README.md

DeveMultiCompressor

A tool to compress files with multiple compressors to find out which one gives the best compression.

Arguments and usage

The tool should be used with the following arguments:

Short	Argument	Description
-d	--decompress	If this is set, the program will try to decompress the file instead of compressing it.
-i	--inputfile	Required. The path to the input file to compress.
-p	--precomp	Precompresses all files before compressing them. (When compressing, first precomp the files. When decompressing, extract all .pcf files).
-v	--verify	Unpacks the archive afterwards and compares the recreated file hash with the input file. (Only for compressing).
	--include	Included compressors (List of archive extensions seperated by a comma, e.g.: nz,7z,zpaq).
	--exclude	Excluded compressors (List of archive extensions seperated by a comma, e.g.: nz,7z,zpaq).
	--help	Display the help screen.
	--version	Display version information.

See the sample #SampleCompressEnwik6.cmd in downloaded package for a sample command.

The output (created archives) will be written to a folder named "Output".

After the compression is done the tool will show the statistics on all the compressors used.

Here's an example for Pokemon Red.gb:

Extension	Description	Success	Duration	Original File Size	Compressed File Size	Compressed File Size (Bytes)	Verification Status	Decompression time
paq8px208fix1	paq8px208fix1 (-12LT)	True	9.8 Minutes	1MB	261.9KB	268161	Success	9.8 Minutes
paq8px206fix1	paq8px206fix1 (-12LT)	True	9.9 Minutes	1MB	262KB	268329	Success	10.1 Minutes
cmix20	cmix20	True	28.5 Minutes	1MB	262.2KB	268492	Success	28.7 Minutes
paq8pxd47	paq8pxd_v47 (-s11)	True	1.6 Minutes	1MB	272.2KB	278742	Success	1.6 Minutes
paq8pxd18	paq8pxd_v18 (-s11)	True	1.1 Minutes	1MB	272.8KB	279387	Success	1 Minute
paq8hp12	paq8hp12 (-8)	True	50 Seconds	1MB	289.6KB	296532	Success	49 Seconds
nz	NanoZip (-cc)	True	712 Miliseconds	1MB	295.8KB	302936	Success	715 Miliseconds
zpaq	zpaq (-m5)	True	2 Seconds	1MB	303.7KB	310947	Success	1 Second
mcm	mcm	True	9 Seconds	1MB	307.5KB	314885	Success	3 Seconds
rz	rz	True	1 Second	1MB	315.3KB	322839	Success	241 Miliseconds
7z	7z (LZMA)	True	363 Miliseconds	1MB	322.9KB	330631	Success	353 Miliseconds
7z	7z (LZMA2)	True	742 Miliseconds	1MB	323KB	330712	Success	356 Miliseconds
bsc	bsc	True	533 Miliseconds	1MB	359.4KB	367990	Success	426 Miliseconds
nncp	Nncp (default)	True	4.2 Minutes	1MB	372.5KB	381416	Success	4.4 Minutes

Download

The latest version is automatically build from the sources and can be found on the releases page: https://github.com/devedse/DeveMultiCompressor/releases

License

All my own code is licensed under the "Unlicense" (See LICENSE file).

Important note: additional exe's + dll's included in the Release/GIT repository (Compressors/Decompressors folder) might have different licenses then the rest of the csharp code. Please handle this according to their own licensing model.

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Package

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