Commercial Programs. In general, this includes both shareware and conventional retail programs. Stuff you have to pay for to use. There is obviously some blurring of the lines, (for example some shareware is free for individual use), but when there is doubt, I usually err towards classifying a product as commercial.
Zip Password Tool is an utility designed to recover lost or forgotten passwords for encrypted ZIP archives created using WinZip, PKZip or any other ZIP-compatible software. The following password search methods are supported:
brute force attack; dictionary-based attack.
Created: 08/02/2007
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YUVTools are a set of software utilities to play, convert, edit and analyze YUV or RGB video data in their raw formats.
The user can play many different YUV/RGB formats, with full playing controls. The user can also convert one YUV/RGB format to another, compare two YUV files and display their difference, calculate the PSNR, crop or flip a yuv file, join two yuv files, etc. Command line options for batch playing and converting also supported.
Free 30 days trial.
Created: 25/03/2007
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BetterJPEG allows for editing JPEG images without recompression in many cases. Lossless operations include rotation, flip, crop, red eye removal, date/text/EXIF data imprinting and more. There is a stand-alone editor, plug-in for Photoshop and DLL library as well. There are free trial versions.
Created: 12/10/2006
by Maxim SmirnovMore...
This is a solid example of outrageous author rights violations and unreal claims. Or of a joke.
Creators claim: "We would like to introduce you to a new Compression Technology named LAN (patent pending) which aims to offer good compression ratio's for most data types (Images, Audio, Video, Texts), a first beta version for our first product (Infima Archiver) is available at www.myinfima.com." They also claim surrealistic results for video compression on their site. Here this archiver is soundly and in a justifiable way blamed for concealed usage of many third-parties archivers and compressors to do the actual job.
Created: 04/04/2006
by Nir HalowaniMore...
The CyberLink H.264 Player provides H.264 decoder and AAC decoder using ATI graphics cards hardware capabilities. Requires ATI x1300 or higher. There is a 30-day trial.
Created: 13/03/2006
by Maxim SmirnovMore...
VOCAL Technologies sells quite a number of ITU-T speech codecs. The company has solutions for G.711, G.722.1, G723.1, G.726, G.727, G.728, G.729.
Created: 30/01/2006
by Maxim SmirnovMore...
Real is making their client software available in an Open Source program. Download this software and you can develop your own MP3 or H.263 player! Free of royalties if you are distributing it for free - commercial products pay a royalty. The Helix DNA Client contains support in source code form for the following data types: MP3, H.263, SMIL, JPEG, GIF, PNG, RealPix, PCM, WAV.
Created: 30/10/2002
by Mark NelsonMore...
This J2ME (Java 2 Microedition) application allows mobile phones to send/receive compressed messages in a deflate format, optimized for short strings. It can achieve the ratio 1/2, i.e. two original messages are compressed in only one message. A recipient must have the similar application.
It costs $10.
Created: 28/01/2006
by Antonio SantagiulianaMore...
Historical: Full-featured archiver AIN, the extracting utility AINEXT and the EXE-files compressor AINEXE. Compression/extraction methods used in the AIN archiver excels noticeably those used in well-known archivers, such as ARJ, LHA and PKZIP, in both the compression rate and the performance.
See http://www.compression.ru/arctest/self/ain.htm for detailed info.
Created: 28/11/1999
by Mark NelsonMore...
Vegas 6 software combines real-time SD, DV, and HDV video editing with unrivaled audio tools to provide the ultimate all-in-one environment.
From version 6c has H.264/AVC support.
Created: 11/11/2005
by Dmitriy VatolinMore...
Software converter available in online shop. MPEG-4 SP and MPEG-4 AAC (audio) support enables the creation of video files for playback on the Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP). PowerEncoder MPEG-4 AVC prepares users for the widespread introduction of products and services based on the MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) and MPEG-4 SP formats, including: Digital TV, high-definition cable and satellite, high-definition DVDs, and video transmission via mobile phones.
Created: 11/11/2005
by Dmitriy VatolinMore...
Software encoder, no download. Developers claims speed optimization, but compare only with reference codec and H.263.
Created: 10/11/2005
by Dmitriy VatolinMore...
This company makes the AMBE-2020, a Vocoder chip that compresses speech down to a miniscule 4 Kbps. They have an additional product library of low bit-rate codes both in hardware and software.
Created: 21/11/1999
by Mark NelsonMore...
Clipstream Video is an streaming video encoder and server technology that uses only standard web servers. Clipstream compresses video (.mpeg, .mov, .avi) to its streaming video format. A java applet on a web page is used to decode the stream, no additional plugins or downloads are needed. One can try Clipstream Video without restriction, except for a flashing logo. Similarly, you can stream and play only audio with Clipstream Audio solution.
Created: 19/08/2001
by Mark NelsonMore...
A shareware program that uses the look and feel of Windows Explorer to navigate Zip files.
Version 4.7 of this program is shipping as of October, 2005.
Created: 15/11/2003
by Mark NelsonMore...
A Multiplatform data compression program, looks like it runs on a wide variety of IBM mini and mainframes. No free download. Company has a dual-language web site, with English and German language versions.
Created: 09/06/2000
by Mark NelsonMore...
This archiving package works with zip files, creates encrypted archives, wipes files, etc. From site:
Advanced Encryption Package 2005 Professional most noteworthy feature may be its flexibility and military grade encryption: program includes 17 encryption algorithms (Rijndael, TWOFISH, BLOWISH, CAST, MARS, and TEA). Password and RSA alg. encryption using PKI infrastructure. The program includes a file shredder that wipes the contents of your original files. Complete support for ZIP archives. Skinnable interface (+12 skins). Complete Command Line Interface support.
Created: 27/09/2001
by Mark NelsonMore...
This program from Gammadyne is used to create a professional quality installation program out of an archive file.
Version 13.2 was shipping as of May, 2005.
Created: 20/06/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
Archiver with GUI and really very high compression ratio. Besides proprietory RK archive format, WinRK supports the most common formats -- ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, RAR and ISO. Encryption with 128bit block ciphers. WinRK v3.0.2 beta trial version is shipped as of Jan 2006.
Created: 15/07/2005
by Maxim SmirnovMore...
A shareware visual archiving program that advertises that it supports 15 popular archive formats. Note the link to the French version of the program and web page.
Created: 02/04/2000
by Mark NelsonMore...
A very complete archive of compression programs, freeware, shareware, source, archviers, compressors, etc. They have it all. At last count this site has more than 1000 compression downloads
Created: 13/11/1999
by Mark NelsonMore...
PICVideo is the fastest M-JPEG codec available, and is perfect for viewing Motion JPEG files on Windows Media Player. It offers incredibly high-speed compression and decompression of M-JPEG streams. The PICVideo M-JPEG Codec is both a Microsoft Video for Windows Codec and a Microsoft DirectShow Transform Filter Codec.
Created: 18/07/2005
by Dmitriy KulikovMore...
Alparysoft Lossless Video Codec is for encoding (compression) and decoding (decompression) of video.
Without any mathematical losses (i.e. source and destination video are absolutely identical after encoding/decoding process), the compression ratio is twice - 5 times.
Without any visual losses, i.e. human eye won't be able to see any difference between source and destination video, the compression ratio is 5-15 times.
Sentivision has implemented and optimized a H.264 decoder on the Texas Instruments DM642 DSP (Digital Signal Processor). The decoder complements other Video-on-Demand offerings to form a complete solution for streaming DVD-quality video over DSL lines and other low and medium bandwidth networks.
Created: 18/07/2005
by Dmitriy KulikovMore...
Popwire H264 encoder is all a part of Popwire's Compression Master and
Compression Engine encoding sollutions. Demo software available from the site (Encoding is limited to 20 seconds).
Created: 28/06/2005
by Dmitriy KulikovMore...
The Moonlight MPEG & AVC OneClick Compressor is designed to capture media data from DV camcorders (using FireWire/IEEE-1394 adapters) and MPEG-2 files and convert it into AVC/H.264, MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 files that you can burn to a CD/DVD, post on-line or email to friends over networks. Just choose the video, select settings and click Start. Moonlight OneClick Compressor guarantees the top quality encoding while remaining an easy to use program.
Created: 20/06/2005
by Dmitriy KulikovMore...
FastVDO’s H.264 software CODEC is a compliant implementation on ITU-T/H.264 | ISO/IEC MPEG-4 Part 10, Baseline, Main, and High Profiles. We offer pure ANSI C++ versions that are fully portable on all operating systems, as well as highly optimized code for the Pentium platform. Pentium platform solutions extensively use MMX and SIMD features to provide real-time High Profile HD video playback.
Created: 20/06/2005
by Dmitriy KulikovMore...
Audio & Video encoders ane decoders. Evaluation copy on request.
From the site:
...real-time software design solution using the contemporary programmable processors (x86, DSP, MIPS, ARC) running on Windows, Linux and Mac OS. SoftStream™ SDKs are currently being implemented in standard-based real-time encoding, decoding, transrating and transcoding applications.
Created: 19/06/2005
by Dmitriy KulikovMore...
Support for AVC encoding (H.264)
Create content for the newest formats in the industry - H.264 and High Definition (HD) H.264.
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Created: 19/06/2005
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Specifications for Sonic’s HD-Series AVC encoder include:
High Profile, Level 4.1 AVC HD streams, compliant with HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc specifications
Bit rate-controlled CBR/VBR and quantization-controlled VBR encoding modes
Precise segment-based re-encoding for ultimate control of bit rate and quality
DTS™ HD and Dolby® Digital audio codec support
Support for uncompressed, 4:2:2, 10-bit AVI and QuickTime™ source video files
Advanced AVC toolkit including CABAC, motion search range, reference frames, Inter search shape, and P/B-slice prediction lists
Seamless integration and stream compatibility with Sonic Scenarist® HD and Sonic Blu-ray™ Creator production workstations
Created: 20/06/2005
by Dmitriy KulikovMore...
Demo available on request.
Codec for videoconferencing.
From the site:
Benefits
Substantially increased coding efficiency, providing the
same picture quality as products that are based on H.263
or MPEG-4 at nearly half the bit rate.
Flexibility in handling different delay constraints in video
applications, such as providing very little delay for real-time
communications applications (e.g. videoconferencing), while allowing
higher processing delay in applications with no delay constraints (e.g. video storage).
Error resilience and error concealment tools to maintain the video
quality against packet loss and bit errors in error prone networks.
Created: 19/06/2005
by Dmitriy KulikovMore...
Only demo, but you can buy codec online (100$). Who test it?
From codecs site:
Key features of LEAD H.264 Video Codecs:
User definable motion estimation settings controls
the balance between encoder speed and quality.
Multiple reference frames of any combination of past and future
frames, provides precise interprediction as well as improved
robustness during packet loss while streaming over the network or Internet.
Unrestricted motion search uses reference frames that may be partly
outside the frame improving network performance by predicting missing data.
Only the difference between motion vectors is saved, increasing the compression ratio.
Intraprediction may be performed either on 4x4 blocks or 16x16.
Motion vector prediction is performed before the frame is prepared for
compression (pre-DCT) improving prediction and compression performance.
Computation is more efficient because LEAD implements the traditional
Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) as an integer transform.
The LEAD H.264 encoder makes use of the SAD HADMARD calculation to increase the compression ratio.
A context-sensitive deblocking filter smoothes out internal edges, significantly improving the visual quality of the video. The filter strength depends upon the prediction modes and relationship between the neighboring blocks.
Employs Context-Adaptive Variable Length Coding (CAVLC) to encode transform coefficients.
The Context-Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding (CABAC) method continually updates frequency statistics of the incoming data and adaptively adjusts the algorithm, improving compression performance.
The LEAD H.264 encoder provides the user with control of the number and types of frames encoded into the video stream.
Created: 19/06/2005
by Dmitriy KulikovMore...
Integrated. Who test it? Any remarks welcome!
From codec site:
The H.264 encoder features:
Intelligent multi-pass encoding for the best possible results at the desired bit rate with the optimal number of compression passes.
Time-saving single-pass encoding for creating draft encodes,
meeting impending deadlines and live encoding with QuickTime Broadcaster.
Peak-constrained VBR options for limited data-rate scenarios
such as streaming and CD/DVD playback.
Advanced frame reordering (B-frame) support to more efficiently
represent movie data.
4x4 integer transform for reducing traditional blocking and
ringing artifacts, especially in areas of fine detail.
Improved intraframe prediction for more efficient compression
of details and gradients in high-motion video.
Increased precision in motion estimation for crisp reconstruction
of objects in motion.
Flexible block sizes in motion estimation for more efficient
encoding of complicated motion in areas of fine detail.
Adaptively tuned in-loop deblocking filter for eliminating
blocking artifacts, resulting in a smooth, clean image.
Created: 19/06/2005
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CODEC is a software package that focuses on the non-destructive compression/decompression and the encryption/deciphering of one or more files in the same work session.
Created: 07/11/1999
by Mark NelsonMore...
Another Win32 archiver that can work with a zillion formats. Recent new features added to BitZipper include deflate64 support, ACE archive support, AES 128- and 256-bit encryption, and better integration with the Windows shell.
BitZipper 4.1 shipped in November, 2004.
Created: 01/03/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
Commercial software (expensive). Evaluation version available on request.
Software tool for video format checking, compression analysis, testing and optimisation. It supports the following video formats:
- H.264/AVC: Baseline, Main, Extended and High Profiles/FRExt (incl. High 10, 4:2:2 and 4:4:4)
- MPEG-4 Simple Profile and Advanced Simple Profile
- MPEG-2 Main Profile Main Level and High Level
- SMPTE VC-1 / WMV9 Simple, Main and Advanced Profiles
- H.263+, H.263 and H.261
plus the following audio codecs:
- MPEG-1/MPEG-2 audio
- AAC
- AACplus
- HE AAC
with several other audio codecs being added.
Created: 31/05/2005
by Thomas DoveMore...
MainConcept is proud to announce the immediate availability of our H.264 Encoder Preview Version for Microsoft® Windows®! Although not yet optimized for speed, this free demo will enable you to sample the quality of our newest codec. H.264 AVC (Advanced Video Coding), also known as MPEG-4 Part 10, is an exciting new standard which offers many advantages and has the potential to replace existing standards.
H.264 SDK available
Created: 14/02/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
WinAmp is a very popular freeware MP3 player for Windows PCs.
WinAmp is shipping version 5.0.3 as of March, 2004.
Created: 28/03/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
Good collection of codecs!
Contain saved copyes of codecs, removed from original sites and older versions of codecs.
Created: 15/05/2005
by Dmitriy VatolinMore...
Image Power has released a beta version of their JPEG2000 codec. It's free to use for evaluation and non-commercial applications.
Created: 12/04/2000
by Mark NelsonMore...
The home page for the shareware ACE archiver, including download links. Both self extracting and Zipped versions of the file are available from this page. This page also includes free source code for UNACE, and variants on ACE and UNACE. Reader comment Excellent user interface, better compression than Zip.
Created: 23/12/1998
by Mark NelsonMore...
Yet another Windows archiving program. PowerArchiver comes with a nice long list of supported formats: ZIP, CAB, LHA (LZH), TAR, TAR.GZ, TAR.BZ2, BH, RAR, ARJ, ARC, ACE, ZOO, GZ, BZIP2, XXE, and UUE. Plus a built-in viewer for JPG, GIF, and a few other formats.
Release 9.0 of PowerArchiver shipped July, 2004.
Created: 16/07/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
PicoZip is an award winning file compression utility that runs on all 32-bit Windows platforms such as Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4, 2000 and XP. It is extremely easy to use, yet contains many advanced features that helps you create or unzip ZIP files, as well as most other popular archive formats like RAR, ACE, LHA, JAR, etc.
PicoZip 3.0 shipping as of July, 2004.
DataCompression.info user Derek P. had this to say: This is one of the best Zip Utilities out there! The Batch Testing of Archives tool is fast and accurate!!! Other Zip Utility Makers need to take notes!.
Created: 16/07/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
WMA To MP3 Converter was written for converting WMA to or from MP3/WAV files. So, with WMA to MP3 Converter, you may convert WMA to MP3, convert WMA to WAV, convert WAV to WMA, convert MP3 to WMA.
Created: 10/07/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
PNG/MNG Construction Set represents the state of the art in animation software. It will assemble your original animations effortlessly through its Animation Wizard, squeeze them down to as close to nothing as possible with its Supercompressor; create eyecatching banners and animated transitions; manage your MNG files; add transparency to existing PNG graphics and a lot more.
Version 2.0.25 is shipping as of June, 2004.
Created: 20/06/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
Unlike the compression built into IIS 4 and 5 (Windows NT/2000), IIS 6.0 offers out-of-the-box compression embedded into the core Web server code itself, allowing for extremely fast HTTP compression with minimal resource penalties. ZipEnable offers flexible compression management and browser compatibility detection for IIS 6.0 internal compression engine.
Version 3.0 is shipping as of Sept., 2005.
Created: 20/06/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
Does everything you want, and costs a lot less than the two market leaders!
Version 3.0 is shipping as of June, 2004.
Created: 14/06/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
PKWare lets you create secure SFX files for distributing data. However, they aren't going to tell you how much you have to pay on this page - you have to fill out an inquiry form and send it to their sales team.
Created: 13/06/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
PECompact compresses Windows executables significantly, while allowing them to be run as normal. You can compresses code, data, import/export table, and selected resources. Section merging and resource data restructuring are also supported. It trims, optimizes, and realigns the PE structure while preserving shell icons and version information, or any other resources you chose to leave uncompressed. Uses its own JCALG1 compression, which offers decent compression speed, great compression ratio, and extremely rapid decompression.
Version 2.28 is shipping in June, 2004.
Created: 13/06/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
Petite is a Win32 (Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP) executable (EXE/DLL/etc...) compressor. The compressed executables decompress themselves at run time, and can be used just like the original uncompressed versions. Petite also adds virus detection to the compressed executables - they will check themselves for infection every time they are executed.
Created: 13/06/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
This is reportedly a Win32 exe packer. However, this is a Chinese langauge site so even that is just a guess.
Created: 13/06/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
This is reputedly the home page of the PeX executable cracker. However, the fact that the page appears to be in Polish keeps me from saying more than that.
Created: 13/06/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
MP3 To WAV Converter is designed for converting MP3 to WAV and converting WAV to MP3. It converts batches of MP3 to WAV or WAV to MP3 on-the-fly. Play MP3/WAV files, edit Mp3 file's ID3 text, and search MP3 or WAV files from a folder or the whole disk.
Created: 06/06/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
JIMZip is an easy-to-use, yet powerful, zipping and unzipping interface for MacOS X. Using JIMZip you can compress your files with a simple drag to either the JIMZip dock icon, or dragging window. JIMZip is compatible with programs such as: WinZip, PowerArchiver, PKZip, ZipIt, Aladdin Expander, Stuffit DropZip, and more..
Version 1.42 is shipping as of May, 2004.
Created: 31/05/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
An archiver that manages the usual gamut of archive types. Wizards and stuff.
Release 7.02 was shipping in May of 2004.
Created: 31/05/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
This package includes 12Zip and 12Zip2. The first version uses Zip compatible compression, and the second uses a BWT variant.
Version 7.0 of the package is shipping as of May, 2004
Created: 14/05/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
This backup program stores your data in standard Zip files, created either manually or automatically. The usual host of backup features are supported, such as the ability to backup the registry, E-mail messages, your address book, and so on. You can download a 15-day trial version of this commercial program.
It appears that version 2.10 of this program shipped in January, 2004.
Created: 13/05/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
AutoZIP Backup is professional software that lets you automate the backup of your precious files to a ZIP archive.
Version 1.0 of this product is shipping as of April, 2004.
Created: 19/04/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
WS:Compress Out is a member of Websetters family of Microsoft Office Add-Ins. This Add-In extends the functionality of Microsoft Outlook 2000, 2002 and 2003. Every time you send an email that contains attachments, WS:Compress Out will automatically compress the attachment and resave in the mail item. This reduces the amount of storage used by you in your Outlook storage, reduces the time online and network bandwidth used, reduces the amount of storage used by your recipients - all saving you money.
Created: 11/04/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
This program creates a very high secure AES /Serpent/Twofish 256 bit/Blowfish 448 Bit, Mars 1248 Bit and RC6 2048 Bit selfextracting file. The SFX-Header is 41kb-49kb great. This SFX cipher checks whether the decrypting password is correct with a highly secure method, never compromising the key: while a 64 byte random number is created and also encrypted. While decrypting these two numbers are compared to test for the correctness of the password. Very simple, yet as safe as the algorithm itself. The license covers Multicrypt too. One license for two programs.
Created: 28/03/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
2PNG is a graphics converter allowing you to convert images to png format from 50+ image file types including conversions from jpeg to png, from gif to png, from tiff to png and so on. (See the full list of supported formats here.) The program has no windows interface and is fully optimized for working in background mode
Created: 28/03/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
2JPEG is a graphics converter allowing you to convert images to jpeg format from 50+ image file types including conversions from bitmap to jpeg, from gif to jpeg, from tiff to jpeg and so on. The program has no windows interface and is fully optimized for working in background mode.
Created: 28/03/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
WinHki is an archiving tool that understands the usual gamut of formats - compresses 9, decompresses 12, and one of this is its own proprietary HKI format.
Created: 27/03/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
The OutlookZIP it's an Add-On for Microsoft® Outlook. It makes easy for you to compress the files that you attach to Microsoft® Outlook e-mail messages. OutlookZIP adds three buttons to Outlook toolbar making the usage simple easy. OutlookZIP works only with Outlook 2000, Outlook XP (2002), and Outlook 2003. It does not work with Outlook Express.
Created: 20/03/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
ZipScan performs a fast file search that looks inside Zip, CAB, RAR, JAR, and ACE archive files, including self-extracting archives. The search can also check a file's size, look for a text string, and search a file's version resource table.
Created: 07/03/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
The home page for WinZip Computing, makers of WinZip. WinZip is a very popular Win32 Zip program. This page has links to an evaluation version of the program available for download, plus an FAQ, and other online support.
WinZip 9.0 shipped in February, 2004. Highlights include AES encryption and 64-bit Zip format support.
Created: 01/03/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
JPEG Imager is an interactive image compressor. It provides real-time preview of compressed image and handy means to compare it with original one. You can fiddle with various compression parameters and observe the effect of changes straight away. You also can specify a desired file size and let the program select the proper values automatically. It is perfect for "Quality vs. File Size" optimization.
Created: 01/03/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
This tool creates SFXs for your archives, and currently has both 16- and 32-bit extractor modules. Includes advanced features such as SFX files that span multiple disks. Commercial Windows software.
Version 3.0 is shipping as of February, 2003.
Created: 22/02/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
JPEG200 products provided by RomSoft. Here you find a C++ DLL implementation of JPEG2000 Part 1 standard (ISO/IEC 15444-1) and a Photoshop plugin for JPEG2000 and J2K files
Reader Petrut D. had this to say:
One of the fastest JPEG2000 codecs out there. The Intel IPP library helped a lot with performance. I also tried the Photoshop plug-in, and managed to open all the test files from http://www.crc.ricoh.com/~gormish/jpeg2000conformance/J2KP4files/ part 0 and part 1. The plug-in handled JP2 and J2K images from 1 bit to 16 bit signed/unsigned flowlessly. Highly recomend the C++ DLL and the Photoshop plugin.
GIF Construction Set Pro represents the state of the art in GIF animation software. It will assemble your original animations effortlessly through its Animation Wizard, squeeze them down to as close to nothing as possible with its Supercompressor; create eyecatching banners and animated transitions; manage your GIF files; add transparency to existing graphics and a lot more.
Version 2.0.44 is shipping as of February, 2004.
Created: 08/02/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
With Archive & Restore, you can save, stow away and restore files easily. Stowing away files will recover space on your hard disk, increase clarity and reduce administration efforts. Saving versions of your files lets you return to a previous state, for example, while developing a project.
Created: 26/01/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
This seems to be the official home page for RAR and WinRAR. RAR is a high performace archiver that is loved by many.
WinRAR 3.30 is out as of January, 2004.
Created: 25/01/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
The IBM Toolkit for MPEG-4 consists of a set of JavaTM classes and APIs with five sample applications: three cross-platform playback applications and two tools for generating MPEG-4 content for use with MPEG-4-compliant devices. These applications are as follows:
AVgen: a simple, easy-to-use GUI tool for creating audio/video-only content for ISMA- or 3GPP-compliant devices
XMTBatch: a tool for creating rich MPEG-4 content beyond simple audio and video
M4Play: an MPEG-4 client playback application
M4Applet for ISMA: a Java player applet for ISMA-compliant content
M4Applet for HTTP: a Java applet for MPEG-4 content played back over HTTP.
This commercial product will zip up entire web sites and download them to your PC. You can then view them off line, at your leisure.
Created: 11/01/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
JPGAvi is used to create a video file, with an optional sound track, from either a series or a single bitmap file.
Shareware version 1.05.1.4 was shipping in January, 2004.
Created: 11/01/2004
by Mark NelsonMore...
Stuffit is the archiver of choice for those on the Apple platforms. Stuffit has been running on MacOS and OS/X for years, and over time added support for Windows, Linux, and Solaris. Stuffit comes in standard and deluxe versions, with a trial download available for the standard edition.
Version 8.0.2 shipped in December, 2003
Created: 21/12/2003
by Mark NelsonMore...
This page has the official releases of ARJ, UNARJ, JAR, and so on. This includes the free source to UNARJ and the ARJ32 command line archiver.
ARJ32 version 3.11 was shipping as of 12/2003.
ARJ version 2.82 was shipping as of 12/2003.
Created: 15/12/2003
by Mark NelsonMore...
The LuraDocument.jpm PdfCompressor is a Windows application that can be used to automatically (Server version) or manually convert scanned documents to higly compressed PDF files. The supported input formats are TIFF, JPEG, BMP and PNM.
Created: 14/12/2003
by Mark NelsonMore...
Another backup program that is based around the Zip standard. Supports deflate64, spanning, and other advanced Zip features. This is Win32 shareware.
Version 2.5.4.53 shipped in December, 2003.
Created: 13/12/2003
by Mark NelsonMore...
This is a compiler for web pages, that uses various techniques to squeeze the fat out of your web pages. This includes things a simple as white-space reduction and as complex as JavaScript compression.
Ron M. had this to say: This is a great program, very highly recommended for Web developers. It lets you write your code full of comments and extra space for readability, and then strips it all out automatically for the live site. My pages have been noticeably faster & very hard to decipher the code on the other end. It's been reliable and easy to get used to.
Created: 07/12/2003
by Mark NelsonMore...
FlyZip is a compressor designed to help you save space on your Palm O/S device, including Palm-based phones.
FlyZip XR 3.02 shipped in December, 2003.
Created: 06/12/2003
by Mark NelsonMore...
This commercial product takes care of managing your attachments. It appears to do
this transparently, so you don't even have to think about zipping up a big
attachment before sending.
Created: 05/12/2003
by Mark NelsonMore...
A server and download accelerator for your Microsoft web server. The site says that TurboIIS is an advanced component for Microsoft Internet Information Servers, designed specifically with the aim of lowering band consumption, accelerating download times of static and dynamic content, and preventing redundant access to database resources. 30 day trial download available!
Reader Alfred S. had this to say: Very impressive performance compared to other similar products.
Version 4.0 is shipping as of December, 2003.
Created: 02/12/2003
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This program is designed to help you squeeze the maximium amount of space out of GIF files while keeping the image quality at an acceptable level. Commercial code, but a free download is available.
Version 4.0 is shipping as of December, 2003.
Created: 02/12/2003
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PentaZip has a very nice feature set, supports advanced encryption, large archives, Windows shell integration, and all the other good stuff you've come to expect. Also supports a wide variety of languages.
Release 6.0.1.190 shipped in November, 2003
Created: 26/11/2003
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This product from Teranex removes DCT blocking artifacts from MPEG streams. It also features a few other neat details such as adding the "film look" to digital video.
Created: 17/11/2003
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This app from AbyssMedia is advertised as being able to turn your computer into complete audio recording studio. That means you have the ability to record from external inputs directly to MP3, OGG, WMA, or WAV format. Includes niceties such as MP3 and OGG tag editors, Voice Activated recording, skin support, and more.
Version 6.05 is shipping in November, 2003.
Created: 15/11/2003
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Transform is a BWT compressor written by Michael Bone. It supports a number of very interesting features, such as automatic Base 64 representation and image output. Shareware.
Version 1.02 shipped in October, 2003.
Created: 08/11/2003
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ReaCompressor is an image compression tool that is designed to assist you in preparing images for the web, emailing, etc. It lets you choose from various formats: JPEG, PNG, GIF, and TIFF, and shows you the results of the compression on screen.
Version 1.8 shipped in October, 2003, and added support for JPG region specific compression and over 340 input formats.
Created: 02/11/2003
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This program is designed to optimize your HTML source files by removing unnecessary characters, duplicated tags, and so on. Yes, this counts as Data Compression! Note that this link points to the Windows version of the program, but there are also two different Mac versions which you can easily find.
Version 7.82 was shipping in october of 2003.
Created: 28/10/2003
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This Zip file manager seems to be making its claim to commercial success on two factors. First, it's 10 bucks cheaper than the big two, PKZip and WinZip. Second, it automatically fixes corrupt archives. (Although I'd love to see a discussion of just how well it does this.)
Created: 20/10/2003
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This product converts your photos to JPEG-2000 format to speed up the process of sending them by mail. And how do your friends view these photos when they get them? Well, it appears that AMC will be happy to give them a free JPEG 2000 viewer.
Created: 04/10/2003
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This Win32 archiver is free if all you ever do is unzip files. Creating Zip files is going to require registration and you coughing up a few bucks.
Created: 03/10/2003
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ExpressZIP features all of the powerful ZIP tools you'll ever need in an easy to use and attractive interface and comes complete with built-in Wizards to walk you through creating ZIP and EXE (self extracting) archives.
Version 4.0 shipped in September, 2003.
Created: 18/09/2003
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