From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 13 19:28:19 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64F57106564A for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:28:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nlandys@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3971E8FC13 for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:28:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nlandys@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id f6so1876778rvb.43 for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:28:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=nEy0zMRp/6lSMVGXsPgJNIHxWh2RQgc/TpZaEBA8XAg=; b=H6dHXmpLpoCJl5y2JU1kHTV39ZCbq95iR+scye3eDhlE/Cbyox43xOZJjT+/8gTWvH j5abpqkn6JC5s83NLtsTY1roUtHuHZCIGc6nEhMYmn3jw6XU7gZ37ZKHmzRpg+ATl+GS h4dzgvCKk6spBhbhT/NG/vWRWSgWvy4k+o/q8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=tZX6v+LgK+CzVteAWlowfMQ5RvN5j8VG3xGT8cxSsxFEB5A4HEqmAKAofKbKojNLM4 1XW7DmdHK04Kklyw3K5Svuw0Fv6Oa6r5yLTpvkukmV5ITeoBofdyI9x74el6h3NZrD7c mpm/wXnY/QtIMlbaeYGRWcLMuuJapbhs/b26g= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.141.20.7 with SMTP id x7mr729196rvi.14.1236972498924; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:28:18 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090313191520.GA14233@thought.org> References: <20090313191520.GA14233@thought.org> Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:28:18 -0700 Message-ID: <560f92640903131228q518c59a3j9d0eaaf895bd46a6@mail.gmail.com> From: Nerius Landys To: Gary Kline Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: best archiver? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:28:19 -0000 > guys, this is for any compression experts on-list. my main desktop is nearly > full. i'm looking for the best means of compressing [mostly] audio files. > mp3, ogg, and .flag. i cross backup among my servers and would like to have > the most reasoned approach to compressing my ~/Music/ files. is rar/unrar > better that bzip -9? is there any new/forthcoming archiver on the horizon? > > actually, i am looking to buy/build a dual or quad system with two 1.5TB > drives. but need help with that ... if anybody inn the seattle area can come > over and help me. for now, i just want to be as sure as possible that my > files are saved on at least two systems. > > thanks for any insights here. > > gary > > > > -- > Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix > http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org > The 2.23a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php > The audio files you mention will not compress well. While .wav (uncompressed waveform) audio compresses pretty well, MP3 files are already highly compressed and will not compress much further. As far as the best compressor, I vote for bzip2/bunzip2.