Thread: KGB Super Archiver

Originally Posted by Archer

7zip (.7z) decompression is supported in Winrar. But the process causes many problems (eg: missing files, data corruption etc). There is no other way but to use 7zip to decompress .7z archives.

I've used winrar so many times wid 7zip file neva had a problem with corrupt files.

once thing i saw was that most of the time winrar does not show the progress bar for decompression properly.

IMO both winrar and 7zip are equally good s/w , the oly difference is that in winrar the dictionary size is a max of 4kb while it can be a lot bigger in 7zip. what this means is that normally u get the same/similar size copmpression in both of them, but sometimes the increased dict size in 7zip offers more compression.


Also check the comparison of various archivers on wiki :

Comparison of file archivers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

i have dnlded games all with 7z compression.

not one time have i faced any problem of missing files or any oher sort of problems.moreover,for dnlding and uploading,i think 7z is the best as it can also be unpacked by winrar.

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KGB Archiver is the compression tool with an unbelievably high compression rate. Unfortunately, in spite of its powerful compression rate, it has high hardware requirements (I recommend processor with 1,5GHz clock and 256MB of RAM as an essential minimum). One of the advantages of KGB Archiver is also AES-256 encryption which is used to encrypt the archives. This is one of the strongest encryptions known for man.

KGB Archiver Has Now Released V2.2 And Still in It’s Beta Testing

Here are some of the new features in beta 2:

* Explorer shell extension
* Multilanguage support: Arabic, German, Greek, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Serbian, Spanish, Ukrainian - download language pack here
* Up to 8% faster compression/decompression
* Now SFX archives run on any Windows or under WINE on Linux


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hmmm
i cannot install it dude...some thing was misssing liek some dll

i have written to them with the screenshot.

hmmm
i cannot install it dude...some thing was misssing liek some dll

i have written to them with the screenshot.

Try the stable version. May be the error is only with beta. While you download, you can choose either of it. I have downloaded both.

Merged a few posts on the same topic ....

Stable version attached.

I tried KGB Archiver and the result was...

Compression Details

● KGB Archiver version: 2.2 beta
● File Used: Uncompressed Flash Professional CS3 installation files
● Original file size: 465 MB (uncompressed)
● Compression Level: Maximum
● Time remaining (didn't finish) in normal mode: More than 10 hours
● Time remaining/taken in safe mode: Less than 3 hours
● File Size after compression: Near 100 MB

System Config

● CPU: 1.8 GHz
● RAM: 1 GB

It took almost the same amount of time to decompress too.

So overall I think that this software is a waste of space. I mean it promises a lot but demands a lot too.

hi every1!

my Configuration:-

Processor:- Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.8GHZ
RAM:- 1GB
OS:-Windows vista Ultimate and Windows 7 ultimate

why its takes so much time to compress 2.4GB????????

it says 2hrs
and the size after compression is more than 100MB!
PLZ help me quick

Originally Posted by theplayer

hi every1!

my Configuration:-

Processor:- Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.8GHZ
RAM:- 1GB
OS:-Windows vista Ultimate and Windows 7 ultimate

why its takes so much time to compress 2.4GB????????

it says 2hrs
and the size after compression is more than 100MB!
PLZ help me quick

Please see previous post.

that software needs soma kinda supercomputer. so that the fact that it completed in itself is a miracle

Originally Posted by theplayer

hi every1!

my Configuration:-

Processor:- Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.8GHZ
RAM:- 1GB
OS:-Windows vista Ultimate and Windows 7 ultimate

why its takes so much time to compress 2.4GB????????

it says 2hrs
and the size after compression is more than 100MB!
PLZ help me quick

2.4 GB compressed to just 100 + MB is a good conversion. Please update the final size.

the final result has not arrived yet
but at 47% it is 950MB!

Originally Posted by theplayer

the final result has not arrived yet
but at 47% it is 950MB!

Try Dr. DivX, it can also give a good compression and is more popular.

sorry
i want to compress with this only

now it says 9042 hrs for extreme compression!

so any1 isn't there???

nope

What happened to your last compression ? Was that a success ? If completed, please let know the size.

I downloaded Munna Bhai MBBS which was just 1 mb. And when I tried to decompress it .... it says 1533 hrs remaining .
Surely this app is a waste of time .I can download the same file in an hour.
Kgb will be used some day as a general purpose archiever....may be 10-20 yrs later !

7-zip gives strong AES-256 encryption for both 7z and ZIP formats.
And 7-Zip compresses to zip format 2-10% better than most of other zip programs.So even if I compress to zip format I use 7-zip because it gives better compression.

Heard of 7zip, never tired. Is it a good one ? I have WinRAR and Winzip.

7-zip and winrar are more or less equal in compression ratio, thing is that 7-zip is free.

Dictionary size is a paramater which can vary the amount of compression.
In winrar the maximum allowable size is 4096 Kb (4 Mb) , while in 7-zip its possible to have a maximum of 64 Mb.

SO under some cases this causes significant compression in 7-zip format.

However for normal compression purposes, both provide same compression.

Dictionary size
Specifies Dictionary size for compression method.

Usually, a higher Dictionary size gives a higher compression ratio. But compressing can be slower and it can require more memory.

Memory (RAM) usage for LZMA compressing is about 11 times more than dictionary size. Memory usage for LZMA decompressing is close to value of dictionary size. Memory usage for PPMd compressing and decompressing is almost equal to dictionary size.

Word size
Specifies the length of words, which will be used to find identical sequences of bytes for compression.

Usually for LZMA and Deflate, big Word size gives a little bit better compression ratio and slower compression process. A big Word size parameter can significantly increase compression ratio for files which contain long identical sequences of bytes. For PPMd, the Word size strongly affects both compression ratio and compression/decompression speed.

For more details refer to 7-zip and winrar help.

Thanks for the info

well have anyone read the read me file with kgb....it said there
Hardware requirements:

Essential minimum
Processor 1.5 GHz (32-bit)
RAM 256 MB
Free disk space 4 MB
Operating system Windows NT/2000/XP/2003
Recommended
Processor 3.0 GHz (64-bit)
RAM 1.5 GB
Free disk space 4 MB
Operating system Windows XP x64 SP1/2003 x64 SP1

so this is all stuff best for x64.....mind it

the processor spec if lamest part in that case, dunno if thy mean P3 or p4 or C@D or C i7,5,3 or cell processor or some supercomputer's processor ?

well NPU this is totally geek software....no wonder the specs are confusing