Reply to Re: A word on dir.ff
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: That wont happen. Dir.ff doesn't compess AT ALL, it just sticks all the files together in a nice table, how nice. Last, it doesn't protect your files at all. Anyone with a hex editor can crack it in 5 seconds and have all the .bmp's.
Silly rabbit.
True, the dir.ff format by itself doesn't compress AT ALL, but a zipped dir.ff file will always be smaller than a zipped collection of the original bmps.
Why? Typical zip compression compresses each file individually, looking for repetitious bytes. With a dir.ff file, it finds much more repetitious bytes, because all of the bmps are in the same file.
Also, using a hex-editor to extract bmps is a complete pain... I know I could do it, but I've never been tempted because it simply isn't worth the effort.
Silly rabbit.
True, the dir.ff format by itself doesn't compress AT ALL, but a zipped dir.ff file will always be smaller than a zipped collection of the original bmps.
Why? Typical zip compression compresses each file individually, looking for repetitious bytes. With a dir.ff file, it finds much more repetitious bytes, because all of the bmps are in the same file.
Also, using a hex-editor to extract bmps is a complete pain... I know I could do it, but I've never been tempted because it simply isn't worth the effort.
