How to get the size of a compressed file without actually compressing it?

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  1. imadlatch

    imadlatch MDL Junior Member

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    #1 imadlatch, Apr 19, 2016
    Is there a way to do that ?:confused:
     
  2. bpwnes

    bpwnes MDL Member

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    #2 bpwnes, Apr 19, 2016
    Given the way file compression works, I don't think it's possible to get an accurate value. There are probably compression programs that can give you a best guesstimation by analyzing a chunk of the file. The only compression program I ever use is 7zip, and it doesn't do it, so I can't tell you what would.
     
  3. trungpt

    trungpt MDL Addicted

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    #3 trungpt, Apr 20, 2016
    We need researchers to build a prediction model for us :(
     
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  4. imadlatch

    imadlatch MDL Junior Member

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    #4 imadlatch, Apr 20, 2016
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    No its not about prediction model but Benchmark applications that calculate compression Speed and rate somehow and result the compressed size

    I made some test with 7z but it doesn't give the compressed size

    Code:
    RAM size:    4095 MB,  # CPU hardware threads:   4
RAM usage:    882 MB,  # Benchmark threads:      4


                       Compressing  |                  Decompressing
Dict     Speed Usage    R/U Rating  |      Speed Usage    R/U Rating
         KiB/s     %   MIPS   MIPS  |      KiB/s     %   MIPS   MIPS


22:       6119   274   2176   5953  |      74918   382   1673   6392
23:       6072   289   2141   6187  |      74534   382   1688   6449
24:       5930   293   2175   6376  |      74245   385   1694   6518
25:       5828   302   2202   6655  |      74168   389   1697   6601
22:       6300   289   2119   6129  |      75685   385   1676   6457
23:       5871   294   2032   5983  |      74714   385   1680   6465
24:       5897   299   2120   6341  |      74618   387   1694   6550
25:       5686   302   2149   6493  |      72879   385   1683   6486
----------------------------------  | ------------------------------
Avr:             293   2139   6265  |              385   1686   6490
Tot:             339   1912   6377
     
  5. Symptom

    Symptom MDL Novice

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    #5 Symptom, Apr 20, 2016
    WinRAR can do at least an estimation:
    Open WinRAR - select File - Info - compression prognosis

    Example:
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