Is there an audio plugin that will emulate the mono sound compression used by AM radio stations?
posted by Yakuman on Oct 29, 2009 - 8 answers

What brand compression socks should I buy? [more inside]
posted by corpse on Oct 16, 2009 - 2 answers

Facebook brutally compresses my images, anything I can do to minimize it? [more inside]
posted by Jezztek on Oct 8, 2009 - 12 answers

Is there a good real-time compressor/limiter for FM broadcast that I can use on a Mac? Preferably one that works as an AudioUnit (AU) plug-in? [more inside]
posted by CommonSense on Apr 21, 2009 - 5 answers

How to best encrypt and compress a folder of html-files in the iPhone app bundle, and unpack on first start? (DRM) [more inside]
posted by avocade on Mar 4, 2009 - 14 answers

How can I store DVDs for use in a media library and get the benefits of compression without losing the menu structure and special features? [more inside]
posted by odinsdream on Feb 21, 2009 - 12 answers

I am searching for a freeware utility for mac osx 10.3 and higher that can be used to compress files. Can't seem to find anything...
posted by citybuddha on Dec 28, 2008 - 9 answers

I'm thinking of buying a camcorder. My requirements are slightly unusual: I would like one that does all the "bells and whistles" stuff (image stabilisation, auto light balance, H.264 compression etc). But I also want to be able to turn off all the clever stuff and access the "raw" video. Any recommendations? Hard disk/SD recording is a must, high definition would be good.
posted by handee on Nov 21, 2008 - 6 answers

Is it reasonable for a 1995 Honda Odyssey engine with 150K miles on it to have a compression of 179? [more inside]
posted by wsg on Nov 19, 2008 - 13 answers

I using Mac the Ripper than Handbrake to turn DVDs into mp4 files. (I use DVD dual layer)...When I use Roxio Popcorn, I can fit several movies on a disc (4) but it takes honestly a day and a half to burn on DVD !!!! But the DVD plays perfectly in my cheap player. Trying a different route, I tried dragging the mp4s to a blank DVD disc and then clicking "Burn" -- it burns and takes only 30-40 minutes but this version will not play on my DVD player. Anybody out there have an idea what I can do to make the process more efficient? Different software or different method? I appreciate your insight. By the way, I am running Mac OX X 10.5.5.
posted by snap_dragon on Nov 15, 2008 - 13 answers

I am using Mac the Ripper and Roxio Popcorn successfully to rip, compress, and burn DVDs. I have leftover DVD-R Dual Layer DVDs -- is it possible to fit to movies on a DVD? I tried a few ways and it only shows one movie. Any settings I could change? Any other software? Thanks.
posted by snap_dragon on Oct 8, 2008 - 10 answers

I recently became an Arbitron ratings person (which I'm not allowed to tell anyone, hence my anonymity). I'm supposed to carry a portable device that they say picks up "sound energy" signals embedded by participating radio and TV stations so they know what I'm listening to, even if the audio is compressed. What the heck is "sound energy"? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 14, 2008 - 11 answers

How can I apply Dynamic Range Compression to my iTunes library? [more inside]
posted by Mwongozi on Sep 2, 2008 - 10 answers

OS X filter: How can I recursively unzip files (in directories that are not zipped)? [more inside]
posted by wheat on Aug 17, 2008 - 6 answers

Can I make podcasts easier to listen to in a noisy environment using compression? [more inside]
posted by primer_dimer on Aug 14, 2008 - 9 answers

A question for chemists - I am doing a calculation about the energy requirements of taking CO2 at atmospheric pressure and temperature and compressing it to 2 MPa (2000 kPa, about 300 psi) and cooling it to -31ºC and am a bit uncertain about handling the phase change from gas to liquid. [more inside]
posted by gspm on Jul 24, 2008 - 7 answers

Is there an automated script or program to create a separate zip file for each directory? [more inside]
posted by niwnfyc on Jul 7, 2008 - 4 answers

How do I get DVD video onto a optical driveless PC? [more inside]
posted by smithmac_99 on Jun 27, 2008 - 9 answers

Is it safe to assume that anyone professionally employed in a computer-using job (secretary, assistant, ect.) is familiar with ZIP archives? What about the public at large? [more inside]
posted by unmake on Jun 18, 2008 - 29 answers

I have just bought a Flip Ultra but the included compression software to make large video files email or YouTube ready is unbelievably slow. I'm on a PC, running XP. Can you recommend any third party compression software?
posted by lometogo on Apr 26, 2008 - 7 answers

Outlook Cleaning/Archive Gurus: Help me eliminate emails with similar (but not duplicate) content! [more inside]
posted by colecovizion on Apr 24, 2008 - 2 answers

How do I open a ".tar.tgz" file? That's all one long extension. [more inside]
posted by exolstice on Mar 29, 2008 - 21 answers

Can anyone recommend a small/lightweight image compression program that can run on Windows Server 2003? Thanks [more inside]
posted by bloodniece on Mar 4, 2008 - 11 answers

compressed files inside of compressed files inside of compressed files. arg. please help me automate this process. [more inside]
posted by yonation on Feb 9, 2008 - 7 answers

Stupid-question-filter: Suppose you have a 10 MP camera and take your pictures at 3 MP. Would the quality be any different than if you were using a 3 MP camera at its top setting? (assuming the two cameras are otherwise identical) [more inside]
posted by lullabyofbirdland on Feb 7, 2008 - 10 answers

Software to ABX audio files (on a Mac)? [more inside]
posted by JulianDay on Jan 22, 2008 - 2 answers

Preparing videos for youtube: what are the most efficient video/audio compressions to use when trying to keep a video under 100 MBs with sacrificing as little quality as possible? [more inside]
posted by Mach3avelli on Dec 17, 2007 - 4 answers

Hi there, I am doing an honours project on the effects of boat noise on dolphin communication and my supervisor had this idea of using compression to analyse this. He basically suggested that we record dolphin vocalizations in the presence and absence of boat noise, and then compress the files and determine which compresses more (dolphin sounds with the boat noise, or dolphin sounds without the boat noise). His thinking was that less complex sounds should compress less...so he thinks that boat noise will compress less than dolphin vocalizations. Thus, if dolphin vocalizations happen to compress more in the presence of boat noise than they do without the boat noise...this would sort of imply they are "losing information" so to speak. Does this make sense? [more inside]
posted by Racergirl on Jun 25, 2007 - 15 answers

I need help with video compression... [more inside]
posted by eas98 on Jun 4, 2007 - 13 answers

A follow-up to this question: I need to get uncompressed digital video recorded to a hard drive for the purpose of developing compression algorithms. I need a portable solution. High-def is not required. [more inside]
posted by donpardo on Apr 26, 2007 - 19 answers

Can anyone offer advice for going back to the gym after a back injury and six months of downtime? [more inside]
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken on Mar 11, 2007 - 15 answers

What is (/the original purpose of) a compression shirt? A local store has long-sleeved compression shirts on sale cheap and I've been looking for a cozy-n-toasty shirt for wearing like an undershirt in the winter that isn't longjohn/thermo material.
posted by Quarter Pincher on Feb 19, 2007 - 9 answers

What UNIX command-line tool can I used to convert tiff files to lzw-compressed tiff files. [more inside]
posted by Wild_Eep on Jan 16, 2007 - 5 answers

Could turning on hard drive compression actually speed up access on my laptop? [more inside]
posted by Ookseer on Nov 25, 2006 - 10 answers

What's the best video compression format for reviewing single frames? [more inside]
posted by metaculpa on Oct 15, 2006 - 10 answers

What are the best digital (still) cameras for video? [more inside]
posted by Infernarl on Jul 27, 2006 - 15 answers

Can you help me be a better home recording engineer? I've posted some things to MuFi which were pretty fun, but are technically suck-tronic. [more inside]
posted by snsranch on Jul 17, 2006 - 19 answers

What's the best way to compress a large mp3 file (70MB) to something that I can send via e-mail on AOL (limit 11 MB)? WinZip only compresses it to 68 MB? Any free programs do the trick?
posted by quintno on May 7, 2006 - 18 answers

I remember a typical late 1990s Bubble story where a scammer was hyping a fake streaming video technology to grab investor cash. What name should I look up under? [more inside]
posted by meehawl on Feb 12, 2006 - 16 answers

Is it possible to compress a large file while it is writing to disk? My IT shop is developing a program to translate a huge binary file of data to a field delimited text file suitable to be pulled into standard data analysis tools. I know applications can read and manipulate data from a compressed file without explicitly decompressing it. But can translation and compression occur simultaneously or must the whole file be written out and then compressed? This makes a big difference on the data storage requirements. Thanks
posted by queue_strategy on Feb 2, 2006 - 9 answers

Video codecs/tips/tools for easier Internet downloading [more inside]
posted by XiBe on Jan 11, 2006 - 12 answers

DV video compression question - Do I have to recapture all these tapes?! [more inside]
posted by squirrel on Dec 21, 2005 - 9 answers

I'm looking for a Zip file extractor for Windows with some specific requirements that I haven't been able to meet... [more inside]
posted by RikiTikiTavi on Oct 8, 2005 - 8 answers

I want to make a compilation of clips from a series of (i think Divx-encoded) AVI files -- basically, a 15 to 20 minute "best of" montage taken from about 10 hours of video. The native resolution of the files is something around 500px by 250 or so -- 16:9 ratio -- 1 hour = ~300MBs. [more inside]
posted by jruckman on Oct 7, 2005 - 12 answers

Are there any Windows RAM compression programs still out there? [more inside]
posted by krisjohn on Aug 16, 2005 - 13 answers

What's a good book (or online resource) about audio editing for a beginner who is smart and wants in-depth knowledge? I'm working with dialogue mostly -- not music. [more inside]
posted by grumblebee on Aug 8, 2005 - 5 answers

I'm looking for a batch unzipping utility, with two stipulations. [more inside]
posted by Ziggy Zaga on Jul 29, 2005 - 12 answers

Okay, videophiles...two questions. 1) Where can I host 50-75Mb of QuickTime files online (preferably for free), and b) What are the most efficient web compression settings? [more inside]
posted by ArsncHeart on May 30, 2005 - 5 answers

This is one of those questions that will make me look very silly when it's answered, so I'll abandon any pretense of dignity straight off: with the ideas set forth in this comic about talking clip-art dinosaurs, why can't any arbitrarily huge amount of data be transmitted as a simple statement of a date and time?
posted by squidlarkin on May 10, 2005 - 31 answers

I've undertaken some data compression research and have been looking for publicly available data sets of large integers without much success. My research is in the same general area as this paper, and I have contacted the authors but unfortunately their data is lost in the mists of time. Can anyone recommend any publicly available data sets of large integers?
posted by harmfulray on Apr 29, 2005 - 13 answers