[Vorbis] zipping an ogg file

[srussell at innernet.net]

Thank you all very much for dealing with my question and satisfying my curiosity.

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From: Paul [mailto:public at ellisfoundation.com]
Sent: 2/10/2006 1:17:07 AM
To: hugonz-lists at h-lab.net
Cc: srussell at innernet.net;Vorbis at xiph.org
Subject: Re: [Vorbis] zipping an ogg file

> Just for curiosity I zipped up an Vorbis file to look at the extra 
> compression I attained.  The zipped file was 0.2% smaller than the original.
> 
> Paul
> 
> Hugo González Monteverde wrote:
> > Steve Russell wrote:
> >> A recent discussion brought a question to mind:  How much effect does 
> >> zipping and unzipping an ogg file have on the original form?
> >
> > I don't quite get what you are asking. Zipping and unzipping is 
> > lossless compression. Decompressing a zipped ogg will give you exactly 
> > the same ogg.
> >
> > Usually there is no point in compressing an ogg/mp3/jpeg, as they have 
> > little redundancy and the compression ratios are very low.
> >  You'll end up only wasting processor time in applying the compression 
> > algorithm.
> >
> > Hugo
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