compressing CF card for more space

beachbum · 27th December 2002

hi guys,

just like to know if it is feasible to compress CF cards to get more storage space? Apparently, the computer shows that it is possible to compress a 512MB CF card to get 790MB.

anyone any ideas??

Wai · 27th December 2002

i dun think it can work on a digicam after u compress?

cos it need a special driver to mount a compressed drive

erwinx · 27th December 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by Wai
i dun think it can work on a digicam after u compress?

cos it need a special driver to mount a compressed drive

not to mention that jpegs or raw files don't compress well...

ckhaos · 28th December 2002

Don't think this is advisable. Even assuming that you can load the ROM of the digital camera with the drivers to perform decompression, the time needed to do so will increase the (already long) time to write out.

crazypaladin · 28th December 2002

Nah... it's not worth the effort...

1) JPEG files are already compressed files... when you save as basic, normal or fine, you are already specifying the degree of compression from highest compression to best quality (that is, almost zero compression).

2) Writing wise would not be affected unless you take into account the extra time it took to compress the file.

beachbum · 28th December 2002

Hi!

okay, so it is not feasible to do so. thanks to all, for the advice!

27th December 2002	#1
beachbum Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 440	compressing CF card for more space hi guys, just like to know if it is feasible to compress CF cards to get more storage space? Apparently, the computer shows that it is possible to compress a 512MB CF card to get 790MB. anyone any ideas??

27th December 2002	#2
Wai Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: South Pole with Penguins Posts: 5,122	i dun think it can work on a digicam after u compress? cos it need a special driver to mount a compressed drive __________________ We are HDD of PC & FT are MB add to storage; so PC never hangs with enormous storage capacity - LKY

28th December 2002	#4
ckhaos Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 59	Don't think this is advisable. Even assuming that you can load the ROM of the digital camera with the drivers to perform decompression, the time needed to do so will increase the (already long) time to write out.

28th December 2002	#5
crazypaladin Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Singapore Central Posts: 748	Nah... it's not worth the effort... 1) JPEG files are already compressed files... when you save as basic, normal or fine, you are already specifying the degree of compression from highest compression to best quality (that is, almost zero compression). 2) Writing wise would not be affected unless you take into account the extra time it took to compress the file.