by MoOnLiGht
lool
bzip all things
e.g. models and so on
the dl will really go faster
if you have sounds like mp3, not need to bzip
mp3 is already compressed
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 9:55 pm
by Xperience
i figured it out. It turns out that the fast url i was using didnt have the maps I use on it lol.
Thanx for all your help everyone
.
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 10:04 pm
by ebola
MoOnLiGht wrote:lool
bzip all things
e.g. models and so on
the dl will really go faster
if you have sounds like mp3, not need to bzip
mp3 is already compressed
I compress everything, even mp3's because it makes it easier to keep track of files with awstats, just view how much bandwidth the bz2 files used, and i noticed like a 70kbyte drop in the zombie_ambient.mp3 which isnt much, but better then + 70Kbytes
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 10:45 pm
by MoOnLiGht
mp3 is not needet to compressed ...
it will takes no effect
mp3 is really good compressed
you have an mp3 file that have 1 MB,
and bzip it, it will also have 1 MB ^^
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 2:48 pm
by Games
That's because the file is allready compressed.
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 4:17 pm
by ebola
MoOnLiGht wrote:mp3 is not needet to compressed ...
it will takes no effect
mp3 is really good compressed
you have an mp3 file that have 1 MB,
and bzip it, it will also have 1 MB ^^
Yes I understand its compress, mp3 is an audio compressing, I think everyone knows that. My last post was just sayings, I bz2 all files even like 1kbyte files because with awstats, i can keep track of bandwidth, so I just view the bz2 file and how much bandwidth it used. That is the main reason.
I understand compressing an mp3 doesnt compress it much, but it does compress it some, like very minimal, you can get it like 50Kbytes smaller on a 2meg file
Its not worth it for the saved bandwidth, but for me to keep track it is. Thats all
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:52 pm
by icebreaker
What about mp4's ?
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:43 pm
by icepick66
lol im not so pety into every file, i just do the big boys, the maps, dont bother with the models and textures lol
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 9:38 pm
by MoOnLiGht
you compress an mp3 file, the decompress time will be longer than the download time from uncompressed mp3 ...
i think so