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Would you like to be able to compress an entire 9GB DVD to 1 single file about 1GB-3GB (depending on the DVD and your settings) in size, keeping menus, bonus features, multiple audio and subtitle tracks as well as video Angles? Well students from the university of Aarhus,..Would you like to be able to compress an entire 9GB DVD to 1 single file about 1GB-3GB (depending on the DVD and your settings) in size, keeping menus, bonus features, multiple audio and subtitle tracks as well as video Angles? Well students from the university of Aarhus, Danmark and St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University “LETI”, Russia yesterday released a new Compression format specifically geared towards the compression of complete DVDs without loss of any features or noticeable quality called ratDVD.

After a DVD is compressed to one much smaller file, it can be played back on your PC like you would play a normal DVD or you can convert it back to DVD to burn to disc and watch it with a stand-alone DVD player. Currently it requires users to have Microsoft Windows XP, DirectX 9.0, and Windows Media Player 10. “This new format makes sharing DVDs possible like MP3 did for Audio-CDs. Comparing ratDVD with conventional compression methods like MPEG-4, H264, DivX or XviD is like comparing DVD with VHS. Unless you use ratDVD, you get only parts of the video but loose everything that makes DVD special.” says Peter Jensen, project team leader.

ratDVD can preserve all the features of the original DVD such as:

# Full Anamorphic picture, seamless branching, multiple video angles, multiple audio channels, subpictures, etc.

# Keep movie versions (Directors Cut, Theatrical version, etc.), Alternate story endings, making of, video commentary , cut scenes, etc..

# Keep complete menus, navigation and features

# Reliable high quality, valid check-summed Container.

You can download ratDVD from:

http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd_tools/ratdvd.cfm

Don’t forget to visit the ratDVD homepage at:

http://www.ratdvd.dk/index.htm

If you’re looking for an alternative compression format to ZIP, ACE is a worthy challenger to the throne. Though the format is not as widely distributed as ZIP, ACE generally offers higher compression rates at comparable speeds.

This compression tool is actually so functional that you can use it as a file manager shell. WinACE supports a number of compression and decompression formats as well as multi-volume (disk spanning) archives, including ACE and ZIP.

You’ll be able to browse archives and extract items as if you were using Windows Explorer. WinAce provides truly seamless file management, providing complete drag and drop support, virus checking and encryption.

The program’s viewing options make it easy to navigate directories and access archives. WinAce features an integrated viewer that lets you check out documents, HTML, ASCII and graphics without having to extract and load them in another application.

The program also presents detailed file statistics and archive information, and features a recovery option for corrupted data.

You can then move items via drag and drop or the right-click context menu. There are tools that make it very easy to create custom archives in the format of your choice. You can also make archives that are self-extracting for user-friendly distribution.

Features:

• compression of the following formats: ACE, ZIP, LHA, MS-CAB, JAVA JAR
• decompression of: ACE, ZIP, LHA, MS-CAB, RAR, ARC, ARJ, GZip, TAR, ZOO, JAR
• multi-volume (disk spanning) archives for ACE, ZIP, CAB
• self-extracting archives (SFX) for ACE and ZIP
• password encryption & recovery records for data protection
• Integrity check for ACE, ZIP, LHA, MS-CAB, RAR, ARC, ARJ, GZip, TAR, ZOO, JAR
• Repair functionality for ACE and ZIP archives
• Authenticity verification for ACE archives
• comment files in HTML, ANSI or ASCII for ACE- and ZIP-Archives
• full command line access (compatible with DOS ACE)
• detailed information for all archive types
• Quickviewer for graphic files, Word Documents, HTML pages and ASCII files
• full drag&drop support
• complete file-management (copying, moving and deleting of files and directories)
• optimization of existing archives
• access to your archives in Windows Explorer and via the context menu (shell extension)
• table of contents in the "Properties" panel of ACE and ZIP files (shell extension)
• … and so much more!

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If you’re looking for an alternative compression format to ZIP, ACE is a worthy challenger to the throne. Though the format is not as widely distributed as ZIP, ACE generally offers higher compression rates at comparable speeds.

Download: WinACE 2.5 final